Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest City Marathon

4.6 (7)
Edition history
Bucharest, Romania
11-12 Oct, 2025 (Sat - Sun)

Running

10 km, 21.098 km, 42 km, 42.195 km

About the event

Since 2008, Bucharest, Romania has been the host of the annual Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon and sports event. The Asociatia Bucharest Running Club, in cooperation with the Romanian Athletic Federation, organize the event which consists of Marathon, Marathon Relay, Half Marathon, 10K and 5K races. The course is certified by the AIMS and the IAAF and the time limit for the Half Marathon is 3 hours while the time limit for the Marathon is 6 hours. The event typically attracts more than 25,000 participants from over 50 countries, culminating in a finish in front of the Parliament Palace (formerly Ceausescu Palace), the largest building in Europe and the second largest in the world.

Races offered by this event

You have 30 weeks to prepare

10K

11 Oct, 2025 (Sat)
Running

10 km

Relay
On site
Road
City

Half Marathon

12 Oct, 2025 (Sun)
Running

21.098 km

Relay
On site
Road
City

Marathon

12 Oct, 2025 (Sun)
Running

42.195 km

Relay
On site
Road
City

42K Relay

12 Oct, 2025 (Sun)
Running

42 km

Relay (4)
On site
Road
City

Reviews

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Calin Prodea
Oct 2017

I have run this race since 2011. I skipped only in 2015. In 2013 i ran my first marathon, the other races where half-marathon. It's really nice. Could improve, but it's nice :)

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Ulrich Walter
Country flag of DE

Der Kurs in Bukarest ist flach und autofrei, aber die Unterstützung durch Zuschauer fehlt weitestgehend. Die optischen Höhepunkte bestehen aus dem Parlamentspalast und dem Triumphbogen. Der Rest ist nicht sehr aufregend. Immerhin stehen an den Straßenrändern viele Bäume, die bei heißem Wetter Schatten bieten können. Einen ausführlichen Bericht findet Ihr hier: www.Marathon-Tourist.de - The course in Bucharest is flat and car-free, but spectator support is largely absent. The visual highlights are the Palace of Parliament and the Arc de Triomphe. The rest is not very exciting. At least there are plenty of trees along the roadsides that can provide shade in hot weather. You can find a detailed report here: www.Marathon-Tourist.de

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David Vermeersch
Country flag of BE

What an amazing race through Bucharest. A fast parcour with incredible views. The organisation,the volunteers and the support of the locals were awesome. I surely want to come back. I am proud that I was a part of this race. Surely One of the best races

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Andrei Dandes
Country flag of RO

Very nice setup in a Covid time.

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Panagiotis Ntais
Country flag of CY
42.195 km

Not too crowded! well organised start, easy to reach in the morning! absolutely closed roads, and almost everywhere people cheering up! Lots of music live and by audio systems to keep you moving Not entirely flat but nothing too hilly! Great finish area with big expo there! Bucharest is well connected directly to most European countries, easily found budget accommodation and high quality food. Weather was a bit warmer than usual, but nothing extreme :-)

Guntime instead of real time has been given, despite the low number of participants to start which makes timing flows less expected. Start line was fitted with two lines of timing mats indicating a realtime timing, but this didn't happen at least to our team members with time added from 3-4 minutes from our Garmin data.

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Elias Pinakoulias
42.195 km

Very nice marathon! I recommend it! Bucharest is a very nice city and the marathon course a great way to explore it. 4/5 because the expo was rather poor; not many energy gel brands to chose from etc etc...

very, very nice course. You get to see much of the city and you go through some lovely parks!

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Gabriella Kyriacou

Best Half marathon i ran. Bucharest is vibrant city very clean, crowds were amazing and very friendly. Great organisation im thinking to come back this year for the full marathon.

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Results 2016: Bucharest City Marathon

11 Oct, 2016 (Tue)

Credit : stefan alexandrescu Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest International Marathon James Barmasai Kiptum took top honors by finishing the race in 02:15:05. Coming in second was Edwin Kiplagat Kitum (02:16:52). Finishing third was Patrick Kiprono Kimeli (02:18:36). For the women, it was Zeritu Begashaw Wakjira who took the top spot in 02:40:33 . Sally Jemutai Kimaiyo earned runner-up honors with a time of 02:40:50. Fatuma Usen Tayr got the third place in 02:40:53. Top 5 Men Top 5 Women Complete results Bucharest City Semi-Marathon Marco Macchia grinded past more than 3441 runners to win in 01:11:30. He finished 43 seconds ahead of Andrei Crainic. Gyorgy Szabolcs-Istvan got the third place in 01:13:00. In the women’s race, it was Paulina Baltoi Adela (01:18:15) taking the top spot, followed by Ingrid Mutter who finished with a time of 01:20:16. Finishing third was Maria Magdalena Veliscu (01:23:08). Top 5 Men Top 5 Women Complete results §staticmap(2840,5,800,200)
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