Athens Marathon course map poster
The Athens Marathon starts in the town of Marathon and finishes in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. It follows the Original Marathon Course, where Spyros Louis won the first Olympic marathon in 1896. Soon after the start it loops around the Tomb of the Marathon fallen, the memorial of the Battle of Marathon.
The first 10 km are flat, through Nea Makri. Then the course climbs in parts to its hardest stretch, the climb to the Stavros junction at 30 to 31 km. From there it's mostly downhill, under the bridge at the Katechaki junction and past Eleftherias Park, and the last 170 m are on the track inside the marble stadium.
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The course
- Start
- The town of Marathon
- Finish
- Panathenaic Stadium, Athens
- Passes through
- Marathon, Nea Makri, Pikermi, Pallini, Gerakas, Agia Paraskevi, Chalandri, Cholargos and Athens
- Elevation
- Flat for the first 10 km, then climbing in parts to the high point at the Stavros junction, around 31 km. From there it's mostly downhill to the finish.
Key facts
- First held
- 1972
- Month
- November
- Finishers
- 17,041 in 2024
- Organiser
- SEGAS (Hellenic Athletics Federation)
Along the way
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi)Tomb of the Marathon fallenA loop around the memorial of the Battle of Marathon, from 4 km to 6.2 km (2.5 to 3.9 miles)
- 30.5 km (19.0 mi)Stavros junctionThe top of the hardest climb, between 30 km and 31 km (18.6 to 19.3 miles)
- 37.5 km (23.3 mi)Katechaki junctionUnder the bridge, at the end of the steepest descent
- 40.0 km (24.9 mi)Eleftherias ParkOn Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, at the last rest station
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Questions
Yes. The race follows the Original Marathon Course, from Marathon to the Panathenaic Stadium, where Spyros Louis won the first Olympic marathon in 1896.
The climb to the Stavros junction, between 30 km and 31 km. After that the course is mostly downhill to the finish.
In early November. The 2026 race is on Sunday 8 November, with an 8.30am start in Marathon.
Yes. The editor starts with the city as the title and the distance below it. Type your name, your finish time or the race date in the caption, and change any of the words you like.
Yes. Every course comes in portrait sizes, 12 × 16 in and 18 × 24 in, and in square sizes, 16 × 16 in and 20 × 20 in. When you change the shape, the map moves so the whole course still fits.
We draw each course along OpenStreetMap streets, following the organiser's official course map. It can differ slightly from the measured course, which follows the shortest line a runner can take.
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