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Vienna City Marathon – Course Map and Elevation Profile

19 April 2026 · 42.195 km certified · Reichsbrücke to Heldenplatz

The Race at a Glance
Distance42.195 km
Route elevation108 m up · 98 m down
Highest point203 m · 17.9 km
Lowest point158 m · 5.5 km
Steepest climb+2.9 % · 0.0 km
Steepest descent−4.0 % · 19.7 km
Net elevation change+11 m
Course typePoint to point
Course record men2:05:08 · Samwel Mailu · 2023
Course record womenno verified figure

108 metres up and 98 down across 0 climbs worth the name. No single one decides the race; the sum of them does.

Course

Wien in numbers

Distance
42.195km
Ascent
108m
Descent
98m
Low / high
158 / 203m
Flat-equivalent
+0.65 %
Steepest 50 m
+2.9 %

Pace Planner

1:58:006:00:00
Same effort, flat4:56 /km
Slowest5:11 at km 41

bergauf flach bergabWaagerecht: Distanz. Streifen unter dem Profil: mittlere Steigung je 500 m. Gestrichelte Linien sind Orientierungspunkte.

Position
0.00 km
Elevation
165 m
Gradient
+2.9 %
Pace here
5:05 /km
Elapsed
0:00
Remaining
3:30:00
Landmark
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Pacing table

kmPointElevationGradientup / downTarget pacetotaladjusted
1165 m165 m+0.03 %+8 m / −8 m5:055:054:56
2165 m160 m−0.53 %+1 m / −6 m4:539:584:56
3160 m160 m+0.01 %+1 m / −1 m4:5714:554:56
4160 m160 m−0.06 %+0 m / −1 m4:5619:504:56
5160 m159 m−0.11 %+0 m / −1 m4:5524:464:56
6159 m160 m+0.16 %+3 m / −1 m4:5929:454:56
7160 m161 m+0.08 %+1 m / −0 m4:5834:424:56
8161 m161 m+0.04 %+2 m / −1 m4:5739:404:56
9161 m165 m+0.32 %+4 m / −1 m5:0244:424:56
10165 m170 m+0.58 %+6 m / −1 m5:0649:484:56
11170 m172 m+0.12 %+5 m / −4 m5:0254:504:56
12172 m175 m+0.32 %+4 m / −0 m5:0159:514:56
13175 m177 m+0.27 %+3 m / −0 m5:011:04:514:56
14177 m182 m+0.43 %+4 m / −0 m5:031:09:544:56
15182 m187 m+0.51 %+5 m / −0 m5:041:14:584:56
16187 m194 m+0.68 %+7 m / −0 m5:071:20:054:56
17194 m199 m+0.52 %+6 m / −1 m5:061:25:114:56
18199 m203 m+0.39 %+4 m / −1 m5:031:30:134:56
19203 m200 m−0.31 %+2 m / −5 m4:571:35:104:56
20200 m183 m−1.68 %+0 m / −17 m4:461:39:564:56
21183 m184 m+0.13 %+4 m / −3 m5:011:44:574:56
22Halbmarathon184 m173 m−1.14 %+1 m / −12 m4:501:49:474:56
23173 m164 m−0.83 %+1 m / −9 m4:521:54:394:56
24164 m164 m−0.02 %+3 m / −3 m4:581:59:374:56
25164 m163 m−0.13 %+1 m / −2 m4:562:04:334:56
26163 m163 m−0.01 %+2 m / −2 m4:582:09:314:56
27163 m161 m−0.23 %+0 m / −3 m4:552:14:254:56
28161 m160 m−0.07 %+0 m / −1 m4:552:19:214:56
29160 m160 m0.00 %+0 m / −0 m4:562:24:174:56
30160 m159 m−0.05 %+1 m / −1 m4:562:29:134:56
31159 m159 m−0.01 %+1 m / −1 m4:572:34:104:56
32159 m158 m−0.08 %+0 m / −1 m4:552:39:054:56
33158 m159 m+0.02 %+0 m / −0 m4:562:44:024:56
34159 m159 m+0.03 %+1 m / −1 m4:572:48:584:56
35159 m159 m−0.04 %+0 m / −1 m4:562:53:544:56
36159 m160 m+0.15 %+3 m / −1 m4:592:58:534:56
37160 m161 m+0.09 %+1 m / −0 m4:583:03:514:56
38161 m161 m+0.02 %+2 m / −1 m4:573:08:484:56
39161 m166 m+0.47 %+7 m / −2 m5:053:13:544:56
40166 m167 m+0.10 %+2 m / −1 m4:583:18:524:56
41167 m176 m+0.93 %+9 m / −0 m5:113:24:034:56
42176 m178 m+0.17 %+3 m / −2 m5:003:29:034:56
42.20178 m176 m−1.08 %+0 m / −2 m4:503:30:004:56

The course, kilometre by kilometre

Start and finish are 4.6 km apart as the crow flies, so this is a point-to-point course.

Highest and lowest point are 46 metres apart, and start and finish are at practically the same height.

The race is held in Wien, Austria, in April, on tarmac throughout.

Elevation gain and climbs

108 metres up and 98 down across 0 climbs worth the name. No single one decides the race; the sum of them does.

Against a 3:30 target the terrain costs about 1 minute compared with a flat loop. Adjust for gradient and what remains is what the legs actually paid.

The route on the map

The course covers 4.6 km of ground between start and finish and never returns to where it began.

The GPX data of this course

The smoothed profile is stored every 50 metres: 845 points with latitude, longitude, elevation and gradient. The elevations come from the course file itself, median-filtered and smoothed with Savitzky-Golay.

We do not hand this course out as a file: the line comes from a third-party source and is not ours to pass on. Once a course is built from runners’ own recordings, the file appears here.

Common questions

How hilly is the Wien Marathon?
108 metres of ascent and 98 of descent over 42.195 km. 85 % of the course sits between −1 and +1 per cent, and 1 % steeper than three. That makes it a rolling course.
Is this a good course for a personal best?
Minetti's cost model puts this course at 0.65 % against a flat one. On a three-and-a-half-hour target that is roughly 1 minutes.
Is the course a loop?
No. Start and finish are 4.6 km apart in a straight line.
Where does this elevation data come from?
Strava-Route „Vienna City Marathon & Powerade Relay Marathon“ (Athletenkonto 19655797, nicht als Veranstalterkonto bestätigt), 731 Punkte, auf 42195 m normiert (Rohlinie 42,66 km). Elevation: Höhenwerte der GPX-Spur, Medianfilter 310 m, Savitzky-Golay 510 m.

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