A celebration of movement: 30,000 participants from 107 countries are coming to the 39th SPAR Budapest Marathon

By: Trademagazin Date: 2024. 10. 04. 11:25

There is only one week left until the 39th SPAR Budapest Marathon Festival. The largest and oldest running event in the country is celebrating its anniversary this year, since the first mass marathon was held in Budapest exactly 40 years ago, in 1984. On October 12 and 13, 2024, approximately 30,000 participants from 107 countries will start on one of the distances that touch the most beautiful parts of the capital. In addition to the runners, the organizers also welcome those who undertake longer or shorter city tours.

The 39th SPAR Budapest Marathon Festival can be called a celebration of movement for a reason, as not only marathoners can beat the 42-kilometer distance and themselves, but the organizers welcome everyone who wants to show that it is important by completing even a short running or walking distance for him, sports and movement, and with his presence he would also tell the whole country that regular exercise makes life better and more smiling.

Runners can choose from a total of 18 distances during the two-day event, from the shortest 1000-meter NESTLÉ Family Run to the classic 42-kilometer marathon. As has become customary in recent years, you can walk or hike on one of the SPAR City Tours, or on the 2.3-kilometer Gondosóra Gyaloglás, which was joined this year by the Mellrákinfo Egyesület.

Based on the entry data, it can already be stated that the 39th SPAR Budapest Marathon Festival will set a record: never before have so many foreigners come to our country for a leisure sports event as this time. About 6,000 foreigners from 107 countries have already applied, which breaks the previous record of 5,400 foreign runners before the coronavirus epidemic. Around 10,000-12,000 runners and their companions will travel to Hungary for the event.

In the field of the 42-kilometer distance, for example, every second competitor will be a foreign citizen, the majority of whom are British, Italian, French, as well as residents of neighboring countries and the Visegrád region.