RunInBucharest Events
OMV Petrom Bucharest HALF MARATHON
OMV Petrom Bucharest HALF MARATHON came as a natural brother of the Marathon event. The first edition, back in 2012, gathered around 6000 runners, coming from 35 countries. The 2024 edition hosted over 12000 runners, coming from over 75 countries. BHM is a WA Road Race Label event.
Taking into consideration its actual dimensions and the awareness achieved, the support offered to social causes and the one received from the over 700 volunteers, we could say that the OMV Petrom Bucharest HALF MARATHON is having a similar social and economical impact on the community as the Bucharest MARATHON. OMV Petrom Bucharest HALF MARATHON is scheduled every year during the May’s second weekend.
Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest MARATHON
Bucharest MARATHON’s first edition was held in 2008. Started from the Northern part of the city, the track race was more outside, had only one lane dedicated to running, while the car traffic on all other streets lanes remained opened. Although only few hundred runners competed, the event can be considered a success (for those times).
16 years after, the event gathers over 12000 runners at the start, over 2 consecutive days. Now, the runners represent over 65 countries, the competition holds the WA Road Race Label. Nevertheless, Bucharest MARATHON is the largest mass sports event in Romania and supports over 30 social causes. Thus, the event’s awareness is used create a good social and economical impact on local community.
Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest MARATHON
October 11-12, 2025
