The annual Waterford Viking Marathon was held this year on Sunday 22nd of June 2025 with over 3300 participants across the three events on offer... the full, half and quarter marathon.
Results HERE
The chart above shows the numbers since the event started in 2012.
The inaugural year of 2012 saw a record number of over 800 finishers for the full marathon as many runners were inspired to do the first marathon in the city. With that box ticked, the numbers dropped back to to about 400-500 per year.
In 2018, the full marathon was cancelled due to the heat.
Post pandemic, the numbers have been recovering and the 531 finishers in 2025 was the second highest ever.
The Half-Marathon numbers have varied over the years but 2024 and 2025 were both new records.
Cork, Limerick and Waterford all have a shorter event which seems to be increasingly popular. Cork has a 10k, Limerick has a 6-mile and Waterford has a Quarter-Marathon.
The Quarter-Marathon this year had over 1400 finishers and has just overtaken the half to be the most popular event.
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