Běchovice – Prague Race
DateSeptember
LocationPrague, Czech Republic
Event typeRoad
Distance10.031 kilometres (6.233 mi)
Established27 May 1897
Course recordsMen's: 28:33 (1996)
Kenya Laban Chege
Women's: 33:18 (2014)
Kenya Nancy Nzisa Wambua
Official siteOfficial website
Participants2,764 (2016)[1]

The Běchovice – Prague Race is an annual running event which takes place in September between the Prague districts of Běchovice, where the race starts, and Žižkov, where the race ends. It is a point-to-point race which features a climb towards the end of the race, and is slightly longer than a 10K run at 10.031 kilometres (6.233 mi).[2]

The race first took place in 1897 and was awarded the World Athletics Heritage Plaque in 2020 recognising the race as being the oldest continuously-run road race in Europe.[1]

Past winners

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Men-only era

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (m:s)
1st 27 May 1897  Jakub Wolf (BOH) 39:03.0
2nd 1898  Jakub Wolf (BOH) 40:00.2
3rd 1899  Jakub Wolf (BOH) 38:54.0
4th 1900  Matyáš Špicka (BOH) 39:39.8
5th 1901  Ludvík Petzold (BOH) 39:14.0
6th 1902  Antonín Šmucr (BOH) 39:00
7th 1903  Antonín Šmucr (BOH) 40:00
8th 1904  Arnošt Nejedlý (BOH) 38:39.6
9th 1905  Arnošt Nejedlý (BOH) 39:00.4
10th 1906  Arnošt Nejedlý (BOH) 38:39.6
11th 1907  Arnošt Nejedlý (BOH) 37:44.2
12th 1908  Paul Nettelbeck (GER) 37:57.6
13th 1909  Antonín Dvořák (BOH) 35:45.4
14th 1910  Antonín Dvořák (BOH) 36:01.4
15th 1911  František Slavík (BOH) 35:50.0
16th 1912  Vladimír Penc (BOH) 35:43.2
17th 1913  František Slavík (BOH) 36:41.6
18th 1914  Antonín Kejha (BOH) 34:25.2
19th 1915  Josef Bledý (BOH) 37:47.0
20th 1916  Václav Hájek (BOH) 39:34.0
21st 1917  Jiří Carp (BOH) 39:39.6
22nd 1918  Antonín Kejha (BOH) 36:55.4
23rd 1919  Václav Rott (TCH) 39:53.6
24th 1920  Václav Vohralík (TCH) 34:20.0
25th 1921  Josef Liehne (TCH) 34:29.2
26th 1922  Josef Liehne (TCH) 35:33.0
27th 1923  Vilém Šindler (TCH) 34:52.4
28th 1924  Karel Nedobitý (TCH) 36:26.8
29th 1925  Václav Drozda (TCH) 34:57.4
30th 1926  Karel Nedobitý (TCH) 34:34.4
31st 1927  Josef Německý (TCH) 33:46.8
32nd 1928  Josef Německý (TCH) 33:23.6
33rd 1929  Karel Nedobitý (TCH) 34:42.6
34th 1930  Jaroslav Lédr (TCH) 34:06.8
35th 1931  Jan Slezáček (TCH) 33:36.6
36th 1932  Václav Žofka (TCH) 34:37.2
37th 1933  Otakar Rozvoda (TCH) 34:04.4
38th 1934  Josef Koščak (TCH) 33:03.4
39th 1935  Josef Hron (TCH) 32:32.8
40th 1936  Ludvík Bombík (TCH) 34:18.4
41st 1937  Josef Hušek (TCH) 31:44.2
42nd 1938  Jan Pivoňka (TCH) 33:29.6
43rd 1939  Ludvík Bombík (Bohemia and Moravia) 33:31.8
44th 1940  Václav Hošek (Bohemia and Moravia) 33:45.2
45th 1941  Antonín Vaněk (Bohemia and Moravia) 34:18.0
46th 1942  Josef Hušek (Bohemia and Moravia) 32:00.6
47th 1943  Jan Haluza (Bohemia and Moravia) 32:47.4
48th 1944  Jan Haluza (Bohemia and Moravia) 33:21.6
49th 1945  Emil Diringer (TCH) 34:10.0
50th 1946  Přemysl Dolenský (TCH) 33:32.4
51st 1947  Karel Zabloudil (TCH) 33:56.2
52nd 1948  Jaroslav Šourek (TCH) 32:56.8
53rd 1949  Jaroslav Šourek (TCH) 32:11.2
54th 1950  Jaroslav Liška (TCH) 32:58.2
55th 1951  Miroslav Herčík (TCH) 32:25.6
56th 1952  Jaroslav Šourek (TCH) 34:22.8
57th 1953  Jaroslav Liška (TCH) 32:28.8
58th 1954  Jiří Koller (TCH) 33:24.6
59th 1955  Ivan Ullsperger (TCH) 31:07.2
60th 1956  Pavel Kantorek (TCH) 31:34.0
61st 1957  Pavel Kantorek (TCH) 32:45.6
62nd 1958  Miloš Tomis (TCH) 31:05.0
63rd 1959  Mirko Gräf (TCH) 31:14.4
64th 1960  Josef Tomáš (TCH) 31:41.0
65th 1961  Pavel Kantorek (TCH) 30:46.6
66th 1962  Josef Tomáš (TCH) 29:50.0
67th 1963  Josef Tomáš (TCH) 29:43.4
68th 1964  Vladimír Balšánek (TCH) 31:21.4
69th 1965  Josef Tomáš (TCH) 31:34.8
70th 1966  Václav Mládek (TCH) 30:51.6
71st 1967  Václav Mládek (TCH) 29:51.8
72nd 1968  Václav Mládek (TCH) 30:47.4
73rd 1969  Stanislav Petr (TCH) 30:25.4
74th 1970  Stanislav Hoffman (TCH) 30:33.8
75th 1971  Pavel Pěnkava (TCH) 31:48.2

Mixed era

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (m:s) Women's winner Time (m:s)
76th 22 October 1972  Martin Zvoníček (TCH) 31:13.4  Helena Nerudová (TCH) 39:34
77th 14 October 1973  Stanislav Hoffman (TCH) 29:24.2 not held
78th 13 October 1974  Stanislav Hoffman (TCH) 30:12.0  Jarmila Honková (TCH) 41:08.2
79th 1975  Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer (TCH) 28:35.2  Šárka Pechková (TCH) 38:52.8
80th 10 October 1976  Dušan Moravčík (TCH) 30:45.2  Božena Sudická (TCH) 39:38
81st 1977  Stanislav Hoffman (TCH) 30:13.2  Božena Sudická (TCH) 37:24.2
82nd 1978  Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer (TCH) 29:47.6  Helena Ledcinová (TCH) 36:20.6
83rd 1979  Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer (TCH) 30:23.6  Šárka Pechková (TCH) 37:04.6
84th 1980  Ivan Uvizl (TCH) 29:47.6  Blanka Paulů (TCH) 37:04.2
85th 1981  Vlastimil Zwiefelhofer (TCH) 30:28.0  Šárka Pechková (TCH) 37:41
86th 1982  Lubomír Tesáček (TCH) 29:59.0  Ľudmila Melicherová (TCH) 34:45
87th 1983  Lubomír Tesáček (TCH) 31:51.0  Ľudmila Melicherová (TCH) 38:41
88th 30 September 1984  Lubomír Tesáček (TCH) 29:29.2  Ľudmila Melicherová (TCH) 33:48
89th 29 September 1985  Lubomír Tesáček (TCH) 29:46  Jarmila Urbanová (TCH) 36:19
90th 28 September 1986  Lubomír Tesáček (TCH) 29:18  Alena Močáriová (TCH) 37:12
91st 27 September 1987  Ivan Uvizl (TCH) 30:14  Ľudmila Melicherová (TCH) 34:54
92nd 25 September 1988  Petr Pipa (TCH) 30:15  Ľudmila Melicherová (TCH) 34:42
93rd 24 September 1989  Ivan Uvizl (TCH) 29:32  Mária Starovská (TCH) 34:33
94th 30 September 1990  Róbert Petro (TCH) 30:49  Iva Jurková (TCH) 35:59
95th 29 September 1991  Róbert Štefko (TCH) 29:52  Mária Starovská (TCH) 34:49
96th 27 September 1992  Róbert Štefko (TCH) 29:33  Vera Kunicická (TCH) 35:57
97th 26 September 1993  Michal Kučera (CZE) 30:03  Alena Peterková (CZE) 37:15
98th 25 September 1994  Jan Pešava (CZE) 30:09  Desana Šourková (CZE) 35:28
99th 24 September 1995  Luboš Šubrt (CZE) 30:11  Desana Šourková (CZE) 35:09
100th 29 September 1996  Laban Chege (KEN) 28:33  Leah Malot (KEN) 33:45
101st 28 September 1997  Jan Pešava (CZE) 28:58.8  Jana Klimešová (CZE) 35:12.9
102nd 20 September 1998  Róbert Štefko (SVK) 29:33.8  Helena Volná (CZE) 34:34.6
103rd 26 September 1999  Mykola Antonenko (UKR) 30:17.0  Petra Kamínková (CZE) 35:42.9
104th 8 October 2000  Maxim Yanishevskiy (UKR) 30:12  Petra Kamínková (CZE) 35:16
105th 30 September 2001  Róbert Štefko (SVK) 29:21  Petra Kamínková (CZE) 35:05
106th 29 September 2002  Miroslav Vanko (SVK) 29:46  Petra Kamínková (CZE) 34:54
107th 28 September 2003  Róbert Štefko (SVK) 29:34  Petra Kamínková (CZE) 34:34
108th 26 September 2004  Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi (LBA) 30:39  Petra Kamínková (CZE) 36:25
109th 25 September 2005  Róbert Štefko (SVK) 30:00  Petra Kamínková (CZE) 34:44
110th 24 September 2006  Jan Kreisiger (CZE) 30:41.0  Petra Kamínková (CZE) 34:52.9
111th 30 September 2007  Pascal Sarwat (TAN) 31:01  Petra Kamínková (CZE) 35:28
112th 28 September 2008  Róbert Štefko (SVK) 31:21  Petra Kamínková (CZE) 36:11
113th 27 September 2009  Ryan Vail (USA) 30:00  Petra Kamínková (CZE) 35:46
114th 26 September 2010  Milan Kocourek (CZE) 31:27  Ivana Sekyrová (CZE) 37:51
115th 25 September 2011  Elisha Sawe (KEN) 29:56  Ivana Sekyrová (CZE) 36:03
116th 30 September 2012  Samuel Kemboi (KEN) 29:11  Monika Preibischová (CZE) 34:53
117th 29 September 2013  Aleksandr Matviychuk (UKR) 29:41  Christine Chepkemei (KEN) 34:46
118th 28 September 2014  Hillary Kiptum Kimaiyo (KEN) 29:14  Nancy Nzisa Wambua (KEN) 33:18
119th 28 September 2015  Jakub Zemaník (CZE) 30:50  Eva Vrabcová (CZE) 33:27
120th 25 September 2016  Jiří Homoláč (CZE) 30:26  Simona Vrzalová (CZE) 34:20
121st 24 September 2017  Jakub Zemaník (CZE) 30:46  Eva Vrabcová (CZE) 34:05

References

  1. 1 2 "Bechovice 10k". World Athletics. n.d. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. "Běžci znovu vyrazí na trať závodu Běchovice – Praha, čekají je novinky". Czech Radio (in Czech). 28 September 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  3. "Bechovice-Prague 10 km". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
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