Since 1995, the winners in men’s and women’s competitions are awarded the Fred Lebow Trophy, established in the memory of Fred Lebow.
Fred Lebow, the Belgrade marathon’s great friend, the founder of The New York City Marathon and modern marathon movement passed away after long illness on 9 October 1994. With the consent of Fred Lebow’s family and the New York Road Racing Club, the Belgrade Marathon established the Fred Lebow Trophy which is awarded to the winners in men’s and women’s competitions.
The Trophy is the work of an academic sculptor Dušan Nikolić.

THE FRANJO MIHALIĆ TROPHY

Since 2000, the best home runner is awarded the Franjo Mihalić Trophy, established as a tribute to the best Yugoslav marathon runner of all time.
Franjo Mihalić, who turned 86 on 9 March 2006, was one of the most successful runners of his time. He competed in 1075 official races, and bettered 25 times Yugoslav records and best times in events ranging from the 5000m to the marathon.
His biggest success was the second place in marathon at the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956. He won the midnight race „Corrida de Sao Silvestre” in 1952 and 1954. He triumphed in „Cross des Nationes” in Paris in 1953, and twice in the cross-country race „Le Soir” in Brussels.
He triumphed in the Boston Marathon in 1958. He placed first three times at the cross-country race „Cinque mullini” (in 1957, 1958 and 1961). At the classical marathon course in Athens in 1957 in a duel between the Balkans and Scandinavia he triumphed setting the course record of 2:26,27...

THE LAV TROPHY

Lav Pivo (Lion Beer), the sponsor of the Belgrade Marathon, will present for the first time this year the Lav Trophy for the most „lionesque” feat during the Marathon.
The LAV Trophy is awarded for the greatest feat at the Marathon to a participant who demonstrates his or her lion-like quality at the very course and in the face of whatever difficulties completes the race. All marathon and half marathon participants in both men’s and women’s competitions are eligible for the trophy.
The intention of the sponsor and the organiser is to make the LAV Trophy a traditional part of this renowned sports event.
Lav Pivo, with its slogan „Either you are – Or you’re not”, is a product of the company Carlsberg Serbia, a proven friend of sports not only in Serbia and Montenegro but on the global level as well.