TCS Sydney Marathon
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Event overview
The TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS is an Abbott World Marathon Majors event held on Sunday 30 August 2026. The race distance is 42.195 km and the finish line is at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt. The start location is Miller St, North Sydney. The official course cut-off time is 7 hours. All participants must be aged 18 years or older on event day.
Course and on-course services
The route passes central Sydney landmarks including the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. The course has an official elevation gain of +313 metres, elevation loss of -396 metres, and an overall net elevation of -83 metres. Drink stations provide Powerade at 5km, 10km, 15km, 20km, 25km, 30km, 35km and 40km; water is available at all drink stations; GU gels are available at 20km and 30km. Portable toilets are located at each drink station. A team of pacers will run to chip time and will be identifiable by a red pace-team singlet and a flag showing their target finish time.
Start, finish and entry details
Runners are corralled into three assembly areas at St Leonards Park (orange, red and green) and allocated to Start Groups 1-3. Push wheelchairs are permitted only in the final start group; prams, scooters and handcycles are not allowed on course. Bib collection takes place at the TCS Sydney Marathon Running Show and entries include a race bib, timing tag, finisher medal and finisher shirt. After the finish, runners follow a controlled 600-metre walk to the reunite zone and collect a recovery bag shortly after the finish. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
