TCS Sydney Marathon
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Event overview
The TCS Sydney Marathon is a 42.195 km World Athletics Platinum Label marathon held in Sydney on Sunday 30 August 2026. The course finishes at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt and has a start location at Miller St, North Sydney. The official course elevation values are: elevation gain +313 metres, elevation loss -396 metres, overall net -83 metres. The event has an overall course cut-off time of 7 hours.
The route passes major city landmarks including the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. The race is run under World Athletics rules. All participants must be at least 18 years old on event day and bibs are collected at the TCS Sydney Marathon Running Show; runners must show ID that matches registration.
Race logistics and services
Runners are organised into three start groups and three colour-coded assembly areas at St Leonards Park (orange, red and green). Bibs indicate start group, assembly area and entry chute. The event uses a rolling start and provides pacers who run to chip time; pacers wear a red pace team singlet and carry flags with target finish times.
On-course services include water at all drink stations and Powerade at 5 km, 10 km, 15 km, 20 km, 25 km, 30 km, 35 km and 40 km. GU gels are available at 20 km and 30 km in limited supply. After the finish, runners follow a controlled 600-metre walk-off to the reunite zone and collect a finisher medal and a recovery bag with water, Powerade, fruit and a muesli bar. Public transport access is recommended, with North Sydney Station, Victoria Cross Metro and Crows Nest Metro noted as nearest stations; an accessible drop-off is at North Sydney Boys High School car park. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
