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The ballot for 2026 London Marathon is opened with this year’s race later this week.
A world record 840,000 people entered the ballot for this year’s marathon and this means the London incident, which occurs on Sunday, is officially the most popular marathon on the planet.
The ballot has been opened a day earlier this year as compared to 2024, when applications were made from Saturday morning before the marathon on Sunday 21 April and this year’s ballot will be open till Friday 2 May, which means that the window is one day longer than 2024 to apply.
A record-breaking clan of over 56,000 people is expected to participate in Sunday’s marathon with a marathon for Sunday 26 April 2026 and Hugh Brasher, Chief Executive Officer of London Marathon events, said: “London Marathon is one of the most prestigious and inclusive sports incidents in the UK. Thousands of people who line up the roads.
Here is everything that you have to know how to enter:
How can I enter next year’s race?
You can secure a place by entering the ballot in 2026 London Marathon By clicking hereThe ballot was opened two days before the 2025 edition of the race on Friday 25 April and closed on Friday 2 May 2025. The results of the ballot will be announced before the end of July.
2026 London Marathon will be on Sunday, 26 April 2026 and the winners are randomly designed, so all have a similar shot. If you are successful, you will secure a prestigious location in the marathon.
The cost of a place in the London Marathon for successful UK participants is £ 79.99. You do not need to pay your entry fee in the ballot, but the UK resident London Marathon Foundation can choose to donate your entry fee, whether the result of the ballot.
If you apply, you will receive a confirmation email and if you have donated your entry fee, you will also get a payment receipt. The results of the ballot will be email to all entry in July.
Your entry fee, whether you should find a place via ballot, have reduced by £ 79.99 £ 49.99. If you live in the UK and have not chosen the option to donate your entry fee while applying, you will have to pay a full entry fee of £ 79.99.
If you do not find a place in the main ballot, you are automatically entering another ballot and it will double the possibility of getting a place through that second draw at least. If you are successful in any ballot, your entry prepaid and confirmed.
If you are unsuccessful in both ballot papers, you will get a winter running top that will retail to £ 60 as consolation.
The ballot is done randomly, while alternative options involve applying for a charity location, when you wait for the results of the ballot-you get a ballot space and a charity place you can return your place in donations and still raise money for them as a runner.
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London Marathon is a huge public participation event (PA Archive)
When is 2025 London Marathon?
2025 London Marathon is on Sunday 27 April.
what time does it start?
8.50 pm – Elite wheelchair race for men and women.
9.05AM – Race of elite women.
9.35am – Elite starts massive after men’s race.
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Wheelchair race is going on for the first time in London Marathon (Zack Goodwin/PA Wire)
How can I see it?
Viewers in the United Kingdom will be able to watch the London Marathon live on the BBC, with comprehensive television coverage and online streaming through the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website.
What is the route?
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London marathon route (Supplied)
The London marathon follows a large -scale unchanged route as it was first run in 1981. At a distance of 26.2 miles, this course begins in Greenwich, falls below the high point of the race to follow a large -scale flat course, first moves east to east to Woolvich and follows Tems to the Tems.
From there, the runners cut the London Bridge and turn to the old Docklands in the Canary Ghats and London, to track through the Central London, before a U-turn, running along the embankment, until another correct twist towards St. James Park on the Westminster Bridge.
The route takes to several famous London sites, which takes Katiy Sir (Mile Six), Tower Bridge (Mile 12), The Tower of London (Mile 22) The London and from Big Ben (both Mile 25) to the Mall near Buckingham Palace before its prestigious finish line in the mall near Buckingham Palace.
What is the prize money on the proposal?
Last year’s race was the first time to offer the same prize money for the Elite Wheelchair race, which was in the form of his competent counterparts.
In 2024, there was a total prize pot of £ 243,000 in the competent race of elite men and women and the wheelchair race of men and women, with the winners received $ 55,000 (£ 44,000).
The prize money is the same at the offering of this year, each winner earns $ 55,000, runner-up $ 30,000 (£ 23,100) and in third place $ 22,500 (£ 17,400).
For men’s sub -2: 02 and sub -2: 15 for women, $ 125,000 (£ 96,500) to set a new world record and for a new course records for records records for a new course of men and women for $ 125,000 (£ 96,500) and a new course, $ 125,000 (£ 96,500) for £ 125,000 (£ 96,500) for £ (£ £ 96,500) £ There are also bonuses 115,900).