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Everyone who is at least 16 years old in the year of the event, and are healthy and able to complete the entire distance on their own can participate. It is not possible to participate if you have not turned 16 years old in the year of the event due to the distance.

Blind or disabled people are very welcome to participate and are allowed to have a guide with them. If the guide wants to have a registered time, T-shirt, medal, etc. on an equal footing with the other participants of the race, it is necessary for the guide to register as well. If the guide doesn’t want the items mentioned, the guide must contact our customer service.

Companies, clubs and other groups wanting to enter and possibly pay for all entries at once have the possibility of getting a company profile. You can choose whether the administrator registers all participants or whether you receive a link where the individual participants should register themselves.

To create a company profile please send an email to [email protected].

The online entry is open until race start given the race is not sold out. In addition it is also possible to sign up physically at the Help desk at the Copenhagen Marathon Expo or on race day.

Please notice that you must have time to pick up your race bib before race start. You can pick up your race bib as regularly unless you register on race day then you must pick up your race bib at theHelp desk.

Everyone who enter the race will receive a receipt by email and will appear on the entry list. Please check this yourself.

If you do not receive any receipt or confirmation, it may be in your  spam filter, that you have provided the wrong email when entering, or that your entry has not gone through. In this case, please contact customer service.

Your bib number must be picked up at the Copenhagen Marathon Expo. To pick up your bib number, you must present your bib card, which you will receive by email before the race. If you are unable to pick up your bib number at the expo, you can have a friend or family member pick it up for you by presenting your bib card.

Picking up your bib number on race day will be possible. This can be done from our help desk, which is placed in a white tent in front of the Expo.

Important: Picking up your bib on Race Day is at your own risk. Delays due to things like traffic problems, queues to the pick-up point etc. are the sole responsibility of the participant.

Yes, no problem. If you are unable to pick up Race Bag and your bib number at the expo yourself, you can have a friend or family member pick it up for you. To do this they need the QR-code on your starting card – either on print or digital.

Yes, you can. However, we strongly recommend picking up your Race Bag and bib number on Thursday, Friday or Saturday – or having someone else do it for you – as there may be heavy demand on Sunday.

Bib pickup on race day takes place at the white tents in front of the Expo. Please note that this is at your own risk, and any delays due to traffic, queues, or similar issues are the responsibility of the participant.

If your personal data changes after you have registered, please log in to your entry profile with the login information you have received by email and update your personal data.

It is your responsibility to keep all information up to date at all times. It is especially important that we have your correct email address and mobile number registered, as all information is sent by email or SMS.

Yes. In your entry profile under ‘Public Name Permission’ choose ‘no, thanks’ and afterwards you will only appear with initials on entry and results lists.

Your name will no longer appear on the entry list, but you will still be able to search for your profile in the results list you just have to search for your bib number instead of name.

Yes. When you enter the race or log in to your entry profile you can choose ‘neutral nationality’ as your nationality. Afterwards your nationality will not appear on entry and results lists as well as on your race bib.

Yes. In your entry profile under ‘Public Photo and Video Permission’ choose ‘no, thanks’ and afterwards your live photos and video will be removed from the results lists.

Please notice if you want to keep the photos and video yourself you must download the files before as you no longer will have access to them either.

According to the Consumer Agreement on online trading the buyer has no right of withdrawal, as recreational leisure activities are not included in the agreement. However, it is possible to transfer your entry to another person.

Yes. On our Resale platform, you can both buy, sell, and transfer starting numbers – easily and securely.

Please note that it is not the Copenhagen Marathon that sells numbers. We simply facilitate the contact and ensure that everything happens under proper conditions.

Read more about the possibilities via the link below.

The race is started by the starting gun, after which the seeded elite and then the other participants cross the starting line.

The start takes about 25 minutes. To ensure the best possible start and race experience for all participants, please make sure to start in the correct start group.

For safety reasons, it is important that you are correctly registered as a participant and do not run with someone else’s race bib.

In this way, we can be sure that the information registered on your bib is your own information, and we have the possibility to contact your relatives if necessary.

Special equipment, including running strollers, is only allowed after prior agreement with the organizer. Everyone running with a running stroller must show consideration and at all times respect the instructions of the officials, including any instructions regarding placement in the field.

Running with a baby jogger or stroller should be avoided due to the distance, risk of extreme weather conditions, loud noises or other conditions that may be too intense for small children.

All runners with a baby jogger must show the greatest possible consideration and always respect the instructions of the officials, including any instructions regarding their position in the field.

The participant’s official time is a net time where the time starts when the runner crosses the start line. There is a cut off time at 6 hours net for the entire distance and 3 hours net at the half marathon mark.

This is because we only have roads available for a certain period. That being said, the finish area is the last thing we take down, and we would like everyone to cross the finish line, so keep running until you hear otherwise.

Ultimately, however, you may be asked to complete the rest of the route on the sidewalk.

It is not prohibited to run with headphones, but we recommend that you refrain from doing so.

You must always be able to hear officials if they need to contact you and the other runners.

The Copenhagen Marathon course is DAF-measured according to international standards. This means that it has been measured and approved by a professional surveyor from the Danish Athletics Federation. We therefore guarantee that it is 42.195 kilometers long.

If your watch shows something else, it could be due to:

• Interference from other signals when there are many GPS watches in a small area.
• Running in a big city with tall buildings, which can interfere with the GPS watch’s contact with the satellite.
• You haven’t run the optimal line that the route is measured on.

The latter is often a quick way to run a longer distance. For instance if you run one lap on track:
Lane 1 = 400m
Lane 2 = 407m
Lane 3 = 414m
Lane 8 = 454m

That way, even minor deviations from the optimal line can mean a longer race.

The Copenhagen Marathon will not host the Danish Championship in marathon in either 2025 or 2026.

This is because in 2026 the World Half Marathon Championships will be held in Copenhagen. This race will replace the Copenhagen Half Marathon, which usually hosts the Danish Half Marathon Championship.

In order for the national runners to be able to compete in both the Danish Half Marathon Championships and the World Half Marathon Championships, in 2025 and 2026 the DM Half Marathon and DM Marathon will be swapped, so the DM Half Marathon will be held in the spring, while the DM Marathon will be held in the fall.