Information for Elite B and C runners

There are 12 regular refreshment zones, 6 elite extra refreshment zones and a Red Bull Sampling Zone along the Copenhagen Marathon 2025 course.

You can read all about the different zones here.

You have the option to bring personal refreshments, which must be handed in between 7:30 and 8:00 AM on race day. The personal refrehments are removed exactly at 8:00 AM. 

Personal refreshments are handed in next to the Expo building on PH Lings Allé. Here you will find boxes with kilometer marks on correpsonding to the refreshment zones.

Make sure your bottles stand out so you can recognize them again during the race.

Notice! As an elite athlete, you are responsible for taking your own fluids when you reach the refreshment zones. No help/assistance is allowed. 

Read all about how you hand in your personal refreshments here. 

The current World Athletics rules for shoes apply, including a maximum shoe height of 40 mm. Please make sure that your shoes meet the current requirements.

Shoe checks will be performed if it is suspected that the shoe height is not met.

You can see which shoes qualify here.

It is not allowed to be doped and participate in the elite competition of the Copenhagen Marathon.

Any athlete who is subsequently found guilty of doping at the Copenhagen Marathon or who has been suspended from competition due to a doping prior to the event will be required to reimburse any expenses the race organiser has had regarding the athlete’s participation in the Copenhagen Marathon, as the performance – regardless of placement – is deemed invalid.

There will not be a technical meeting for elite B and C athletes. All important information can be found on our webpage. 

All Elite B and C athletes must pick-up their race bib at the Help Desk and not at the regular bib pick up. The Help desk is located outside the Expo Hall next to the T-shirt pick-up station.

If you participate in the Danish championship, you must pick up a separate back label for this at the Help Desk. The label must be on your back during the race.

All elite B and C athletes have access to the elite tent which is placed right at the starting line up.

You can store your race bag in the elite tent. There will be personel from Copenhagen Marathon to watch the bags in the tent, which is open from 7:30 AM to 1:30 PM. 

Elite B and C athletes are let to the start through the elite tent. The start area will open at 9:20 AM. There is  limited space to warm up once you are there. 

When you arrive at the finish line, you can enter the elite tent directly through the Mixed Zone or through the start street where you can pick up your post-race snacks.

You can always enter the elite tent through the main entrance as long as you have your elite B or C start number on.

Remember to pick up your race bag if you have stored it in the elite tent before the tent closes at 13:30.