Information for Elite B runners
All you need to know
Welcome to Copenhagen Marathon 2026. On this page, we’ve gathered a range of practical information for you as an Elite B runner.
Here you can read about:
- Bib pick-up
- How to find the Expo
- Race Day schedule on May 10 (coming soon)
- All about the refreshment zones along the course
- How to drop off personal fluids
- Paces for Copenhagen Marathon (coming soon)
Guide: Pick up your bib at the Expo
As an Elite B runner, you need to pick up your bib at our Help Desk, located to the right when you enter the Expo. To collect your bib, you must present your start card, which will be sent to you by email no later than one week before Race Day.
Good tip: Your bib is personal and shows your race number, first name, nationality, and start group. It also includes a Finisher Badge indicating how many times you have previously participated. Remember to update your registration profile with the correct number before your bib is printed.
Once you have collected your bib, Race Bag, and t-shirt, you can relax. After many months of training, you now only have the final 42.195 kilometers left to complete your journey.
Enjoy the atmosphere at the Expo. Explore the many exhibitors brought by Løberen, and take the opportunity to grab something to eat and drink.
Good tip: Use your Race Bag to store your change of clothes in the Elite B runners’ tent next to the start area. Your Race Bag has a small plastic pocket for your bag tag — a small piece of paper you receive together with your bib — so we can identify your bag in the baggage tent.
How to find the Expo
Address
Forum Copenhagen
Julius Thomsens Plads 1
1925 Frederiksberg
Opening hours
Wednesday, May 6: 14:00 – 19:00
Thursday, May 7: 12:00 – 19:00
Friday, May 8: 10:00 – 19:00
Saturday, May 9: 10:00 – 19:00
Transport
We recommend that you cycle, walk, or use public transport when visiting the Expo.
The metro takes you directly to the door. Simply take line M1 or M2 and get off at Forum.
Useful maps for you
Get your bib number here
As an Elite B runner, you need to collect your bib at our Help Desk at the Expo. After that, you can pick up your Race Bag and t-shirt — located just past the Help Desk area.
Find the Elite B tent
As an Elite B runner, you have access to the Elite B tent in Fælledparken. Here you can relax, change clothes, and use the toilets before and after Copenhagen Marathon. The tent opens at 7:30 AM.
All about the refreshment zones
As an Elite B runner, you have the option to drop off personal refreshment at the 10 regular refreshment zones along the course. Your supplies will be placed on the front tables in each zone.
In addition, there are 5 elite extra refreshment zones, which are reserved for Elite A, B, and seeded Elite C runners. These zones include sponges, HIGH5 gels, and bottled water.
You can read everything about elite refreshment options at Copenhagen Marathon on the page below.
Here you can:
- See all refreshment zones on a map
- Read about dropping off personal fluids
- See what each refreshment zone contains
- Learn more about the HIGH5 products on the course
Race Day Schedule
7:30 – 8:00 AM
Hand-in of personal refreshments is open.
07:30 AM
Elite B area will open
8:00 – 9:10 AM
Possibility to warm up in the park where the start and finish area is located or relax in the elite tent.
9:15 AM
All Elite B athletes gather at in the Elite B tent. A whistle will sound for the final call.
9:17 AM
All Elite B athletes are escorted to the starting street.
09:20
Elite B is ready in the starting street.
9:29 AM
Announcement: 1 minute to go
9:30 AM
Race start
2:30 PM
Elite B tent closes
Pacers at the Copenhagen Marathon 2026
PACE 2:07:00 (Mens race record is 2:08:23)
5km. 15:05
10km. 30:10
15km. 45:15
20km. 1:00:20
Halvmarathon 1:03:39
25km. 1:15:25
30km. 1:45:35
Mål: 2:07:17
PACE 2:20:00 (Womens race record is 2:23:14)
5km. 16:35
10km. 33:10
15km. 49:45
20km. 1:06:20
Halvmarathon 1:09:58
25km. 1:22:55
30km. 1:39:30
Mål: 2:19:57
PACE 2:27:00
5km. 17:25
10km. 34:50
15km. 52:15
20km. 1:09:40
Halvmarathon: 1:13:29
25km. 1:27:05
30km. 1:44:30
Practical information
Refreshment zones
There are 10 regular refreshment zones and 5 elite extra refreshment zones along the course.
In addition, Royal Unibrew provides two Power Zones where you can quench your thirst. The first is at 21.1 kilometers, where you can get Faxe Kondi PRO. At 35.3 kilometers, you can refuel with Faxe Kondi Booster, diluted with water.
Personal refreshments
You have the option to use personal fluids on the course. Personal fluids must be dropped off between 7:30 and 8:00 on race day. All personal fluids will be collected at exactly 8:00, after which they will be transported out onto the course.
Your personal fluids must be handed in next to Spartahallen on PH Lings Allé. Here you will find boxes marked with kilometre signs indicating which refreshment zones they will be placed at.
Make sure your bottles are clearly marked so you can easily recognise them during the race.
Please note: As an elite athlete, you are responsible for collecting your own fluids at the refreshment zones. No assistance is allowed.
Approved shoes
The current World Athletics shoe regulations apply, including a maximum stack height of 40 mm. Please ensure that your shoes meet the applicable requirements.
Shoe checks may be carried out if there is suspicion that the stack height rules are not being followed.
Anti-doping rules
Doping is strictly prohibited in the elite competition at Copenhagen Marathon.
Any athlete who is later found guilty of a doping violation at Copenhagen Marathon, or who has been suspended from competition due to a prior doping offence, will be required to refund any amount paid by the race organiser in connection with participation in Copenhagen Marathon. The performance, regardless of placement, will be considered invalid.
Teknisk møde
There will not be a technical meeting. All important information can be found on this page.
Bib numbers
All Elite B athletes must collect their bib at the Help Desk and not at the regular bib pick-up.
The Help Desk is located inside the Expo hall next to the T-shirt pick-up area.
Elite tent
All Elite B athletes have access to the Elite B tent, which is located right next to the start area.
You can store your race bag in the Elite tent. The tent is staffed by Copenhagen Marathon personnel and is open from 7:30 AM to 2:30 PM.
How to get to the start
Elite B athletes will walk together to the start area from the Elite B tent at 9:17AM.
There is limited space for warm-up once you are in the start zone.
When you cross the finish line
When you finish the race, you can go directly to the Elite tent via the Mixed Zone or through the start area, where you can collect your post-race snacks.
You can always access the Elite tent through the main entrance as long as you are wearing your Elite B bib.
Remember to collect your race bag if you have stored it in the Elite tent before it closes at 2:00 PM.