2027 DOUBLE TCS LONDON MARATHON TO HOST THE UK ATHLETICS MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS
London’s elite races also confirmed as official UK Athletics trials for the 2027 World Championships and the 2028 Olympic Games
The 2027 Double TCS London Marathon will host the UK Athletics (UKA) Championships and be the official trial races for the 2027 World Athletics Championships in Beijing and the LA 2028 Olympic Games.
For the first time in its history, for one year only, the 2027 TCS London Marathon will take place over two days – April 24 and 25 – with the men’s elite race taking place on Saturday 24 April and the women’s elite race taking place on Sunday 25 April.
The historic occasion will once again host the UKA Marathon Championships – won in 2026 by Eilish McColgan and Mahamed Mahamed – and will be used to select the marathon team for the 2027 World Championships and will form part of the selection process for the 2028 Olympic Games.
2027 World Athletics Championships
The first two British athletes to cross the Finish Line in the elite male and female races at the 2027 TCS London Marathon will be given the opportunity to be selected for the marathon events at the 2027 World Championships in Beijing, provided they have the following World Athletics qualifying times prior to or on the day of the event:
Men: 2:06:00
Women: 2:23:20
2028 Olympic Games
The first male and first female to cross the Finish Line of the 2027 TCS London Marathon will be ‘pre-selected’, provided they have the Olympic qualifying times, which are expected to be released by the end of the year.
‘Pre-selection’ will require further performance in the 2028 season across race distances to confirm the nomination to represent Team GB at the 2028 LA Olympic Games. Further details will be available in the Selection Policy when it is released.
Tom Craggs, UK Athletics Endurance Performance Lead, said: “The TCS London Marathon is the greatest marathon in the world and provides a fantastic platform for British athletes to compete on the highest stage.
“British marathon running continues to go from strength to strength, and we look forward to seeing athletes take on this unique opportunity to compete for both national titles and world and Olympic selection.”
Hugh Brasher, CEO of London Marathon Events, organizers of the TCS London Marathon, said: “The 2027 Double TCS London Marathon is already set to be a stunning one-off occasion, with 100,000 people taking part across two days and the elite men’s and women’s races split across the weekend for the first time.
“By making it the official trial race for both the 2027 World Athletics Championships and the 2028 Olympic Games, as well as the 2027 UK Athletics Marathon Championships, UK Athletics has added another unique dimension to the event. The country’s best marathon runners will also be racing for places at not one, but two major global championships.”
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About UKA
UK Athletics is the National Governing Body of the leading Olympic and Paralympic sport in Britain. British Athletics is the sport we represent, the people, the athletes, the fans, the team.
We work closely with the Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAFs) to develop and grow all areas of the sport, including elite performance, coaching, major international events, competition and grassroots programs within schools and clubs.
Find out more: www.britishathletics.org.uk and uka.org.uk
- The British Athletics selection policy for the marathon event for the 2027 World Championships in Beijing and the advance notice for the LA Olympic Marathon can be found here.
About the TCS London Marathon
- The 2027 TCS London Marathon Double will take place on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 April 2027.
- The elite men – including the elite men’s wheelchair field as well as the men’s Championship and Good for Age categories – will take place on Saturday 24 April 2027.
- The elite women – including the elite women’s wheelchair field, as well as the women’s Championship and Good for Age categories – will take place on Sunday 25 April 2027.
- Entries for the Championship and Good for Age categories will open on Thursday 1 October. More information is available at tcslondonmarathon.co.uk.
- The masses on both days will be a mixed field of male, female and non-binary participants.
- The 2027 Double TCS London Marathon – the Double – will be held as a special one-off two-day event.
- The event will welcome 100,000 participants across the weekend.
- Since the first London Marathon in 1981, the event has raised £1.4 billion for charity.
- The 2027 TCS London Marathon Official Charity of the Year is the National Autistic Society.
- London Marathon Events passes its surplus each year through corporate Gift Aid to its parent charity, the London Marathon Foundation (the operating name of The London Marathon Charitable Trust, a registered charity (283813) and a company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales (01550741), registered office: 190 Great Dover Street, London, SE1 4YB).
- Since 1981, the London Marathon Foundation has awarded more than £120 million to more than 1,800 projects that inspire activity in London and across the UK.
- Find out more about the work of London Marathon Events and the London Marathon Foundation in the new Group Impact Report.
For more information, visit tcslondonmarathon.com.
