2026 operating status

Know what is final.

Confirmed for 2026

Race date

Sunday 14 March 2027. Gun 08:30. Wheelchair 08:25. The regulation also says the race ends at 16:00.

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Confirmed for 2026

Entry

Sold out. The 1 November 2026 note says all 37,000 entries were gone, four and a half months before race day. Regulation prices were €70, €80, €90, and €100 by bib band.

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Awaiting 2026 detail

Course file

The course page links a Strava GPX. That download asked for a login on 4 November 2026, so we did not save a file. The PDF on the same page is named ZMB26.

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Awaiting 2026 detail

Expo

Visitor area and bib pickup both say the location is coming soon. Their hours do not match each other, and the homepage FAQ prints February dates.

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Previous-edition reference

2026 results

Abel Chelangat 2:04:57. The same 20 March 2026 story prints Fotyen Tesfay at 2:10:51 and, in the women's list, 2:10:53. Those are 2026 times, not a 2027 record.

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Barcelona Marathon · March 2027

Course & strategy

42.195 urban kilometres, a hub on Passeig de Gràcia, and no line we can hand you.

In this guide · 4 decisions
  1. 01What is published
  2. 02What we did not store
  3. 03Pacing facts, not a profile
  4. 04The clock

What is published

Article 2 calls the distance 42.195 kilometres, totally urban, and certified by the FCA, RFEA, and World Athletics. Article 16 says the route is marked and that the organizer may change it.

The course page says where: Paseo de Gracia, date 14 March, with staggered starts by the pace you entered. It does not print a street list.

What we did not store

View on Strava points at route 3314660708901242298. Descargar en .GPX is that route's export, and on 4 November 2026 the download landed on a Strava login. There is no course file in this record.

The course-map PDF is named 6.5-Mapa-Circuit-ZMB26.pdf. The start-line and finish-line map links on the page go nowhere. We are not reading street names out of a 2026-named image.

  • Google Maps pin: 41.388646, 2.169358. A point on the avenue, not a mat.

Pacing facts, not a profile

No climb total is published, so elevation gain and max are empty. The old 120 m figure is gone.

Liquid stations are listed at about km 5, 7.5, 10, 12.5, 15, 17.5, 20, 22.5, 25, 27.5, 30, 32.5, 35, 37.5, and 40, plus a liquid and solid stop at the finish. The regulation says approximately. It does not name the corners.

35 pacers at 2:45, 3:00, 3:15, 3:30, 3:45, 4:00, and 4:30.

The clock

Gun 08:30. Wheelchair 08:25, five minutes before the first official departure. The race ends at 16:00.

The official maximum is 6:00 hours from the time the last participant leaves the starting line. A runner in an early corral can have less than six hours from their own gun if the last starter is delayed, and the 16:00 close is a second limit. We stored 360 minutes and kept both sentences.

Continue the plan

Turn course time into a spectator routeUse the same miles and predicted finish to decide which sightings are realistic.

Edition status

Checked 4 November 2026 against the regulation, the course page, the 1 November sell-out note, bib pickup, and the visitor-area page. No GPX is stored. The finish street and the expo building are not published.