Championship Entry

• Application time: Your application time must be achieved between 1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025.
• Course certification: Your application time must be achieved on a course certified by UKA, AIMS or your national governing body.
• Membership: You must be a registered member of a UK athletics body (England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland).
• Proof required: This must be a link to the results webpage, which clearly displays the name and date of the event and your application time.

Any falsification or misrepresentation will result in being banned from all future events organised by London Marathon Events for a period of up to five years. A second breach will mean a ban of up to life from all of our future events.

Half-marathon times can only be used by runners who’ve never completed a marathon or by runners who have a marathon qualification time achieved outside the qualification window (eg if you have a half-marathon time inside the qualification window and a marathon time that is under 2:38 or under 3:10 outside the qualification window, so before 1 October 2024, your half marathon time can be used). You will need to provide proof of both your half marathon and marathon times. 

For the 2026 TCS London Marathon, any applicant who has given birth since 30 September 2022, can use a marathon time or half-marathon time recorded from 30 September 2021, which meets the Application Times set out above, as an application for a Championship place.

You can apply for a Championship place if you don’t live in the UK, but you are a UKA member.

However, if you're not offered a Championship place you won’t be eligible for a Good For Age place (these are for UK residents only).

The 2026 ballot closed on Friday 2 May 2025. If you got a ballot place and also qualify for a Championship place, let us know if you'd like to switch.