Munich Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Munich Marathon, officially Marathon München by Brooks, is a one-lap city marathon that starts and finishes in the Olympiapark and is usually run on a Sunday in October. The city marathon was first run on 8 May 1983 as the Olympia City Marathon, and it has been held in October since a relaunch in 2000. The marathon shares the day with a half marathon, a 10 km run and a four-person marathon relay, and the weekend also includes a Kids Run and a runners' festival in the park. The single-lap course was introduced in 2025. In 2026 it started at 09:00 on the Spiridon-Louis-Ring, ran south through Schwabing to turn at the Sendlinger Tor, and returned past the Marienplatz to loop around the Englischer Garten. It then crossed the east of the city to the Werksviertel and came back over the Ludwigsbrücke, through the old town again and past the Siegestor to the Olympiapark. Because the Olympic Stadium is being renovated, the 2026 finish was on the Willi-Daume-Platz by the Olympiasee rather than inside the stadium. The finish closes in the afternoon, about six and a half hours after the start, and runners who miss the set passing times have to continue on the pavement. The 2026 marathon had 12,300 entries and sold out.