Singapore Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Singapore Marathon is the city-state's annual December road marathon, first held in 1982 and currently run as the BYD Singapore International Marathon presented by adidas. It is organised by SG International Marathon Pte Ltd, and BYD replaced Standard Chartered as title sponsor in 2026 after 22 years. The marathon flags off at 4:30am on a Sunday from the F1 Pit Building and finishes inside the National Stadium in the Kallang precinct, so start and finish are at different venues. The race weekend also includes a half marathon on the Saturday, a 10km and a 5km on the Friday night, and a children's Kids Dash. For 2026 the organisers moved the West Coast Highway climb to around the 8km mark, so runners meet it in the cooler, darker early hours rather than late in the race. The course is described as 99% mono-directional, with only a 300m stretch across Marina Barrage run in both directions. It uses East Coast Park, where runners go out on the cycling path and return on the service road, and it crosses Benjamin Sheares Bridge. The 2026 marathon field is 12,000 runners, including 9,000 places for Singapore-based runners and 3,000 for international runners, and the cut-off is seven hours. The marathon reached World Athletics Gold Label Road Race status in 2012.