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Antwerp Marathon
Two laps of one city loop, from the Kattendijkbrug by the docks past the Havenhuis, the Meir, Centraal Station, the KMSKA and the Scheldt quays, to a finish at the MAS.
The Antwerp Marathon is a flat multi-lap course of 42.2 km with 22.4 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 5 m and its highest 11 m above sea level. Next race: Sunday 18 October 2026, starting at 09:00.
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At a glance
- Race day
- The 2026 race
- Next race
- Sun 24 Oct
- Last run Sun 18 Oct
- Start
- 09:009:00 AM
- Distance
- 42.2 km26.2 mi
- Multi-lap, asphalt
- Total climb
- 22.4 m73 ft
- Highest point 6 m20 ft above lowest
- Entry
- Entry open
- €90. For the 2027 race
- Time limit
- 5 h 30 min
- Aid stations
- 11
The course
Pick a place, or drag along the profileThe marathon starts at the Kattendijkbrug by the docks, runs the same loop through the city twice and finishes at the MAS.
StartFinish
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- Photo: Torsade de Pointes, Public domain
- Photo: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
- Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0
- Photo: DimiTalen, CC0
km 7.9mile 4.9
Zurenborg
Zurenborg is a neighbourhood 'largely developed between 1894 and 1906', with 'a high concentration of townhouses in Art Nouveau and other fin-de-siecle styles'.
Photo: Torsade de Pointes, Public domain
km 16.6mile 10.3
KMSKA, the fine arts museum
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp was 'closed to the public for major renovations at the end of 2011, reopening on 24 September 2022 after 11 years of work'. It stands 84 m to the right of the runner at km 16.61 and 39.13.
Photo: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
km 18.7mile 11.6
Het Steen
Het Steen is a medieval fortress on the Scheldt, 'built between 1200 and 1225' and 'Antwerp's oldest building'. The course passes it 49 m to the left on the quays at km 18.66 and 41.18.
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0
km 19.9mile 12.4
Red Star Line Museum
The Red Star Line sailed from Antwerp to North America with 'some two million' passengers, and 'Among them were many famous persons, including regular passenger Albert Einstein'. The museum is 30 m right of the runner at km 19.90, at the end of lap one.
Photo: DimiTalen, CC0
Height drawn many times taller than life · Digitaal Hoogtemodel Vlaanderen II
0 10 20 30 40 km
0 10 20 26.2 mi
Aid stations, food dashed: bridge
Your 5 gels, at the orange marksFor a 4:00 finish, one every 40 minutes
- km 7mile 4.4
- km 14.1mile 8.7
- km 21.1mile 13.1
- km 28.1mile 17.5
- km 35.2mile 21.8
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- One city loop, run twiceTwo laps of one loop, so supporters can see their runner more than once.
- From the Havenhuis to the Scheldt quaysThe docks, the Meir, the station, the fine arts museum and the river, on each lap.
- Flat, and fed eleven timesA flat course, with an aid station every 2.3 to 5.5 km.
Course notes 4 short reads on the course
km 0 to 42.2GeometryOne city loop, run twiceTwo laps of one loop, so supporters can see their runner more than once.
The organiser’s own words for 2026: marathon runners cover this city loop twice (“leggen marathonlopers deze stadslus twee keer af”), which also lets supporters cheer the same runner in several places. The start is at the Kattendijkbrug on the Rijnkaai, the finish at the MAS. The course is measured to World Athletics rules and holds an International Measurement Certificate.
Sourced
Whole courseLandmarkFrom the Havenhuis to the Scheldt quaysThe docks, the Meir, the station, the fine arts museum and the river, on each lap.
The organiser names these places on the 2026 course: the Havenhuis on the docks; the Boerentoren and the Meir; Centraal Station; the Dageraadplaats; the KMSKA, the fine arts museum; the Marnixplaats and the Kloosterstraat; and the quays along the Scheldt. The 10K, not the marathon, is the race that crosses the Grote Markt.
Sourced
Whole courseTacticsFlat, and fed eleven timesA flat course, with an aid station every 2.3 to 5.5 km.
The organiser calls the course flat. The aid stations, by its 2026 table: the Meir at km 4.9 and 27.7, the Montenstraat at 7.5 and 30.0, the Boomgaardstraat at 10.4 and 32.9, the Haantjeslei at 13.0 and 35.5, the Sint-Michielskaai at 17.6 and 40.1, and the Oosterweelse Steenweg at 22.2. The longest gap is 5.5 km, from km 22.2 to the Meir at 27.7. At each station the tables run water, sports drink, food, then water again, and the helpers’ vests say which: blue for water, red for sports drink, yellow for food.
Sourced
km 0 to 42.2TacticsAlmost level, never straight for longThe turns, rather than hills, are the pacing challenge on this city loop.
The organiser calls the course flat and gives 57 m of climbing. The ground itself rises and falls by less than 6 m from its lowest point to its highest, and the climb, smoothed over 1 km, comes to 22.4 m.
The street geometry is the stronger pacing clue: 150 turns of at least 45 degrees within 60 m over the two laps. The second lap also adds a short docks detour before rejoining the first lap’s city streets.
Measured
Every aid station11 stations, km 4.9 to km 40.1mile 3 to mile 24.9
km 4.9mile 3
water, sports drink, foodMeir: sports drink, winegums and salt.
km 7.5mile 4.7
water, sports drink, foodMontenstraat: sports drink, winegums and salt.
km 10.4mile 6.5
water, sports drink, foodBoomgaardstraat: sports drink, winegums and salt, plus bananas.
km 13mile 8.1
water, sports drink, foodHaantjeslei: sports drink, winegums and salt.
km 17.6mile 10.9
water, sports drink, foodSint-Michielskaai: sports drink, winegums and salt.
km 22.2mile 13.8
water, sports drink, foodOosterweelse Steenweg: sports drink, winegums and salt.
km 27.7mile 17.2
water, sports drink, foodMeir: sports drink, winegums and salt.
km 30mile 18.6
water, sports drink, foodMontenstraat: sports drink, winegums and salt.
km 32.9mile 20.4
water, sports drink, foodBoomgaardstraat: sports drink, winegums and salt, plus bananas.
km 35.5mile 22.1
water, sports drink, foodHaantjeslei: sports drink, winegums and salt.
km 40.1mile 24.9
water, sports drink, foodSint-Michielskaai: sports drink, winegums and salt.
Read on antwerpmarathon.com, praktische-info.
Checked , against the organiser’s own pages.
Race weekend
Bib pickup at Waagnatie, Rijnkaai 150, AntwerpFriday 16 October Bib pickup
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12:0012:00 PM–19:007:00 PM
Bib pick-up Waagnatie, Rijnkaai 150, Antwerp. Bring the mail with your personal number or e-ticket that the organiser sends at the latest a week before. Someone else may collect your bib with it. Name and distance changes are made at the stand.
Saturday 17 October Last bib day
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10:0010:00 AM–17:005:00 PM
Bib pick-up Waagnatie, Rijnkaai 150, Antwerp
Bib in hand?A number belt holds it without pins through your race top. Clip it on tonight.
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Sunday 18 October Race day
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08:008:00 AM–14:002:00 PM
Bib pick-up Waagnatie, Rijnkaai 150, Antwerp. The Runners' Village is on the Rijnkaai car park by the Waagnatie; signs lead from there to each start and its pens, chosen by your expected finish time. Bag storage and changing tents, no showers. -
09:009:00 AM
Marathon start Kattendijkbrug (Rijnkaai, by the Limaplein). Pacers from 2:59 to 5:00, each with a coloured flag showing the finish time. -
18:006:00 PM
Finish closes MAS -
Time not published
Marathon time limit The police reopen the roads behind a 5.5 hour pace; slower runners are taken out of the race. 5:30 limit: 7:49/km for 42.195 km5:30 limit: 12:35/mi for 26.2 mi
Other races (2)
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09:049:04 AM
10K start Orteliuskaai, by the Koolkaai -
14:002:00 PM
Half marathon start Kattendijkbrug, the marathon's start
Times as published by Golazo Sports NV, in Antwerp time, checked . Confirm on their site before you travel.
The forecast for Sunday
Race morning, on the record
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Results
Entry
Race fuel
Energy gel
5 gels for Antwerp, plus 1 spare
Finish
One every 40 minutes, the orange marks on the profile. Antwerp stays within 6 m20 ft of height, so they go by the clock:
Under about 75 minutes most runners need no gel: water at the aid stations does it.
- km 7mile 4.4
- km 14.1mile 8.7
- km 21.1mile 13.1
- km 28.1mile 17.5
- km 35.2mile 21.8
For your long training runs:
Our pick: SiS BETA Fuel gel, box of 6, strawberry and lime. 40 g of carbohydrate a gel, about twice a usual gel, from two kinds of sugar your body takes up side by side. Enough for race day and two test long runs.
Easy to forget on race morning: pack them with your bib the night before.
Only the gel you trained with. Nothing new on race day.
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Anti-chafe
Compeed anti-blister stick, 8 ml
An invisible layer before the start keeps seams, straps and shoes from rubbing skin raw.
Put it on before you leave for the start: heels and toes, inner thighs, under a bra or heart-rate strap.
Try it on a long run first, like everything you use on race day.
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Number belt
Compressport Race Belt
Holds your bib without safety pins through your top, with loops for up to 8 gels.
Clip the bib on the night before, so it goes on with your shorts in the morning.
Keep the number on the front, where officials and photographers can see it.
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Electrolytes
SiS Hydro electrolyte tablets, tube of 20
One tablet in a bottle puts back some of the salt you sweat out.
One tablet in 500 ml of water in the hour before the start.
Only if you have used them in training: nothing new on race day.
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Blister plasters
Compeed blister plasters, medium, 6
One in a pocket cushions a blister if one starts.
Put it on clean, dry skin and leave it until it comes off by itself.
Give a couple to whoever comes to cheer, so they are there at the km you need them.
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Questions about the Antwerp Marathon
- Is the Antwerp Marathon course flat?
- Yes. It has 22.4 m of climbing over 42.2 km. The highest point is 6 m above the lowest.
- When is the Antwerp Marathon 2026?
- Sunday 18 October 2026. The start is at 09:00.
- How do I enter the Antwerp Marathon?
- Entry for the 2027 race is open. It opened on 15 October 2026 and closes on 23 October 2027. There are 2 ways in: Open entry and Name change or TicketSwap. Entry fee: €90 (for the 2027 race). Entry details on the organiser’s site
- What is the time limit at the Antwerp Marathon?
- Runners have 5 h 30 min to finish.
- Where does the Antwerp Marathon start?
- Start: Kattendijkbrug (Rijnkaai, by the Limaplein).
- Is there a video of the Antwerp Marathon course?
- Yes. A 3D flyover film of the whole course, start to finish (3:59), plays at the top of this page.
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