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A slow rise of 40 m to km 16, a climb of 21 m from km 29 to km 32, then downhill to km 34.
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The start is on the waterfront beside the Hassan II Mosque, as the organiser's route page says.
Photo: RIM 75, CC BY 4.0
km 1.7mile 1
Photo: Simona from Rome, CC BY 2.0
km 7.8mile 4.9
The long palm avenue of the city's biggest park, beside the line on its first pass.
Photo: mustapha ennaimi, CC BY 2.0
km 9.6mile 6
The civic square with the Wilaya building, one of the old centre's set pieces.
Photo: mustapha ennaimi, CC BY 2.0
km 12.3mile 7.6
The twin towers at the Maarif crossroads, 42 m from the line.
Photo: karel291, CC BY 3.0
km 25.9mile 16.1
The business district's towers on the skyline, 265 m off the line at the far end of the loop out to the south-west.
Photo: Chah.salah, CC0
km 42.2mile 26.2
The finish is beside the mosque, back where the race began.
Photo: Milamber's portfolio, CC BY 2.0
Height drawn many times taller than life. Heights: GEDTM30.
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The 2026 course is a long, gentle rise from the waterfront rather than a set of hills: about 25 m by km 10, 44 m by the half-way point and 55.7 m at km 31.7. The next 3 km drop about 49 m, to about 6 m at km 34.7, and the finish is back near sea level at about 5 m.
The organiser describes the course as “flat and fast” and gives it “only 200 metres of elevation gain over 42 km”; the rise and fall above come to less.
Measured
For the 2026 race the organiser puts the start and finish together “near the Hassan II Mosque (Bd Sidi Med Ben Abdellah, opposite Rue Regraga)”, reached by tram T1 (stop “Hassan II Mosque”), bus, or on foot. The marathon goes at 7:00 for the elite runners and wave 1 (under 3 hours), and at 7:05 for wave 2 (over 3 hours). The organiser asks runners to arrive at least 45 minutes early.
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The organiser offers “three formats, one course through Casablanca” in 2026: the marathon, the half marathon and a relay of four runners over segments of about 10.5 km. The marathon has 9 aid stations from km 5 to km 40, and the half has 4, from km 5 to km 20. Marathon pacers are set for 3:00, 3:15, 3:30, 3:45, 4:00 and 4:15.
The relay starts at 7:15, fifteen minutes after the marathon. It changes over at signposted zones at 10.5, 21 and 31.5 km, and the last relay runner crosses the official finish line.
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A loop starting and finishing beside the Hassan II Mosque on Casablanca's Atlantic waterfront, through Morocco's largest city.
The Casablanca Marathon is a loop of 42.2 km with 119.4 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 5 m and its highest 56 m above sea level.
Entry through the organiser
Association des Coureurs du Grand Casablanca, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.
Imagery: Google Earth0:59 filmBeijing, China
Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 41 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
Cologne, Germany
Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 82 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Cologne Cathedral, by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Imagery: Google Earth0:58 filmDresden, Germany
Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 73 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
Lisbon, Portugal
Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 81 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: 25 de Abril Bridge, by Mike, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Cape Town, South Africa
Sun 23 May 202742.2 kmClimb 116 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Cape Town, by SkyPixels, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Vilnius, Lithuania
Sun 12 Sep 202742.2 kmClimb 116 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Gediminas' Tower, by BigHead, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Imagery: Google Earth4:00 filmWashington, D.C., United States
Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 112 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.Not entirely. It has 119.4 m of climbing over 42.2 km. The highest point is 51 m above the lowest.
Entry is through the organiser. Entry fee: MAD 300 (for the 2026 race). Entry details on the organiser’s site
Runners have 6 hours to finish.
