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Downhill from km 8 to km 17, a slow rise of 35 m to km 32, then downhill again to km 35.
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The Olympiastadion, built for the 1972 Summer Olympics under Frei Otto's and Behnisch's tent roof.
km 5.9mile 3.6
The Siegestor, the triumphal arch between Leopoldstrasse and Ludwigstrasse, completed in 1852.
km 7.1mile 4.4
The Feldherrnhalle on Odeonsplatz, a loggia of 1844 modelled on Florence's Loggia dei Lanzi, beside the yellow Theatinerkirche. The course crosses Odeonsplatz three times: south at km 7.08, then north out of Residenzstrasse past it at km 9.55 and km 35.74.
km 7.5mile 4.7
Marienplatz, the old town's central square, with the Neues Rathaus and its Glockenspiel on the north side and the Mariensäule in the middle.
km 8.2mile 5.1
Sendlinger Tor, one of the three surviving gates of the medieval city wall, first named in 1318.
km 16.4mile 10.2
The Aumeister, a beer garden in a former royal hunting lodge at the northern tip of the Englischer Garten.
km 21mile 13.1
The Chinesischer Turm, a 25 m wooden pagoda of 1789-90 with Munich's second-largest beer garden, in the Englischer Garten.
km 21.5mile 13.3
The Max-Joseph-Brücke, an arched stone bridge of 1902 between Lehel and Bogenhausen. The course's first crossing of the Isar, west to east, at km 21.41-21.49, out of the Englischer Garten by Tivolistrasse into Bogenhausen.
km 32.4mile 20.1
The Werksviertel, the former Pfanni potato works behind the Ostbahnhof, rebuilt as a quarter of offices, clubs and plazas. The course runs through it at km 31.9-32.6 on Atelierstrasse, Am Kartoffelgarten and Bahnbogen past Knödelplatz, the highest point of the course.
km 34.2mile 21.2
The Ludwigsbrücke, the Isar crossing on the old salt road, rebuilt in 1935 over the Kleine Isar, the Museumsinsel and the Isar. The course's second crossing of the Isar, east to west, at km 34.12-34.30, past the Deutsches Museum on its island to the south.
km 34.7mile 21.6
The Isartor, the eastern gate of the medieval city wall, built from 1337.
km 42.2mile 26.2
Willi-Daume-Platz on the Olympiasee in the Olympiapark, under the 291 m Olympiaturm of 1968.
Height drawn many times taller than life. Heights: DGM1 - Digitales Geländemodell Bayern.
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Munich is not a hilly marathon, but its climbing is not spread evenly either. The first 16 km drift gently down, from 513 m at the start to 497 m at the top of the English Garden by the Aumeister. From there the course spends the next 16 km going up: through the park, over the Isar, across Bogenhausen and Berg am Laim to the Werksviertel, the high point at km 32.1.
It is a long, shallow rise, about 2 m a kilometre, so you will feel it more in your pace than in your legs. Then the course gives most of it back: 15 m down to the Ludwigsbrücke by km 34, and only 7 m of climbing in the last 10 km home.
Measured
The triumphal arch at the top of Ludwigstrasse is the hinge of the whole course. You pass under it heading south at km 5.9, on the way into the old town, Odeonsplatz and Marienplatz, and out to the U-turn at Sendlinger Tor. You come back through it heading north at km 10.8, on the way to the English Garden.
The third time is at km 37.0, after the Isartor and one last run through the centre. From there it is 5 km home to the Olympic Park.
Measured
Halfway comes in the English Garden, by the Chinese Tower. A few hundred metres later the course leaves the park and crosses the Isar on the Max-Joseph-Brücke at km 21.4, into Bogenhausen, and the long climb to the Werksviertel goes on on the east bank.
The way back over the river is the Ludwigsbrücke at km 34.1, beside the Deutsches Museum on its island, downhill from the high point. Straight after it comes the Isartor, the old city gate, and the road into the centre.
Measured
Older Munich marathons finished with a lap inside the Olympic Stadium. The 2026 race did not: the stadium is under renovation, and the line was on Willi-Daume-Platz, on the shore of the Olympic Lake below the Olympic Tower. The way home ran up Franz-Joseph-Strasse and back into the park, over a footbridge about 250 m before the line.
The start, on the Spiridon-Louis-Ring level with the stadium’s Marathon Gate, was about 730 m from the finish, both inside the Olympic Park. The 2027 course is not out yet.
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One lap of Munich from the Olympic Park: under the Siegestor three times, through Marienplatz, around the English Garden, over the Isar twice and up to the Werksviertel, to a finish by the Olympic Lake. 59 m of climbing.
The Munich Marathon is a loop of 42.2 km with 59 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 497 m and its highest 533 m above sea level.
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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.
Casablanca, Morocco
Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 119 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: Hassan II Mosque, by Tinuzzo, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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 filmLucerne, Switzerland
Sun 31 Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 105 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.
Imagery: Google Earth4:00 filmEntry openFrankfurt, Germany
Sun 31 Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 44 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.
Imagery: Google Earth0:59 filmVenice, Italy
Sun 24 Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 25 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.
Seoul, South Korea
Sun 21 Mar 202742.2 kmClimb 59 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: Gyeongbokgung, by Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Krakow, Poland
Sun 18 Apr 202742.2 kmClimb 55 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: Main Square, by Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Imagery: Google Earth0:59 filmMelbourne, Australia
Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 55 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 59 m of climbing over 42.2 km. The highest point is 35 m above the lowest.
9,126 runners finished in 2026.
Yes. A 3D flyover film of the whole course, start to finish (1:00), plays at the top of this page.
