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The 2026 marathon has a 6-hour limit measured at the 41.8 km gate, with eleven gates along the way, the first at 4.6 km closing 53 minutes after the gun.
The marathon starts at 8:45 on Sunday 8 November 2026 and the gates close on the clock from the gun. Gate 1 at 4.6 km closes at 9:38. Gate 5 at 25.4 km closes at 12:28, 3 hours 43 minutes in, and the last gate at 41.8 km closes at 14:45, which is the 6-hour limit. The finish is planned to close at 15:00. A runner who misses a gate cannot carry on.
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The organiser sets the marathon at 15,000 places at 14,000 yen. Okayama residents had a priority round of 4,000 places, with applications from 8 to 15 April 2026. The general round, open to anyone, took applications from 16 April to 18 May for 10,800 places, and the results went out on 16 June. Of the general places, 300 are set aside for people who live outside Japan, 250 of them in the marathon. A further 200 places were offered to people outside Okayama Prefecture who donated at least 50,000 yen to the prefecture, first come first served.
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Bib pickup at Okayama Prefectural General Ground
09:009:00 AM–19:307:30 PM
08:458:45 AM
15:003:00 PM
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Ballot closed for the 2026 race As read 15 October 2026.
The organiser, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.
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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: Kobe, by Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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: Osaka Castle, by 663highland, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
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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.
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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.
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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.