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A slow rise of 16 m from km 3 to km 7, a climb of 15 m from km 24 to km 27, then downhill to km 40.
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The start is on the Salzach's Staatsbruecke; the line opens on its west end.
Photo: Eweht, CC0
km 0.3mile 0.2
Seen across the old town in the first kilometre, 218 m from the line.
Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY 4.0
km 1mile 0.6
Above the old town; 396 m from the line at its nearest.
Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0
km 6.2mile 3.9
The turn of the course in the south, 72 m from the line.
Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0
km 11.8mile 7.4
Photo: Maxx82, CC BY 2.5
km 19.1mile 11.9
The Salzach crossing at the top of the loop, on the line.
Photo: Eweht, Public domain
km 20.1mile 12.5
The course runs along Mirabellplatz at the palace, 86 m from the line.
Photo: -wuppertaler, CC BY 4.0
km 41.8mile 26
On Getreidegasse, in the closing 400 m, 19 m from the line.
Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0
km 42.2mile 26.2
The finish is on Max-Reinhardt-Platz beside the Festival Hall, 104 m from the line's last vertex.
Photo: Photo: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0
Height drawn many times taller than life. Heights: GEDTM30.
Dashed: bridge
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The 24th edition starts on the Staatsbrücke “with a wonderful view of the classic old town”. The organiser describes the finish limit and the course in the same breath: the marathon finish line is 5:45 hours, and “if this goal is in danger, you can run to the half-marathon finish after the first lap” and be ranked in the half marathon. That makes the course two laps of one loop, so a spectator in the old town can see the same runner twice. The route map on the organiser’s page is the 2026 one; the 2027 map is announced as coming soon.
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The organiser calls it “this flat and beautiful route through Mozart’s city” and gives “9 m maximum difference in height”. The elevation profile along the course is a little wider than that: 418.9 m at the lowest point, about km 19.1, to 437.8 m at the highest, about km 27.4, a spread of 18.9 m. Either way the road never asks for more than a gentle swell. The start sits at 422.3 m and the finish at 430.0 m, 7.7 m higher, and both laps cover much the same ground, between about 419 and 438 m.
In total the course climbs 79.3 m, about 1.9 m per kilometre, spread over two laps in small steps.
Measured
The 2027 marathon starts at 08:30 in several waves, with the starting block chosen at registration; it “should correspond to your expected performance”. A finish limit of 5:45 hours works out at about 8:10 per kilometre. The page does not say whether it is counted from the gun or from the mat. The organiser’s own advice for a day that is going slowly is to cross to the half-marathon finish after the first lap, in which case the result goes into the half-marathon ranking automatically.
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A point-to-point run through Mozart's old town, starting at the Staatsbrücke over the Salzach and finishing at Max-Reinhardt-Platz beneath the fortress.
The Salzburg Marathon is a point-to-point course of 42.2 km with 79.3 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 419 m and its highest 438 m above sea level. Next race: Sunday 23 May 2027, starting at 08:30.
Bib pickup at Volksgarten ice arena, Hermann-Bahr-Promenade 2
13:001:00 PM–19:007:00 PM
10:0010:00 AM–19:007:00 PM
08:308:30 AM
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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.
Prague, Czechia
Sun 2 May 202742.2 kmClimb 98 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: Charles Bridge, by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Geneva, Switzerland
Sun 9 May 202742.2 kmClimb 79 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: Jet d'Eau, by Ank Kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sun 9 May 202742.2 kmClimb 69 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: Nyhavn, by kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Toronto, Canada
Sun 17 Oct 202742.2 kmClimb 80 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: CN Tower, by ImagePerson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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.
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.Not entirely. It has 79.3 m of climbing over 42.2 km. The highest point is 19 m above the lowest.
Sunday 23 May 2027. The start is at 08:30.
Entry is through the organiser. Entry fee: €95 (for the 2027 race). Entry details on the organiser’s site
Runners have 5 h 45 min to finish.
Start: Staatsbrücke.
