2026 operating status

Know what is final.

Confirmed for 2026

Race date

Sunday 14 March 2027. Gun 08:30. Wheelchair 08:25. The regulation also says the race ends at 16:00.

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Confirmed for 2026

Entry

Sold out. The 1 November 2026 note says all 37,000 entries were gone, four and a half months before race day. Regulation prices were €70, €80, €90, and €100 by bib band.

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Awaiting 2026 detail

Course file

The course page links a Strava GPX. That download asked for a login on 4 November 2026, so we did not save a file. The PDF on the same page is named ZMB26.

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Awaiting 2026 detail

Expo

Visitor area and bib pickup both say the location is coming soon. Their hours do not match each other, and the homepage FAQ prints February dates.

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Previous-edition reference

2026 results

Abel Chelangat 2:04:57. The same 20 March 2026 story prints Fotyen Tesfay at 2:10:51 and, in the women's list, 2:10:53. Those are 2026 times, not a 2027 record.

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Barcelona Marathon · March 2027

Where to spectate

One published place to stand, and a list of entertainment points with no addresses.

In this guide · 2 decisions
  1. 01The hub
  2. 02Do not invent the middle

The hub

Course page: Paseo de Gracia. Citizen information says there are road closures and hot spots, then sends you to other pages. It does not print a street or a time.

The 2026 results story mentions 47 entertainment points. That sentence is about the 2026 race. The 2027 course page does not repeat the number, so we are not assigning 47 corners to this edition.

Do not invent the middle

Aid stations are kilometres only: about 5, 7.5, 10, 12.5, 15, 17.5, 20, 22.5, 25, 27.5, 30, 32.5, 35, 37.5, and 40. No street names.

Mile markers in the plans stay at 0. A 26.2 pin would be a guess.

Ready-made plans

Passeig de Gràcia hub

Adult support crew

The course page names one place: Passeig de Gràcia. Citizen information mentions hot spots and does not list streets, so this plan has one stop.

  1. Mile 0

    Passeig de Gràcia

    The course page does not name a station.

    Mile 0 is the published hub and the map pin at 41.388646, 2.169358. It is not a surveyed mat. The finish is not assigned a mile because the finish street is unpublished.

Meetup: The organizer pin on Passeig de Gràcia. Name a door the night before. There is no published family pen.

Stay on the avenue

Family

Three hotel addresses we checked sit on Passeig de Gràcia. They are beds, not cheer points, until the course map names the block.

  1. Mile 0

    Passeig de Gràcia 38-70

    The course page does not name a station.

    Mandarin Oriental 38-40 and Majestic 68-70 are hotel addresses on the avenue. Mile 0 means we are not inventing a kilometre.

Meetup: Pick one hotel door. Do not promise a runner will pass it.

Add pace timing in the weekend board →

Continue the plan

Choose a hotel that supports the crewCompare runner-first, spectator-first, family, city, and budget bases.

Edition status

Checked 4 November 2026 against the regulation, the course page, the 1 November sell-out note, bib pickup, and the visitor-area page. No GPX is stored. The finish street and the expo building are not published.