2026 operating status

Know what is final.

Confirmed for 2026

Race date

19 April 2027. Age for the standards is age on that day.

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Confirmed for 2026

Entry

Qualifier registration closed 18 September 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Cutoff for acceptance was 5:17 under the standard. About 1,000 more places were a random draw for applicants who were not past that cutoff. The qualify page's table lists field size 30,000 and 8,019 qualifiers not accepted.

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Previous-edition reference

Course file

No GPX on the marathon page. The route towns, mile table, and MBTA chart are from the Race Course PDF in /wp-content/uploads/2026/03/. Not a 2027 edition label.

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Read the full edition note

Boston Marathon · April 2027

Emergencies

Call 911 first. The operations number below is from the March 2026 PDF.

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  1. 01Race-day contacts in the older PDF

Race-day contacts in the older PDF

Medical volunteers in red jackets. Hydration stations have two emergency responders. When in doubt, call 911.

B.A.A. Operations Center (617) 424-7800 is printed as race day only, in the March 2026 PDF. Do not treat it as a verified 2027 number until the B.A.A. reprints it.

Tufts Medical Center is the hospital already in this record. We did not re-open it.

Current saved places

  • Emergency care

    Tufts Medical Center

    Downtown ER if the Newton Hills break more than your spirit.

Continue the plan

Return to the complete weekend boardReview role, hotel priority, runner timing, spectator stops, and the four-day plan.

Edition status

The qualify page, opened 4 November 2026, dates the race 19 April 2027 and says qualifier registration closed on 18 September 2026. The cutoff for acceptance was 5:17 under the age-group standard. The course description is the B.A.A. Race Course PDF uploaded March 2026. That file is not labeled 2027, and it has no GPX. Wave clocks in the PDF are not copied here.