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When is the London Marathon? The 2024 London Marathon will be held on Sunday 21 April. ... Viewers in the United Kingdom will be able to watch the London Marathon live on the BBC, with extensive ...
Viewers in the United Kingdom will be able to watch the London Marathon on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with coverage commencing at 8.30am BST and continuing until 2.15pm.
Sir Mo Farah finished ninth on his final London Marathon appearance following two extraordinary races in the men’s and women’s events
The 2024 London Marathon was the 44th running of the London Marathon; it took place on 21 April 2024. [1] The route included notable landmarks Buckingham Palace , Cutty Sark , Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf .
The London Marathon (also known as the TCS London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in London, England. Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically held in April, although it moved to October for 2020, 2021, and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
The marathon distance was officially 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) long as sanctioned by World Athletics. [9] The London Marathon was run over a mainly flat course, starting in Blackheath. [10] The course began at three separate points and they converged just before 3 miles (4.8 km) into the race. [11]
After a record number of entries signed up for the 26.2-mile race in 2024 – 578,374 applicants according to event organisers – next year’s London Marathon is bound to be another popular event.
More than 50,000 people are expected to finish this weekend’s London Marathon, a record number over the course of the race’s 43-year history.