Amsterdam, Netherlands · 42.195 km road marathon
Amsterdam Marathon 2026
Sunday 18 October 2026
One flat loop from the 1928 Olympic Stadium through the Vondelpark and out along the Amstel, with fixed-clock cut-offs up to km 25.
Amsterdam Marathon at a glance
- Start
- 09:00 to 09:43 in six waves, Olympic Stadium (Area A on the field, Area B on Stadionweg)
- Finish
- Olympic Stadium, in front of the grandstand
- Course
- One loop, flat: the profile stays between about minus 4 and plus 5 m
- Time limit
- Six hours, gun or chip not stated; the stadium finish closes at 17:00
- Cut-offs
- Clock times: 10:31 at km 5, 11:13 at km 10, 11:55 at km 15, 12:36 at km 20, 13:18 at km 25
- Entry
- Sold out; KWF charity places or official resale until 14 October (entry was 145 euro)
- Bib pickup
- Expo at RAI Amsterdam, Thursday 15 October to Saturday, with your QR email; no Sunday pickup
- Aid stations
- Maurten drink from km 5, gels at km 18 and 30; personal bottles not delivered
Checked against the organizer's pages on 25 September 2026. Facts for the next edition can still change; the organizer's page is the final word.
Amsterdam Marathon course map and elevation
One loop, flat: the profile stays between about minus 4 and plus 5 m. Map, elevation profile and 3D flyover.
› running direction two lines: out and back on the same road race kilometresCourse: TrailSplits reconstruction; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Route drawn by TrailSplits from published race information; approximate. For illustration, not navigation.
What to expect on the course
- North into the Vondelpark, then south through the Rijksmuseum passage to a small Zuidas loop at km 7 to 8
- Out along the west bank of the Amstel to Ouderkerk aan de Amstel at about km 19 to 20, back on the east bank
- A hairpin at the Utrechtsebrug at km 26, then Overamstel and the Amstel Business Park
- Over the Torontobrug onto Stadhouderskade at about km 37, then back through the Vondelpark to the stadium
The map follows the 2026 course as published; the start and finish inside the stadium are approximate.
Read the full course description
One flat loop from the 1928 Olympic Stadium. It heads north on Amstelveenseweg into the Vondelpark, east through the park, then south through the Rijksmuseum passage and down Hobbemakade and Beethovenstraat to a small Zuidas loop at km 7 to 8 and back north to Stadionweg at km 10. Churchill-laan, Rijnstraat and President Kennedylaan lead through a cycle tunnel onto the Amsteldijk for the long rural out-and-back along the west bank of the Amstel to Ouderkerk aan de Amstel at about km 19 to 20, returning on the east bank with runners visible across the river. A hairpin at the Utrechtsebrug at km 26 sends the field through Overamstel and the Amstel Business Park, then north on Rozenburglaan and Hugo de Vrieslaan, west across the Torontobrug onto Stadhouderskade at about km 37 and back through the Vondelpark to the stadium. The organizer's profile stays between about minus 4 and plus 5 m; aid stations serve Maurten drink from 5 km, gels at 18 and 30 km, and personal bottles are not delivered.
Source, licence and file
TrailSplits reconstruction of the published route. Course: TrailSplits reconstruction; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL · original source · Download reference GPX (43.0 km in the file). Approximate terrain-model heights added by TrailSplits, sampled and smoothed at roughly 100 m intervals. Buildings, bridges and small road gradients are not surveyed road elevations.Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.
Three decisions to make before race day
Plan for the 25 km cut-off, not the six-hour headline
The cut-offs are fixed clock times: 10:31 at 5 km and 13:18 at 25 km. A wave 6 runner leaving at 09:43 has 48 minutes to 5 km and 3 h 35 to 25 km, about 8:36 per kilometre, which is tighter than the 17:00 finish closure that sits 7 h 17 after that wave.
Know your start area before race morning
Area A is on the stadium field, open from 07:45, and Area B on Stadionweg from 08:00, each with its own bag drop. Your wave and area are emailed only one week before the race.
More detail
Area A is on the stadium field through the marathon gate, open from 07:45, with waves 1 and 2 on the field by 08:50 and bag drop in tents around the stadium from 07:30; Area B is on Stadionweg with access from 08:00 and bag drop on Stadionplein from 07:45. Wave and area are only emailed one week before the race.
Decide now whether to race on Maurten or carry your own
Maurten drink is served from km 5 and gels only at km 18 and 30, and personal bottles are not delivered. Bibs must be collected at RAI by Saturday evening, so a Saturday-night arrival needs a proxy with your QR email.
More detail
The organizer serves Maurten drink mix in cups from 5 km, gels only at 18 and 30 km and a bar at the finish, and states that personal bottles cannot be delivered to aid stations. Bibs must be collected at RAI Amsterdam by Saturday evening, so a Saturday-night arrival needs a proxy collector with your QR email.
Your race-day sheet
Even elapsed splits for 42.195 km. All clocks are local to Amsterdam.
ESTIMATED FINISH
13:00:00
MOVING PACE BUDGET
5:34/ km
ELAPSED PACE
5:41/ km
120 min below the modelled finish limit
| Distance | Elapsed | Local clock |
|---|---|---|
| 5 km | 00:28:26 | 09:28:26 |
| 10 km | 00:56:53 | 09:56:53 |
| 15 km | 01:25:19 | 10:25:19 |
| 20 km | 01:53:45 | 10:53:45 |
| Halfway | 02:00:00 | 11:00:00 |
| 25 km | 02:22:12 | 11:22:12 |
| 30 km | 02:50:38 | 11:50:38 |
| 35 km | 03:19:05 | 12:19:05 |
| 40 km | 03:47:31 | 12:47:31 |
| Finish | 04:00:00 | 13:00:00 |
Training plan for Amsterdam Marathon 2026
A free week-by-week plan dated to this race. It starts from a stated default (weekly distance, longest recent run, days a week) that you can change; nothing is read from your watch or training history. It does not use the finish-time target above.
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Entry, bib pickup and rules
- Entry:
- Sold out; KWF charity places or official resale until 14 October (entry was 145 euro)
- Bib pickup:
- Expo at RAI Amsterdam, Thursday 15 October to Saturday, with your QR email; no Sunday pickup
Read the full entry and pickup rules
The marathon's 32,000 places are sold out; remaining entries come only through the KWF charity programme and the official resale page, open until Wednesday 14 October 2026, with an Atleta waiting list; a resale buyer keeps the seller's start wave and time. Recreational entries can be transferred through the personal dashboard. Entry was through the Atleta platform at 145 euro. Bibs are collected at the Marathon Expo at RAI Amsterdam on Thursday 15 October 13:00 to 20:00, Friday 10:00 to 20:00 and Saturday 09:00 to 19:00 with the personal QR code emailed in early October; a third party may collect with that email, and there is no Sunday pickup.
Sources
Checked 25 September 2026; next review due 2026-10-05. Event facts come from the organizer; the pacing sheet, decisions and plan are TrailSplits' own. Independently prepared by TrailSplits, not endorsed by the organizer.
What each source confirms
- Marathon page: Start areas, the wave table, the six-hour limit and 17:00 closure, the kilometre cut-offs, aid stations, the stadium finish and the 2026 course map used for the reconstruction.
- Programme: The 18 October 2026 date, the weekend schedule and time limits, the 17:00 finish closure and the 30 to 31 October 2027 dates.
- Entry and expo pages: Sold-out status, resale and charity routes, fees, the expo hours at RAI Amsterdam and the absence of Sunday pickup.