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Barcelona, Spain · 42.195 km road marathon

Barcelona Marathon 2027

Sunday 14 March 2027

A single loop of Barcelona's grid and seafront from Passeig de Gràcia, where the 16:00 course closure can end your race before six hours are up.

Barcelona Marathon at a glance

Start: 08:30, Passeig de Gràcia (in 2026 between Gran Via and Plaça de Catalunya)
Finish: Passeig de Lluís Companys at the Arc de Triomf (2026)
Course: One loop of city streets, finishing about 1.5 km from the start; 2027 route not yet published
Elevation: Between 5 and 52 m above sea level
Time limit: Six hours from the last starter, and the race ends at 16:00; box start times not published
Cut-offs: Time controls exist, but no locations or times are published
Entry: Open, first come, until 37,000 bibs or 7 March 2027; 70 to 100 euro by bib number
Bib pickup: In person at Expo Sports, Thursday 11 to Saturday 13 March; venue not yet announced, no race-day pickup

Checked against the organizer's pages on 16 September 2026. Facts for the next edition can still change; the organizer's page is the final word.

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Barcelona Marathon course map and elevation

One loop of city streets, finishing about 1.5 km from the start; 2027 route not yet published. Map, elevation profile and 3D flyover.

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running direction two lines: out and back on the same road race kilometresCourse: TrailSplits reconstruction; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Flat (<5%)

Route drawn by TrailSplits from published race information; approximate. For illustration, not navigation.

What to expect on the course

On the 2026 course: past La Monumental at km 2 and Casa Batlló at km 4
Over the Bac de Roda bridge at about km 10, then past the Sagrada Família at km 14
Monument a Colom at km 24.7, then the Port Olímpic at km 28 and the seafront to the Parc del Fòrum at km 31.7
An out-and-back on Avinguda Diagonal, turning near Carrer de Bilbao at km 33.4
The last eight kilometres through Poblenou and the Vila Olímpica

The map follows the organizer's published 2026 course; the 2027 course is not yet published and may differ.

Read the full course description

A single point-to-point loop on urban streets, with the finish about 1.5 km from the start. From Passeig de Gracia the field runs northeast along Gran Via past La Monumental at km 2, turns west along Carrer d'Arago past Casa Batllo at km 4 and comes back through the Eixample grid, crosses the Bac de Roda bridge at about km 10 into La Sagrera for the northern turn at km 11.5, returns down Avinguda Meridiana and runs southwest along Carrer de Mallorca past the Sagrada Familia at km 14 and a block from La Pedrera to the western turn at km 17. It recrosses Passeig de Gracia at Placa de Catalunya at km 19.4, loops through Sant Antoni to Avinguda del Parallel, reaches the Monument a Colom at km 24.7, passes the Parc de la Ciutadella to the Port Olimpic at km 28 and follows the seafront along Avinguda del Litoral and Passeig de Taulat to the Parc del Forum at km 31.7. An out-and-back on Avinguda Diagonal turns near Carrer de Bilbao at km 33.4, and the last eight kilometres come back through Poblenou and the Vila Olimpica, with a short Gran Via stretch before the finish on Passeig de Lluis Companys under the Arc de Triomf. The organizer publishes no elevation figure; on the 2026 line the only named bridge is Bac de Roda, and the rest follows the gentle seaward slope of the Eixample grid and the flat seafront.

Source, licence and file

TrailSplits reconstruction of the published route. Course: TrailSplits reconstruction; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL · original source · Download reference GPX (41.8 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

Choose your start box before 1 February 2027

Your start box is the one chosen at registration, and it can only be changed before 1 February 2027. Boxes are staggered by declared pace, so do not pick one faster than you can hold.

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The box you select at registration is the one you start in, and the rules allow a change only before 1 February 2027 through the registration management page. Starts are staggered by declared pace, so an optimistic box puts you in a wave faster than you can hold; a move to a faster box after the deadline is not offered through the portal.
Plan a rear-box finish against the 16:00 closure, not the six-hour figure

Six hours from the last starter and a 16:00 closure both apply, and box start times are not published. A rear-box runner near six hours should plan to finish by 16:00 and set checkpoints from that clock.

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The rules set two limits, six hours from the last starter and a 16:00 course closure, and do not publish the box start times, so you cannot tell which binds. A runner in a rear box aiming near six hours should plan to be done by 16:00 and treat the six-hour figure as a ceiling, not an entitlement; with no intermediate cut-offs published, set your own checkpoints from the 16:00 clock.
Be at the expo by Saturday 13 March 20:00

Bibs and shoe chips are issued only in person at Expo Sports, Thursday to Saturday, closing at 20:00 on Saturday 13 March. The venue is not yet announced, and a third party can collect with your receipt and identity document.

More detail
Bibs and shoe chips are handed out only in person at Expo Sports on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday before the race, with the collection deadline at 20:00 on Saturday and nothing issued on race day. The expo venue is not yet announced, so leave time for a trip across the city; a third party can collect for you with the registration receipt showing your bib number and your identity document.

Your race-day sheet

Even elapsed splits for 42.195 km. All clocks are local to Barcelona.

Target finish time, including stops

HoursMinutes

Total stopped minutes Your start time (local)

The initial value is the first published start, not your assigned wave. Europe/Madrid.

Time limit: Six hours from the last starter, and the race ends at 16:00; box start times not published

How this sheet applies the limit

The rules give six hours counted from the moment the last participant leaves the start line, and also state that the race ends at 16:00, which is 7 h 30 after the 08:30 first start; the start box times are not published, so which of the two binds for a given runner is unknown. Time controls exist along the route, but no intermediate cut-off locations or times are published. Results depend on the shoe chip and the rules do not say whether the limit is applied on gun or chip time; this sheet checks the 16:00 finish clock only.

A timing comparison, not a fitness assessment. Intermediate cutoffs, queues, weather and terrain are not modelled. Stops are spread evenly in the illustration; actual checkpoint times will differ.

ESTIMATED FINISH

12:30:00

MOVING PACE BUDGET

5:34/ km

ELAPSED PACE

5:41/ km

120 min below the modelled finish limit

Distance markers, not aid stations or guaranteed arrival times.
Distance	Elapsed	Local clock
5 km	00:28:26	08:58:26
10 km	00:56:53	09:26:53
15 km	01:25:19	09:55:19
20 km	01:53:45	10:23:45
Halfway	02:00:00	10:30:00
25 km	02:22:12	10:52:12
30 km	02:50:38	11:20:38
35 km	03:19:05	11:49:05
40 km	03:47:31	12:17:31
Finish	04:00:00	12:30:00

Training plan for Barcelona Marathon 2027

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:: Open, first come, until 37,000 bibs or 7 March 2027; 70 to 100 euro by bib number
Bib pickup:: In person at Expo Sports, Thursday 11 to Saturday 13 March; venue not yet announced, no race-day pickup

Read the full entry and pickup rules

Entry is direct and first come through the organizer's RockTheSport platform, open since 30 April 2026 with no lottery, and closes when 37,000 bibs are taken or on 7 March 2027. The fee rises with the bib number: 70 euro for bibs 1 to 1,000, 80 euro to 6,000, 90 euro to 16,000 and 100 euro for the rest; entry was open on the check date and the band currently on sale is unknown. Bibs and shoe chips are issued only in person at the Expo Sports fair on Thursday 11 March 15:00 to 20:00 and on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 March 09:00 to 20:00, with third-party collection allowed with the registration receipt and the runner's identity document; the venue is not yet announced and nothing is issued on race day.

Sources

Checked 16 September 2026; next review due 2026-10-31. 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

Race regulation: The 14 March 2027 date, the 08:30 start and 08:25 wheelchair start, the 16:00 race end and six hours from the last starter, unpublished time controls, the start boxes and the 1 February 2027 change deadline, the 37,000 quota and price bands, the 7 March 2027 closing, the expo-only bib pickup with no race-day issue, the shoe chip and the route-change clause.
Course page: The Passeig de Gracia start, staggered starts by declared pace, the pacer paces, and the 2026 course map PDF and Strava route from which the landmark order and the map were taken; the map is 2026 vintage and no elevation figure is given.
City Council mobility notice: The 2026 start between Gran Via and Placa de Catalunya and the 2026 finish on Passeig de Lluis Companys. 2026 facts, not 2027 confirmations.