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Salzburg, Austria · 42.195 km road marathon

Salzburg Marathon 2027

Sunday 23 May 2027

Two near-flat laps from the old town south to Hellbrunn and back, starting on the Staatsbrücke, with a 5 h 45 gross limit.

Salzburg Marathon at a glance

Start: 08:30, Staatsbrücke, line-up in Schwarzstraße; in 2026 blocks left from 08:30 to 08:40
Finish: Max-Reinhardt-Platz by the Großes Festspielhaus (the 2027 page header says Residenzplatz)
Course: Two laps of the half-marathon loop, near flat with 9 m of height difference (2026 route)
Time limit: 5 h 45 gross from the 08:30 gun; the finish closes at 14:15
Cut-offs: None published
Entry: Open via Datasport; 85, 95 then 105 euro by quota, born 2009 or earlier, no refund
Bib pickup: SportMall, Volksgarten ice arena: Friday 21 May 13:00 to 19:00, Saturday 10:00 to 19:00; not on race day

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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Salzburg Marathon course map and elevation

Two laps of the half-marathon loop, near flat with 9 m of height difference (2026 route). 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

Down the Hellbrunner Allee into the Hellbrunn park roads around km 5
West through Morzg, Leopoldskron and Moos to Maxglan and the Neutor near km 17
Over the Salzach on the Lehener Brücke around km 18 and back over the Staatsbrücke at about km 20
Through Universitätsplatz, Alter Markt, Residenzplatz and Mozartplatz to the lap change near km 21
You may stop after lap one and be ranked in the half marathon

The map follows the 2026 course as two laps of the half-marathon loop; the organizer has not yet published a 2027 plan.

Read the full course description

Two laps of the Sparkasse half-marathon loop, starting on the Staatsbruecke after lining up in Schwarzstrasse and finishing at Max-Reinhardt-Platz in front of the Grosses Festspielhaus, which the organizer's information page and 2026 map name as the finish although the 2027 marathon page header says Residenzplatz, about 250 m away. Each lap leaves the old town along the Rudolfskai and Josef-Preis-Allee, runs south down the Hellbrunner Allee into the Hellbrunn park roads around km 5, then turns west through Morzg, Leopoldskron and Moos to Maxglan and the Neutor near km 17. Reichenhaller Strasse and the Lehen quarter lead to the Salzach crossing on the Lehener Bruecke around km 18, and the Elisabethkai and Mirabellplatz bring the field back over the Staatsbruecke at about km 20 and through Universitaetsplatz, Alter Markt, Residenzplatz and Mozartplatz to the lap transition near km 21, where the half marathon finishes and the marathon repeats the loop. The organizer claims a maximum height difference of 9 m and the 2026 map gives 422 to 431 m with an AIMS certification mark, so the course is near flat apart from the two bridge ramps. Aid-station details for 2027 are still to follow; in 2026 pacers ran from 3:00 to 5:15 in 15-minute steps.

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

Choose the colour block at entry for the time you will actually run

Pick the colour block at entry for the time you will really run: green under 2:50, orange to 3:30, red to 4:00, blue over 4:00. In 2026 blue left ten minutes after the gun and had 5 h 35 to the 14:15 closure.

More detail
The block is requested at registration, is mandatory and is marked as a coloured circle on the bib: green under 2:50, orange 2:50 to 3:30, red 3:30 to 4:00, blue over 4:00. In 2026 the blue block left ten minutes after the first gun while the finish closed on the fixed 14:15 clock, which left it 5 h 35 rather than 5 h 45. The 2027 block times are not yet published, so check them before entering your start-line time above.
Set a decision time for the end of lap one

Any entrant may stop at the half-marathon finish after lap one. An even 5 h 45 needs halfway by about 11:20, so decide before the Staatsbrücke at km 20; no sweep or cut-off decides it for you.

More detail
Any marathon entrant may run to the half-marathon finish after the first lap and is ranked in the half marathon automatically, with no penalty stated. An even 5 h 45 needs halfway by about 11:20 on the clock, so decide before the Staatsbruecke at km 20 whether the second lap fits; no sweep vehicle or intermediate cutoff is published to make that choice for you.
Be in Salzburg by Saturday evening for your bib

Pickup is Friday 21 May 13:00 to 19:00 and Saturday 22 May 10:00 to 19:00 at the Volksgarten ice arena, away from the start. There is no ordinary race-day pickup, so be in Salzburg by Saturday evening.

More detail
Pickup at the SportMall in the Volksgarten ice arena runs Friday 21 May 13:00 to 19:00 and Saturday 22 May 10:00 to 19:00, and the arena is not at the start. There is no ordinary race-day pickup; in 2026 a Sunday collection 06:30 to 08:00 was allowed only in justified exceptions with prior notice, so do not plan a same-morning arrival around it.

Your race-day sheet

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

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/Vienna.

Time limit: 5 h 45 gross from the 08:30 gun; the finish closes at 14:15

How this sheet applies the limit

The organizer allows 5 h 45 gross for the marathon, counted from the 08:30 first gun, so the finish closes at 14:15, which is the closure the 2026 instructions gave; results are ranked on gross time. A runner in danger of missing it may run to the half-marathon finish after the first lap and is placed in the half-marathon ranking automatically. Four colour blocks are chosen at entry and printed on the bib (green under 2:50, orange 2:50 to 3:30, red 3:30 to 4:00, blue over 4:00); in 2026 green and orange started at 08:30, red at 08:35 and blue at 08:40, and the 2027 block times are not yet published. No intermediate cutoffs are published; this sheet checks the 14:15 clock and the 5 h 45 allowance 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

105 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 Salzburg Marathon 2027

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Entry, bib pickup and rules

Entry:: Open via Datasport; 85, 95 then 105 euro by quota, born 2009 or earlier, no refund
Bib pickup:: SportMall, Volksgarten ice arena: Friday 21 May 13:00 to 19:00, Saturday 10:00 to 19:00; not on race day

Read the full entry and pickup rules

Direct online entry for 2027 is open through Datasport in three quota bands of 85, 95 and 105 euro with no lottery; the quota sizes and the dates at which the price steps up are not published. Entrants must be born in 2009 or earlier, registration is binding and a non-starter is not refunded. Bibs, with the timing chip built in, are collected at the SportMall in the Volksgarten ice arena on Hermann-Bahr-Promenade 2 on Friday 21 May 13:00 to 19:00 and Saturday 22 May 10:00 to 19:00; there is no ordinary race-day pickup, and in 2026 a Sunday collection 06:30 to 08:00 was allowed only in justified exceptions with prior notice.

Sources

Checked 16 September 2026; next review due 2026-11-12. 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

2027 marathon page: The 23 May 2027 date, the 08:30 start on the Staatsbruecke, the Residenzplatz finish header, the 5 h 45 limit with the lap-one exit to the half marathon, gross-time ranking, Datasport entry, the 85, 95 and 105 euro quota prices, the 2009 minimum birth year, bib-pickup days and hours, the chip in the bib, the 9 m height claim and the notice that the 2027 route map is still to come.
2026 course map: The ordered street list from Schwarzstrasse and the Staatsbruecke to Max-Reinhardt-Platz, the 425, 431, 422 and 428 m figures and the AIMS certification mark. A 2026 course, not a 2027 confirmation.
2026 half-marathon information (German): The 08:30, 08:35 and 08:40 block starts, the 14:15 finish closure, the Sunday pickup exception and the pacer list. 2026 facts written for the 17 May 2026 edition, not 2027 confirmations.