{"id":231473,"date":"2026-03-24T13:55:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/?p=231473"},"modified":"2026-03-24T20:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:42:59","slug":"cape-town-marathon-2026-start-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/cape-town-marathon-2026-start-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town Marathon 2026: Start System"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cape Town Marathon 2026: Start System<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Cape Town Marathon 2026 has presented a dual\u2011zone start and five participant waves designed to reduce congestion on the course and improve race flow. Runners are assigned to batches A\u2013N based on previous results and then directed to the appropriate wave and start venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Batch<\/th>\nWave<\/th>\nStart Venue<\/th>\nTime<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Wheelchair<\/strong><\/td>\nWheelchair<\/td>\nStadium<\/td>\n07:50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elite<\/strong><\/td>\nElite<\/td>\nStadium<\/td>\n08:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Age Group WC<\/strong><\/td>\nChampionships<\/td>\nBeach Rd<\/td>\n08:05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A\u2013D<\/strong><\/td>\nWave 1 (Yellow)<\/td>\nStadium<\/td>\n08:10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
E\u2013F<\/strong><\/td>\nWave 2 (Blue)<\/td>\nBeach Rd<\/td>\n08:27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
G\u2013H<\/strong><\/td>\nWave 3 (Pink)<\/td>\nStadium<\/td>\n08:40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I\u2013J<\/strong><\/td>\nWave 4 (Green)<\/td>\nBeach Rd<\/td>\n08:53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
K\u2013N<\/strong><\/td>\nWave 5 (Red)<\/td>\nStadium<\/td>\n09:06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The wave system helps distribute runners more evenly along the course and reduces congestion in key areas. Each wave is guided to the start based on its assigned colour, making navigation easier for all participants.<\/p>\n

Source: Cape Town Marathon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cape Town Marathon 2026 has presented the official breakdown of start waves and the entry schedule for each zone, based on five colour\u2011coded groups and two start venues. Explore the detailed start times, batch assignments, and organisational guidelines provided by the event organisers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":231472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cape-town-marathon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231473"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231482,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231473\/revisions\/231482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}