{"id":231551,"date":"2026-05-05T07:17:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/?p=231551"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:26:22","slug":"london-marathon-2027-a-record-1338544-ballot-entries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/london-marathon-2027-a-record-1338544-ballot-entries\/","title":{"rendered":"London Marathon 2027: A Record 1,338,544 Ballot Entries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; color: #000; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n  <strong>London Marathon 2027: A Record 1,338,544 Ballot Entries<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; text-align: justify;\">\nA record-breaking <strong>1,338,544<\/strong> people have entered the public ballot for the <strong>2027 London Marathon<\/strong>, marking the highest number of applications ever submitted for the event.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; text-align: justify;\">\nThe race, scheduled for <strong>25 April<\/strong>, has already surpassed last year\u2019s total of <strong>1,133,813<\/strong> entries, setting a new milestone in the event\u2019s history.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; text-align: justify;\">\nThe <strong>2026 edition<\/strong> also delivered a landmark moment, with <strong>59,830<\/strong> runners reaching the finish line \u2014 the highest number ever recorded in London.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; text-align: justify;\">\nOrganisers highlight that the scale of this year\u2019s interest reflects the growing strength and appeal of the London Marathon. The event continues to attract participants of all ages and abilities, reinforcing its mission to inspire people to stay active.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; text-align: justify;\">\nBallot results will be announced in early July. For the first time, applications from the United Kingdom alone exceeded one million, with an almost equal split between male and female entrants.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; text-align: justify;\">\nOrganisers are also exploring the possibility of staging the <strong>2027 London Marathon<\/strong> across two days \u2014 Saturday and Sunday \u2014 to better accommodate the overwhelming demand for places.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\nSource: BBC Sport \/ London Marathon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A record 1,338,544 people entered the ballot for the 2027 London Marathon, setting a new milestone for the world\u2019s most in\u2011demand marathon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":231550,"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":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-marathon-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231551","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=231551"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231557,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231551\/revisions\/231557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}