{"id":231705,"date":"2026-06-10T20:16:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/?p=231705"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:20:15","slug":"cape-town-marathon-joins-the-abbott-world-marathon-majors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/cape-town-marathon-joins-the-abbott-world-marathon-majors\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town Marathon Joins the Abbott World Marathon Majors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cape Town Marathon Joins the Abbott World Marathon Majors<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On 10 June 2026, it was officially confirmed that the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon has become the eighth race in the Abbott World Marathon Majors series and the first Major ever held on African soil. The announcement followed the successful staging of the 24 May 2026 edition, which served as the second and final stage of the AbbottWMM evaluation process.<\/p>\n

By joining the series, the Cape Town Marathon now stands alongside the world\u2019s most prestigious races: Tokyo, Boston, London, Sydney, Berlin, Chicago and New York. Its first edition as an official Major will take place on 23 May 2027. The historic significance lies in the fact that Cape Town becomes the first African representative in this elite global lineup.<\/p>\n

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AbbottWMM CEO Dawna Stone highlighted that the decision reflects years of growth, organisational development and the commitment of the team led by Clark Gardner. She emphasised the unique atmosphere of the city, the support of its residents and the remarkable setting, all of which she believes will add a new dimension to the series.<\/p>\n

More About the Cape Town Marathon:<\/strong>
\nUp\u2011to\u2011date information on registration, results, the course, qualification paths and runners\u2019 experiences can be found in the category:
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\nCape Town Marathon \u2013 articles and analysis on worldmarathoner.com
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Source: Cape Town Marathon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Cape Town Marathon has officially joined the Abbott World Marathon Majors as the first Major in Africa. Learn what this milestone means, when the race will debut in the series, and why it marks one of the most significant moments in global marathon running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":231702,"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-231705","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\/231705","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=231705"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231709,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231705\/revisions\/231709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}