Event Detail
The Ganzhou Marathon 2026 returns to Jiangxi, China, on Sunday 6 December 2026, with the full marathon and half marathon starting at 7:30 am China Standard Time from Long March Square (长征广场). Now in its third edition, the event combines a major city road race with Ganzhou's historic Long March connections, Song-era streets and Hakka cultural heritage.
Race programme and places
The organising committee's published registration notice allocates 6,000 marathon places (5,400 public-ballot places and 600 partner places) and 15,000 half-marathon places (13,500 public ballot and 1,500 partner). The exact 2026 route, aid-station arrangements and race-pack collection venue and hours should be checked against the final participant guide; previous editions' courses are not guarantees.
Registration closed; ballot and payment timetable
Public pre-registration closed on Thursday 22 October 2026 at 5:00 pm CST. Registration had been available from 14 October through the 赣州马拉松 (Ganzhou Marathon) official WeChat account and 果动赛事 (Guodong Events) WeChat mini-program. As the registration requires WeChat, an independently verified public HTTPS checkout link is unavailable.
- 26 October, 10:00 am CST: first ballot results are scheduled.
- 26–29 October, ending 5:00 pm CST: selected runners must pay for their place.
- 1 November, 10:00 am CST: second ballot results are scheduled.
- 1–4 November, ending 5:00 pm CST: successful second-round applicants must pay.
- 10 November: latest published date for qualifying domestic elite athletes to contact the committee separately via ganzhoumls@163.com.
A submitted pre-entry does not guarantee a race place; a successful ballot and payment are required for the public divisions. The organiser's rules list a minimum age of 20 for the marathon and 18 for the half marathon, and require qualifying race results from the previous 24 months: one full or two half marathons for the marathon; one half or two 10K-or-longer races for the half marathon. Additional family consent rules apply to entrants aged 65 and over.
The organiser's announcement also describes a full-refund withdrawal process available up to and including 10 November, with withdrawals unavailable afterwards. It does not establish 2026 public-entry fees or final runner-pack instructions, so none are assumed here.
Source: Ganzhou Marathon's 14 October organiser announcement and registration FAQ, reproduced by Sohu (the page credits the original information to 赣州马拉松), and the 13 October race launch announcement.