The Swiss Marathon Championships take place on the occasion of the SwissCityMarathon - Lucerne and are organised on behalf of Swiss Athletics in accordance with the WO, IWR and the regulations of the SwissCityMarathon - Lucerne.
Announcement and instructions
Organiser Association SwissCityMarathon - Lucerne
Date Sunday, 25 October 2026
The Swiss Marathon Championships will take place during the SwissCityMarathon - Lucerne and will be organised on behalf of Swiss Athletics in accordance with the WO, IWR and the regulations of the SwissCityMarathon - Lucerne.
The official communication medium is the organiser's website www.swisscitymarathon.ch.
Authorisation to start
Participation is licence-free. All those registered in the Swiss championship categories who are entitled to titles and medals automatically take part in the Swiss championships.
Categories
| Overall M/W | open from age group 2008 | |
| M35 / W35 | 35 - 39 years old | 1991 - 1987 |
| M40 / W40 | 40 - 44 year olds | 1986 - 1982 |
| M45 / W45 | 45 - 49 year olds | 1981 - 1977 |
| M50 / W50 | 50 - 54 year olds | 1976 - 1972 |
| M55 / W55 | 55 - 59 year olds | 1971 - 1967 |
| M60 / W60 | 60 - 64 year olds | 1966 - 1962 |
| M65 / W65 | 65 - 69 year olds | 1961 - 1957 |
| M70 / W70 | 70 - 74 year olds | 1956 - 1952 |
| M75 / W75 | 75 years and older | 1951 and older |
| Team M/W | open from age group 2008 |
Registration form
Registration on the organiser's website:
The organiser's conditions apply. Starting places are limited. If the available starting numbers are sold out earlier, registration will be closed.
Timekeeping
In the men's and women's overall categories, the gross times will be taken into account for the classification; in the age categories and for the team classification, the net times will be taken into account.
Awarding of titles
Championship titles and other honours will only be awarded if at least 3 title-eligible runners per category finish the race properly.
In the masters categories, there are no requirements regarding the number of finishers for the awarding of titles and medals. All runners will be ranked in their age category in any case.
Title and medal eligibility
All runners with Swiss or Liechtenstein nationality and all runners authorised to compete for Switzerland according to World Athletics are eligible for titles and medals.
Proof of nationality must be provided by the participants upon request by Swiss Athletics or its representative (referee or NTO).
Awards
according to WO for the advertised categories.
Award ceremonies
Championship awards according to WO. The first 3 in each category take part in the award ceremony. The championship award ceremonies will be held separately. The location and schedule will be published on the homepage www.swisscitymarathon.chveröffentlicht.
Team Swiss Marathon Championships
At the Swiss Marathon Championships, the title of "Team Swiss Champion" is awarded in the men's and women's categories.
A team consists of 5 runners from the same club or LG. The clubs/clubs must be members of Swiss Athletics.
At least two of the ranked runners must be of Swiss or Liechtenstein nationality.
The team ranking is determined by adding together the times of the 3 fastest runners in a team. In the event of equal times, the better rank of the best-ranked runner(s) per team is decisive. The results from all categories are taken into account to determine the team ranking.
Titles and medals are only awarded if at least 3 teams are entered by the closing date for entries and 3 teams are also classified. The three best-ranked teams will be honoured and will take part in the award ceremony, if it takes place.
LGs and clubs wishing to take part in the Swiss Marathon Team Championships should register directly in the individual registration form, where they can enter their team affiliation in the "SM team classification" field.
Registration of a team is possible until Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 11.59 pm.
Team membership can also be entered/adjusted after registration (until 24 October 2026) using the personal editing link from TrackMaxx, which will be sent with the registration confirmation. Subsequent changes must be made at the Trouble Desk on site up to one hour before the start.
Supervisors
Coaches may not accompany runners on the course either on foot or in a vehicle. They are not allowed to cater for participants on the course during the run.
Catering
There are refreshment stations along the course. See the organiser's catering plan. Runners may not be catered for outside these refreshment stations.
According to WA TR 55.8, the provision of personal catering for specially defined catering stations is only possible for cadre athletes. Applications must be submitted to info@swisscitymarathon.ch by 9 October 2026.
Later applications will not be considered.
Further information
See information and instructions from the organiser at www.swisscitymarathon.ch
