The race starts at 8.30 am.
All competitors must cross the finish line by 2.00 pm.

The starting point is located in Zurich Mythenquai, next to the port Enge. The walking distance from the clothes bag check to the starting point is 500 - 800m.

Please make sure to be in your performance sectors at least 15 minutes before the start of the race. The sectors are divided by expected finishing times and are appropriately color-coded and marked. Please choose the sectors that matches your expected performance time. Fair play! Your race time will not be clocked until you pass the red mat on the ground at the starting line.

Performance sectors
2:30 - 3:05 =   white
3:05 - 3:35 =   bue
3:35 - 4:05 =   yellow
4:05 - 5:30 =   green

With respect to residents along the race course and the road traffic, there is a maximum time limit of 5:30 for completing the race. Runners, who are not within the required time limit, will have to turn in their chips.

Is this your first marathon race? If you are able to complete a half-marathon in less than 2:15, you should be able to reach the finish line of the Zurich Marathon within the required time limit.

Chips will be used for time measurement. All participants in the Zurich Marathon will receive a coded chip together with their number bib. Chips must be returned after crossing the finish line. You will find all necessary information regarding the chip on the back of your number bib. Please return the chip after you have crossed the finish line. If there is nobody to take your chip, please return it at the info desk or mail it to: Zürich Marathon, Postfach, 8036 Zürich. Runners who do not return their chip will be charged CHF 70. Participants can not use their own chips!

Your intermediate time will be stopped at 1/4, 1/2  and 3/4  of the marathon.