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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Flo Clifford

Record number of people enter London Marathon 2027 ballot after historic 2026 edition

The 2026 marathon had a record 59,830 finishers - (AP)

A record number of people have applied to run the London Marathon in 2027 by entering the public ballot.

1,338,544 people have entered the ballot for next year’s race, breaking last year’s record of 1,133,813. More than a million of those came from the UK alone, another record, with similar numbers of male and female applications.

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