Madrid Marathon 2023

Live Stream, TV Coverage, Course Route, Start Time

The Madrid marathon is one of the largest European marathons. The Madrid Marathon has been taking place in late April each year since 1978 and will celebrate it's 45th anniverary whilst welcoming around 39,000 athletes to this year's event. The character of the event changed somewhat in 2011 with the addition of the Zurich Rock n Roll sponsorship, the first of this marathon series to take place outside of the United States, and transforming the event officially into the Zurich Rock 'n' Roll Running Series Madrid Marathon or in Spanish, Maraton de Rock n Roll Madrid.

In common with other events in the Rock n Roll series the marathon day now also includes a number of other races taking place concurrently, including a half marathon and a 10k race, making up an entire day of top level athletic entertainment. There will also be over 30 entertainment stages and stations located along the route for an incredible day!

Marathon Date

The Zurich Rock 'n' Roll Running Series Madrid Marathon in 2023 will take place on Sunday 23rd April.

Start Times

The main events on marathon day in Madrid starts at the Paseo de la Castellana as follows:

8.00am 10k race
9.00am Half marathon
9.00am Marathon

Marathon Course

The course for the Madrid marathon takes in some of the city's most famous landmarks, including Plaza de Cibeles, Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor, Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, with the finish line in Retiro Park. You can see full course maps, including elevation profile details for all of the day's races here:

Madrid marathon course maps

TV & Live Streaming

There has been live streaming coverage of the Madrid marathon in previous years on the excellent Watch Athletics site, we will post the link for this year's event as soon as we have it, along with details of any local TV coverage.

There is also the offiial App where you can follow participants in real time - Zurich RNR Madrid Marathon App

You might also like to check out some of the live webcam views from Madrid, an excellent way of getting a different perspective on the day's events across the city:

Madrid webcams

Hotels and Accommodation

If you are visiting Madrid for the marathon and looking for somewhere to stay then this is an excellent time of year to visit, with warm weather but the main tourist crowds yet to arrive. You can check out availability and make online reservations for local hotels here.

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