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, at Hafendamm 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. Runners, who do not reach the turning point in Meilen at 12.00 am, have to hand over their transponder and number bib.

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.

Transponders will be used for time measurement. All participants in the Zurich Marathon will receive an integrated transponder within their number bib. You will find all necessary information regarding the transponder on the back of your number bib. Please return the transponder after you have crossed the finish line. If there is nobody to take your transponder, please return it at the info desk at the finish area or mail it to: Datasport AG, Postfach 117, 4563 Gerlafingen. Runners who do not return their transponder will be charged CHF 70. Participants can neither use their own chips nor transponders!

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