Overview
- World Athletics, which announced Tuesday, will stage the marathon as an annual standalone world championship starting in 2030.
- Men and women will race in alternating years under the new format.
- The marathon and other road events will remain in the main World Championships for Beijing 2027 and for 2029 before moving out.
- Officials are in talks to start the new event in Athens in 2030, which World Athletics calls the birthplace of the discipline.
- Munich has applied to host 2029, the final World Championships under the current format, as recent heat delays in Tokyo 2025 underscored staging challenges for road races.