Race Entry Watch · marathon · Hong Kong, HK
Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027: is registration open?
Race day 2027-01-17 · ballot results 2026-09-25 · Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates Limited (HKAAA)
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Ballot closed. Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027's ballot is closed as of 2026-10-30; the status has read ballot closed since at least 2026-10-24; registration opens 2026-09-11, closes 2026-09-20, the ballot runs 2026-09-11 to 2026-09-20, ballot results 2026-09-25, race day 2027-01-17. The ballot opened in September for 2 of the 3 editions on record (2027, 2026); August for 2025.
| Organiser | Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates Limited (HKAAA) |
| Race day | 2027-01-17 |
| Registration | ballot closed read |
| Entry route | ballot |
| Window, as stated | 2026-09-11 to 2026-09-20 |
| Ballot, as stated | 2026-09-11 to 2026-09-20, results 2026-09-25. Public Ballot allocates main-race places; 1st-round results 25 Sep 2026 (pay by 2 Oct), 2nd-round results 7 Oct (pay by 10 Oct). Priority Entry on verified results ran 4-7 Sep |
| Entry fee, as stated | Marathon: Local Participant HKD 600; Non-Local Participant USD 90 (source) |
| Places, as stated | Marathon quota 18,000 (source) |
Entrants must be 20 or over in 2027 and have completed a race of 10 km or longer between 2025-01-01 and 2026-08-31; home-page headlines cite a main-race quota of 78,000 and over 140,000 entries. Marathon Charity Programme runner registration stays open until 2026-11-06.
| Rung | Free digest | 30-day pass | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 0 | 5 USD once | 4 USD a month or 19 USD a year |
| Arrives | Sunday afternoon (UTC), in weeks a registration changed or one opens within sixty days | the day a change is read | the day a change is read |
| Covers | every event, the status and the dates | the events you follow, plus the sentences that appear on a registration page | the events you follow, plus the sentences that appear on a registration page |
| Term | until you stop | 30 days, then the free digest again | monthly or yearly; cancel any time on Gumroad |
| Renews | no | no | yes, until you cancel |
| Switches on | with the first email, now | within a minute of payment | within a minute of payment |
| Daily cap | one digest a week | at most 3 a day (an event you follow always gets through); the rest in the digest | at most 3 a day (an event you follow always gets through); the rest in the digest |
| Best for | browsing | one ballot or opening (a pass bought today runs to 2026-11-29) | a season of two or three races |
19 USD a year is 1.58 USD a month; the monthly plan costs 48 USD over a year.
The entry fee, as the organiser states it: Marathon: Local Participant HKD 600; Non-Local Participant USD 90. The pass is 5 USD once.
A 30-day pass bought today runs to 2026-11-29. Race day, 2027-01-17 falls after it; the membership covers every date.
30-day pass, 5 USD once Membership, 4 USD a month or 19 USD a year
Alerts switch on by themselves within a minute of payment, for the email you pay with; every email carries a one-click stop; the pass renews nothing. The checkout is the Race Entry Watch membership on Gumroad.
Trust strip: 399 events, every status read on the organiser's own registration page and dated; every change logged in public on the record; the sources listed on every page; nothing guessed.
Moved in the last seven days: 35. ADAC Marathon Hannover (2027) (registration open to unconfirmed, 2026-10-30); CEZ Jizerska 50 2027 (unconfirmed to registration open, 2026-10-30); 2027 Bank of America Chicago Marathon (ballot open to unconfirmed, 2026-10-29); M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay 2027 (registration open to unconfirmed, 2026-10-29); Patagonia Run 2027 (registration closed to unconfirmed, 2026-10-28).
Quick answers
Is Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027 registration open?
Ballot closed. Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027's ballot is closed as of 2026-10-30; the status has read ballot closed since at least 2026-10-24; registration opens 2026-09-11, closes 2026-09-20, the ballot runs 2026-09-11 to 2026-09-20, ballot results 2026-09-25, race day 2027-01-17.
How do you get a place in Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027?
Entry is by ballot (lottery). Entrants must be 20 or over in 2027 and have completed a race of 10 km or longer between 2025-01-01 and 2026-08-31; home-page headlines cite a main-race quota of 78,000 and over 140,000 entries. Marathon Charity Programme runner registration stays open until 2026-11-06.
How much does Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027 cost to enter?
As the organiser states it: Marathon: Local Participant HKD 600; Non-Local Participant USD 90 (source: https://www.hkmarathon.com/race-information).
How many places does Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027 have?
As stated: Marathon quota 18,000.
When does Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027 registration usually open?
The ballot opened in September for 2 of the 3 editions on record (2027, 2026); August for 2025. Each date is the organiser's own, from the sources listed on this page; a date not yet stated for the next edition is not guessed.
How can I be alerted when Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027 registration changes?
Race Entry Watch reads Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027's registration page every night, hourly in the week before a stated opening date and every ten minutes on the day itself, and records the sentences about entries that appear on it. A free weekly digest is on this page; the same-day email, the moment it opens, closes or sells out, is 4 USD a month or a 30-day pass for 5 USD at https://bikoosh.com/races/hong-kong-marathon.
Past editions
| Edition | As stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | opened 2026-09-11; 78,000 places (HKAAA press release 4 Sep 2026 for the 17 Jan 2027 race; 'places' = total main-race quota.) | organiser |
| 2026 | 120,000 ballot applicants (2026-edition ballot registrations, as stated in the HKAAA press release of 4 Sep 2026 announcing the 2027 race.) | organiser |
| 2026 | opened 2025-09-08; 74,000 places (HKAAA press release 26 Aug 2025; 'places' = total quota across all race categories (74,000).) | organiser |
| 2025 | opened 2024-08-21; closed 2024-08-30; 74,000 places (DotDotNews, 21 Aug 2024, for the 9 Feb 2025 race; 'places' = total quota (all categories); ballot results 4 Sep and 13 Sep 2024.) | media |
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Sources
- https://www.hkmarathon.com/race-information (read 2026-10-24): seed read (ledger 229)
Change history
- : past editions added: 2027, 2026 (3 source row(s))
- : correction: status restored to ballot_closed; the 2026-10-25T00:40 read 'closed' was the checker's vocabulary (it had no ballot-closed state), the page did not change
- : ballot closed to registration closed
- : past editions added: 2025 (1 source row(s))
- : record added
The short answer · when it opens · every registration open now · opening soon · the tracker
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