# When does Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027 registration open?

The organiser has not stated an opening date for the next edition of Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon yet. 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)
- Sport: marathon
- Where: Hong Kong, HK
- Site: https://www.hkmarathon.com/
- Registration page: https://www.hkmarathon.com/race-information
- Race day: 2027-01-17
- Registration status: ballot closed (checked 2026-10-27)
- Entry route: ballot
- Registration window: 2026-09-11 to 2026-09-20
- Ballot: 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 (https://www.hkmarathon.com/race-information)
- Places, as stated: Marathon quota 18,000

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.

## Quick answers

**When does Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027 registration open?**

The organiser has not stated an opening date for the next edition of Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon yet. The ballot opened in September for 2 of the 3 editions on record (2027, 2026); August for 2025.

**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.

**How do I find out the moment Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027 registration opens?**

Race Entry Watch reads the registration page every night, hourly in the week before a stated opening date and every ten minutes on the day itself. The free weekly digest is on this page; the same-day email, the moment it opens, is the membership (4 USD a month) or a 30-day pass (5 USD once).

## Past editions

- 2027: opened 2026-09-11; 78,000 places (https://resources.hkmarathon.com/file/Standard%20Chartered%20Hong%20Kong%20Marathon%202027%20Main%20race%20quota%20reaches%20record%20high%20of%2078,000%20Brand-new%20%E2%80%9C5km%20Harbourfront%20Run%E2%80%9D.pdf)
- 2026: 120,000 ballot applicants (https://resources.hkmarathon.com/file/Standard%20Chartered%20Hong%20Kong%20Marathon%202027%20Main%20race%20quota%20reaches%20record%20high%20of%2078,000%20Brand-new%20%E2%80%9C5km%20Harbourfront%20Run%E2%80%9D.pdf)
- 2026: opened 2025-09-08; 74,000 places (https://www.hkmarathon.com/assets/press/20250826/standard-chartered-hong-kong-marathon-2026-public-ballot-opens-on-8-september-en.pdf)
- 2025: opened 2024-08-21; closed 2024-08-30; 74,000 places (https://english.dotdotnews.com/a/202408/21/AP66c55f65e4b0d645a768a8b7.html)

## Sources

- https://www.hkmarathon.com/race-information (read 2026-10-24)

## Changes

- 2026-10-24: record added
- 2026-10-24: past editions added: 2025 (1 source row(s))
- 2026-10-25: ballot closed to registration closed
- 2026-10-25: 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
- 2026-10-25: past editions added: 2027, 2026 (3 source row(s))

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