How To Qualify For The 2028 Olympic Marathon Revealed & Explained

LA28 OLYMPIC MARATHON QUALIFICATION DETAILS ARE HERE.

World Athletics has outlined how athletes can qualify for the 2028 Olympic marathon:

- Qualification window: Nov. 1, 2026 – April 30, 2028

- 70 quota places per gender (down from 80 in Paris)

- Entry standards to be finalized in December

- Top 5 at a Platinum Label marathon counts toward the entry standard

- World Rankings will help fill the remaining places

- March 19, 2028: Top 55 on the filtered quota list are locked in

That last date is especially important for Team USA.

It’s six days before the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in St. Louis, meaning the Americans could have all three men’s and three women’s Olympic quota places secured before race day.

We broke down the rules, the Boston Marathon wrinkle, potential qualifying standards and why we feel better about the U.S. avoiding a repeat of the 2024 qualification headache.

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