Press Release - London Marathon - 5/4/23

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

           First world record for 2024 TCS London Marathon Ballot
		   
        More than half a million people enter the ballot for a place 
                             in the 2024 event                    

For the first time in history, more than half a million people have applied 
for a marathon as 578,374 hopefuls from the UK and across the globe enter 
the ballot for the 2024 TCS London Marathon, setting a new world record.

The previous world record total of 457,861 applications was set 
pre-pandemic in 2019 by applicants for the 2020 London Marathon.

The total number of UK applications for 2024 was 457,105, of which 242,119 
were applications from men (52.9% of the total), 212,179 from women (46.4% 
of the total) and 2,807 (0.6% of the total) from non-binary applications.

There were a further 121,269 applications in the international ballot for 
non-UK residents.

Hugh Brasher, Event Director for the TCS London Marathon, said: "This 
incredible new world record reflects the extraordinary inspirational effect 
of the TCS London Marathon on 23 April. We saw a record number of more than 
48,600 finishers on Marathon Day and more than 8,200 children took part in 
the mass TCS Mini London Marathon the day before.

"We work to inspire activity in people of all ages and abilities and these 
record-breaking numbers show how the TCS London Marathon weekend does that. 
The unique camaraderie and togetherness that participants feel when they 
take part in the London Marathon continues to have an extraordinary impact 
on the desire for people to take part. It is an event that inspires people 
to take up running and to raise millions for charity."

The ballot for the 2024 TCS London Marathon was operated for the first time 
by Let's Do This as part of a new five-year partnership. Founded in 2017 
and headquartered in London, LDT is the leading consumer marketplace for 
mass participation endurance events and is the registration partner to many 
of the leading running events around the world.

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