Once you’ve withdrawn, you may have the chance to defer your TCS London Marathon place to the following year.

Please note that you’ll still need to pay for your deferred TCS London Marathon place.

Your eligibility to defer depends on the type of place you have – so please read the eligibility criteria below carefully. 

Enhanced deferral options if you are pregnant or postpartum

If you are unable to run in 2023 because you are pregnant or postpartum, you can defer your place to one of the following three years: 2024, 2025 or 2026. If you are pregnant or postpartum and qualified for a Good For Age* or Championship place for 2023, you can defer your entry to the same category as your original place without the need to qualify again.

_{* Please note that your Good For Age place will be in the appropriate age category for the newly-selected marathon.}

Places via the ballot, running clubs and stakeholders

• If you secured your place through the 2023 TCS London Marathon Ballot or have a guaranteed place from a running club or stakeholder (such as a local authority, emergency service, volunteer group or another group), you can defer your place to the 2024 TCS London Marathon. You’ll still need to pay the 2024 entry fee to secure your deferred place and we’ll email you in due course with details of how to do this.

Places provided by charities

• If your place was provided by a charity, you cannot defer it via our system as the place belongs to the charity. Please contact the charity directly to discuss your options. Please note that the deferral of your place to a future year is at the charity’s discretion.

Good For Age places

• Good For Age places are awarded based on qualifying times achieved within the designated qualifying period and cannot be deferred. The only exception is if you are pregnant or postpartum – please see above.

Championship places

• Championship places are awarded based on qualifying times achieved within the designated qualifying period and cannot be deferred. The only exception is if you are pregnant or postpartum – please see above.

Places provided by a sponsor

• If your place is provided by and paid for by a sponsor, it is not possible for you to defer. Please contact the sponsor directly to discuss your options.

Deferred entry from the 2022 London Marathon

• If you have a deferred entry from the 2022 event, it is not possible to defer again. The only exception is if you are pregnant or postpartum – please see above.

Rollover from the cancelled 2020 London Marathon

• If your 2020 entry was a ballot place and is being used for the first time in 2023, you are eligible to defer it. If your 2020 entry was Good For Age, Championship or deferred from 2019, you are not eligible to defer it. The only exception is if you are pregnant or postpartum – please see above.