Life doesn’t always go to plan and that’s why, for those who are eligible, we offer the opportunity to defer your place to next year’s TCS London Marathon. 

The eligible entry types are outlined below, please read the criteria carefully.

If you are eligible, please submit your request via the Request Deferral button at the bottom of the page. This will take you through to Let's Do This where you will be asked to confirm your booking ID and details used to enter. Your booking ID can be found in the confirmation email received when you entered.

Please note, the deadline for requesting deferral is 23:59 on Saturday 20 April.

If you’re not eligible, no further action is required. 

TCS London Marathon MyWay entries cannot be deferred.

UK entrants

Rolled over ballot, club or stakeholder entry from the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon

• If you had a place in the 2020 event and opted to roll this over to 2021, you were able to defer your place to the 2022 TCS London Marathon. We will email you in due course with details of how to pay the required 2022 entry fee of £49 to secure your place.  

Places through the ballot, running clubs and stakeholders in 2021

• If you got your place through the ballot for the 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon or have a guaranteed place from a running club or a stakeholder (such as a local authority, emergency service, volunteer group or another group), you could defer your place to the 2022 TCS London Marathon. You will need to pay the 2022 entry fee of £49 to secure your place and we will email you in due course with details of how to do so.

Places provided by a charity in 2020 or 2021

• If your place was provided by a charity, it was not possible for you to defer it as the place belongs to the charity. Please contact the charity direct to discuss your options. Please note that deferral of your place to a future year is at the charity’s discretion. 

Places provided by a sponsor in 2020 or 2021

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

Back of the Pack places from 2020

• If you had a free-of-charge Back of the Pack place for 2020 and subsequently opted to roll over your place to 2021, this was not eligible for deferral.

Good For Age places

• Good For Age places are awarded based on qualifying times achieved within the designated qualifying period and cannot be deferred. To find out more about Good For Age entry, click here. 

Championship places

• Championship places are awarded based on qualifying times achieved within the designated qualifying period and cannot be deferred. To find out more about qualifying for a Championship place for the 2022 TCS London Marathon, click here.

Pregnancy

• If you were unable to run on Sunday 3 October 2021 because you were pregnant or postpartum and you were not eligible to defer your place as outlined in any of the entry types above, please contact us to discuss your options.