Once you’ve withdrawn, you may have the chance to defer your TCS London Marathon place to the following year, if you are eligible to do so. We will email all withdrawn participants by mid-November with further information. In the meantime, please check below to see which types of entry are eligible to defer.

Can I defer my TCS London Marathon place?

This depends on the type of place you have. We’ve made some changes in our deferral policy this year, so make sure you read the eligibility criteria below carefully. If you’re eligible to defer your place, the deadline for withdrawing is 23:59 on Saturday 1 October 2022.

New for 2022 – enhanced deferral options if you are pregnant or postpartum

If you’re unable to run on Sunday 2 October 2022 because you are pregnant or postpartum, you can defer your place to one of the following three years: 2023, 2024 or 2025. If you are pregnant or postpartum and have qualified for a Good For Age or Championship place in 2022, you’re now able to defer your entry to the same category as your original place without the need to qualify again. (Please note your Good For Age place would be in the appropriate age category for the newly-selected marathon.)

Places via the ballot, running clubs and stakeholders in 2022

• If you got your place through the ballot for the 2022 TCS 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 can defer your place to the 2023 TCS London Marathon. You’ll need to pay the 2023 entry fee to secure your place and we’ll email you by 15 November 2022 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 deferral of your place to a future year is at the charity’s discretion.

Deferred entry from the 2021 London Marathon

• If you have a deferred entry from the 2021 event, it is not possible to defer again. The only exception is if you are pregnant or postpartum – please see above.

Rolled-over ballot, club or stakeholder entry from the cancelled 2020 London Marathon

• If you had a place for the first time in the cancelled 2020 event and opted to roll this over to 2022, you can defer your place to the 2023 TCS London Marathon. We will email you in due course with details of how to pay the 2023 entry fee. Please note that if your 2020 entry was deferred from 2019, it will not be possible to defer again.

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 due to be paid for by a sponsor, it is not possible for you to defer. Please contact the sponsor directly to discuss your options.