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Paris 2024 Marathon Pour Tous

Paris 2024 promised to revolutionise the Olympic and Paralympic Games experience for the general public. Many people shared a dream that is now a reality: with the Paris 2024 Mass Participation Marathon, amateur athletes will be able to run the same route as the Olympic marathon, by night, enabling as many people as possible to follow in the footsteps of outstanding athletes. This will be an extraordinary experience, on a unique and original route, celebrating the heritage and history of the Paris region and the whole of France.

Providing people in France with an outstanding Games experience has always been Paris 2024’s ambition. The Mass Participation Marathon sets out this promise by offering opportunities for as many people as possible to get close to the heart of the Games adventure, following in the footsteps of the Olympic athletes, on the same route as the Olympic marathon event. For the first time in history, running events open to the general public will be organised, with a full marathon and also a 10km race. They will be run by night, ensuring the best running conditions for all runners. Like the Olympic Games in general, the Mass Participation Marathon is committed to ensuring gender parity, with Paris 2024 looking to award the same number of race entries to both men and women.


A unique experience, with two race formats

There will be something for everyone, with two event formats available to people who win a race entry. Both races, for the first time in the history of the Games, will allow participants to live an extraordinary sporting, sensory and emotional experience.

Legendary distance: the marathon

A marathon format will be following the same route as the Olympic athletes. This marathon format aims to be open to anyone who would like to push their limits and be part of an exceptional moment following the same route as the Olympic athletes. The runners will be able to follow in the footsteps of the male and women athletes who will fight for the marathon olympic titles. Open to everyone aged 20 and over, this marathon, which will set out from the Hôtel de Ville at 9pm and finish on the Esplanade des Invalides, in Paris by night, looks set to be truly unforgettable.

  • 42km loop linking Paris and Versailles
  • Starting at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris at 9pm
  • Finishing at Les Invalides    
  • Passing through 9 districts: Paris – Boulogne-Billancourt, Sèvres, Ville d’Avray, Versailles, Viroflay, Chaville, Meudon and Issy-les-Moulineaux
  • 20,024 participants

A marathon full of history

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The route for the 42.195km version of the Mass Participation Marathon will be the same as the Olympic marathon: paying tribute to a key moment from the history of France and the French Revolution – the Women’s March on Versailles on 5 October 1789. This march was a popular, revolutionary event led by women that marked the history of contemporary France and saw several thousand women march on Versailles to bring the king and his family back to Paris, where people faced starvation. Louis XVI never left Paris again and notably signed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens, which he had previously refused to do.

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After setting out from the square in front of Paris’ City Hall, the runners will cross the capital for a spectacular race, against a backdrop of the Paris region’s most beautiful monuments, before reaching Versailles and then returning to the finishing line on the Esplanade des Invalides. A magical moment, with intense emotions : an outstanding and emotional sporting adventure and a unique moment in history.

Learn more about the Olympic marathon route here

Second accessible format open to everyone: the 10k

A shorter format, open to everyone, but more accessible than a 42km format, will be available with a 10km race, also ran by night. The 10km route will take in a number of iconic places and monuments at the heart of Paris, with a range of special events and activities organised to enable everyone to enjoy an intense and unforgettable moment in the parisian night.

Open to anyone over the age of 16, this race will be accessible for all profiles, whatever their age or disability, for a magical race at the heart of Paris. The 10km route will be accessible for anyone with a disability, whatever their specific needs (guide, wheelchair, all-terrain chair, etc.), provided that they will be aged 16 or over by 31 December 2024.

  • 10km at the heart of Paris and its iconic monuments
  • Starting at Paris’ City Hall at 11:30pm
  • Finishing at Les Invalides
  • All in Central Paris
  • 20,024 participants
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A magical, celebratory and popular moment of sport

Running along the same route as the Olympic marathon, in a celebratory atmosphere alongside thousands of sports enthusiasts just a few hours after the male athletes, crossing the same finishing line just a few hours before the women’s Olympic marathon runners… The Mass Participation Marathon will create unforgettable lifelong memories for those who get the opportunity to enjoy the two routes on offer.    

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Now that you have your bib, the key is preparation! With the Paris 2024 Club, the Mass Event Running app and Team Orange Running, you will find all the advice support and training plans for both the 42km and the 10km, to help you prepare for the Mass Event Running with peace of mind. 

The Marathon Pour Tous Website

The Marathon Pour Tous website will provide access to news and information about the Marathon Pour Tous. A new space designed for the runners taking part in the Marathon Pour Tous. It will feature: 

  • A dedicated access to register for the runners
  • Practical information for organising your arrival to the race site and taking part in the competition (course, information on collecting your number and luggage locker, maps of the start and finish areas, etc.).
  • Frequently Asked Questions to answer every question the runners might have.
  • The latest news from the Marathon Pour Tous.
  • Articles dedicated to the practice of running and preparation for the Marathon Pour Tous.
  • Training plans for the two Marathon Pour Tous distances, tailored to every runner’s profile with a 16-week Marathon plan for people who want to finish the Marathon, a 16-week plan for runners who want to beat their Personal Best, and an 8-week plan for the 10km.
  • Access to the Marathon Pour Tous app to take up the challenges that will continue to be given there to perfect your preparation and win numerous rewards.
  • Videos analysing preparation with Yohan Durand, Team France athlete and member of Team Orange Running. Each week, he will be analysing the different preparation programmes for the Marathon Pour Tous, while distilling his advice as the big day approaches.
  • Access to the Connected Marathon Pour Tous app, to register for the biggest connected race in the world during the Marathon Pour Tous weekend.
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The Marathon Pour Tous App

The Marathon Pour Tous app is aimed at running enthusiasts who want to perfect their physical and sporting preparation for the race. 

The app shares inspiring and practical running content. Each month, running challenges are offered, either alone or as part of a team, based on time or different distances, etc. 

The challenges are now linked to the training plan for the Marathon Pour Tous, and will enable bib holders to prepare as well as possible for the big day, while winning exceptional rewards that will make their experience with the Marathon Pour Tous even more unforgettable.  

Of course, the application and the challenges offered remain open to runners who have not obtained a bib: they too can take advantage of the challenges to push themselves to the limit and perfect their preparation in the run-up to the Connected Marathon Pour Tous.  

200,000 users already have the app.

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The Team Orange Running

To get as many French people as possible involved in this unique race, Orange has created Team Orange Running!  

Comprising coaches such as Vincent Luis, Alexis Hanquinquant, Liv Westphal and Yohan Durand, as well as ambassadors such as Marine Lorphelin, Matthias Dandois and Maxime Gasteuil, the Instagram account @teamorangerunning offers content and advice on how to improve your running experience, as well as a number of competitions to win bibs for France’s biggest races, not to mention the ultimate prize: the few remaining bibs for the Mass Event Running Paris 2024.

The Connected Marathon Pour Tous

The great Marathon Pour Tous celebration will continue with an experience that is also out of the ordinary. Get ready to take part in the greatest connected race of all time, the Connected Marathon Pour Tous!  

Organised in parallel with the Marathon Pour Tous, the Connected Marathon Pour Tous will kick off on Saturday 10 August at 8 am, at the same time as the men’s Olympic Marathon gets underway from the esplanade of the Hôtel de Ville de Paris.

You will need to download one of the two official Connected Marathon Pour Tous apps.  On each of these apps, runners will have to run for at least 30 minutes for their participation to be taken into account.  

  1. The Marathon Pour Tous app: This app will enable participants to take part in the Connected Marathon Pour Tous outdoors using their usual sports activity tracker. More than 200,000 people use it every month, and for years they have been trying to win one of the race numbers for the Marathon Pour Tous. This application will gradually become both the application where participants can train and one of the applications on which the connected race will take place.
  2. The Kinomap app: This application will enable runners to take part in the Connected Marathon Pour Tous indoors, on all machines compatible with Kinomap. The application connects to the runner’s equipment and changes the incline of the treadmill or the resistance of the bike according to the topography. Participants will find themselves immersed in certain sections of the Olympic marathon course. It’s a great way to immerse yourself in the Marathon Pour Tous experience from the comfort of your own home or in a sports hall in France or abroad! On 10 and 11 August 2024, participants in the Connected Marathon Pour Tous will be able to choose between 4 official videos of the Olympic marathon route:  
    • 30 min to discover the iconic monuments  
    • 30 minutes to discover sporting anecdotes  
    • Run the last 15 km of the Marathon Pour Tous   
    • The full 42 km route.

From 31 January 2024, connected challenges will be available on Kinomap to discover routes in preparation for the Marathon Pour Tous Connecté. 

It will also be possible to take part directly in Fitness Park gyms, a partner of the Mass Event Running, which will be organising a whole weekend of free events around the Connected Marathon Pour Tous in its network of 260 locations throughout France. 

A competition between countries and rewards on offer!  

All the participants in the Connected Marathon Pour Tous will be ranked by country, in order to determine which country will have ran the most. Runners taking part in the connected will be able to win rewards, gifting them with a very special souvenir of the race, making the experience even more memorable! 

Organised group starts  

Alone or in a group, the choice is yours! Group starts will be organised to take part in the Connected Marathon Pour Tous in a number of Terre des Jeux 2024 cities by sports associations, 2024 Clubs and Fitness Park facilities, to make the Connected Marathon Pour Tous a real community experience. 


The Marathon Pour Tous partners
Presenting Partner
Technical Partners

Bridgestone

Fitness Park


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