Increase In Road Race Finishers

A detailed survey of finishers data from 603 road races in 44 countries revealed a 17.1% increase in finishers in the year 2024.

The survey, conducted by Race Results Weekly, covered 4,668,261 race finishers competing at distances from 5km to 86km with a 17.1% increase compared to the 3,985,473 finishers in 2023. While the growth was significantly higher climbing to 20,9% in the 190 half marathons surveyed, the biggest leap was achieved by the Lisbon Half Marathon where the finisher figures were up by 212,3 based on the increase of finishers from 4,230 to 13,210. Istanbul Half Marathon, from 2023 to 2024, saw an increase of 36,1%.

According to the survey, which can be reached at https://shorturl.at/xJKwq, races with over 30 thousand finishers increased from 13 to 16 in 2024. The largest race was once again the “City2Surf” 14km race with a record number of nearly 85 thousand entrants. The fun race staged in Sydney since 1971 saw 77,436 from 40 minutes to 5 hours last year.