All about your Race Number

Only runners with an official race number of one of the Vienna City Marathon 2026 events are allowed to start. The race number is not transferable. It must be worn visibly on the chest and must not be altered.

For your safety, use the back to provide health-related information and contact details of a reference person.

Your race number as a ticket for public transport

The race number is valid as a ticket in all public transport of "Wiener Linien" in Vienna on your race day – Saturday, April 18 or Sunday, April 19, 2026: 2 hours before to 6 hours after the start of your run or your starting wave, as indicated on your race number.

Starting blocks

Sunday events: The letter of your starting block (A to F) and a dot in the colour of your block are printed on the front of your starting number. An additional symbol will also be printed on it if you have booked the cloakroom service. Here you will find all the important information.

Vienna 5K: Your start wave (A or B) and the start time 18:15 or 18:30 are printed on the front of your race number.
 

Picking up your race number & Expo

Vienna Sports World / Marx Halle
Address: Karl-Farkas-Gasse 19, 1030 Vienna
Accessibility by public transport, car, Google Maps
 

• Friday, April 17
  09:00 AM to 7:00 PM – Bib number pick-up for Marathon, Half Marathon, Relay Marathon, Coffee Run 10K, Vienna 5K
  09:00 AM to 3:00 PM – Bib number pick-up for Princesses & Princes Run, The Daily Mile 800, The Daily Mile 1600 
   
• Saturday, April 18
  09:00 AM to 6:00 PM – Bib number pick-up for Marathon, Half Marathon, Relay Marathon, Coffee Run 10K
  09:00 AM to 04:30 PM – Vienna 5K 

We ask everyone who lives or works in Vienna or has already arrived to pick up their number on Friday. This way, we and you can avoid longer waiting times.
 

Bib number pick-up for Princesses & Princes Run, The Daily Mile 800 & 1600: 

Friday, April 17
09:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Vienna Sports World / Marx Halle
Address: Karl-Farkas-Gasse 19, 1030 Vienna

Saturday, April 18
From 12:00 PM
Rathausplatz / Taylor Wessing tent - until 30 minutes before the start or the start of the final wave:

Until 1:45 PM: Princesses & Princes Run
Until 3:20 PM: The Daily Mile 800
Until 4:50 PM: The Daily Mile 1600

Bib number pick-up For Coca-Cola Inclusion Run:

Exclusively on Saturday, April 18
12:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Powerade Tower at Rathausplatz
 

To pick up your bib number, you need:

• VCM Check-In Pass – you will receive it by email 
• Photo ID

Pick-up of the race number by another person is possible. Required:

• VCM Check-In pass
• Power of attorney (Download)
• ID of the collector

 

Race number info Powerade Relay Marathon

For the relay team, one person picks up the race numbers for all four runners. The race numbers of a team are only issued together.Each relay team receives five numbers: four personal race numbers without a timing transponder and one (1) race number to pass on with a timing transponder and race number band.
 At the Powerade Relay Marathon, one person for all four runners of a relay team picks up the start materials. Each relay receives at the number pick-up an envelope with:
 

• 4 race numbers without a timing transponder (e.g., 333A, 333B, 333C, 333D)
• 1 smaller race number (A5) with a timing transponder (e.g., 333)
• 4 x 4 safety pins
• 1 cloakroom sticker with race number (e.g., 333) for the 1st relay runner at the start (only they can drop off clothing)
• 1 info sheet with text explanation and QR code to the explanatory video

In addition to the envelope, each relay receives a race number band and 4 cloakroom bags from Erste Bank Sparkasse Running. The race number A5 with the timing transponder must be carried throughout the entire course to allow for timing and inclusion in the results list. The race number A5 with the timing transponder is passed from runner 1 to runner 2 at the exchange points, and likewise from 2 to 3 and from 3 to 4. Use the race number band for this purpose. This ensures an easy handover.
Attach your personal race number without the timing transponder (e.g., 333A, 333B, 333C, 333D) on the front of your running shirt. It serves to identify you as a participant in the Powerade Relay Marathon.
 
 

Prohibition of transferring race numbers

If you are unable to start for any reason, do not pass your race number outside the regular process to another person. The race number is your personalized ticket for VCM participation. The chip in the race number measures your running time. In case of emergency, the race number is the most important identification feature for medical services. The race number is also the identification feature for the photo service, which assigns your photos to you. If you simply pass on your race number and another person runs with it, you falsify the sporting result and put yourself and others in uncomfortable and dangerous situations.
 

Disqualification

The rules of World Athletics and the terms and conditions and the privacy policy of the Vienna City Marathon apply.The focus is on the shared running experience, a friendly atmosphere, and sportsmanlike fairness. Rule violations may lead to disqualification. Reasons for disqualification include: starting under a false name or with incorrect data, starting without a valid race number, alterations to the race number, transferring a race number outside the regular process, participation with a race number that was transferred outside the regular process, starting from the wrong starting block, unsportsmanlike conduct, being accompanied by a vehicle (bicycle, motorcycle, car, inline skates, or other rolling devices), participation with vehicles or rolling devices, missing intermediate times at the timing control points, participation with animals on the course, cutting the course, changing lanes on the first kilometers before reaching Praterstern, violation of the sporting and technical rules of World Athletics as well as against the anti-doping regulations.
 

NO Transfer to other persons

Please bear in mind that an event of this size requires extensive planning and lead time - both for us as organisers and for our service providers and event partners. It is no longer possible to transfer starting places to other people, neither online nor on site at Vienna Sports World. We have allowed this option for a certain period of time in order to offer a solution in the event of unexpected events. For practical reasons, however, we have to limit this to a certain period of time and to a greater extent than in previous years. 
 

NO Change of Your Start Block

You will be allocated to a starting block from A to F according to your stated finish time and any proof you have uploaded for the Sunday competitions. You will find out your allocated starting block when you collect your race number - this is printed on the number. It is not possible to change your starting block at a later date, neither online nor at the Expo. Please adhere to the guidelines to ensure a smooth running experience.
 

Change of Data

Data changes such as adding a club or spelling mistakes as well as changing the team name or the order of the relay sections for the relay marathon are possible for a processing fee of € 20 at the start number distribution. Please contact the Help Desk at the Vienna Sports World.
 

Timing

Timing is done with an RFID chip in the race number. Wearing a race number with an integrated chip is required to receive a result. You cannot use your own chip and do not need to rent one. At the Powerade Relay Marathon, the personal race number must be worn on the jersey and the team race number incl. RFID chip must be passed on. At the Vienna 5K and the children's runs The Daily Mile 800 & 1600, participation with or without timing is possible. However, all runners still receive a race number with an RFID tag to confirm completion of the distance. The Fledermauslauf and the Coca-Cola Inclusion Run take place without timing.