No more runners – Hong Kong Marathon to limit entries to 74,000
Thousands of runners are expected to miss out again with the annual quota remaining the same for 2018, say organisers
Organisers said more runners would not be allowed to take part in next year’s race with the 74,000 runner ceiling remaining the same as this year under the same three categories: marathon, half marathon and 10-kilometre run.
Registration for the January 21 event begins on Wednesday and closes on September 6, with results from the public ballot to be announced on September 21.
Almost 110,000 fans registered for the 2017 event but more than 30,000 applicants were rejected after the ballot, introduced for the first time in the event’s 21-year history under the same title sponsor.
“We cannot predict the final registration number but yes, a certain number of people would be disappointed if there are similar registration numbers for 2018,” said organising committee chairman William Ko Wai-lam on Tuesday.
