Official Comrades Distances Over 94 Years
The official distance of the 2022 Comrades Marathon is 89.889km - slightly shorter than the previous 'Down' run route.
The 2022 Comrades Marathon distance is the second longest since 1999 but most of the ‘Down’ distances in the last 20 years are between 88km and 90km.
Here’s a list of the race distances of the Comrades Marathons dating back to 1921.
OFFICIAL RACE DISTANCES
Those distances shown in Miles (M) are the estimated distances given by the organisers. Except in a few isolated instances, the course was not measured. The distance was given as approximate. Comrades 2019 was an ‘Up’ run and measured 86.83km.
Year
1921
1922
Down
Up
89.92km
55 miles
1923
1924
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
1925
1926
Down
Up
89.51km
54 miles
1927
1928
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
1929
1930
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
1931
1932
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
1933
1934
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
1935
1936
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
1937
1938
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
Down
56 miles
1940
1946
Up
Up
54 miles
54 miles
1947
1948
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
1949
1950
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
1951
1952
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
1953
1954
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
1955
1956
Down
Up
56 miles
55 miles
1957
1958
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
1959
1960
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
1961
1962
Down
Up
56 miles
54 miles
Down
56 miles
1964
1965
Up
Down
54 miles
56 miles
1966
1967
Up
Down
54 miles
56 miles
1968
1969
Up
Down
54 miles
56 miles
1970
1971
Up
Down
87.54km
92.00km
1972
1973
Up
Down
90.40km
88.20
1974
1975
Up
Up
54 miles
54 miles
1976
1977
Down
Up
90.10km
89.70km
1978
1979
Down
Up
89.90
86.60
1980
1981
Down
Up
89.90
89.70
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