Highlighting Atlanta's Olympic history and legacy, the course for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon will take athletes on a tour of some of Atlanta's most important attractions and neighborhoods. Competitors will begin their race in front of Centennial Olympic Park – the crown jewel of the 1996 Atlanta Games – and head down Marietta Street toward Peachtree. They will proceed three miles north on Peachtree until they pass the intersection of Peachtree and West Peachtree, then turn around and head back down Peachtree in the opposite direction, loop through Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood and return to downtown. The runners will complete this loop three times before heading on a 2.2 mile final loop that runs under the Rings and Torch structure from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, goes by the Georgia Capitol building and passes by the sports stadiums that house the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta United FC. They will then reach the welcome sight of the finish line inside Centennial Olympic Park.
The course climbs 1,389 feet over the 26.2 miles and descends 1,382 feet to the Centennial Park finish.
Compare the 2020 Olympic Trials Marathon with the 2016 Trials Marathon
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The 2016 United States Olympic Marathon Trials starts and finishes at the Gilbert Lindsay Plaza between the Staples Center and the L.A. Convention Center. The men will start at 10:06am and the women will start 16 minutes later at 10:22am.
The marathon course consists of an initial 2.2188 mile section followed by four repetitions of a 6 mile loop.
