Cape Town is confirmed as the eighth Major
The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon is confirmed as the eighth Abbott World Marathon Major, with its first race in that status scheduled for 23 May 2027. It would be the first Major in Africa. The confirmation is reported in June 2026; the debut is a scheduled plan, not an event that has happened.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
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- Abbott World Marathon Majors · organisation · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Sydney Marathon joins the Majors
Sydney was elevated to the Abbott World Marathon Majors on 4 November 2024 and ran its first race as a Major on 31 August 2025. V55 verification basis: read through an attributed search summary. The further claim that Cape Town was confirmed as the eighth Major in June 2026 with a 23 May 2027 debut rests on secondary reporting only and no series announcement was retrieved for it.
Abbott World Marathon Majors · 2024-11-04 · Partly verified
https://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/content-hub/sydney-marathon-joins-the-majors
Recorded on Abbott World Marathon Majors
- The World Marathon Majors series is announced
- Tokyo becomes the sixth Major
- Sydney runs its first race as the seventh Major
- Cape Town is confirmed as the eighth Major
- Cape Town scheduled to run as a Major
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- Sydney runs its first race as the seventh Major · 2025-08-31
- Cape Town scheduled to run as a Major · 2027-05-23 (scheduled)
- Tokyo becomes the sixth Major · 2013-02-24
- The World Marathon Majors series is announced · 2006-01-23