Key figures

The race :

• 47th edition - 20 000 particpants
• created in 1979

Where do participants come from ?

• Bouches-du-Rhône 41% 
• Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Excluding Bouches-du-Rhône) 10% 
• Ile-de-France 16%
• Auvergne/Rhône-Alpes 11%
• The rest of France 20%
• Foreigners 2%
• 76 countries and nationalities are represented in 2024

What's the average age of the participants?

• People aged between 30-39

Male/Female distribution

• Men 67% / Women 33%

The Calanques National Park

• Crossed 12 kilometers of the Calanques National Park, the only national urban park in Europe, home to 200 protected species on land and at sea.

 Unexpected Figures 

• Since 1979, nearly 500,000 runners have registered for Marseille-Cassis, i.e. 57% of the population of Marseille and 70 times the number of inhabitants of Cassis
• More than 800 volunteers were mobilized during the 2025 edition
• 20,000 runners = 20 KM If each participant were to stand one meter apart, the single file would cover the entire exact distance between Marseille and Cassis.