The Tel Aviv Marathon is a multi-course event allowing both professional and hobbyist runners to take part.

The event includes an Inline Skating Half Marathon, and a 30 km Handcycle race for people with special needs.

Marathon runners run along the seashore and main streets of Tel Aviv, an official UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[6] Due to unexpectedly high temperatures, the marathon did not take place as originally scheduled on March 15, 2013.

[7] For the 2020 edition of the marathon, although foreigners were initially banned from competing due to concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic,[8][9][10] the Ministry of Health partially lifted the ban days before the competition and allowed "diplomats, foreign residents, and international residents" that were already in Israel to participate in the marathon.