Spartathlon — ENTRY ROUTE

Only runners aged 18 or over who have met one of the set qualifying standards (e.g. 100 miles in 21 hours, 180 km in a 24-hour race) at an official race within the last 3 years may apply.

If more than 400 qualified runners apply, the places left after automatic selections are allocated by electronic lottery in March.

Runners with a performance at least 25% better than the standard, those with 10 or more Spartathlon finishes,

single applicants from their country and the previous year's men's and women's winners are selected directly without the lottery.

Up to 40 runners from Japan, 30 from Germany, 50 from Greece and a maximum of 25 from each other country are accepted;

Japanese and German runners must apply through their national office.

245 km

245 km: Saturday 07:00 start (2026 edition)

36 hours (Saturday 07:00 start, Sunday 19:00 cut-off)

All 75 checkpoints have cut-off times.

The key ones are CP22 near Corinth (79.8 km) at 9 hours 30 minutes, CP35 Nemea (122.7 km) at 16 hours,

CP47 at the foot of the mountain (159.4 km) at 22 hours 10 minutes, CP60 Tegea (193.9 km) at 28 hours 10 minutes, and the finish at 36 hours (2026 edition).

OASIS Hotel in Glyfada, Thursday and Friday before the race (24–25 September in 2026), runners in person only