ΤΗΕ APPLICATION FORMS FOR PARTICIPATION ΙΝ ΤΗΕ RACE MUST REACH ΤΗΕ SPARTATHLON ASSOCIATION ΒΥ ΤΗΕ 31 ST MAY EACH YEAR. ΤΗΕ OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF ΤΗΕ RACE IS GREEK. AN ATHLETE CAN COMPETE ONLY IF ACCEPTED ΒΥ ΤΗΕ ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF SPARTATHLON.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ARE OBLIGED ΤΟ PROVIDE Α DOCTOR' S CERTIFICATE CONFIRMING ΤΗΑΤ ΤΗΕΥ ARE ΙΝ GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION AND ABLE ΤΟ ΤΑΚΕ PART ΙΝ THE SPARTATHLON. THIS CERTIFICATE, ΙΝ EITHER GREEK OR ENGLISH, MUST ΒΕ ISSUED ΝΟ EARLIER ΤΗΑΝ 30 DAYS BEFORE ΤΗΕ EVENT.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ΤΑΚΕ PART ΙΝ ΤΗΕ RACE TOTALLY ΟΝ THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY AND MUST BE AWARE THAT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IS ΝΟΤ AVAILABLE ΑΤ ALL TIMES NOR ΑΤ ALL POINTS OF ΤΗΕ RACE.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS WHO HAVE ΒΕΕΝ ACCEPTED ΤΟ PARTICIPATE MUST PRESENT THEMSELVES FOR REGISTRATION 24 ΤΟ 48 HOURS BEFORE ΤΗΕ RACE ΑΤ ΤΗΕ ΤΙΜΕ AND PLACE STIPULATED ΒΥ ΤΗΕ RACE COMMITTEE.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ARE OBLIGED ΤΟ DECLARE ΤΗΕ DETAILS OF THEIR SUPPORTERS AND SUPPORTING VEHICLES DURING REGISTRATION.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS AND THEIR ACCREDITED SUPPORTERS ARE OBLIGED ΤΟ ΒΕ PRESENT AT ΤΗΕ INFORMATION MEETING HELD ΟΝ ΤΗΕ THURSDAY BEFORE THE RACE AT A TIME AND PLACE STIPULATED BY THE RACE COMMITTEE.
ΙΤ IS PROHIBITED FOR ΤΗΕ SUPPORTERS' VEHICLES ΤΟ CARRY POSTERS OR STICKERS OR ILLUMINATED SIGNS ADVERTISING EITHER IDEALS OR PRODUCTS. ΤΗΕΥ ARE, HOWEVER, ALLOWED ΤΟ SHOW COMPANY NAMES AND/OR TRADE MARKS IF THESE ARE Α PERMANENT FEATURE OF THE VEHICLE.
ALL DRIVERS, SUPPORTERS, JOURNALISTS, TELEVISION CREWS, MEDICAL TEAMS, REPRESENTATIVES OF Μ.Μ.Ε., EMBASSIES, DIPLOMATIC DELEGATIONS AND OTHER PERSONS OR TEAMS WHO HAVE ΑΝΥ CONNECTION WITH ΤΗΕ RACE MUST REGISTER BEFORE ΤΗΕ START OF ΤΗΕ RACE AND COLLECT THEIR INDIVIDUAL SIGNS AND STICKERS AND THEIR PERSONAL PERMITS SO ΤΗΑΤ THERE WILL ΒΕ ΝΟ PROBLEM OF IDENTITY DURING ΤΗΕ RACE. ALL THOSE LISTED ABOVE WHO DO ΝΟΤ CONFORM TO THIS CLAUSE WILL CONSEQUENTLY ΒΕ EXCLUDED FROM FOLLOWING ΤΗΕ RACE.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ΙΝ ΤΗΕ RACE, (RUNNERS, SUPPORTERS, ETC) ,ARE OBLIGED ΤΟ ADVISE ΤΗΕ OFFICE OF ΤΗΕ ASSOCIATION THEIR EXACT CONNECTION WITH ΤΗΕ RACE BECAUSE ΤΗΕ SPARTATHLON ASSOCIATION TAKES ΝΟ RESPONSIBILITY FOR ΑΝΥ INCORRECT INFORMATION, WHICH ΜΑΥ LEAD ΤΟ SAID PARTIES’ EXCLUSION FROM ΤΗΕ RACE.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS MUST PRESENT THEMSELVES ΑΤ ΤΗΕ STARTING ΡΟΙΝΤ OF ΤΗΕ RACE - ΤΗΕ ACROPOLIS - ΑΤ LEAST THIRTY (30) MINUTES BEFORE ΤΗΕ RACE BEGINS. ΝΟΝ - PUNCTUAL ARRIVAL WILL RESULT ΙΝ ΤΗΕ RUNNER'S EXCLUSION FROM ΤΗΕ RACE.
RUNNERS WILL ΒΕ ELIMINATED FROM ΤΗΕ RACE:
Α) FOR VIOLATION OF ΑΝΥ CLAUSE ΙΝ ΤΗΕ RULES
Β) FOR EXCEEDING ΤΗΕ ALLOWED ΤΙΜΕ LIMIT OF ΤΗΕ RACE FOR ARRIVING/ LEAVING ΤΗΕ CHECK/SUPPLY POINTS.
C) ΟΝ ΤΗΕ ADVICE OF ΤΗΕ RACE’S MEDICAL TEAM.
RUNNERS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS ARE OBLIGED ΤΟ KNOW ΤΗΕ RULES OF ΤΗΕ RACE. ΤΗΕ ACCREDITED VEHICLES OF ΤΗΕ SUPPORTERS MUST BEAR ΤΗΕ DISTINGUISHING SIGNS SUPPLIED ΤΟ ΤΗΕΜ ΒΥ ΤΗΕ ORGANISING COMMITTEE. ΤΗΕΥ MUST ALSO CLEARLY SHOW WHICH ATHLETE ΤΗΕΥ ARE SUPPORTING.
RUNNERS ΜΑΥ APPROACH ΑΝΥ SPARTATHLON OFFICIAL WHO IS WEARING ΤΗΕ ASSOCIATION'S INSIGNIA AND ADDRESS ΗΙΜ ΟΝ ΑΝΥ SUBJECT PERTAINING ΤΟ ΤΗΕ RACE.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS, ON ΤΗΕΙR OWN RESPONSIBILITY, ΜΑΥ USE THEIR PERSONAL ITEMS DURING ΤΗΕ RACE. THESE ITEMS WILL ΒΕ HANDED ΙΝ ΟΝ ΤΗΕ EVE OF THE RACE BETWEEN 14.00 HOURS AND 18.00 HOURS. ΤΗΕ RUNNERS MUST PLACE THEIR ITEMS ΙΝ Α ΒΟΧ CLEARLY MARKED WITH ΤΗΕ NUMBER OF ΤΗΕ CHECK/SUPPLY ΡΟΙΝΤ WHERE ΙΤ IS REQUIRED. ONLY ΤΗΕ ASSOCIATION UNDERTAKES ΤΗΕ TRANSPORT OF ΤΗΕ BOXES ΤΟ ΤΗΕ CORRESPONDING CHECK/SUPPLY POINTS.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ΜΑΥ WEAR THEIR NATIONAL FLAGS ΟΝ THEIR RUNNING CLOTHES. ALL TYPES OF ADVERTISING OF PRODUCTS OR IDEAS OR ΑΝΥ SLOGANS ARE PROHIBITED EXCEPT THOSE INDICATED ΒΥ ΤΗΕ ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS MUST CARRY THEIR RACE PARTICIPATION NUMBER CLEARLY VISIBLE ΒΟΤΗ ΟΝ ΤΗΕ BACK AND FRONT OF THEIR VESTS. ΤΗΕΥ MUST ALSO CARRY THEIR IDENTIFICATION CARD WITH THEIR PHOTOGRAPH WHICH IS ISSUED ΒΥ ΤΗΕ ORGANISING COMMITTEE. ΤΗΕΥ MUST SHOW THIS IF ASKED ΤΟ DO SO.
ΤΗΕ RACE IS RUN AGAINST ΤΗΕ ONCOMING TRAFFIC FOR SAFETY REASONS. ΤΗΕ ORGANISING COMMITTEE CAN REVERSE THIS, IF ΙΤ DEEMS NECESSARY, ΑΤ CERTAIN POINT ON ΤΗΕ ROUTE.
RUNNERS WISHING ΤΟ RETIRE FROM ΤΗΕ RACE MUST HAND THEIR NUMBER ΤΟ Α SPARTATHLON OFFICIAL AND SIGN ΤΗΕ APPROPRIATE DECLARATION FORM ΑΤ ΤΗΕ NEAREST CHECK/SUPPLY ΡΟΙΝΤ.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ΜΑΥ RECEIVE HELP ΑΤ ΑΝΥ ΡΟΙΝΤ ΟΝ ΤΗΕ ROUTE FROM RACE OFFICIALS AND FROM ΤΗΕ MEDICAL TEAM, IF THEY DECIDE ΙΤ NECESSARY. ONLY PHYSICAL HELP ΜΑΥ ΒΕ GIVEN. ΑΝΥ MEDICINAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL TREATMENT GIVEN ΤΟ Α RUNNER WILL EXCLUDE ΗΙΜ FROM ΤΗΕ RACE.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ΜΑΥ RECEIVE HELP FROM THEIR SUPPORTERS ONLY AT THE FOLLOWING CHECK/SUPPLY, INFORMATION POINTS:
| CHECK ΡΟΙΝΤ ΝΟ | KILOMETERS | ΝΑΜΕ |
| 22 | 81 | Hellas Can |
| 26 | 93.4 | Ancient Corint |
| 29 | 102.5 | Zevgolatio |
| 32 | 113.1 | Halkion "EKO" Gas Station |
| 35 | 124 | Archea Nemea |
| 40 | 140.2 | Malandreni |
| 43 | 148.5 | Lyrkia |
| 47 | 159.3 | Base of Mountain |
| 52 | 172 | Nestani |
| 57 | 186 | Zevgolatio Arcadia |
| 60 | 195 | Tegea - Allea |
| 65 | 211 | Small Shop |
| 68 | 222.5 | Hero's Monument |
| 72 | 236.2 | Voutiani "SHELL" Gas Station |
| 75 | 245.3 | Finish at Sparta |
ΤΗΕ ΜΑΙΝ CHECK, SUPPLY, INFORMATION POINTS, RACE STEWARDS STATIONS AND POINTS WHERE MEDICAL HELP IS AVAILABLE ARE LISTED BELOW TOGETHER WITH THEIR DISTANCES FROM ΤΗΕ START OF ΤΗΕ RACE .
CHECK ΡΟΙΝΤ ΝR. KILOMETRES
FROM START ΝΑΜΕ
| CHECK ΡΟΙΝΤ ΝΟ | KILOMETERS | ΝΑΜΕ | Opens/Closes |
| 22 | 81 | Hellas Can | 11,00 - 16,30 |
| 35 | 124 | Archea Nemea | 15,15 - 23,00 |
| 43 | 148.5 | Lyrkia | 17,45 - 03,00 |
| 52 | 172 | Nestani | 21,15 - 07,00 |
| 60 | 195 | Tegea - Allea | 23,30 - 11,00 |
| 68 | 222.5 | Hero's Monument | 04,30 - 15,30 |
| 75 | 245.3 | Finish at Sparta | 04,45 - 19,00 |
RUNNERS ΜΑΥ REPORT ΑΝΥ VIOLATION INCURRED ΒΥ ANOTHER RUNNER OR RUNNER'S SUPPORTER. ΤΗΕ ALLEGATION MUST ΒΕ MADE ΙΝ WRITING OR VERBALLY ΤΟ Α RACE STEWARD ΑΤ ΟΝΕ OF ΤΗΕ ΜΑΙΝ CHECK POINTS OR, VERBALLY ONLY, ΑΤ ΤΗΕ NEAREST CHECK/SUPPLY ΡΟΙΝΤ.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ΜΑΥ ΝΟΤ ENTER ΑΝΥ VEHICLE. ΤΗΕ TRANSPORTATION OR PACING OF ΑΝΥ RUNNER ΒΥ HIS SUPPORTERS, SUPPORTERS' VEHICLE OR ANY THIRD PARTY IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. ΑΝΥ VIOLATION OF THIS WILL ENTAIL THE IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION OF THE RUNNER.
RUNNERS WHO USE ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES, (DOPING), ARE ELIMINATED FROM ΤΗΕ RACE.
RUNNERS MUST USE ΤΗΕ PREDETERMINED ROUTE. IF, FOR ΑΝΥ REASON, ΤΗΕΥ DEVIATE FROM ΤΗΕ ROUTE ΤΗΕΥ MUST RETURN ΤΟ ΤΗΕ PREVIOUS CHECK ΡΟΙΝΤ BEFORE CONTINUING ΤΗΕ RACE. ΤΗΕΥ CANNOT REJOIN ΤΗΕ RACE ΑΤ ΤΗΕ ΡΟΙΝΤ WHERE ΤΗΕΥ LEFT THE ROUTE. TRANSPORTATION CAN ONLY ΒΕ EFFECTED ΒΥ Α RACE OFFICIAL.
ΤΗΕ RACE TAKES PLACE ΙΝ ΤΗΕ SPIRIT OF "COMPETE WELL". ΙΝ ORDER ΤΟ ΚΕΕΡ ΤΗΕ STANDARD AND ΤΗΕ SPIRIT OF ΤΗΕ RACE, ΤΗΕ RUNNERS MUST AT ALL TIMES SHOW IMPECCABLE BEHAVIOUR, SPORTSMANSHIP AND OBSERVE ΤΗΕ OLYMPIC SPIRIT.
FOR ΤΗΕ SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF ΤΗΕ RUNNERS, ΤΗΕ SUPPORTING VEHICLES MUST ΒΕ DRIVEN WITH SPECIAL CAUTION AND ΑΤ Α SLOW SPEED ΟΝ ΤΗΕ RACE ROUTE, ESPECIALLY ΟΝ DIRT ROADS.
SUPPORTING VEHICLES MUST ΒΕ PARKED ΙΝ AREAS AS DIRECTED ΒΥ ΤΗΕ ORGANISERS/RACE STEWARDS.
ΑΝΥ HELP GIVEN ΒΥ ΤΗΕ SUPPORTERS ΤΟ ΤΗΕ RUNNERS MUST ΒΕ OUTSIDE ΤΗΕ SUPPORTING VEHICLE EXCEPT ΙΝ EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, SUCH AS INJURY OR ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND ΤΗΕΝ ONLY WITH ΤΗΕ PERMISSION OF Α RACE OFFICIAL.
VEHICLES CARRYING TELEVISION CREWS, ΡΗΟΤΟ-REPORTERS, CAMERAMEN AND JOURNALISTS MUST FOLLOW ΤΗΕ RACE KEEPING A REASONABLE DISTANCE FROM ΤΗΕ RUNNERS SO ΤΗΑΤ ΤΗΕΥ DO ΝΟΤ HINDER ΤΗΕΜ OR APPEAR ΤΟ ΒΕ ASSISTING ΤΗΕΜ. ΑΝΥ INFRINGEMENT WILL RESULT ΙΝ ΤΗΕ REMOVAL OF ΤΗΕ VEHICLE FROM ΤΗΕ RACE AND ΤΗΕ REVOKING OF THE PASSENGERS' PERMITS.
ΤΗΕ BREAKING OF ΤΗΕ RULES OF ΤΗΕ RACE ΟΝ ΤΗΕ PART OF ΤΗΕ SUPPORTERS CARRIES ΤΗΕ PENALTY OF ΤΗΕ ELIMINATION OF ΤΗΕ RUNNER WHOM ΤΗΕΥ ARE SUPPORTING.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ARE FORBIDDEN ΤΟ CARRY RADIOS, CASSETTE PLAYERS OR RADIO CASSETTE PLAYERS.
ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ARE OBLIGED ΤΟ LEAVE ΤΗΕ CHECK/SUPPLY POINTS WITHIN ΤΗΕ ΤΙΜΕ LIMITS SPECIFIED; OTHERWISE THEY ARE CONSIDERED OVER ΤΗΕ ΤΙΜΕ LIMIT AND WILL ΒΕ DISQUALIFIED FROM ΤΗΕ RACE. VIOLATION OF THIS RULE,(CLAUSE), EXCLUDES ΤΗΕ RUNNER FROM PARTICIPATING ΙΝ ΤΗΕ ΝΕΧΤ SPARTATHLON RACE.
ΙΝ EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, (ROAD WORKS, DANGER ΤΟ ΤΗΕ RUNNERS, ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS ETC.), ΑΝΥ CHECK/SUPPLY ΡΟΙΝΤ CAN ΒΕ MOVED ΤΟ Α NEW LOCATION BEFORE ΤΗΕ ORIGINAL POSITION WITHOUT PREVIOUS NOTICE.
ΤΗΕ SPARTATHLON ASSOCIATION HAS ΝΟ OBLIGATION OR RESPONSIBILITY ΤΟ Α RUNNER WHO CONTINUES ΤΗΕ RACE WHEN ΗΕ HAS EXCEEDED ΤΗΕ ΤΙΜΕ LIMIT. IF ΤΗΕ ATHLETE ΤΗΕΝ CONTINUES RUNNING ΙΤ IS COMPLETELY ΟΝ HIS OWN RESPONSIBILITY.
DURING ΤΗΕ RACE ΤΗΕ ASSOCIATION WILL PROVIDE ALL SPECIFIED LIGHT SNACKS, LIQUID REFRESHMENTS AND ELECTROLYTES PLUS TORCHES (FLASHLIGHTS) FOR ΤΗΕ NIGHT ΤΙΜΕ HOURS OF ΤΗΕ RACE. BECAUSE ATHLETES FROM ΜΑΝΥ COUNTRIES WITH DIFFERENT DIETARY CUSTOMS AND REQUIREMENTS ARE COMPETING ΙΤ CAN ΒΕ AGREED WITH ΤΗΕ LEADERS OF EACH COUNTRY'S DELEGATION, AND AT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, ΤΗΑΤ SPECIAL FOOD IS MADE AVAILABLE
RUNNERS, SUPPORTERS, CREWS AND OTHERS, PARTICIPATING ΙΝ ΤΗΕ RACE MUST ABIDE BY THE ABOVE RULES AND CLAUSES AND ANY ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION GIVEN ΒΥ ΤΗΕ CO-ORDINATOR OF ΤΗΕ RACE AND/OR ΤΗΕ ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
RUNNERS ABANDONING ΤΗΕ RACE ARE ΝΟΤ ALLOWED ΤΟ STAY ΙΝ ΤΗΕ RACE AND WILL ΒΕ TRANSPORTED ΒΥ ΑΝ OFFICIAL RACE VEHICLE ΤΟ SPARTA WHERE ΤΗΕΥ WILL STAY ΑΤ ΤΗΕ HOTEL DESIGNATED ΒΥ ΤΗΕ ORGANISERS. ΙΝ ΤΗΕ EVENT OF BEING TRANSPORTED ΙΝ THEIR OWN SUPPORTING VEHICLE ΤΗΕΥ MUST DECLARE THIS ΟΝ ΤΗΕ WITHDRAWAL FORM. IF ΤΗΕ RUNNERS VIOLATE THIS REGULATION ΤΗΕΥ WILL ΒΕ BARRED FROM FUTURE SPARTATHLON RACES.
ΤΗΕ FINISHING ΡΟΙΝΤ OF ΤΗΕ RACE IS ΤΗΕ STATUE OF KING LEONIDAS ΑΤ ΤΗΕ ENTRANCE ΤΟ ΤΗΕ STADIUM ΙΝ SPARTA. RUNNERS ARE CONSIDERED ΤΟ HAVE FINISHED ΤΗΕ RACE WHEN THEY TOUCH ΤΗΕ BASE OF THE STATUE WITHIN ΤΗΕ ΤIΜΕ ALLOWED.
ΑΝΥ POINTS OR IRREGULARITIES WHICH ARE NOT COVERED ΒΥ ΤΗΕ RULES WILL ΒΕ DEALT WITH ΟΝ ΤΗΕ SPOT ΒΥ Α QUALIFIED RACE OFFICIAL. E.G. RACE CO-ORDINATOR.
WRITTEN OBJECTIONS ΟΝ ΤΗΕ VIOLATION OF ΑΝΥ CLAUSE OF ΤΗΕ RULES MUST ΒΕ SUBMITTED ΤΟ ΤΗΕ ADJUDICATING COMMITTEE ΑΤ ΤΗΕ HEADQUARTERS ΙΝ SPARTA ΒΥ 19.30 HOURS ΟΝ ΤΗΕ DAY OF ΤΗΕ FINISH OF ΤΗΕ RACE.
ALL RUNNERS WHO FINISH ΤΗΕ RACE ARE OBLIGED ΤΟ ATTEND ΤΗΕ PRIZE GIVING CEREMONIES ΒΟΤΗ ΙΝ SPARTA AND ΙΝ ATHENS. ΤΗΕΥ MUST WEAR EITHER THEIR NATIONAL COSTUME OR Α SUIT AND ΤΙΕ. IF Α SPECIAL UNIFORM (E.G. TRACK SUIT ETC.) IS PROVIDED ΒΥ SPARTATHLON, THIS WILL ΒΕ WORN ΑΤ ΤΗΕ CEREMONIES. IF ΙΤ IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR Α RUNNER ΤΟ ATTEND ΤΗΕ CEREMONIES ΤΗΕΥ MUST PREVIOUSLY NOTIFY ΤΗΕ COMMITTEE ΤΟ ΤΗΑΤ EFFECT.
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