We are immensely proud to announce that SPARTATHLON 2025 has been awarded the prestigious IAU Golden Label by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU), under the patronage of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). This recognition is a great honor for our race, affirming its quality, organization, and global reputation. This achievement strengthens Spartathlon’s

Press Release 13/01/2025 The SPARTATHLON Under the Auspices of the Hellenic Olympic Committee – A Beacon of Olympic Ideals With great emotion and pride, the SPARTATHLON announces that it will be held under the auspices of the Hellenic Olympic Committee for 2025. This prestigious recognition marks a milestone in the history of the event and

Announcement of participation in the 43th “SPARTATHLON”, which will be held on 27-28 September 2025 with starting time at 07.00am on the standard Athens-Sparta route. Experienced, healthy, and well-trained runners, who have reached the age of 18, are eligible to apply for participation. Participants assume full and personal responsibility for their state of health before

UPDATED 27/09 Before the Race Please read the race rules very carefully. Find them on SPARTATHLON website: PARTICIPATION-RACE RULES. Thursday 26th Sep. – Friday 27th Sep. – Oasis Hotel: Registration of athletes and support. The delivery of bags and numbers (BIB) of athletes will be given only to the athlete himself and not to his

PRESS RELEASE Athens 29 August 2024 On 28 September 2024 the 42nd SPARTATHLON starts –  Zissimopoulos & Herron at the start line of the historic race In exactly one month, and more specifically on Saturday morning, September 28th, under the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis, the 42nd SPARTATHLON will start, with the participation of 400

In its meeting on 11/04/24, regarding quadruple lots, the Board of Directors unanimously decided on the following: 1) The Board of Directors has decided to accept to the 2024 race the 5 Greek athletes who had 4 lots but were not drawn in the 2024 drawing process. 2) As of the 43rd race of 2025, the

Following the announcement of the 2024 lottery and after the completion of the athletes’ appeal period, a review of the appeals submitted was conducted and we present the FINAL lists for the draw on 12/03/23 as well as the automatically accepted ones as they have been formed. Final List of athletes for direct participation Final

The lottery process for participation in SPARTATHLON 2024 will take place this year electronically on Tuesday 12/03/2024 at 18.00 at the offices of the INTERNATIONAL SPARTATHLON ASSOCIATION. The certified page of Random.org will be used for the process, specifically the List Randomizer application, where SPARTATHLON maintains an account. The electronic lottery is an automated process,

Following the resignation of Kostis Papadimitriou from the duties of the president, the new composition of the Board of Directors. is the following: PRESIDENT: Vangelis Polymeris VICE PRESIDENT – HOTEL SUPERVISOR: Panagiotis Alikaniotis GENERAL SECRETARY: Anastasia Delopoulou TREASURER: Ekaterini Skenderi DEPUTY TREASURER: Matina Sgouropoulou SUPPLY MANAGER: Vasilis Dimitropoulos MATERIAL SUPERVISOR: Ioannis Arfanis MEMBERS: Spiros Tsakas George Kalantzakos

Announcement of participation in the 42nd “SPARTATHLON”, which will be held on 28-29 September 2024 with starting time at 07.00am on the standard Athens-Sparta route. Experienced, healthy, and well-trained runners, who have reached the age of 18, are eligible to apply for participation. Participants assume full and personal responsibility for their state of health before