•  First-time runners should go to https://event.spor.istanbul/ and fill in the “Registration” page.
• Previously registered runners should fill in the form after they log in using their user name and password.
• Please click on the “Register” button under the form and complete the payment process by entering credit card details on the next page.
• Please make sure that the Registration Inquiry Page shows “Congratulations! You are Successfully Registered to the Race.”

IMPORTANT:

After registration, no notification will be sent for approval via e-mail or phone call.

If you see the statement “Congratulations! You are Successfully Registered to the Race,” it means that your registration is successful.

Participants who complete their registration should check the day and hours to be announced with e-mail or on www.istanbulyarimaratonu.com or the social media accounts, so that they can get the materials (race kit) they will use during the race.

• Registration period May 9 – October 3, registration fee is 60 Euro
  Registration period October 4 – January 2, registration fee, 70 Euro
  Registration period January 3- April 3, registration fee 90 Euro

Your registration cannot be cancelled or postponed and no refund is possible as the service processes will start as soon as you register. Even though you decide not to attend to the race, you can get your race kit from the distribution point.

Athletes who have turned 18 as of April 30, 2023 can participate in the race.

“Category Change” is not possible.

06:00 Closure of The Course to Vehicle Traffic

07:30 Skate Race Start

08:15 10K Start

09:30 Elite Athletes and 21K Start

11:30 Award Ceremony

12:30 21K Cut Off

13:00 Opening of the Course to Vehicle Traffic

14.00 End of the Race

Roads to be closed due to the Half Marathon Racecourse in:

*E POLICE

**G PRIVATE SECURITY

The time limit for 21K runners is 3 hours 25 minutes.

During registration, athletes are requested to state their target finishing time. Using this information, we will guide athletes to the correct pace gate according to their bib number so as to help them enter the race area. Each athlete must enter to the race area using the gate indicated on his or her bib number. Using another door to race area is not allowed. For example; an athlete who has a bib number indicating the letter “A” cannot enter to the area using the Gate B.

Tempo athletes will line up at the starting point according to their targeted finishing time. These athletes will be present at the start of the Half-Marathon. The tempo athletes will help you to start the race and control race time according to your targeted place.  

In the 10K run, the rank of the runners is determined at the 5K and finish points.

The intermediate times will be taken at each 5km. 

Each km will be indicated by markers along the course.

There is a refreshment station on the race course per 5 kilometre. There are also water and sponge stations between these food stations.

There will be public and portable toilets available in various spots on the race course. The toilet spots will be indicated with signs so as to ensure that runners get easy access. The toilets will generally be placed 100 to 200 meters after water stations.

Please fill in the information requested on the reverse of your bag number and attach it to your bag. The number tag must be attached to your bag before the race. Please do not use this number if you will not deliver your bag.

Only the bags provided to athletes will be accepted at the safekeeping tents by the organization committee. The other bags and belongings will not be accepted due to security concerns.

The athletes who will deliver their bags to safekeeping buses are required to put the bag number provided by the organization, in the outermost pocket.

Bags must be delivered to safekeeping tents/buses before the time for delivery is over. The bags not delivered until such time will not be accepted.

Participants must not put valuable articles, money, telephone, wallet or similar other belongings in the bags they will deliver to safekeeping buses. In case of lost bags, the institution and authorities who hold the organization cannot be held responsible.

Bags may be lost in case of bag delivery to a place or vehicle other than safekeeping tents/buses. In such case, the institution and authorities who hold the organization cannot be held responsible.

It will be announced here soon.

After the official results are announced following the end of the objection period, the ranked athletes will be called and informed, and they will be asked to fill out the award payment form and send it to us. (If the trophy ceremony will be held on the evening of the race day, these forms will be collected from the athletes ranked according to the unofficial results, and in case of a change in the ranking, the form will not be valid).

The deadline for submission of documents will be two weeks after the announcement of official results.

The objection period for age groups is 5 business days from the race date. Objection requests received within this period will be evaluated. Objection requests received after this date will not be considered.

Men Age Groups

16-19/ 20-23/ 35-39 / 40-44 / 45-49 / 50-54 / 55-59 / 60-64 / 65-69 / 70-74 / 75-79 / 80-84 / 85+

Women Age Groups

16-19/ 20-23/ 35-39 / 40-44 / 45-49 / 50-54 / 55-59 / 60-64 / 65-69 / 70-74 / 75-79 / 80-84 / 85+

All athletes who complete the race within the time limit of 3 hours and 25 minutes will receive a medal at the finish line.

Participants who finish the race after the time limit forfeit a right to medal.

It will be announced here soon.

Information on how to use your chip is available in the video below.

Overall ranking rewards (elite athletes) will be awarded based on gun time. All age group and other prizes will be given according to chip measurement times. Your position at the start line, how further back you are from the start line, does not affect your measurement. Your race time starts to be measured on the moment you cross the chip carpet.

Electronic Timing Chip

At the Race Kit Distribution area, all participants who register for the race will be given an Electronic Timing Chip with Recycling feature, that will measure their grades during the race.

Do not forget to wear your chip distributed with the race kits on the day of the race, do not take it out of your shoes during the race. The degrees of the racers running without chips cannot be measured.

We strongly advise you not to exchange your chip with other runners, as your chip is identified by your identification information.

Do not cross the finish line a second time or re-enter any part of the race course.

Participants will get their bib numbers during the distribution of kits. Your bib number will be determined when you will get your kit.

Your bib number is special for you and to N Kolay Istanbul Half-Marathon. Do not copy it or exchange with other participants.

If you give your bib number to another person or change it, your rank will be cancelled since you will be deemed to have violated the race rules.

ATTENTION: If you give your bib number to or exchange it with another person, this may risk his or her health since he or she will not be sufficiently prepared to N Kolay Istanbul Half-Marathon.

You will need to show your bib number in order to leave your bag to the safekeeping tent.

Your bib number must be attached on your chest throughout the race.

You need to attach your bib number in visible fashion so as to ensure that the official photographers of N Kolay Istanbul Half-Marathon can take your photos and you can find these photos later.

Please do not forget to put on the timekeeping chip, which has been delivered to you with your bib number and is used for keeping the time of your run, before the race starts.

Please completely fill in the required information on the reverse of your bib number, so that we can immediately intervene in case of any health issue.

Please get a medical examination before the race.

Patients with respiratory tract and heart diseases must not attend to the race.

You should attend to the race after a good sleep and rest.

Please have a breakfast early in the morning of the race and avoid alcoholic and acid drinks.

You should definitely put on your running shoes with socks.

You can cream your toes in order to prevent possible wounds which may occur after the race.

Please leave the race and ask help from health officers in case of any health issue which may occur during the race.

Important: 

Do not take part in the race if you have recently had a cold, flu or fever; if you have vomited; if you had chest pains; or if you are weak and not feeling well. You may be at serious risk on race day. In this case, please be informed that Istanbul Half-Marathon will also be held one year later and consider attending to the next race.

Bus Departure Points for Runners Leaving the Race

There will be 3 buses at the 13th, 15th and 17th kilometres for runners who leave the race and don’t wish to continue till the finish point.

Before the race
– Flight/journey
– Visa/passport
– Hotel/Accommodation
– Money transfer

Event Week
– Check your flight times
– Determine your emergency contacts

The race day
– Check bus locations and times so you can reach the starting point.
– Attach your chest number to your t-shirt with hooked needles and fill in the information on the back.
– Attach your race chip to your shoe so that your running time can be measured.
– Please bring shorts and the t-shirt (previously worn), running socks, gloves, headband, sunglasses, pulsimeter watch and running shoes (must be minimum 50k and worn previously).
– Enter the event area through the relevant gate according to the letter written on your chest number.
– Bring old shorts and t-shirts with you to warm up at the start area.
– Have enough beverages with you.
– Hand over your race bag to the items buses.

After the race
– Food and drink
– Shirt
-Receiving your race bag from the luggage bus

N Kolay Istanbul Half-Marathon is a running event and, therefore, athletes are not allowed to attend with a bicycle, motorcycle, any wheeler or non-wheeler vehicle or an animal. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality organizes other races and events for sports performed with these means. Participants are required to arrive with sportswear suitable for the organization.

It is strictly prohibited for all the runners who register to any category under N Kolay Istanbul Half-Marathon, to bring or exhibit at the race area products which promote a brand, foundation, organization or entity other than the t-shirts, flags and similar other articles distributed by the sponsor companies. Legal action will be taken against those persons and institutions who behave to the contrary.

In our competition, there is no classification of wheelchair in any class.

Electronic timing
Race Kit (chest number and electronic chip)
Race bag
T-shirt
Medal
Certificate
Water and nutrition stations on the race course
Food package after the race
Photograph service
Free transportation in the vehicles belonging to Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Marmaray is not included)