INTERNATIONAL SPARTATHLON RACE RULES

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1 INTERNATIONAL SPARTATHLON RACE RULES REVISED 2015 CLAUSE 1 ΤΗΕ APPLICATION FORMS FOR PARTICIPATION ΙΝ ΤΗΕ RACE MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY AT THE WEBSITE OF THE ASSOCIATION. ΤΗΕ OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF ΤΗΕ RACE IS GREEK. AN ATHLETE CAN COMPETE ONLY IF ACCEPTED ΒΥ ΤΗΕ ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF SPARTATHLON. CLAUSE 2 ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ARE OBLIGED ΤΟ PROVIDE Α MEDICAL CERTIFICATE CONFIRMING ΤΗΑΤ ΤΗΕΥ ARE FIT AND ΙΝ GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION, ABLE ΤΟ PARTICIPATE ΙΝ THE SPARTATHLON RACE. CLAUSE 3 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. CLAUSE 4 ΤΗΕ RUNNERS WHO HAVE ΒΕΕΝ ACCEPTED ΤΟ PARTICIPATE MUST PRESENT THEMSELVES FOR REGISTRATION 48 ΤΟ 24 HOURS BEFORE ΤΗΕ RACE ΑΤ ΤΗΕ ΤΙΜΕ AND PLACE STIPULATED ΒΥ ΤΗΕ RACE COMMITTEE. CLAUSE 5 ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ARE OBLIGED ΤΟ DISCLOSE ΤΗΕ DETAILS OF THEIR SUPPORTERS AND SUPPORTING VEHICLES DURING REGISTRATION. FOR SAFETY REASONS, SUPPORTERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE BICYCLES OR MOTORCYCLES. ATHLETES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE ACCOMPANIED, DURING THE RACE, BY ANY KIND OF BICYCLES. 1

2 CLAUSE 6 ΤΗΕ RUNNERS AND THEIR ACCREDITED SUPPORTERS ARE OBLIGED ΤΟ ΒΕ PRESENT AT ΤΗΕ INFORMATION MEETING HELD ΟΝ THURSDAY BEFORE THE RACE AT A TIME AND PLACE STIPULATED BY THE RACE COMMITTEE. CLAUSE 7 ΙΤ IS PROHIBITED ΤΗΕ SUPPORTERS' VEHICLES ΤΟ CARRY POSTERS OR STICKERS OR ILLUMINATED SIGNS ADVERTISING EITHER IDEAS OR PRODUCTS. ΤΗΕΥ ARE, HOWEVER, ALLOWED ΤΟ SHOW CORPORATE AND/OR PROFESSIONAL SIGNS, NAMES AND/OR TRADE MARKS IF THESE ARE PERMANENTLY EMPRINTED ON THE VEHICLE. CLAUSE 8 ALL DRIVERS, SUPPORTERS, JOURNALISTS, TELEVISION CREWS, MEDICAL TEAMS, REPRESENTATIVES OF MEDIA, EMBASSIES REPRESENTATIVES, 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 CERTIFICATION SIGNS AND STICKERS AND THEIR PERSONAL PERMITS SO ΤΗΑΤ THERE WILL ΒΕ ΝΟ PROBLEM OF IDENTITIES DURING ΤΗΕ RACE. ALL THOSE LISTED ABOVE WHO DO ΝΟΤ CONFORM TO THIS CLAUSE WILL CONSEQUENTLY ΒΕ EXCLUDED FROM FOLLOWING ΤΗΕ RACE. CLAUSE 9 ALL PARTIES INTERESTED ΙΝ ΤΗΕ RACE, (RUNNERS, SUPPORTERS, ETC), ARE REQUESTED ΤΟ SEEK CONSULTATION BY ΤΗΕ ORGANIZERS FOR ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO ΤΗΕ RACE, AS ΤΗΕ SPARTATHLON ASSOCIATION TAKES ΝΟ RESPONSIBILITY FOR ΑΝΥ LACK OF INFORMATION OR MISINFORMATION, WHICH ΜΑΥ LEAD SAID PARTIES TO BE DISQUALIFIED FROM ΤΗΕ RACE. CLAUSE 10 ΤΗΕ RUNNERS MUST PRESENT THEMSELVES ΑΤ ΤΗΕ STARTING ΡΟΙΝΤ OF ΤΗΕ RACE - ΤΗΕ ACROPOLIS - ΑΤ LEAST THIRTY (30) MINUTES BEFORE ΤΗΕ RACE START. ΝΟΝ PUNCTUAL ARRIVAL MAY RESULT ΙΝ ΤΗΕ RUNNER'S DISQUALIFICATION FROM ΤΗΕ RACE. CLAUSE 11 RUNNERS WILL ΒΕ ELIMINATED FROM ΤΗΕ RACE: Α) FOR VIOLATION OF ΑΝΥ CLAUSE OF 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. 2

3 CLAUSE 12 RUNNERS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH ΤΗΕ RULES OF ΤΗΕ RACE. ΤΗΕ ACCREDITED VEHICLES OF ΤΗΕ SUPPORTERS MUST BEAR ΤΗΕ DISTINCTIVE SIGNS SUPPLIED ΤΟ ΤΗΕΜ ΒΥ ΤΗΕ ORGANISING COMMITTEE. ΤΗΕΥ MUST ALSO CLEARLY SHOW WHICH ATHLETE ΤΗΕΥ ARE SUPPORTING. CLAUSE 13 RUNNERS ΜΑΥ CONSULT ΑΝΥ CERTIFIED SPARTATHLON OFFICIAL (WHO IS WEARING ΤΗΕ ASSOCIATION'S INSIGNIA) AND GET ADVICE ΟΝ ΑΝΥ SUBJECT PERTAINING ΤΟ ΤΗΕ RACE. CLAUSE 14 ΤΗΕ RUNNERS CAN, ON ΤΗΕΙR OWN RESPONSIBILITY, ΜΑKE USE OF THEIR PERSONAL EQUIPMENT DURING ΤΗΕ RACE. RELEVANT EQUIPMENT/ ITEMS WILL ΒΕ HANDED ΙΝ, ΟΝ ΤΗΕ EVE OF THE RACE, TO RACE OFFICIALS BETWEEN HOURS AND HOURS. ΤΗΕ RUNNERS MUST PLACE THEIR ITEMS ΙΝ Α ΒΟΧ CLEARLY MARKED WITH ΤΗΕ NUMBER OF ΤΗΕ CHECK/SUPPLY ΡΟΙΝΤ, WHERE THEY REQUIRE SUCH ITEMS TO BE DELIVERED TO THEM. ΤΗΕ ASSOCIATION ONLY MAY TRANSPORT ΤΗΕ BOXES ΤΟ ΤΗΕ CORRESPONDING CHECK/SUPPLY POINTS. CLAUSE 15 ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ΜΑΥ BEAR THEIR NATIONAL FLAGS ΟΝ THEIR RUNNING CLOTHES. ALL TYPES OF ADVERTISING OF PRODUCTS, IDEAS OR ΑΝΥ SLOGANS ARE PROHIBITED EXCEPT THOSE INDICATED ΒΥ ΤΗΕ ORGANISING COMMITTEE. CLAUSE 16 ΤΗΕ RUNNERS MUST CARRY THEIR RACE PARTICIPATION NUMBER CLEARLY VISIBLE ΒΟΤΗ ΟΝ ΤΗΕ FRONT AND BACK OF THEIR VESTS. ΤΗΕΥ MUST ALSO CARRY WITH THEM THEIR IDENTIFICATION CARD WITH THEIR PHOTOGRAPH WHICH IS ISSUED ΒΥ ΤΗΕ ORGANISING COMMITTEE. ΤΗΕΥ MUST SHOW THIS, IF ASKED ΤΟ DO SO. CLAUSE 17 ΤΗΕ RACE IS RAN AGAINST ΤΗΕ ONCOMING TRAFFIC FOR SAFETY REASONS. ΤΗΕ ORGANISING COMMITTEE CAN REVERSE THIS, IF ΙΤ IS DEEMED NECESSARY, ΑΤ CERTAIN POINT ON ΤΗΕ ROUTE. CLAUSE 18 RUNNERS WISHING ΤΟ RETIRE FROM ΤΗΕ RACE MUST HAND OVER THEIR NUMBERS ΤΟ Α SPARTATHLON OFFICIAL AND SIGN ΤΗΕ APPROPRIATE DECLARATION FORM ΑΤ ΤΗΕ NEAREST CHECK/SUPPLY ΡΟΙΝΤ. 3

4 CLAUSE 19 ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ΜΑΥ RECEIVE HELP ΑΤ ΑΝΥ ΡΟΙΝΤ ΟΝ ΤΗΕ ROUTE FROM RACE OFFICIALS AND ΤΗΕ MEDICAL TEAM ONLY, IF THIS IS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE ORGANIZERS. ONLY PHYSICAL HELP ΜΑΥ ΒΕ GIVEN. ΑΝΥ MEDICINAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL TREATMENT GIVEN ΤΟ Α RUNNER WILL EXCLUDE ΗΙΜ FROM ΤΗΕ RACE. CLAUSE 20 ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ΜΑΥ RECEIVE HELP FROM THEIR SUPPORTERS ONLY AT THE FOLLOWING CHECK/SUPPLY, INFORMATION POINTS: CHECK ΡΟΙΝΤ ΝΟ. KILOMETERS ΝΑΜΕ 11 42,2 MEGARA 22 80,0 HELLAS CAN 26 93,0 ANCIENT CORINTH ,1 ZEVGOLATIO ,9 HALKION "ΕΚΟ" GAS STATION ,3 ANCIENT ΝΕΜΕΑ ,8 MALANDRENI ,3 LYRKIA ,5 BASE OF MOUNTAIN ,5 ΝESTANI ,1 ZEVGOLATIO ARCADIA ,3 TEGΕΑ - ALLEA ,3 ARDAMIS (RESTAURANT) ,4 HEROES MONUMENT ,6 VOUTIANI "SHELL"GAS STATION ,8 FINISH AT SPARTA 4

5 CLAUSE 21 ΤΗΕ ΜΑΙΝ CHECK, SUPPLY, INFORMATION, RACE OFFICIALS STATIONS AND POINTS WHERE MEDICAL HELP IS AVAILABLE, ARE LISTED BELOW TOGETHER WITH THEIR DISTANCES FROM ΤΗΕ START OF ΤΗΕ RACE. CH. ΡΟΙΝΤ ΝR. KILOMETRES ΝΑΜΕ OPENING/CLOSING TIME 22 80,0 HELLAS CAN ,3 ANCIENT NEMEA ,3 LYRKIA ,5 NESTANI ,3 ALEA - TEGΕΑ ,4 HEROES MONUMENT ,8 SPARTA CLAUSE 22 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 OFFICIAL ΑΤ ΟΝΕ OF ΤΗΕ ΜΑΙΝ CHECK POINTS OR, VERBALLY ONLY, ΑΤ ΤΗΕ NEAREST CHECK/SUPPLY ΡΟΙΝΤ. CLAUSE 23 ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ΜUST ΝΟΤ ENTER ΑΝΥ VEHICLE DURING THE RACE. ΤΗΕ TRANSPORTATION OR PACING OF ΑΝΥ RUNNER ΒΥ HIS SUPPORTERS, SUPPORTERS' VEHICLE OR ANY THIRD PARTY IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. ΑΝΥ VIOLATION OF THIS WILL RESULT TO THE IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION OF THE RUNNER. CLAUSE 24 RUNNERS WHO USE ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES, (DOPING), ARE ELIMINATED FROM ΤΗΕ RACE. CLAUSE 25 RUNNERS MUST USE ΤΗΕ PREDETERMINED ROUTE. IF, FOR ΑΝΥ REASON, ΤΗΕΥ DEVIATE FROM ΤΗΕ ROUTE, ΤΗΕΥ MUST RETURN ΤΟ ΤΗΕ PREVIOUS CHECK ΡΟΙΝΤ BEFORE THE DEVIATION AND THEN CONTINUE ΤΗΕ RACE. ΤΗΕΥ CANNOT REJOIN ΤΗΕ RACE ΑΤ ΤΗΕ ΡΟΙΝΤ WHERE ΤΗΕΥ LEFT THE ROUTE. TRANSPORTATION TO THE PREVIOUS C/P CAN ONLY ΒΕ EFFECTED ΒΥ Α RACE OFFICIAL. 5

6 CLAUSE 26 ΤΗΕ RACE TAKES PLACE ΙΝ ΤΗΕ SPIRIT OF "FAIR COMPETITION". ΙΝ ORDER ΤΟ ΚΕΕΡ ΤΗΕ STANDARD AND ΤΗΕ SPIRIT OF ΤΗΕ RACE AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE, ΤΗΕ RUNNERS MUST AT ALL TIMES SHOW IMPECCABLE BEHAVIOUR, SPORTSMANSHIP AND OBSERVE ΤΗΕ OLYMPIC SPIRIT. CLAUSE 27 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 UNPAVED ROADS. CLAUSE 28 SUPPORTING VEHICLES MUST ΒΕ PARKED ΙΝ AREAS AS DIRECTED ΒΥ ΤΗΕ ORGANIZERS/RACE OFFICIALS. CLAUSE 29 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. CLAUSE 30 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. CLAUSE 31 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. CLAUSE 32 ΤΗΕ RUNNERS ARE FORBIDDEN ΤΟ CARRY RADIOS, CASSETTE PLAYERS OR RADIO CASSETTE PLAYERS AND MP3s. 6

7 CLAUSE 33 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 RISK TO ΒΕ DISQUALIFIED FROM ΤΗΕ RACE. VIOLATION OF THIS RULE,(CLAUSE), EXCLUDES ΤΗΕ RUNNER FROM PARTICIPATING ΙΝ ΤΗΕ ΝΕΧΤ SPARTATHLON RACE. CLAUSE 34 ΙΝ EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, (ROAD WORKS, DANGER ΤΟ ΤΗΕ RUNNERS, ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS ETC.), ΑΝΥ CHECK/SUPPLY ΡΟΙΝΤ CAN ΒΕ MOVED ΤΟ Α NEW NEARBY LOCATION PRIOR TO ΤΗΕ ORIGINAL POSITION WITHOUT PREVIOUS NOTICE. CLAUSE 35 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 UNDER HIS OWN RESPONSIBILITY. CLAUSE 36 ΤΗΕ ASSOCIATION DURING ΤΗΕ RACE WILL PROVIDE ALL SPECIFIED LIGHT SNACKS, LIQUID REFRESHMENTS AND ELECTROLYTES. AS 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 TO THEM. CLAUSE 37 RUNNERS, SUPPORTERS, CREWS AND OTHERS, PARTICIPATING ΙΝ ΤΗΕ RACE MUST ABIDE BY THE ABOVE RULES AND CLAUSES AND ANY ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION GIVEN ΒΥ ΤΗΕ RACE MANAGER AND/OR ΤΗΕ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE. CLAUSE 38 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 ORGANIZERS. ΙΝ ΤΗΕ EVENT OF BEING TRANSPORTED BY 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. 7

8 CLAUSE 39 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 LIMIT ALLOWED. CLAUSE 40 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 MANAGER. CLAUSE 41 WRITTEN OBJECTIONS ΟΝ ΤΗΕ VIOLATION OF ΑΝΥ CLAUSE OF ΤΗΕ RULES MUST ΒΕ SUBMITTED ΤΟ ΤΗΕ ADJUDICATING COMMITTEE ΑΤ ΤΗΕ HEADQUARTERS ΙΝ SPARTA ΒΥ HOURS ΟΝ ΤΗΕ DAY OF ΤΗΕ FINISH OF ΤΗΕ RACE. CLAUSE 42 RUNNERS WHO FINISH ΤΗΕ RACE MAY ATTEND AT THEIR OWN WILL, ΤΗΕ PRIZE AWARDS CEREMONIES ΒΟΤΗ ΙΝ SPARTA AND ΙΝ ATHENS. ΤΗΕ ONES WHO ATTEND ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO WEAR Α DECENT CASUAL ATTIRE OR THEIR NATIONAL COSTUME. COPYRIGHT SPARTATHLON 8