
8th Kalamata Half Marathon 2026 - 5K
Kalamata
Event Details
Date
Sunday, December 6, 2026
Start time: 10:40 • End time: 11:25
Start Location
Messenia
Event Type
5K
Distance
5 km
Organizer
Health Runners Association (SDY) of Messinia
Official Announcement
View ↗Entry Fee
€10
Registration Deadline
December 2, 2026
Important Information
Flat asphalt seafront course on the World Athletics-certified, SEGAS-approved route, with no elevation changes, starting and finishing on the quay of the Central Port of Kalamata.
Runners head east along the Navarinou coastal road towards the Elite hotel, where they turn around and return to the start area.
Kilometre markers every 1 km.
Runners under 18 must submit a parental declaration, collected from the secretariat.
All runners wear a timing chip collected with the bib from the secretariat, and there is a check point at the Elite hotel turnaround.
Runners must cross the finish timing mat for a valid finish, and running without a bib is not permitted.
Unofficial results are available at the finish and official results the day after, once objections have been reviewed; live results and a commemorative diploma at https://ftt.gr.
The first 3 men and first 3 women are awarded, and age-category results are also produced.
Every participant receives a commemorative medal.
Award ceremony at 13:00.
Race pack collection (timing chip and technical t-shirt) at the secretariat on Saturday 5 December 17:00-21:00 at the Kalamata Municipal Cultural Centre, Aristomenous 33 (Reggina hall), and on race day Sunday 08:30-10:00 at the race site on the Kalamata quay, where a limited number of new entries is also accepted.
Only participants who complete registration and payment online can choose their t-shirt size; race-day entries may not receive a t-shirt depending on availability.
Bag storage is available in a dedicated area - attach the sticker with your bib number to your bag - and items are returned on presentation of the bib; the organisers accept no liability for losses.
Chemical toilets at the start and finish.
No medical certificates are required and all runners compete at their own exclusive responsibility, minors under the responsibility of their parent; the Red Cross, volunteer nurses, rescuers, EKAB, doctors and ambulances cover the whole course and the start-finish area.
Traffic is interrupted where necessary between 10:30 and 13:30 under the direction of the Traffic Police, and cars, motorcycles or other vehicles are not allowed to follow the runners.
Co-organised with the Municipality of Kalamata under the auspices of EOSLMA-Y, with support from the Kalamata Mountaineering Club, the Volunteer Nurses Corps of the Hellenic Red Cross, the Messenia Civil Protection Volunteers Association, the Paradeisos Cultural Association, the Kalamata Educational Association and Kalamata Urban KTEL. Volunteers can apply at sdymmessinias@gmail.com or through the volunteer form on the club website; volunteer t-shirts are handed out at the briefing on Wednesday 2 December 17:00-20:00 at the club offices (Anatoliko Kentro, building 31).
Contact: sdymmessinias@gmail.com, Διαμαντόπουλος Θόδωρος 6937644974, Μπένος Χρήστος 6944585039, Βέβες Γιώργος 6955490273, Ζάννης Αλέξης 6972302265.
