Benetti Livorno Half Marathon
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At a glance
Benetti Livorno Half Marathon 2026 takes place on 8 November 2026 in Livorno (LI), Toscana. Distances: 21.098 km, 10 km. Start at 09:00 from Via dei Pensieri, stadio Armando Picchi (curva sud) – Livorno.
- Date
- Sunday, 8 November 2026
- Location
- Livorno (LI), Toscana, Italy
- Start
- Via dei Pensieri, stadio Armando Picchi (curva sud) – Livorno
- Finish
- Campo scuola di atletica, Via Allende – Livorno
- Distances
- Half marathon · 21.098 km · Competitive
- 10 km · Non-competitive
- Start times
- 09:00
- Entry fees
- Half marathon €30 · 10 km €10
- Registration
- Registration open until 5 November 2026 · Register now ↗
- Organiser
- ASD Livornomarathon ↗
- Official website
- maratonadilivorno.it ↗
- Edition
- 9th edition
Last updated: 18 October 2026
The race
The Benetti Livorno Half Marathon, organised by ASD Livornomarathon with the City of Livorno, holds its 9th edition on Sunday 8 November 2026 and is part of the national UISP calendar and the Tuscan running Criterium. The start is at 9:00 on Via dei Pensieri, next to the Armando Picchi stadium, and the finish is at the athletics training ground on Via Allende, with all services within 200 metres.
The course, fully paved, flat and closed to traffic, crosses the centre through Piazza Grande, Via Grande and Piazza della Repubblica, enters the Benetti shipyard, passes the Aquarium and the Naval Academy and runs along the Viale Italia seafront to Antignano. Alongside the half there is the Stralivorno, a non-competitive run of about 10 km.
There is a single fee of €30 until 5 November (€40 at the Expo over the weekend), including T-shirt, gadgets, medal, showers and bag drop; the Expo is in the Cosmelli sports hall.
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Course
Start on Via dei Pensieri, at the south stand gates of the stadium, heading north. According to the 2024 street list, the course runs along Via Nazario Sauro, Barriera Roma, Viale della Libertà, Via Marradi, Piazza Attias and Corso Amedeo, then through the heart of the city: Piazza Cavour, Via Cairoli, Largo Duomo, Piazza Grande, Via Grande, Piazza della Repubblica and Piazza del Municipio.
It reaches the port via Via Cialdini and the Scali Novi Lena, enters and leaves the Benetti shipyard on Via Fagni and takes Viale Italia, passing the Bellana side road, the Aquarium car park and the Naval Academy. After a detour towards Via Machiavelli and Villa Letizia it returns to the seafront to the Ardenza roundabout and Antignano (Via Pendola, Via Vespucci, Via Pigafetta), with the turnaround, and comes back via Viale Italia, Barriera Margherita and Viale Allende to the training ground. Flat asphalt; aid stations as per the rules, also for coeliacs.
Entry fees
- Until 5 November 2026Now€30
- Until 8 November 2026All'Expo sabato 7 e domenica 8 fino alle 8:30€40
What's included
- Race pack
- Technical shirt
- Finisher medal
- Bag drop
- Changing rooms
- Showers
- Aid stations
- Chip timing
- Cronometraggio
- Medical assistance
- Race photos
- Finisher certificate
- Ristoro finale
Rules and requirements
- Uisp
- Sports promotion bodiesMembers of an Italian sports promotion body recognised by FIDAL, with a competitive medical certificate.
- FIDAL membersMembers of an Italian athletics club (Italian Athletics Federation).
- RuncardFIDAL card for runners without a club: buy it online and pair it with a competitive athletics medical certificate.
- International runnersMembers of a federation affiliated to World Athletics, or with a Runcard and a competitive medical certificate.
National UISP competitive race on a measured but not certified course. Open to adults with a competitive athletics medical certificate and a UISP or other sports-body membership (recommended), FIDAL or Runcard (the latter from age 20), or foreigners licensed with an athletics federation; a certificate alone or a self-declaration is not enough.
Single fee of €30 from 1 February to 5 November 2026, online on Endu, at partner shops or by bank transfer; on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 until 8:30 you can enter at the Expo for €40. The non-competitive Stralivorno costs €10, with entries at the Expo from Saturday at 15:00 until shortly before the start. The fee includes bib with chip, race pack with T-shirt and gadgets, changing rooms and showers, bag drop, aid stations, medical assistance, medal and downloadable certificate.
Clubs get one free entry every 10 runners. Time limit 3 hours. Prizes in kind for the top five men and women and for five age categories per gender; non-starters can move their fee to the following year for €10.
