Salento Half Marathon
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At a glance
Salento Half Marathon 2026 takes place on 13 December 2026 in Collepasso (LE), Puglia. Distances: 21.098 km, 13.5 km. Start at 09:10 from Via Roma, Collepasso.
- Date
- Sunday, 13 December 2026
- Location
- Collepasso (LE), Puglia, Italy
- Start
- Via Roma, Collepasso
- Finish
- Piazza Dante, Collepasso
- Distances
- Half marathon · 21.098 km · Competitive
- Promozionale 13,5 km · Non-competitive
- Start times
- 09:10
- Entry fees
- Half marathon €18 · Promozionale 13,5 km €18
- Registration
- Registration open until 9 December 2026 · Register now ↗
- Organiser
- Saracenatletica
- Official website
- salentohalfmarathon.it ↗
- Edition
- 40th edition
Last updated: 18 October 2026
The race
The Salento Half Marathon, organised by ASD Saracenatletica, celebrates its 40th edition on Sunday 13 December 2026 in Collepasso, in the heart of Salento. The 21.097 km half marathon starts at 9:10 from Via Roma and finishes in Piazza Dante, preceded at 9:00 by a promotional start for para-athletes. The certified course crosses the town and the provincial roads of the surrounding countryside on a practically flat route.
Fees are among the lowest in Italy: €12 without race pack, €18 to €25 with the pack depending on the number of entries. Those without 21 km in their legs can run the 13.5 km promotional race alongside the half marathon pack. All finishers receive the medal struck for the 40th edition.
Course
Start on Via Roma and finish in Piazza Dante, Collepasso. The certified 21.097 km course is both urban and rural: it alternates loops in the town centre with long stretches on the provincial roads of the Salento countryside, closed to cars and bikes and marked every kilometre. According to the map and profile published by the organisers (2018 edition), the route heads north-west towards the Abbey of San Nicola di Macugno, comes back, then sets out north-east and east along the SP361 provincial road before returning to town.
The profile is flat, between 115 and 124 metres above sea level. The promotional race stops at km 13.
Entry fees
- Until 3 November 2026Nowcon pacco gara, iscritti 1-100€18
- Until 3 November 2026con pacco gara, iscritti 101-200€20
- Until 3 November 2026con pacco gara, iscritti 201-400€22
- Until 3 November 2026con pacco gara, dal 401° iscritto€25
- Until 9 December 2026senza pacco gara€12
What's included
- Race pack
- Finisher medal
- Chip timing
- Cronometraggio
- Medical assistance
- Finisher certificate
Rules and requirements
- 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.
- Sports promotion bodiesMembers of an Italian sports promotion body recognised by FIDAL, with a competitive medical certificate.
- International runnersMembers of a federation affiliated to World Athletics, or with a Runcard and a competitive medical certificate.
The half is open from age 18 to FIDAL members for 2026, from age 20 to Runcard or Runcard EPS holders with a competitive medical certificate for athletics, and to members of clubs in World Athletics federations with a self-declaration; registered para-athletes take part free of charge in the promotional race. Online entries on Cronogare, with bank transfer within 48 hours, until 9 December 2026.
Fees: €12 without race pack until 9 December; with pack by 3 November, €18 for the first 100 entrants, €20 up to 200, €22 up to 400, €25 beyond. No refunds: those entering by 30 November can transfer the entry for €5 or defer it to next year. Start in pens based on the best 2024-2025 time, time limit 2 hours 40 minutes.
Prizes in kind for the top three overall, the top five in categories up to M65 and the top three from M70; travel vouchers from €400 to €50 for the top ten clubs with at least 10 finishers.
