Participant information
Hotel agreement
Currently no agreement.
Start number distribution
You can pick up your start number at Radisson Blue Atlantic Hotel, Olav V’s gate 3.
Opening hours will be Friday August 28 at 10:45-19:00 and Saturday August 29 at 10:45-19:00. 07:15-15:00.
You can find us by going up the stairs behind the reception.
Transportation
We encourage our participants to cycle or walk to the center on race day. If you drive a car, we recommend that you park in P-Jernbanen or P-St. Olav.
For those taking part in the 5 km, we will again start at Mariero station. The train is perfect here, but it’s also a nice little walk from the bus stop at Mariero.
Start / finish area (area map)
| Start time | Maximum time | |
| Marathon | at. 08:45 | 6 hours |
| Half marathon | at. 09:10 – 09:28 | 3 hours and 30 minutes |
| 5 km | at. 14:05 | 50 minutes |
| Children’s race 6-9 years | 15:20 | 450 meters |
| Children’s race 0-5 years | at 15:30 | 450 meters |
The Stavanger Marathon starts and finishes on the square in front of Stavanger Cathedral.
5 km has a meeting point beyond Felleskjøpet in Hillevåg.
There will be luggage tents for men and women outside Kongsgård school. Here you will also find toilets.
5 km will have its own toilets at the start. The luggage is delivered to a van, which transports them to the city centre.
The starts: Time / schedule
5 km has a meeting point at Mariero station.
Otherwise, all starts are below Stavanger Cathedral / Kongsgård.
The half marathon is divided into 7 pools, which are sent out at 3 minute intervals.
The children’s race is divided into two races. First out are those who go to school. Then it is the turn of those who go to kindergarten.
Finish line (incl. food / drink, prizes)
All finish lines are in the city centre, outside Stavanger Cathedral / Kongsgård. It is planned that you can stand and cheer the participants on towards the finish line, so feel free to bring a Norwegian flag and join in and create an atmosphere.
Water, Pepsi Cola, cinnamon rolls, salty chips and bananas are offered at the finish line.
Award ceremony
At the finish you get a great medal.
Just before the end of the finish line, those who have run 5, 10, 15 or 20 times can be awarded a medal of honour.
The first three finishers in the marathon and 5 km distances will receive NOK 6, 4 and 2,000 respectively.
Half marathon prizes are NOK 9, 6 and 3,000.
We want to reward the best boy and girl with NOK 4,000.
In 2026, this applies to the following age groups:
5 km, born in 2007-2013.
Half marathon, born in 2004-2011.
If you set a new course record, you get NOK 4,000.
The prize-giving ceremony is at 11am for the half marathon, 12:15pm for the marathon and 14:55pm for the 5km.
Showering
You can shower for free in Stavanger Svømmehall after the race. Ask for wristbands in the hatch. Entrance closes at. 15.
Frequently asked questions
All age limits are based on the calendar year.
To run 5 km or a marathon relay, you must turn 10 during the year.
You must be 15 years old to run a half marathon, and 18 years old to run a marathon.
The children’s race is from 0-10 years.
Age limits (calendar year)
Children’s race: 0-10 years
5 km: 10 years
21 km: 15 years
42 km: 18 years
Relay race: 12 years
Those who have bought a year-round license through an athletics club in Norway do not need to buy a one-off licence. Not even those born in 2013 or later. All others must purchase a one-time license. The price of this varies between NOK 30 and 50. If an injury occurs during the race, you will then be able to get treatment covered, see here .
We will use an image recognition service called Pica. It works in such a way that there will be separate symbols on each side of your start number. By creating a separate profile on getpica.com, and use your assigned code, then you can access the photos that have actually been taken by you. Feel free to also allow face recognition, then the chance that the pictures of you will be recognized increases. You can share the photos you select on social media in a simple way. You can find an illustration of the process here .
The various albums will be posted on the race’s Facebook page during the day after the race day. For the Pica photos, most likely some photos will be uploaded on race day, while the rest will be uploaded the following day. Eventually, all the pictures will also appear Flickr .
Pre-registered participants who have to withdraw from the start will not be refunded the entry fee paid.
If you want to reduce the distance, log in to “MY PAGE” and select “EDIT”. But this is only possible if the distance is not sold out.
If you can’t run yourself, you can transfer your start number for the distance to someone else in this way: Give the new participant your username and password. He/she logs in here and changes all information.
These are only transferred to those who are in the same age group.
Unfortunately, we are sold out of t-shirts.
We sell magnetic holders for NOK 100. These replace the safety pins that attach the start number.