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Comrades2024 Entry Process to Close next week


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More than 80% of the 23000-entry cap for next year’s 97th Comrades Marathon has been sold with the entry process closing on Monday, 11 December 2023.

CMA Race & Operations Manager, Ann Ashworth has called on runners to get their entry in if they have not yet already entered. The entry tally currently stands at nearly 19000 with 72 countries represented in next year’s 49th Comrades Up Run.

South African entries total 17018 with 13386 males and 3632 females.

Top 10 international breakdown is as follows:

COUNTRY

MALE

FEMALE

TOTAL

Zimbabwe

209

31

240

India

213

20

233

United Kingdom

171

48

219

Botswana

​116

22

138

Brazil

109

23

132

Russian Federation

102

23

125

USA

77

38

115

Australia

53

26

79

Zambia

46

21

67

Eswatini

48

17

65


The provincial breakdown is as follows:

PROVINCE

TOTAL

Gauteng

7602

KwaZulu-Natal

3578

Western Cape

1773

Eastern Cape

1325

Limpopo

790

Mpumalanga

772

Free State

532

​North West

472

Northern Cape

175

The entry period closes on 11 December 2023 or as soon as the entry cap of 23,000 entries has been reached, whichever comes first. Prospective entrants are encouraged to get their entries in early to avoid disappointment.

Entry fees remain the same as that of the 2023 Race and are as follows:

ENTRY TYPE

ENTRY FEE

South Africa 2024 Entrants

R1 200

Rest of Africa 2024 Entrants

R2 000

International 2024 Entrants

R4 500

Entry is free to all runners who have completed the Comrades Marathon 25 times or more.

Runners can enter online via the Comrades Marathon website: www.comrades.com or the Comrades App.

The 97th Comrades Marathon will be the 49th Up Run on Sunday, 9 June 2024, starting at the Durban City Hall at 05h30 and ending 12 hours later at the HollywoodBets Scottsville Racecourse, covering a distance of approximately 87km.

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