18TH EDITION – TELEKOM NIGHT RUN BRATISLAVA 2026
The event is part of the “Grand Prix 2026” powered by Telekom
Instructions and Basic Information
Main organiser: BE COOL, s.r.o., Krajinská 37, 821 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Co-organisers: City of Bratislava, Bratislava – Old Town District, Petržalka District, Bratislava Self-Governing Region, BE COOL Bory, s.r.o., Bratislava Marathon Association, civic association
Date: 5 September 2026
Location: Aupark – Einsteinova 18, 851 01 Bratislava, Janko Kráľ Park – Viedenská cesta
Event time: 15:30 – 22:00
Race start: 20:00, Viedenská cesta
(The race will start in waves. The details and time schedule of the individual waves will be published by the main organiser during August.)
Finish: Viedenská cesta
Course: 10 km – an urban loop passing through the Old Town and Petržalka districts, on a paved surface
(The event also includes a relay discipline – Couples Run, 2 x 5 km.)
Time limit: 1.5 hours from the start of the respective wave
Participant limit: The organiser guarantees participation and all event-related benefits for the first 5,000 registered runners with properly paid entry fees. A participant is considered duly registered only after the entry fee has been paid or after entering a promo code sent by the organiser into the registration system.
After the participant limit has been reached, it will not be possible to additionally register a runner who has registered but has not paid the entry fee or entered a promo code. We therefore recommend completing the payment or entering the promo code immediately after registration.
Rules: The race will be held in accordance with the rules of the Slovak Athletic Federation and these propositions.
Main Officials
Race Director: Peter Pukalovič
Technical Director and Main Organiser: Jozef Pukalovič
Sports Director: Tomáš Willwéber
Safety Manager: Dag Bělák
Chief Referee: Branislav Droščák
Referee Instructor: Ján Koštial
Registration
Registration for the event is required through the hakuapp.com registration system, based on which you will be assigned a race number.
Online registration: until 2 September 2026 via bratislavamarathon.sk
In-person registration:
3 September 2026 to 4 September 2026, always from 12:00 to 19:00
5 September 2026, from 10:00 to 18:00
Important Notice
In the registration form, please enter your time achieved at the event in 2025 or your time achieved in 2026 at an event with a 10 km course. The starting corridor will be divided into four zones based on the entered time. Detailed zone allocation will be published on the event website before the event. Based on the assigned zone, each runner will also be given the exact start time of their race.
Categories
Men
- M – overall ranking
- M39 – up to 39 years old, year of birth 1987–2008/2011
- M40 – age 40–49 years, year of birth 1977–1986
- M50 – age 50–59 years, year of birth 1967–1976
- M60 – age 60 and over, year of birth 1966 and earlier
Women
- W – overall ranking
- W39 – up to 39 years old, year of birth 1987–2008/2011
- W40 – age 40–49 years, year of birth 1977–1986
- W50 – age 50–59 years, year of birth 1967–1976
- W60 – age 60 and over, year of birth 1966 and earlier
Age Limit
18 years: The participant must be at least 18 years old on the day of the race.
15 years: The participant must be at least 15 years old on the day of the race for the Couples Run, 2 x 5 km.
For participants aged 18 and under, a signed consent form from a legal guardian is required. The legal guardian assumes responsibility for the participant.
Entry Fee – Depending on the Number of Registered Participants
€21 – for registrations completed and paid by 30 June 2026
€25 – for registrations completed and paid from 1 July 2026 until the participant limit is reached
€42 – Couples Run, 2 x 5 km
The Entry Fee Includes
- Race number with the participant’s name and a built-in timing chip, for registrations completed and paid by 16 August 2026
- Medal after crossing the finish line
- Refreshments on the course
- Refreshments after finishing the race
- SMS with the final time sent to the mobile number provided in the online registration form
- Possibility to download an online diploma after the race
- Possibility to use changing rooms
- Possibility to store personal belongings or a bicycle in the baggage storage area
After properly completing the registration form, the system will offer you the option to pay by card. Once the entry fee has been successfully paid, you will receive a payment confirmation email.
The amount of the entry fee depends on the date on which the payment is made, not on the date of registration in the system. When paying online through the registration system, the payment is credited immediately. We therefore recommend using this payment option. You can immediately verify your successful registration in the list of registered participants on the event website – the start list.
SPECIAL OFFER FOR OUR LOYAL RUNNERS
Runners who have participated in 15 editions of the event, excluding the virtual edition in 2020, and wish to take part in the 18th edition will receive free entry and a participant T-shirt from the organiser if they contact marek@becool.sk by 31 July 2026.
Presentation and Race Number Pickup
Location: Aupark – Einsteinova 18
- 3 September 2026 to 4 September 2026, always from 12:00 to 19:00
- 5 September 2026, from 10:00 to 18:00
Start Zones
In the registration form, please remember to enter your time achieved at the event in 2025 or your time achieved in 2026 at an event with a 10 km course. The starting corridor will be divided into four zones based on the entered time.
A runner who does not enter their time will automatically be placed at the back of the starting field in the last zone.
We strongly ask you to enter your real achieved times. This is also a way of showing respect to your fellow runners. Assigning runners to the correct zone according to their actual performance allows the organiser to arrange separate starts for groups of runners with the same or very similar performance levels. This will result in a more homogeneous and smooth race flow within each group, without significant time gaps between the fastest and slowest runners in each zone.
Absence Notification and Participant Transfer
Paid entry fees are non-refundable.
If a participant reports their absence by 16 August 2026, they may transfer their entry fee to the next edition of the event. The participant can make the transfer themselves through their account in the registration system by selecting “Registration Options” – “Defer to the future.”
If a participant reports their absence for health reasons and provides a medical certificate from their attending doctor between 16 August 2026 and 2 September 2026, they may also transfer their entry fee to the next edition of the event. During this period, it is necessary to contact registracia@becool.sk.
If a participant cannot attend and wants to transfer their race number to another participant, this can be done no later than 16 August 2026 through their account in the registration system by selecting “Registration Options” – “Transfer.” The participant must enter the email address and name of the new participant, who will then complete their own details after receiving the email. The race packet is collected and the declaration is confirmed by the new participant. Once the race packet has been collected, re-registration is no longer possible.
Re-registration from 17 August 2026 until the start of race packet pickup is subject to a fee of €5. During this period, the re-registration option may no longer be available in the registration system. If you no longer see the option, please contact registracia@becool.sk.
Re-registration on race day is not possible. Re-registration is possible no later than one day before the start of event presentation.
The race number is non-transferable. If the organiser finds that a runner other than the participant listed in the registration system has competed with the race number, the participant will be disqualified.
Insurance
All participants are required to arrange individual health insurance. Standard general health insurance covered by one of the insurance companies is sufficient.
The organiser assumes no responsibility for damage to property or health related to travel, accommodation or participation in the event. Each participant starts at their own risk and is responsible for their own health condition when starting and participating in the event. The organiser will provide medical and rescue services at the event.
Each participant is required to check the stated health insurance provider during presentation. This also applies when collecting a race packet on behalf of another participant.
Foreign participants must present a copy of a card or document confirming health insurance coverage for this event. Without presenting this confirmation, the participant will not receive the race packet, even if the entry fee has been paid.
In the online registration form, you have the option to provide your health information. The organiser will use this information exclusively in the event of medical complications and subsequent treatment by medical and rescue services.
Where relevant, please add information about your current medical condition, illness, allergy, emergency contact person or any other important information that may help us if medical assistance is provided to you during or after the race.
If any change occurs between registration and presentation, please inform the organisers during presentation. We recommend that participants undergo a medical check-up before the race.
Timekeeping
Timekeeping using chips is provided by VOS-TPK. The chip is part of the race number and you will receive it during presentation together with your race number.
After finishing the race, you do not need to return the chip. It remains yours as a souvenir together with the race number.
Results
The organiser will publish the results immediately after the event on bratislavamarathon.sk.
Participants will be listed in the results according to their official time – from the starting signal to the moment of crossing the finish line. The results list will also include informative net time, which is unofficial.
Rules
The race will be held in accordance with World Athletics competition rules and the provisions of these propositions.
A participant may leave the course only with the permission and under the supervision of a referee, provided that doing so does not shorten the race distance.
A participant who accepts refreshments outside the official refreshment stations risks being excluded from the race.
A participant must immediately withdraw from the race if instructed to do so by the event’s chief medical officer.
Any accompaniment, including bicycle escort, or any assistance provided to a participant during the race by other persons, except for necessary medical intervention by a doctor appointed for the event, is considered unauthorised assistance.
The use of headphones during the race is prohibited and may result in disqualification. This is dangerous, especially with regard to the safety of runners and spectators, possible organisational instructions and directions from organisers on the course, the need to react to accompanying vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles of the organiser, police, medical and rescue services, and, last but not least, it deprives you of the atmosphere created by runners, spectators and the accompanying programme prepared for you.
Protests
Protests must be submitted verbally to the chief referee no later than 30 minutes after the publication of the results.
An appeal against the decision of the chief referee, accompanied by a deposit of €10, must be submitted in writing to the jury within 30 minutes after the official announcement of the chief referee’s decision.
Prizes
- The first three men and first three women in the overall ranking will receive material prizes.
- Material prizes will also be awarded to the first three men and first three women in each age category.
Changing Rooms and Baggage Storage
Changing rooms and baggage storage will be available in the start and finish area in the technical zone at Aupark.
Toilets
Mobile toilets will be located near the start and finish area in the technical zone.
Medical Service
Fast medical and rescue services will be available in the start and finish area as well as along the race course.
