Race Info Marathon Relay

The starting documents will be handed out at the Marathon Hamburg Expo 2025 in the Hamburg Messe (exhibition hall A3).

Opening hours:

Friday, April 25, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Saturday, April 26, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Sunday, April 27, 2025, from 6:30 AM to 8:30 AM

Due to nearly no parking facilities around the event area as well as numerous road closures we strongly recommend using public transport (U/S-Bahn) to travel to or from the course as well as the event area or the exhibition.

The best way to reach the start and finish area is by subway line S1/U3 to Sternschanze.  Near to the start and finish area are also located
the stations Exhibition Halls (U2) and Stephansplatz (U1).
The regional railways RB 61, RB 71, RE 7 and RE 70 stop at Dammtorbahnhof.

Further information at www.hvv.de

Support vehicles (cars, motorcycles or bicycles) of individual participants are not allowed on the course. Participating with inline skates, roller skates, skateboards or any other rolling equipment (except wheelchairs and handbikes at the half-marathon) is not permitted.

It is also prohibited to take baby strollers or pets onto the course. Please be aware of other athletes on the course and make sure that you leave enough space while overtaking other participants.There are timing check points located on the course to register your timing intervals. Please remember to cross all timing mats and make sure that your bib is clearly visible at all times. For organisational and safety reasons, relay teams will be directed off the regular course shortly before the handoff points and just before the finish stretch.

Course information

The start number bib is not transferable. It must be worn clearly visible on the chest and may not be changed. In particular, the lettering and the barcode section may not be changed. Changes will lead to disqualification!

On the backside of your race number you will find the “emergency passport”. Please fill it out with your personal data and your Hamburg accommodation address (hotel, phone number). Please use a biro to fill it in.

As a relay participant you will also receive a back label with the imprint “relay” in addition to your start number. The start number and back label must be worn visibly during the race.

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While crossing the finish line, your individual certificate will be uploaded onto our homepage. Please bear in mind that these are only preliminary results. The results will get reviewed and become confirmed as official results approximately one week after the event.

Your own personal certificate is available for download as part of the online results service.

Changing rooms and showers are available in the shower area in the Athletes Area / in the Hamburg exhibition halls. We will inform you about the exact location in due time before the event.

The following classifications will be carried out as part of the Haspa Hamburg Marathon Relay:

• Relay Team Women
• Relay Team Men
• Relay Team Mixed (at least 1 man and 1 woman)

Change of participant / re-registration

Re-registration of the 4 relay runners is possible free of charge via the relay user account and will be available at least until 28rd March 2024.
If the relay team leader is also to be changed, a re-registration fee of € 21.00 will be charged.

The individual distances making up the relay are as follows:

15.4 km Ballindamm
11.5 km City Nord – Überseering
5.3 km Maienweg / Hindenburgstraße
9.7 km Finish

The Haspa Marathon Hamburg Relay will be on Sunday, 27 April 2025.

The event venue is at Hamburg Messe und Congress – Messeplatz 1, 20357 Hamburg. Details and location plans will follow early enough before the event.

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You will receive your race medal after the finish in the Athletes Area.

Once again you can book the medal engraving as part of the registration process for a discounted price of €30 (overall flatrate), in which case you will then be able to find the respective voucher attached to your bib.

The latest finish time / official finish closing is after 6:00 hours net running time from the time the last runner crosses the start line.

Due to road closures the organiser is unable to organise a structured transport to and from the handover points for any relay runners. The handover points have therefore been selected with close proximity to train station. We recommend that all relay runners use public transport and organise their own travel to and from the handover points.

Please plan ahead and remember to leave enough time to make your way to the handover points respectively!

>>You can find the handover points here.

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Relay runners can finish together as a team of four. The meeting point for relay runners 1-3 is approx. 400 m before the finish at Sievekingplatz. The meeting point will be set up in the same way as the relay change points. Please take care not to obstruct the other runners with your joint relay finish and be considerate of the marathon runners. If four of you finish together, you will each receive a finisher’s bag. If the last runner finishes alone, he/she can take the finisher’s bag and medal for the other three relay runners.

At the registration desk you will receive a clothes bag and a sticker with your race number, which will be attached to your clothes bag for identification purposes. Please only use this garment bag. As the organisers cannot be held responsible for any damage or loss, please do not put any valuables or fragile items in your kit bag. Please drop off your garment bag only at the authorised and marked locations and do not leave it unattended before dropping it off and after collecting it.

Clothes bags will only be returned on presentation of your race number.

Information on the location and time of garment bag drop-off and return in the Athletes Area will follow in good time before the event.

Please note: there are no official storage facilities for garment bags in the transition areas. The organiser accepts no liability for any bags left there. In addition, any bags collected during the dismantling of the transition area cannot be collected on the same day.

The Marathon Hamburg Expo is both an important pillar of the Haspa Marathon Hamburg and an attractive attraction for participants and visitors to the event. Numerous exhibitors from the running, endurance sports and lifestyle industry will present the latest trends, products and services here on the Friday and Saturday before the marathon.

Information on the location and opening hours will follow early enough before the event.

Massage facilities are available in the Athletes Area in the Hamburg exhibition halls. There are massage stations on the course at KM 35 and KM 37.5.

First aid stations will be set up at regular intervals along the course.

In addition the medical supply centre is located at the Athletes Area, right after the finish.

Information on this will be provided early enough before the event.

By your relay entry fee we will provide the following services:

• 4 Bibs (with start number) and 4 back bibs (“Relay”) as well as safety pins
• Kit Bag with high quality products from our sponsors
• Detailed athletes information (hard copy)
• Professional participants’ assistance
• Sports exhibition “Marathon Hamburg Expo 2023″ (free entry)
• Kit Bag Storage
• Pacemakers for 3:00, 3:15, 3:30, 3:45, 4:00, 4:15, 4:30, 4:45, 5:00 hours
• Entertainment along the course and at the start/finish
• Refreshment and Aid stations along the course (at km 7.5, 12.5, etc and every 5km) and at the finish
• Massage service along the course at km 35, km 37.5 and at the finish
• Toilettes in the start-/finish are along the course (every km) and in the
  Athletes Area
• Finisher medal
• Changing Rooms, Showers and Massage facilities
• Closed off and secured race course
• Timing (transponder system) with split times at km 10, km 20, km 21.5 (HM), km 30, km 40 and in the finish
• Online results (available 30 minutes after running-in)
• Certificate and results available for download
• Medical emergency service

*subject to modifications

SPORTOGRAF is our official photo partner this year and will “capture” you by photo at various points along the course. 24 hours after the finish you can view, select and purchase your personal participant photos HERE.

You can also register in advance and will be informed by e-mail as soon as your photo pool is ready.

Due to numerous road closures we strongly recommend using public transport (U/S-Bahn) to travel to or from the course as well as the event area or the exhibition.

The best way to reach the start and finish area is by subway line S1/U3 to Sternschanze.  Near to the start and finish area are also located
the stations Exhibition Halls (U2) and Stephansplatz (U1).
The regional railways RB 61, RB 71, RE 7 and RE 70 stop at Dammtorbahnhof.

Further information at www.hvv.de

There are refreshment stations every 5 km on the right side with provision in the following order:
Self-catering – Electrolyte drinks – Hamburg well water (in cups) – Bananas (from km 10) – energy gels (from km 20) – Cola (from km 25).

In order to ensure that all participants are provided, we would like to ask you to only take refreshments for your own personal need. Please be conscious of the environment and throw away empty cups and any other waste into the large waste bins provided for this purpose. They can be found approximately 100 m after the refreshment station.*

*subject to changes

Registration takes place exclusively online.

Upon successful registration, the relay team leader will receive a registration confirmation. After successful debiting of the entry fee, the team leader will receive an official registration confirmation with personal race numbers for all relay members by mid-April 2025. If these have not been received by then, please contact us via the contact form contact form.

Information will be available soon.

Start & finish are at the same place on Karolinenstraße / corner Lagerstraße

The starting blocks will be allocated on the basis of the given 10 km time of the starting runner. This can only be changed until the registration deadline. After that date, a change is no longer possible, even if the start runner is replaced. Further information will be provided well ahead of the event.

Start times*:

Marathon Runners / Relay: 9:30 am

Line-up will be from 08:00 a.m. onwards.

*subjects to modification

Timekeeping at the Haspa Marathon Hamburg is exclusively done via a ‘mika tag’ on the back of the bib number. Please cross the contact mats laid out on the course as well as at the start and finish to enable error-free timekeeping. Only if all contact mats are crossed a net running time can be determined. It is not possible to use the ChampionChip.

Portable toilets will be available at the starting area, the Athletes Area as well as at every km along the way. We strongly ask you to use only these facilities, even if you have to wait for a longer time. Please spread out when lining up for the toilets to shorten wait times.

CAUTION: Unfortunately, the past has shown that numerous participants repeatedly do not adhere to this rule. Due to the requirements of the police and the numerous complaints of the residents, we want to advise you that public urinating is a regulatory offense. Anyone who does not comply with this rule can expect a police complaint!