Race Entry Watch · marathon · Cape Town, ZA
Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2027: is registration open?
Race day 2027-05-23 · ballot results 2026-06-26 · Sanlam Cape Town Marathon
Enter on the organiser's page Email me when it changes
Add the dates to my calendar (4 dates as the organiser states them; it updates if a date moves, with a reminder the day before each registration date)
Ballot closed. Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2027's ballot is closed as of 2026-10-30; the status has read ballot closed since at least 2026-10-24; registration opens 2026-06-10, closes 2026-06-24, the ballot runs 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-24, ballot results 2026-06-26, race day 2027-05-23. The ballot opened in June for 2027; November for 2026: no single month on record yet.
| Organiser | Sanlam Cape Town Marathon |
| Race day | 2027-05-23 |
| Registration | ballot closed read |
| Entry route | ballot |
| Window, as stated | 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-24 |
| Ballot, as stated | 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-24, results 2026-06-26. General ballot for the marathon; successful and unsuccessful entrants notified 26 June 2026, successful applications charged on 26 June with retries on 30 June or 3 July |
| Entry fee, as stated | not stated on the pages read |
| Places, as stated | not stated |
General ballot ran 10-24 June 2026 with results emailed 26 June 2026; Candidacy Club (10-18 June), sponsored, tour operator and charity entries (from 26 June 2026, first come) have separate windows.
| Rung | Free digest | 30-day pass | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 0 | 5 USD once | 4 USD a month or 19 USD a year |
| Arrives | Sunday afternoon (UTC), in weeks a registration changed or one opens within sixty days | the day a change is read | the day a change is read |
| Covers | every event, the status and the dates | the events you follow, plus the sentences that appear on a registration page | the events you follow, plus the sentences that appear on a registration page |
| Term | until you stop | 30 days, then the free digest again | monthly or yearly; cancel any time on Gumroad |
| Renews | no | no | yes, until you cancel |
| Switches on | with the first email, now | within a minute of payment | within a minute of payment |
| Daily cap | one digest a week | at most 3 a day (an event you follow always gets through); the rest in the digest | at most 3 a day (an event you follow always gets through); the rest in the digest |
| Best for | browsing | one ballot or opening (a pass bought today runs to 2026-11-29) | a season of two or three races |
19 USD a year is 1.58 USD a month; the monthly plan costs 48 USD over a year.
A 30-day pass bought today runs to 2026-11-29. Race day, 2027-05-23 falls after it; the membership covers every date.
30-day pass, 5 USD once Membership, 4 USD a month or 19 USD a year
Alerts switch on by themselves within a minute of payment, for the email you pay with; every email carries a one-click stop; the pass renews nothing. The checkout is the Race Entry Watch membership on Gumroad.
Trust strip: 399 events, every status read on the organiser's own registration page and dated; every change logged in public on the record; the sources listed on every page; nothing guessed.
Moved in the last seven days: 35. ADAC Marathon Hannover (2027) (registration open to unconfirmed, 2026-10-30); CEZ Jizerska 50 2027 (unconfirmed to registration open, 2026-10-30); 2027 Bank of America Chicago Marathon (ballot open to unconfirmed, 2026-10-29); M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay 2027 (registration open to unconfirmed, 2026-10-29); Patagonia Run 2027 (registration closed to unconfirmed, 2026-10-28).
Quick answers
Is Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2027 registration open?
Ballot closed. Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2027's ballot is closed as of 2026-10-30; the status has read ballot closed since at least 2026-10-24; registration opens 2026-06-10, closes 2026-06-24, the ballot runs 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-24, ballot results 2026-06-26, race day 2027-05-23.
How do you get a place in Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2027?
Entry is by ballot (lottery). General ballot ran 10-24 June 2026 with results emailed 26 June 2026; Candidacy Club (10-18 June), sponsored, tour operator and charity entries (from 26 June 2026, first come) have separate windows.
When does Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2027 registration usually open?
The ballot opened in June for 2027; November for 2026: no single month on record yet. Each date is the organiser's own, from the sources listed on this page; a date not yet stated for the next edition is not guessed.
How can I be alerted when Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2027 registration changes?
Race Entry Watch reads Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2027's registration page every night, hourly in the week before a stated opening date and every ten minutes on the day itself, and records the sentences about entries that appear on it. A free weekly digest is on this page; the same-day email, the moment it opens, closes or sells out, is 4 USD a month or a 30-day pass for 5 USD at https://bikoosh.com/races/cape-town-marathon.
Past editions
| Edition | As stated | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | opened 2026-06-10; closed 2026-06-24 (Organiser FAQ; ITO and charity entries opened 26 June 2026 first-come.) | organiser |
| 2026 | opened 2025-11-06 (Archived organiser homepage (Wayback, 2 Nov 2025) for the 24 May 2026 race (first ballot year); homepage snapshot of 8 Dec 2025 shows 'Marathon Ballot CLOSED'.) | organiser |
| 2025 | sold out 2025-07; 24,000 places (Announced sold out on 9 Jul 2025 ('at least three months before the event'); 'places' = total marathon entries. The 19 Oct 2025 race was later cancelled on race morning (wind).) | organiser |
Put the status on your page
A badge or a card for a club page, a forum post or a blog; it updates itself from the nightly read and links back to this record.
[](https://bikoosh.com/races/cape-town-marathon) <a href="https://bikoosh.com/races/cape-town-marathon"><img src="https://bikoosh.com/races/badge/cape-town-marathon.svg" alt="Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2027 registration status"></a> <script src="https://bikoosh.com/races/embed/cape-town-marathon.js" async></script>
Sources
- https://capetownmarathon.com/faq/ (read 2026-10-24): seed read (ledger 229)
Change history
- : past editions added: 2027 (1 source row(s))
- : correction: status restored to ballot_closed; the 2026-10-25T00:40 read 'closed' was the checker's vocabulary (it had no ballot-closed state), the page did not change
- : ballot closed to registration closed
- : past editions added: 2026, 2025 (2 source row(s))
- : record added
The short answer · when it opens · every registration open now · opening soon · the tracker
Organiser of Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2027? Feature it for thirty days, 49 USD once (at the top of the open lists while the page reads open, labelled sponsored), or correct the record from its source.
Not affiliated with Sanlam Cape Town Marathon. Race Entry Watch is an independent, sourced tracker, not affiliated with any organiser. Every status is read on the event's own registration page on the date shown; dates and fees are quoted as the organiser states them; an entry is yours to make on the organiser's site.