# When does Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2027 registration open?

The organiser has not stated an opening date for the next edition of Sanlam Cape Town Marathon yet. The ballot opened in June for 2027; November for 2026: no single month on record yet.

- Organiser: Sanlam Cape Town Marathon
- Sport: marathon
- Where: Cape Town, ZA
- Site: https://www.capetownmarathon.com/
- Registration page: https://capetownmarathon.com/faq/
- Race day: 2027-05-23
- Registration status: ballot closed (checked 2026-10-27)
- Entry route: ballot
- Registration window: 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-24
- Ballot: 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

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.

## Quick answers

**When does Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2027 registration open?**

The organiser has not stated an opening date for the next edition of Sanlam Cape Town Marathon yet. The ballot opened in June for 2027; November for 2026: no single month on record yet.

**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.

**How do I find out the moment Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 2027 registration opens?**

Race Entry Watch reads the registration page every night, hourly in the week before a stated opening date and every ten minutes on the day itself. The free weekly digest is on this page; the same-day email, the moment it opens, is the membership (4 USD a month) or a 30-day pass (5 USD once).

## Past editions

- 2027: opened 2026-06-10; closed 2026-06-24 (https://capetownmarathon.com/faq/)
- 2026: opened 2025-11-06 (https://web.archive.org/web/20251102111732/https://capetownmarathon.com/)
- 2025: sold out 2025-07; 24,000 places (https://capetownmarathon.com/sells-out-at-24000-marathon-entries/)

## Sources

- https://capetownmarathon.com/faq/ (read 2026-10-24)

## Changes

- 2026-10-24: record added
- 2026-10-24: past editions added: 2026, 2025 (2 source row(s))
- 2026-10-25: ballot closed to registration closed
- 2026-10-25: 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
- 2026-10-25: past editions added: 2027 (1 source row(s))

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