# When does Comrades Marathon 2027 registration open?

The organiser has not stated an opening date for the next edition of Comrades Marathon yet. The ballot opened in August for 2027; October for 2026: no single month on record yet.

- Organiser: Comrades Marathon Association (CMA)
- Sport: ultra
- Where: Pietermaritzburg, ZA
- Site: https://www.comrades.com/
- Registration page: https://www.comrades.com/2027-entry-schedule
- Race day: 2027-06-13
- Registration status: unconfirmed (checked 2026-10-27)
- Entry route: ballot
- Registration window: 2026-08-25 to 2026-09-22
- Ballot: 2026-09-09 to 2026-09-22, results 2026-09-23. General entries allocated by ballot (non-refundable R10 application fee); draw 23 Sep 2026, redraws 28 Sep and 1 Oct for unpaid or withdrawn places; winners then pay the entry fee
- Entry fee, as stated: SA: R1,200; Rest of Africa: R2,000; International: R4,500 (plus Easyreg admin fee); ballot application R10 (https://www.comrades.com/2027-entry-schedule)
- Places, as stated: The entry cap for the 2027 Comrades Marathon is 28,000 entrants.

First-come windows from 25 Aug 2026 (Green and Yellow numbers, R10,000 charity entries, CMA members 2-5 Sep), then the general ballot 9-22 Sep, draw 23 Sep, redraws to 1 Oct; home page: 'ENTRIES ARE OFFICIALLY CLOSED', 28,070 entries from 56,283 applications. Qualifier (42.2 km in 4:59:59) due 3 May

## Quick answers

**When does Comrades Marathon 2027 registration open?**

The organiser has not stated an opening date for the next edition of Comrades Marathon yet. The ballot opened in August for 2027; October for 2026: no single month on record yet.

**When does Comrades Marathon 2027 registration usually open?**

The ballot opened in August for 2027; October for 2026: no single month on record yet.

**What are the odds in the Comrades Marathon 2027 ballot?**

56,283 applied for 28,000 places in the 2027 ballot (about 2.0 applicants per place), as the source states.

**How fast does Comrades Marathon 2027 sell out?**

The 2026 edition sold out within 10 hours of general entries opening.

**How do I find out the moment Comrades 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: 56,283 ballot applicants; 28,000 places (https://comrades.com/blogs/entrant-statistics-for-2027-comrades-marathon)
- 2027: opened 2026-08-25; closed 2026-09-22 (https://comrades.com/blogs/first-2027-comrades-marathon-entry-window-closed-record-for-charity-donations-already-broken)
- 2026: opened 2025-10-27; sold out in within 10 hours of general entries opening; 22,000 places (https://comrades.com/blogs/entrant-statistics-for-sold-out-2026-comrades-marathon)
- 2025: 24,000 places (https://comrades.com/blogs/entrant-statistics-for-sold-out-2026-comrades-marathon)

## Sources

- https://comrades.com/2027-entry-schedule (read 2026-10-24)

## Changes

- 2026-10-24: record added
- 2026-10-24: past editions added: 2027, 2026, 2025 (3 source row(s))
- 2026-10-25: past editions added: 2027 (1 source row(s))

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