The possibility of group discrimination gives the 6th International Marathon of Rhodes, the leading sporting event in Rhodes and the South Aegean Region, which will be held on 14 April 2019.
After the cash prizes for the first three winners of the Marathon, men and women, there are two trophies for the 5 and 10 km races:
-One of the fastest and the second, the most numerous team. Thus, in each race, one trophy-cup will be awarded to the team with the best average of the net times of the first 5 runners and in the second category, to the team with the highest number of runners finishing.
A prerequisite for participation for each team is to have a team registration and to have at least five members finish the race.
The last date for registration for the 5km, 10km and 1,000m races for Primary School children is Monday 8 April 2019.
THE PROGRAMME OF THE GAMES
-07:30 Marathon Start Eleftherias Square
-07:30 Half Marathon Start Eleftherias Square
-07:40 Race 10.000m Start at Eleftherias Square
-11:50-11.52: Race 5.000m Start Rimini Square (Sound and Light)
-13.00 Children's Race 1.000m.
The Rhodes Marathon is co-organized by the South Aegean Region, the E.A.S S.E.G.A.S. of the Dodecanese, the DOPAR of the Municipality of Rhodes, and with the support of the Rhodes Hotel Association. It is held under the auspices of the Hellenic Tourism Organisation and has been included in the official AIMS calendar.
The major sponsor of the event is ERT. The Official Carrier of the Rhodes International Marathon is Aegean Airlines, which offers 20% discount on tickets to Rhodes from all Greek and European destinations included in its flight schedule. Blue Star Ferries, is the Official Ferry Sponsor and offers 50% discount to passengers and 30% to vehicles travelling to Rhodes with its ferries from Piraeus, Kos, Kalymnos, Leros and Syros.
The name sponsor of the 5 km race is the H Hotels collection. Atrium Hotels is the volunteer sponsor and Rodos Palace is the sponsor of the children's race. Mitsis Grand Hotel is the hospitality sponsor and the major sponsors are completed by Sunrise Hotel & Adidas.
The Best Western Plaza will host the secretariat of the race again this year. The green footprint of the race is ensured by the electric cars of Kosmokar-Xenakis SA/ASEM. The runners quench their thirst with the water of BAP Kougios, while the race is supported once again by the betting website interwetten, the Pharmaceutical Association of Dodecanese, the Greek cosmetics Garden of Panthenols, the company Kaukas, DERM.A.E., the hotel Semiramis and Amstel free. This year the sponsor of the digital promotion of the race is the marketing company Dingo and the sponsor of the promotion of the race abroad is ANT1 Satellite.