We are organising another special run in Budapest – this time a free 20 k run to mark the 20th anniversary of Hungary’s accession to the European Union.
Participation is free of charge, but registration is required!
REGISTRATION TO THE “20 YRS – 20 K” – EU RUN
The start, the finish and the award ceremony will take place in Szabadság Square, the venue of the Europe Day festival, on Sunday, 12 May 2024.
- Assembly and warm-up: from 9.30am
- Start time: 10am
- Location: Szabadság Square (start and finish)
- Distance: 20 k for solo runners, 3×6.7 k for relay teams (relay exchange zone: area between Nádor Street, Zoltán Street and Steindl Imre Street)
The 20k course can be completed by solo runners (3 laps) or relay teams of two (2×1 lap + 1 lap) or three (3×1 lap). The first members of the relay teams are allowed to continue running after passing off the baton and complete the second and third lap. Their results will be evaluated among the solo runners, as well.
Every finisher will receive a unique souvenir, a commemorative medal symbolising Hungary’s 20-year membership in the EU. After the race 15 valuable prizes will be raffled off among the finishers.
In 2024, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hungary becoming a member of the European Union. For this reason, along the route images of 20 emblematic EU funded projects will be displayed, one each from the 19 counties and one from the capital.
Refreshment points
| Lap | Refreshment point | Distance from the start |
| 1st lap | 1. Refreshment point | 3.2 k |
| 2. Refreshment point | 6.7 k | |
| 2nd lap | 1. Refreshment point | 9.8 k |
| 2. Refreshment point | 13.3 k | |
| 3rd lap | 1. Refreshment point | 16.4 k |
| Refreshment point at the finish | 20 k |
Categories
| Female, 13-30 years | Born between 12 May 1994 and 13 May 2011 |
| Male, 13-30 years | |
| Female, 30-40 years | Born between 12 May 1984 and 13 May 1994 |
| Male, 30-40 years | |
| Female, 40-50 years | Born between 12 May 1974 and 13 May 1984 |
| Male, 40-50 years | |
| Female, 50+ years | Born before 12 May 1974 |
| Male, 50+ years | |
| Female, handbike/wheelchair | No age groups |
| Male, handbike/wheelchair | |
| Women’s relay (relay teams of 2 and 3 members in the same category) | |
| Men’s relay (relay teams of 2 and 3 members in the same category) | |
| Mixed relay (relay teams of 2 and 3 members in the same category) |
Prizes
- Top 3 competitors in each category will be presented with trophies.
- Every finisher will receive a medal and a finisher’s pack.
- Each competitor’s performance will only be evaluated in their own category.
- There are no separate categories for relay teams of 2 and 3 members.
There is no entry fee, participation is free of charge, but registration is required.
REGISTRATION TO THE “20 YRS – 20 K” – EU RUN
Terms and conditions of participation
- Participation in the race is free of charge, but registration is required.
- The race is open to runners who register online by the deadline, agree to abide by the race rules and who are physically fit to complete the course. There is no medical examination before the race.
- The maximum number of runners allowed to participate in the event is 2,000 in the solo category and 700 teams in the relay category.
- All participants enter the race at their own risk and agree to the terms and conditions set out in the race notice and the race rules.
How to register
Online registration is here, on our website until the maximum number of entries is reached, or until 5pm on 6 May 2024. We cannot accept any new entries after this date.
REGISTRATION TO THE “20 YRS – 20 K” – EU RUN
Collection of race numbers, T-shirts and relay batons
- From 11am to 7pm on 7-10 May 2024 at Európa Pont at the following address: 35 Lövőház Street, 1024 Budapest
- From 7am to 9am on 12 May 2024 in the race headquarters in Szabadság Square.
Please note that there will be no further opportunities to pick up race numbers, T-shirts and relay batons outside of these periods.
You can cancel your entry or transfer it to another runner until 5pm on 6 May 2024.
Additional information
- Runners must wear their assigned race numbers clearly visible on the front of their shirt/vest/top. In the case of runners entering the 20 k run the timing chip will be attached to the race number.
- Special rules applicable to relay team members:
- Relay runners must carry the relay baton in the hand at all times throughout the race. In the case of relay runners the timing chip will be located inside the relay baton. The last runners of the relay teams must hand in the relay batons to the race marshals after crossing the finishing line.
- If the relay team consists of 3 runners each runner has to complete 1 lap. If the relay team consists of 2 runners one runner has to complete 2 laps, the other runner has to complete 1 lap, in any division. That is:
- the first relay member can run two laps and the second runner one lap,
- the first relay member can run one lap and the second runner two laps,
- the first relay member can run one lap, the second runner also one lap, and then he can pass the relay baton again to the first relay member, who completes the race.
- Baton handover is only permitted in the designated relay exchange zone, which is the area between Nádor Street, Zoltán Street and Steindl Imre Street.
- Within the relay exchange zone assembly zones will be set up according to race number ranges. Incoming runners complete their handover by passing off the baton to their teammates in the zone corresponding to their race number.
- The first and second (if the team consists of three runners) members of the relay teams will receive their medal and finisher’s pack at the relay exchange zone, this is also the final refreshment point for them.
- The last members of the relay teams will receive their medal and the finisher’s pack at the finish zone, this is also the final resfreshment point for them.
- In the race headquarters (Szabadság Square) we will provide dressing rooms and a cloakroom free of charge, but there will be no safekeeping of the personal belongings left in the headquarters.
- Bags can be retrieved by presenting the racing number.
By entering the race and collecting the race number all competitors:
- declare that they participate in the race at their own risk,
- declare that they are in good health and have no knowledge of any kind of illness or medical condition that would prevent them from participating in the race,
- consent to being captured in audiovisual recordings or photographs taken of the race, which can be used – without remuneration – in audiovisual, printed, electronic and other publications about the event,
- acknowledge that those who fail to complete the race, who run without a race number and who are found to be in breach of the race rules will be disqualified,
- give permission to the organizer and its partners to use their images free of charge as part of the event’s audiovisual recording, photos, online, print or other communication materials,
- give permission to the European Commission Representation in Hungary to use free of charge their images uploaded to the running race’s Facebook event in the related online, print or other communication materials,
- give permission to the organizer and its partners to list their names and race results on the website.
On-site commercial or advertising activities are not permitted!
The organisers of the event reserve the right to make any changes they deem necessary in relation to the race.
TRAIN WELL AND ENJOY THE RUN! EVERYONE IS WELCOME!