The ballot for the 2027 Copenhagen Half Marathon closed on September 30 with 188,522 entries for 45,000 places. That is about 4.2 applicants per bib (Hopone calculation). The race takes place on September 19, 2027.
Demand came fast
- 47,320 entries arrived in the first 12 hours.
- More than 100,000 had applied by September 19.
- About 70% of applicants live outside Denmark. The UK, Germany, Norway and Sweden were the leading markets.
Selected runners will be notified from October 5 and will have 48 hours to pay.
Price and revenue
Entry costs DKK 795 (about $120) plus a 5% administration fee, or roughly DKK 835 ($126) in total. A full field at the base price represents about DKK 35.8 million (around $5.4 million) in entry fees (Hopone calculation: 45,000 × DKK 795).
The organizer, Sparta Atletik & Løb, is a nonprofit.
A pattern across Copenhagen
The marathon is oversubscribed too. The Copenhagen Marathon 2027 received 80,937 entries for 35,000 places, or 2.3 applicants per spot. For comparison, the 2026 half marathon, which hosted the World Championships, had 35,000 entrants.
With seven in ten applicants coming from abroad, the race now mostly sells a weekend trip to Copenhagen, with a bib attached.
Sources
Marathon Handbook: 188,522 Runners Chase 45,000 Copenhagen Half Places
This article was written with AI by the Hopone Newsroom, from the sources it cites. Figures marked “Hopone calculation” are our own arithmetic from those sources. Nothing here is investment advice.