Turkish Spartathlon Team
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Athens → Sparta · 246 km

Turkish Spartathlon Team

Since 2014, Turkish ultrarunners have been running the 246 km from Athens to Sparta inside a 36-hour limit. This is their shared page: this year's line-up, every result and the race reports.

Spartathlon No. 44 · 26–27 September 2026

Start: Saturday 26 September, 07:00 (Athens and Türkiye are on the same time)

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The 2026 line-up

The 7 athletes listed for Türkiye on the official entry list.

Sezgin Sarban

#232
Previous starts
3
Previous finishes
1
Best time
35:10:48 (2024)

Finished in

  • 2024

Entered

Özgür Sancak

#264
Previous starts
2
Previous finishes
1
Best time
26:24:05 (2024)

Finished in

  • 2024

Turkey's best Spartathlon time: 26:24:05 (2024).

Entered

Hilmi Güven

#316
Previous starts
4
Previous finishes
3
Best time
28:22:54 (2024)

Finished in

  • 2021
  • 2023
  • 2024

Entered

Enes Halit Yılmaz

#333

First Spartathlon

Entered

Veli Akbayrak

#340

First Spartathlon

Entered

Türkiye in numbers

12

Turkish finishers

finished at least once

29

finishes

from 36 starts

81%

finish rate

57% across all runners (since 2010)

26:24:05

best time

Özgür Sancak, 2024

2014

first Turkish entry

Aykut Çelikbaş

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