COMPETITION RULES mds - MARATÓN DE SANTIAGO®
- MARATHON, HALF MARATHON, Ten Kilometers Run –
Sunday, April 11, 2010
ARTICLE I. Organization, Official Sponsor and Supporting Sponsor
Prokart y Cía. Ltda., also known as the “Organization”, with the official sponsorship of adidas Chile Ltda. and the supporting sponsorship of the Federación Atlética de Chile (FEDACHI®), produces the mds - Maratón de Santiago ®, to take place on Sunday, April 11, 2010 in three distances Marathon, Half Marathon and Ten Kilometers Run.
ARTICLE II. Course
The circuits, measured and certified by the Federación Atlética de Chile measure 42.195 meters (Marathon) and 21.098 meters (Half Marathon). Also, the distance of the Marathon, has been measured and certified by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), and was included in its calendar of international competitions, and recognizes the marks achieved in such distance. The even has been accepted, as well, in the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) and has been incorporated to its list and sports events calendar for the year 2010. The Ten Kilometers Run is not certified, thereby it is an approximated distance.
Marathon (42.195 Meters.): Start in Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins in front of Palacio de la Moneda, continue on Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins towards the west, España Avenue, Almirante Blanco Encalada Avenue, Beaucheff Avenue, Rondizonni Avenue, Viel Avenue, Manuel Antonio Matta Avenue, Grecia Avenue, Grecia Roundabout, Américo Vespucio Avenue, Egaña Square, Ossa Avenue, Francisco Bilbao Avenue, Padre Hurtado Avenue, Alonso de Camargo, IV Centenario, Atenas Roundabout, Cristóbal Colón Avenue, Manquehue Sur Avenue, Manquehue Low Pass, Manquehue Norte Avenue, Irene Frei Roundabout, Juan XXIII Avenue, Carol Urzúa Roundabout, Monseñor Escrivá de Balaguer Avenue, Isabel Montt Street, Bicentenario Avenue, Pérez Zujovic Roundabout, Andrés Bello (Costanera) Avenue, Huelén Street, Providencia Avenue, Baquedano Square, Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins, and finish at Palacio de la Moneda.
Half-Marathon (21.098 Meters.): Start in Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins in front of Palacio de la Moneda, continue on Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins towards the west, España Avenue, Almirante Blanco Encalada Avenue, Beaucheff Avenue, Rondizzoni Avenue, Viel Avenue, Manuel Antonio Matta Avenue, Grecia, Sports Fields, Antonio Varas, Pocuro, Roberto del Río, Eliodoro Yañez, Providencia Avenue, Baquedano Square, Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins, and finish at Palacio de la Moneda.
Ten Kilometers Run: Start in Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins in front of Palacio de la Moneda, continue on Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins towards the west, Brasil Avenue, Compañía de Jesús, Manuel Rodríguez Oriente, General Mackena, Ismael Valdes Vergara, Miraflores, Cardenal José María Caro, Andres Bello, Arzobispo, Providencia Avenue, Baquedano Square, Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins, and finish at Palacio de la Moneda.
ARTICLE III. Schedule
The Marathon will start at 08:00 a.m. The Half Marathon and the Ten Kilometers Run will begin at 08:15 a.m. The maximum time duration will be of 6 hours, so the finish line will close at 2:00 pm, time in which all control stations will be lifted leaving the circuit open to traffic. An organization vehicle will pass at the end of the race as a way of closing and/or picking up any athlete that requires it.
ARTICLE IV. Registration
The Registration will take place on–line through the website www.maratondesantiago.com, by completing a registration form specially made for the event, with the data required. The athlete will be officially registered for the competition once the payment is completed by credit card or other payment method allowed by the Organization. Such on-line registration will only be possible in the periods of time expressed below and with their correlative fees. In the event that the athlete does not complete the payment or the registration form, the registration will be automatically cancelled. The athlete must complete every blank of the registration form, which must be read and accepted by him/her. If the athlete wishes to pay in cash or by check, him/her will have to address the enabled adidas Chile Ltda. stores, where him/her will be able to register through the same registration form and pay directly in the Maratón de Santiago stand. The option of paying directly in adidas stores will start operating on January 2, 2010.
The competition has a limited capacity of 20.000 participants.
Registration Fees, according to date and race
Marathon:
(a) CH$12.000 on-line from October 20 to December 31, 2009, both dates included;
(b) CH$18.000 on-line or in enabled adidas Chile Ltda. stores, from January 1 to February 28, 2010, both dates included;
(c) CH$20.000 on-line or in enabled adidas Chile Ltda. stores, from March 1 to March 20, 2010, both dates included, unless registrations are previously sold out.
Half Marathon:
(a) CH$10.000 from October 20 to December 31, 2009, both dates included;
(b) CH$12.000 on-line or in enabled adidas Chile Ltda. stores, from January 1 to February 28, 2010, both dates included;
(c) CH$18.000 on-line or in enabled adidas Chile Ltda. stores, from March 1 to March 20, 2010, both dates included, unless registrations are previously sold out.
Ten Kilometers Run:
(a) CH$12.000 on-line or in enabled adidas Chile Ltda. stores, from January 1 to February 28, 2010, both dates included;
(b) CH$18.000 on-line or in enabled adidas Chile Ltda. stores, from March 1 to March 20, 2010, both dates included, unless registrations are previously sold out.
ARTICLE V. Age Groups and Categories
Anyone who will be 18 years or older on Sunday, April 11, 2010, may participate in the event. However, the athletes under 18 who are 16 years or older on race day, must present a statement signed by their parent or legal guardian permitting them to participate. The parent or legal guardian will have to accompany the young participant at the number pick-up. If the parent or legal guardian cannot attend to the event, it will be accepted instead, a signed authorization, plus a photocopy of his/her identity document. The standard form of the statement has to be downloaded from the website www.maratondesantiago.com.
The participants who are 16 or 17 years old will only be able to register and run for the Ten Kilometers Run.
REGISTRATION OR PARTICIPATION FOR ANYONE YOUNGER THAN 16 IS PROHIBITED.
CHANGES IN THE DISTANCES INDICATED IN THE REGISTRATION FORM WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.
-Age Groups and Categories Maratón de Santiago: Marathon, Half Marathon, y Ten Kilometers Run.
| Female Youth to 19 years |
Male Youth to 19 years |
| Female 20 to 34 years |
Male 20 a 39 years |
| Female 35 to 39 years |
Male 40 to 44 years |
| Female 40 to 44 years |
Male 45 to 49 years |
| Female 45 to 49 years |
Male 50 to 54 years |
| Female 50 to 54 years |
Male 55 to 59 years |
| Female 55 to 59 years |
Male 60 to 64 years |
| Female 60 to 64 years |
Male 65 to 69 years |
| Female 65 and over |
Male 70 and over |
| Female Motor Disabled
Female Visually Impaired |
Male Motor Disabled
Male Visually Impaired |
ARTICLE VI. Number and chip pick-up and proper use
The participant numbers and the electronic timing chips have to be picked-up personally by the registered athletes, on Friday, April 9, 2010 from 2pm to 10pm or Saturday, April 10, 2010, from 9am to 6pm, at the Expo-Maratón, which will be located at the Estación Mapocho, Plaza de la Cultura, Santiago. The registered participants must present an identity document at the moment of the pick-up.
Along with the number, an electronic timing device or “chip” will be handed. This chip will register the official final time of each participant. In case the sponsor provides shirts for the event, its use will be compulsory, excluding only the exceptions determined by the organization. The timing devices are supplied by an external company, therefore, the organization will not be held responsible for any defects or failures. Nor in the day of the event, nor after, will there be number, chip or shirt pick-up.
If the participant is unable to pick up personally his/her number and chip, someone else can do it for them, however, it will be compulsory for the person picking up for the participant to present a written power of attorney in which the athlete authorizes him/her to act on his/her behalf.
The numbers must be worn on the front chest area on the outermost layer, completely extended. Any manipulation of the number is prohibited, such as retouching, cutting, folding, etc., till the end of the race. The participants must install the electronic timing chip, according to the instructions given by the Organization.
ARTICLE VII. Prizes
The official classification of the athletes will be done according to the electronic timing system, therefore, every athlete, in order to be classified must be registered by all control stations included in the system, set on the start, course and finish line. Any athlete who violates these competition rules, or takes part in any forbidden actions or behaviors, including the lack of registration by every control station, will be disqualified.
The prize purse for the mds-Maratón de Santiago ® totals to US$89.000. The prizes will be given out by the FEDACHI ® once the athletes have undergone the doping controls and obtained NEGATIVE results, according to the IAAF Anti-doping rules and regulations. The prizes will be distributed as shown below:
1. Marathon Prizes (42.195 Meters)
a. Open Division (Male and Female)
- 1st Place US$ 20.000.- plus a Cup
- 2nd Place US$ 10.000.- plus an award medal and a commemorative plaque
- 3rd Place US$ 5.000.- plus an award medal and a commemorative plaque
- 4th Place US$ 2.000.- plus an award medal and a commemorative plaque
- 5th Place US$ 1.000.- plus an award medal and a commemorative plaque
Special Bonuses
Scoring Gate. A special bonus of US$ 300 will be given to the female and male athlete who crosses first the 21 km and finishes within the top five of the open division.
Record time: To be distributed between Female and Male athletes that lower the following marks:
Male
- 2:12:30 US$ 2.000 .
- 2:13:30 US$ 1.000 .
- 2:14:30 US$ 500.
- 2:15:30 US$ 200
Female
- 2:32:30 US$ 2.000.
- 2:33:30 US$ 1.000.
- 2:34:30 US$ 500.
- 2:35:30 US$ 200.
b. Age Groups and Categories
- 1º Place Trophy plus an award medal
- 2° Place Award medal
- 3° Place Award medal.
The prizes are expressed in United States of America dollars.
Every athlete of the marathon that completes the course and crosses the finish line will receive a finalist award medal.
2. Half-Marathon Prizes (21.098 Meters):
a. Open Division (Female and Male):
- 1st Place US$ 1.200.- award medal plus a commemorative plaque
- 2nd Place US$ 800.- award medal plus a commemorative plaque
- 3rd Place US$ 500.- award medal plus a commemorative plaque
b. Age Groups and Categories
- 1st Place Trophy plus an award medal
- 2nd Place Award medal
- 3rd Place Award medal
The prizes are expressed in United States of America dollars.
Every athlete of the half-marathon that completes the course and crosses the finish line will receive a finalist award medal.
3. Ten Kilometers Run:
a. Open Division (Male and female):
- 1st Place Award medal plus a commemorative plaque
- 2nd Place Award medal plus a commemorative plaque
- 3rd Place Award medal plus a commemorative plaque
b. Age groups and Categories:
- 1st Place Award medal
- 2nd Place Award medal
- 3rd Place Award medal.
The prizes are expressed in United States of America dollars.
The prizes of the Open Division regarding the three distances, Marathon, Half-Marathon and Ten Kilometers Run, are not applicable to the motor disabled and/or visually impaired, who will receive their prizes according to their respective category.
ARTICLE VIII Prize Giving Ceremony
Marathon Winners: The prize giving ceremony for the Marathon winners will be held in the finish area. The respective trophies will be given to the top five athletes of the male and female open division of the Marathon. These ceremony will be the only one taking place, immediately, after the arrival of the fifth male and female athlete of the Marathon, on a special prize giving ceremony for the media covering the event, and once the marks achieved by the athletes are verified, according to the electronic timing system. It will be mandatory for the athletes that receive the trophies to present themselves at the prize giving ceremony with their number on their front chest and completely visible, so that the brand of the official sponsor adidas Chile Ltda. can be seen, as well as any other brand that the Organization chooses, at its discretion. The money prizes will be given to the winners of the Marathon once the Organization receives the negative results of the doping controls, and only if the athlete has not been disqualified according to these competition rules.
General Prize Giving Ceremony: The prize giving ceremony for the Marathon will take place immediately after the results of the electronic timing system are verified, and the judges’ form received. The event commissioner must endorse such form. The ceremonies for the Half-Marathon and the Ten Kilometers Run will take place on Sunday, April 11, 2010, at 2.30pm at the Plaza de la Ciudadanía. In that opportunity, the prizes for all distances and categories will be given. The Organization will not send by post any trophy to those athletes who do not receive them during the ceremony. Also, the winners of the Open Division of the Marathon, Half- Marathon and Ten Kms. Run will be at the same time, winners of their own category.
ARTICLE IX. Participant Obligations
1. The first six athletes, female or male, to finish the Marathon must undergo a doping control, once they have arrived to the finish line. However, the first fifteen can also be asked to undergo such control. If the athlete refuses to undergo the doping control, he/she will be disqualified immediately.
2. Athletes will be DISQUALIFIED if he/she does not wear his/her number visibly in their front chest, if he/she does not follow the official course, or shows any unsportsmanlike behavior, such as, being given help, water, drinks of any kind, substances, food, by any other person in or out of the circuit, with or without motor vehicles, bicycles, or any other transportation. The organization will give notice to the Police and remove those who act in such unsportsmanlike behavior.
3. Deceiving the Organization by impersonating another athlete or participating in a different distance than the one the athlete registered for, will be reasons for DISQUALIFICATION. The athlete who does not cross the marked control stations; who runs on sidewalks or on any area outside the official course, including parks or green areas; who does not follow any instruction given by the race staff, judges, security officers, commissioners or any of the Organization’s personnel will also be disqualified. As well, the athlete who does not follow the instructions given by the Organization regarding start corrals, time qualifying standards, and violates in any way the competition rules, will be disqualified. The Organization will reserve the right to withdraw the athlete’s number and remove him/her from the event. No participant will be allowed in the start corrals without his/her competition number.
4. Every participant registered for the Ten Kilometers Run must wear the official shirt of the mds-Maratón de Santiago ® throughout the race, from start to finish, with the only exception of the professional or federated athletes.
5. Every participant who runs without his/her number, does so under his/her responsibility, without any right to any of the prerogatives of which the registered athletes are entitled to. However, the Organization can prohibit his/her participation in the event and the athlete will be subject to removal.
ARTICLE X Participant Services.
1. There will be support stations (water hydration and re-hydration) in the 3 races every 5 kilometers and at the finish area.
2. There will be an ambulance service in the course, along with 5 vehicles with paramedics and/or physicians.
3. The professional and/or federated athletes, will be able to hand in to the Medical Director of the event any special drink they wish to have in the support stations. This must be done before 06:00am of Sunday, April 11, 2010 in the start zone. The content of the drink must be communicated in writing and the bottles must have a label with the athlete’s name, number, and support station where the drink will be needed. This is the only supply allowed; any athlete who receives any other provisions during the race will be disqualified.
4. The Organization will provide supplying services for the athletes in the start and also wardrobe services. The Organization will not be responsible for the objects held in the wardrobe.
5. The Organization will provide transportation for the athletes who, for any reason, do not wish or cannot continue in the competition. The participants will be carried only to the finish area. However, the Organization will not assume any responsibility for such benevolent transportation.
6. The Organization will provide, as well, at least five first aid stations in the Marathon circuit and a therapeutic massage room in the finish area.
ARTICLE XI Claims and complaints
Any claims or complaints can be made within the 30 minutes after the results publication, verbally by the athlete to the Director of the respective race or the person designed by the organization, who will decide at first instance. If the athlete is not satisfied, he/she will be able to present the complaint immediately to the Court of Appeal (organization’s offices), in writing, signed, and along with $20.000 Chilean pesos, sum which will not be given back if the claim is not accepted.
ARTICLE XII Vehicles in the course
The only authorized vehicles to follow the race are those designated by the Organization. These vehicles must carry their identification in a visible place. It is strictly forbidden to follow the participants in motorbikes, bicycles, or any other vehicle. The Police will remove any unauthorized vehicle from the circuit, in order to avoid any accident.
ARTICLE XIII Responsibility
The Organization assumes no responsibility for any injury an athlete suffers as a consequence of his participation, or inflicts to others. The Organization, as well, assumes no responsibility for the injuries a third party inflicts to the participant or to the Organization. The participants declare, that by registering, they accept the present condition and contribute, along with the Organization, to avoid any accidents.
ARTICLE XIV
Every participant, by registering, declares to know and accept these Competition Rules and the following Event Waiver and Data Protection. In the event of doubt the Organization’s criteria will prevail.
Event Waiver and Data Protection.
By registering for the event, the participant declares: “My health is in optimal conditions in order to participate in the mds-Maratón de Santiago®. Also, I release the Organization, sponsors, and other associate institutions from every responsibility regarding any accident or injury that I could have suffered before, could suffer during or after the sports event, waiving the right to take any legal actions against any of those entities.
During the competition, I will contribute, as far as possible, along with the Organization, to avoid personal accidents.
I, hereby, authorize the Organization to use any photograph, video, and any other audiovisual material in which I could appear for advertising. I accept the publication of my name in the race classification through the media and/or Internet, without expecting any payment, compensation or retribution regarding this matter.
I accept that this waiver is a necessary condition to pick up my competition number and participate in the mds-Maratón de Santiago®”.
ARTICLE XV
The Director of the competition will be Mr. Francisco Riquelme Duque.
