How to get into the Prague Half

Prague Half Marathon ballot

RunCzech used a ballot for the first time for the 2027 race. The 2026 race sold out in about four hours when entries opened in September 2025, and the 2025 race took about four weeks (reported). Applications ran July 21 to August 11, 2026, closing at 23:59:59 CEST, and more than 70,000 people applied for a race capped at 17,000 in 2026 (reported).

Applying is free and needs no payment card. You can apply alone or with one partner. A joint application counts as one: both get to register or neither does. Each person may appear in one application only, and duplicates are removed.

Not every entry goes through the ballot. RunCzech keeps places back for charity programs, commercial partners, travel agencies, elite athletes and loyalty programs, and SuperHalfs runners must enter the ballot like everyone else unless they get a place another way.

Prague Half Marathon ballot results

The draw ran the week of August 17, 2026, and every applicant was told by email by August 21. Drawn runners got a personal registration code and had 7 calendar days to register and pay. The code cannot be passed to anyone else, and the deadline cannot be extended.

Entries that drawn runners did not claim can go to later ballot rounds or to charity, partner and travel agency programs. Applicants who were not drawn were offered other RunCzech races and charity entries. The race page now shows the 2027 race as sold out, with registration possible only with a code.

RunCzech has not announced the 2028 ballot. If it repeats the 2027 timing, expect it to open in July 2027 with results in August.

Prague Half entry fee, transfers and insurance

From 2027 the race has one fixed fee: CZK 2,000 (€80), made up of a CZK 1,950 (€78) registration fee and a CZK 50 (€2) handling fee. In 2026 the fee rose with each sold block, from €55 for the first 1,800 runners to €77 and then €98. The Czech Marathon Club discount ends from 2027. RunCzech Kings & Queens, runners with at least six Prague Marathon finishes since 1997, pay CZK 650 for 2027 on their first registration, but that price does not get them in once the race is sold out.

Deferral to the next year is not allowed. Once registered and paid, you can transfer your entry once, online through Runners ID: the original runner pays a rebooking fee of CZK 100 or CZK 125.15 and passes the new code on. Transfers must stay in the same category and calendar year, and they close when start number distribution closes before the race.

Cancellation insurance costs €3.10 at registration and is claimed with Generali Česká pojišťovna under policy number 19100984, which answers within 30 days of the race. A runner who transfers the entry to another race loses the right to that refund. The time limit is 3 hours.

Prague Half Marathon charity entry

RunCzech charity partners hold entries outside the ballot and sold their remaining 2027 entries in autumn 2026. The main charity for the 2027 half is The Human Safety Net, which supports families with children up to six; the race also works with Czech charities such as Good Fairies (Dobré víly dětem), Nadace Partnerství and Světluška. A partner sells you a registration code, which you redeem on the RunCzech registration site. RunCzech publishes no fundraising minimum.

Each charity sets its price. For 2026, Dobré víly dětem sold Prague Half codes at CZK 3,500 each, plus the CZK 50 handling fee at registration. Through realbuzz, the SuperHalfs charity partner, UK and Irish charities such as Orchid, Sandy Bear Children's Bereavement Charity, Brain Tumour Ireland and Living Life Counselling hold 2027 places; applying is free and the charity sets the target. Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity asked a £50 fee and £450 raised for 2027, and its team is full.

Prague and the SuperHalfs

Prague is one of the six SuperHalfs ORIGINALS, with Lisbon, Berlin, Copenhagen, Cardiff and Valencia, and its April 2, 2022 race was the first to count for the series. A free account at superhalfs.com gives a 36-character SuperPassport number. Add it at registration or in your Runners ID profile, or claim the result afterwards with your bib number and chip time. Finish all six, in any order and with no time limit, and the SuperMedal is handed out at the finish of your sixth race. SuperHalfs EUROPA (Napoli, Warsaw, Belgrade, Vienna, Riga, Stockholm), announced on November 6, 2026, counts from 2027 with its own medal.

The passport gives no guaranteed entry. Back on Track sends an entry code for a missing race to runners with at least two finishes in a series and none for two years or more. Selection is automatic, longest wait first, once per level, and the runner pays the race fee.

SuperVouchers were sold only in 2023 and cover Lisbon, Prague, Copenhagen, Cardiff and Valencia. Prague voucher holders email info@runczech.com to register; the code is valid for 36 months from the first race used and cannot be transferred. Voucher entries for a sold-out race close a few months before race day, so use the code early.

Prague Half tour operators

RunCzech lists about 70 authorized travel agencies by country. An agency holds registration codes outside the ballot and sells them with travel, so a package is the way to buy a bib through this route. Marathon Tours & Travel sells the entry only with its 3-night package (April 1 to 4, 2027, Century Old Town Prague), which includes hotel, breakfasts, a pasta dinner, race support and a post-race drink, with the $145 entry on top.

Payment terms run long. Marathon Tours & Travel US takes 30% of the package plus 100% of the entry at booking, 20% on October 17, 20% on November 28 and the final 30% automatically later; all payments are non-refundable and cannot move to another person, year or trip. Its Prague and Berlin combined package, $1,300 for four nights, sold out. Dream Travel Canada sold 3 nights at the Hotel Kings Court, priced in euros, for a CA$350 deposit with the final payment due February 3, 2027, and lists Prague 2027 as sold out with a waitlist.

No agency lists a charity-plus-travel package for Prague. Book in the summer before the race: several agencies were sold out for April 2027 by November 2026.