Rules For The
Run
As well as being the best known act of the Sanfermines the Bull Run is also the most dangerous. In order to ensure that the Bull Run goes off successfully and to avoid danger it is advised that the spectators and runners bear in mind certain minimal rules which guarantee the normal running of the Bull Run.
1.- To admit anyone under the age of 18 into the course as minors are totally prohibited from running or participating.
2.- To go over the police barriers which the authorities see fit to erect.
3.- To place oneself in the zones and areas of the itinerary which are expressly indicated by the agents of the authorities.
4.- To hide oneself before the release of the bulls in corners, dead angles or doorways of houses or establishments located throughout the length of the course.
5.-To leave open doors of the houses along the course, the owners or tenants of said property being responsible for this.
6.- To enter into the route in a state of drunkenness, under the effects of drugs or in any inappropriate state.
7.- To carry objects which may impede the correct running of the Bull Run.
8.- To wear clothes or shoes which are not appropriate for the run.
9.- Call the animals or distract them in any way and for whatever reason in the course or during the rounding up in the Bull Ring.
10.- To stop in the Bull Run or station oneself on the walls, barriers or in the doorways in such a way as to impede the run or defense of the runners
11.- To grab onto, harass, mistreat the animals or obstruct their exit enclosure by any action during the amateur bullfight.
12.- To take photographs fro the streets, walls or barriers without due authorization.
13.- Any other action which may impede the normal running of the Bull Run.
Furthermore, in the event that any of the animals suffers an accident, or for whatever other reason, any of them “looses” themselves or remains “unattached” to the herd, the runners should listen to the instruction of the technical personnel on hand during the running of the Bull Run.
The runners should place themselves in the stretch between the Plaza Consistorial and the Military Hospital on Santo Domingo rise. Access to the said stretch is gained through the existing doors in the Plaza del Mercado and the Plaza Consistorial (next to the seminary) which are closed at 7:30a.m.
On arriving at the bullring all runners should place themselves as soon as possible inside the walled off section so that this can be freed for the shelter of others. For this reason the space between the walls is reserved exclusively for authorized personnel.
These are the official rules as printed by the Town Council.