The Sierre-Zinal race is an annual mountain running race that takes place in the Swiss canton of Valais each August. It is also known as the race of five 4000ers ("La course des cinq 4000"), as five peaks over four thousand meters are visible along its path: Weisshorn (4506 m), Zinalrothorn (4221 m), Obergabelhorn (4073 m), Matterhorn (4478 m), and Dent Blanche (4357 m).[1]

Sierre-Zinal 2014

Results

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Edition Date Distance Winner Time Notes
1st 1974 31 km   Eddy Hauser 2:38:14
2nd 1975 31 km   Jeff Norman 2:37:56
3rd 1976 31 km   Aldo Allegranza 2:46:33
4th 1977 31 km   Chuck Smead 2:41:18
5th 1978 31 km   Stefan Soler 2:40:18
6th 1979 31 km   Pablo Vigil 2:33:49
7th 1980 31 km   Pablo Vigil 2:35:09
8th 1981 31 km   Pablo Vigil 2:35:46
9th 1982 31 km   Pablo Vigil 2:37:57
10th 1983 31 km   Aldo Allegranza 2:36:35
11th 1984 31 km   Fabrizio Valentini 2:37:49
12th 1985 31 km   Jack Maitland 2:36:11
13th 1986 31 km   Phil Makepiece 2:35:04
14th 1987 31 km   Beat Imhof 2:36:17
15th 1988 31 km   Pierre-André Gobet 2:34:16
16th 1989 31 km   Pierre-André Gobet 2:32:15
17th 1990 31 km   Jairo Correa 2:34:05
18th 1991 31 km   Francisco Sánchez Martínez 2:32:51
19th 1992 31 km   Jean-François Cuennet 2:37:57
20th 1993 31 km   Jairo Correa 2:32:44
21st 1994 31 km   Jacinto Lopez 2:35:25
22nd 1995 31 km   Jairo Correa 2:34:21
23rd 1996 31 km   Eticha Tesfaye 2:41:05
24th 1997 31 km   Martin Horacek 2:39:53
25th 1998 31 km   Ricardo Mejia 2:34:56
26th 1999 31 km   Ricardo Mejia 2:32:38
27th 2000 31 km   Billy Burns 2:35:45
28th 2001 31 km   Ricardo Mejia 2:30:59
29th 2002 12 km   Jonathan Wyatt 1:07:17 Shortened edition due to snow on the course
30th 2003 31 km   Jonathan Wyatt 2:29:12
31st 2004 31 km   Ricardo Mejia 2:34:35
32nd 2005 31 km   Ricardo Mejia 2:34:10
33rd 2006 31 km   Tarcis Ançay 2:36:09
34th 2007 31 km   Jean-Christophe Dupont 2:41:44
35th 2008 31 km   Marco De Gasperi 2:30:50
36th 2009 31 km   Kilian Jornet 2:35:30
37th 2010 31 km   Kilian Jornet 2:37:27
38th 2011 31 km   Marco De Gasperi 2:30:18
39th 2012 31 km   Marco De Gasperi 2:31:36
40th 2013 31 km   Marc Lauenstein 2:32:14
41st 2014 31 km   Kilian Jornet 2:31:54
42nd 2015 31 km   Kilian Jornet 2:33:14
43rd 2016 31 km   Petro Mamu 2:33:38
44th 2017 31 km   Kilian Jornet 2:33:05
45th 2018 31 km   Kilian Jornet 2:31:39
46th 2019 31 km   Kilian Jornet 2:25:35
47th 2020 31 km   Kilian Jornet 2:33:15 Shorter Course due Covid Edition
48th 2021 31 km   Kilian Jornet 2:31:44
49th 2022 31 km   Andreu Blanes Reig 2:29:19
50th 2023 31 km   Philemon Ombogo Kiriago 2:27:27
51st 2024 31 km   Kilian Jornet 2:25:34 Course Record and 10th win (highest number of wins)

Women

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Edition Date Distance Winner Time Notes
1st 1974 31 km   Chantal Langlacé 3:51:59
2nd 1975 31 km   Annick Loir 3:50:48
3rd 1976 31 km   Annick Loir 3:26:35
4th 1977 31 km   Marijke Moser 3:47:05
5th 1978 31 km   Marijke Moser 3:48:00
6th 1979 31 km   Chantal Langlacé 3:32:29
7th 1980 31 km   E. Ljungström 3:22:53
8th 1981 31 km   Marie Subot 3:19:41
9th 1982 31 km   Véronique Billat 3:19:44
10th 1983 31 km   Marie Subot 3:29:44
11th 1984 31 km   Véronique Marot 3:12:08
12th 1985 31 km   Véronique Marot 3:06:55
13th 1986 31 km   Annick Mérot 3:28:05
14th 1987 31 km   Véronique Marot 3:01:57
15th 1988 31 km   Sally Goldsmith 3:04:37
16th 1989 31 km   Sally Goldsmith 3:11:00
17th 1990 31 km   Marie-Christine Ducret 3:12:49
18th 1991 31 km   Marie-Christine Ducret 3:10:59
19th 1992 31 km   Odile Léveque 3:22:55
20th 1993 31 km   Beverley Redfern 3:11:31
21st 1994 31 km   Brigitte Eustache 3:24:29
22nd 1995 31 km   Isabella Crettenand-Moretti 3:09:44
23rd 1996 31 km   Isabella Crettenand-Moretti 3:05:23
24th 1997 31 km   Isabella Crettenand-Moretti 3:04:20
25th 1998 31 km   Svetlana Netchaeva 3:10:31
26th 1999 31 km   Vera Sukhova 3:10:57
27th 2000 31 km   Irina Poupaza 3:05:12
28th 2001 31 km   Angela Mudge 2:56:41
29th 2002 12 km   Gudrun de Pay 1:29:20 Shortened edition due to snow on the course
30th 2003 31 km   Tsige Worku 3:16:07
31st 2004 31 km   Angéline Joly 3:09:22
32nd 2005 31 km   Angéline Joly 2:55:35
33rd 2006 31 km   Anna Pichrtova 2:58:42
34th 2007 31 km   Anna Pichrtova 2:55:19
35th 2008 31 km   Anna Pichrtova 2:54:26
36th 2009 31 km   Anna Pichrtova 2:58:24 4th win (highest number of wins)
37th 2010 31 km   Megan Lund 3:09:28
38th 2011 31 km   Oiha Kortazar Aranzeta 3:11:25
39th 2012 31 km   Aline Camboulives 3:02:58
40th 2013 31 km   Elisa Desco 2:58:33
41st 2014 31 km   Stevie Kremer 3:03:12
42nd 2015 31 km   Lucy Wambui Murigi 2:56:40
43rd 2016 31 km   Michelle Maier 2:58:40
44th 2017 31 km   Lucy Wambui Murigi 2:58:39
45th 2018 31 km   Lucy Wambui Murigi 2:57:54
46th 2019 31 km   Maude Mathys 2:49:20 Course record
47th 2020 31 km   Maude Mathys 2:48:48 Shorter Course due Covid Edition
48th 2021 31 km   Maude Mathys 2:46:03 Shorter Course due Covid Edition
49th 2022 [2] 31 km   Maude Mathys 2:52:32 4th win (highest number of wins)
50th 2023 31 km   Sophia Laukli 2:53:17
51st 2024 31km   Joyline Chepngeno 2:54:06

References

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  1. ^ "Sierre-Zinal: How to do it". runthealps.com. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ^ Datasport.com. 2022. [online] Available at: <https://www.datasport.com/live/ranking?racenr=24138&kat=11> [Accessed 1 August 2023].
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