Spartathlon is a 246-kilometre (153 mi) ultramarathon race held annually in Greece since 1983, between Athens and Sparti, the modern town on the site of ancient Sparta. The Spartathlon is based on the run of Pheidippides,[1] who ran from Athens to Sparta before the Battle of Marathon in a day and a half to seek aid against the Persians. Five Royal Air Force officers attempted the course in 1982 and the competition was started the next year.[2]

Monument in Sparta with names of Spartathlon winners
The finisher’s medal
The reverse side of the medal

As the race grew more popular, stringent entry criteria were implemented to ensure participants were fit enough to run the course. The race has 75 checkpoints where race officials disqualify runners who fail to meet time cutoffs or who are too tired to continue.

In 2023, Camille Herron set a new women's course record of 22h 35min 31s, an improvement of 2h 12min 53s under the previous course record and the first woman under 24h. Fotis Zisimopoulos won for the third time and set a new men's course record in 19h 55min 9s, becoming the first athlete under 20h and broke the longheld record set by Yiannis Kouros in 1984.

Origin

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The Spartathlon aims to trace the footsteps of Pheidippides, an Athenian messenger sent to Sparta in 490 BC to seek help against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon. Pheidippides, according to an account by Greek historian Herodotus, arrived in Sparta the day after he departed.[3] Herodotus wrote: "On the occasion of which we speak when Pheidippides was sent by the Athenian generals, and, according to his own account, saw Pan on his journey, he reached Sparta on the very next day after quitting the city of Athens."[4]

Based on this account, John Foden, an officer of the Royal Air Force and a long distance runner, went to Greece in 1982 with four officers to test whether it was possible to cover the nearly 250 kilometres (155 miles) in a day and a half (36 hours).[4] Three of them were successful in completing the distance: Foden himself in 37 hours and 37 minutes; John Scholtens in 34:30, and John McCarthy in 39:00.[5] The following year a team of enthusiastic supporters (British, Greek and other nationalities) based at the British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce in Athens and led by Philhellene Michael Callaghan organised the running of the first Open International Spartathlon Race. The event was run under the auspices of SEGAS, the Hellenic Amateur Athletics Association. Forty-four men and one woman from twelve countries were entered into the first Spartathlon in 1983.[6]

Race

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The Spartathlon is usually held around late September. Runners have 36 hours to run 246 kilometres (153 mi), roughly the equivalent of six consecutive marathons, between Athens and Sparti, the site of ancient Sparta. Runners have to deal with the Greek heat in the day, the cold of the night, and the mountainous terrain. There are 75 checkpoints along the way, where runners are disqualified for safety reasons if they fail to meet time cut-offs. Many runners have crews that support them during the race, such as helping them resupply at the checkpoints. Any non-finishers are picked up by a bus and taken to Sparta together.[3]

The race begins at 7:00 am, roughly when dawn breaks, at the foot of the Acropolis of Athens, near the Odeon of Herodes Atticus and the Agora of Athens.[3] The runners head westwards and the first major checkpoint is at 80 kilometres (50 mi), at the Corinth Canal on the Isthmus of Corinth that connects the Peloponnese to mainland Greece. Runners then proceed to the site of ancient Corinth.[3]

Runners ascend the 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) high Sangas mountain pass on Mount Parthenion, and then descend towards Tegea, which is about 200 kilometres (120 mi) from the start of the race. According to Herodotus, Pheidippides had a vision of Pan at Tegea, in what may be the first recorded case of exercise-induced hallucination. The rest of the race is a 50 kilometres (31 mi) downhill segment to the town of Sparta.[3]

The end of the race is a statue of Leonidas I, the Spartan king who died at the Battle of Thermopylae fighting the Persians ten years after Marathon, which is placed at the end of the main street in Sparta. Runners who finish the race receive a laurel wreath and water from schoolgirls dressed in chitons, and have access to medical tents. The national anthem of the winner is also played.[3]

No monetary award is given to any of the finishers, but winning the race is considered prestigious and generates publicity that is helpful in attracting sponsors. Unlike Pheidippides, none of the runners have to make the return run back to Athens.[3]

Entry requirements

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In order to run in this race an individual must have recently performed at least one of a number of qualifying feats, such as:

  • Finishing a race of at least 100 km (62 mi) in less than 10 hours (male) or 10 hours 30 minutes (female).
  • Competing in an event of more than 200 km (120 mi) and completing it in less than 29 hours (male) or 30 hours (female).
  • Competing in Spartathlon within the two previous years and overcoming the mountain to reach the Nestani checkpoint at 172 km (107 mi) in less than 24 hours 30 minutes.

The criteria have been tightened at least once in the past and a ballot introduced, since the increasing prestige of the race and the gradual increase in the number of qualifying athletes mean that it is now always oversubscribed; however, elite athletes who can exceed the criteria by a large margin (25%, formerly 20%) are able to avoid the ballot and qualify automatically. Entries are now capped at 400 each year with non-automatic qualifiers chosen through a lottery system.

Records

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Camille Herron set a new women's course record in 2023 with a time of 22h 35min 31s, an improvement of 2h 12min 53s under the previous course record set by Patrycja Bereznowska in 2017. She became the first woman to run under 24 hours and placed third overall, the second time a woman has placed on the overall podium. She led 3 women under 24 hours and into the top 10 overall for the first time in the race's history. Mary Larsson holds the record for most wins by a woman with 5 wins.

Fotis Zisimopoulos set a new men's course record in 2023 with a time of 19h 55min 2s, the first runner under 20 hours and his third win. Yiannis Kouros holds the most wins by a man with four wins. In 2005, he decided to trace the steps of Pheidippides completely and ran—out of competition—the Athens–Sparta–Athens distance.

Hubert Karl of Germany holds the record for most finishes with 23. András Lőw of Hungary meanwhile holds the record for most consecutive finishes with 19.

In 2017, the 35th anniversary competition had a record 264 finishers under the 36-hour cut-off time. In 2018, the later stages of the race were substantially disrupted by the Medicane Zorbas, though almost all runners capable of finishing within the cut-off time were eventually able to do so.

Following are the winners of the Spartathlon:

Year 1st Nationality Time 2nd Nationality Time 3rd Nationality Time
1983 Yiannis Kouros   Greece 21:53:42 Dušan Mravlje [sl]   Yugoslavia 24:40:38 Alan Fairbrother   United Kingdom 27:39:14
1984 Yiannis Kouros   Greece 20:25:00 Dušan Mravlje [sl]   Yugoslavia 23:44:00 Patrick Macke   United Kingdom 24:32:05
1985 Patrick Macke   United Kingdom 23:18:00 Dušan Mravlje [sl]   Yugoslavia 24:39:22 Jean Calbera   France 24:42:00
1986 Yiannis Kouros   Greece 21:57:00 Ernő Kis-Király   Hungary 26:07:00 Peter Mann   Germany 26:41:00
1987 Rune Larsson [sv]   Sweden 24:41:46 Patrick Macke   United Kingdom 26:41:51 James Zarei   United Kingdom 27:27:16
1988 Rune Larsson [sv]   Sweden 24:42:05 James Zarei   Iran 25:59:42 Georges Makris   Greece 26:47:00
1989 Patrick Macke   United Kingdom 24:32:05 Rune Larsson [sv]   Sweden 25:28:48 Seiichi Morikawa   Japan 26:08:18
1990 Yiannis Kouros   Greece 20:29:04 Patrick Macke   United Kingdom 23:08:41 János Bogár   Hungary 24:49:19
1991 János Bogár   Hungary 24:15:31 James Zarei   United Kingdom 26:48:50 George Stoakes   United Kingdom 30:50:35
1992[7] Rusko Kadiev [bg]   Bulgaria 24:08:13 Paul Beckers [nl]   Belgium 25:05:48 Roy Pirrung   United States 28:33:02
1993[8][9] Rune Larsson [sv]   Sweden 25:57:12 Marcel Foucat   France 27:46:37 Milan Furin   Slovakia 28:51:37
1994 James Zarei   United Kingdom 26:15:00 Kenji Okiyama   Japan 25:55:00 Peeter Kirppu   Estonia 26:07:00
1995 James Zarei   United Kingdom 25:59:42 Vasilios Chalkias   Greece 27:49:46 Kazuyoshi Ikeda   Japan 28:12:00
1996 Roland Vuillemenot [fr]   France 26:21:00 Dušan Mravlje [sl]   Slovenia 27:55:00 Roy Pirrung   United States 27:56:32
1997 Constantinos Reppos   Greece 23:37:00 Kenji Okiyama   Japan 25:55:00 Rune Larsson [sv]   Sweden 28:11:00
1998 Constantinos Reppos   Greece 25:11:41 Kenzi (Kenji) Okiyama   Japan 26:13:13 James Zarei   United Kingdom 26:44:04
1999 Jens Lukas   Germany 25:38:03 Jean Pierre Guyomarch [fr]   France 27:08:57 Jun Onoki   Japan 27:16:36
2000 Masayuki Ohtaki (Otaki, Ōtaki)   Japan 24:01:10 Jens Lukas   Germany 24:59:54 Cees Verhagen   Netherlands 25:35:50
2001 Valmir Nunes   Brazil 23:18:05 Jens Lukas   Germany 24:46:51 Ryōichi Sekiya   Japan 25:27:30
2002 Ryōichi Sekiya   Japan 23:47:54 Markus Thalmann [de]   Austria 25:16:56 Jeffry Oonk   Netherlands 26:58:55
2003 Markus Thalmann [de]   Austria 23:28:24 Valmir Nunes   Brazil 25:30:35 Jean-Jacques Moros   France 26:26:16
2004 Jens Lukas   Germany 25:49:59 Markus Thalmann [de]   Austria 26:20:02 Martin Juri   Australia 27:19:15
2005 Jens Lukas   Germany 24:20:39 Jean-Jacques Moros   France 25:03:30 Markus Thalmann [de]   Austria 26:34:42
2006 Scott Jurek   United States 22:52:18 Ryōichi Sekiya   Japan 24:14:11 Masayuki Ohtaki (Otaki, Ōtaki)   Japan 25:19:12
2007 Scott Jurek   United States 23:12:14 Piotr Kuryło [pl]   Poland 24:29:41 Valmir Nunes   Brazil 25:37:40
2008 Scott Jurek   United States 22:20:01 Markus Thalmann [de]   Austria 24:52:09 Lars Skytte Christoffersen   Denmark 25:29:41
2009 Ryōichi Sekiya   Japan 23:48:24 Lars Skytte Christoffersen   Denmark 24:32:00 Jon Harald Berge   Norway 25:10:00
2010 Ivan Cudin [it]   Italy 23:03:06 Jan Albert Lantink   Netherlands 23:31:00 Jan Prochaska   Germany 24:56:00
2011 Ivan Cudin [it]   Italy 22:57:40 Yuji Sakai   Japan 24:22:24 Michael Vanicek   Germany 24:55:59
2012 Stu Thoms   Germany 26:28:19[10] Tetsuo Kiso   Japan 26:36:23 Markus Thalmann [de]   Austria 27:14:25
2013 João Oliveira   Portugal 23:28:31 Florian Reus [de]   Germany 25:29:11 Ivan Cudin [it]   Italy 25:53:44
2014 Ivan Cudin [it]   Italy 22:27:57 Florian Reus [de]   Germany 23:56:19 Andrzej Radzikowski   Poland 25:48:25
2015 Florian Reus [de]   Germany 23:16:44 Dan Lawson   United Kingdom 23:53:05 Hansen Kim   Denmark 23:53:52
2016 Andrzej Radzikowski   Poland 23:02:23 Marco Bonfiglio   Italy 23:36:58 Radek Brunner [cs]   Czech Republic 24:07:29
2017 Aleksandr Sorokin   Lithuania 22:04:04 Radek Brunner [cs]   Czech Republic 22:49:37 Nikolaos Sideridis   Greece 22:58:40
2018 Yoshihiko Ishikawa   Japan 22:55:13 Radek Brunner [cs]   Czech Republic 23:37:25 João Oliveira   Portugal 24:34:30
2019 Bódis Tamás   Hungary 23:29:24 Csécsei Zoltán   Hungary 24:16:59 Radek Brunner [cs]   Czech Republic 24:26:20
2021 Fotis Zisimopoulos [el]   Greece 21:57:36 Radek Brunner [cs]   Czech Republic 23:17:49 Milan Sumny   Czech Republic 23:53:19
2022 Fotis Zisimopoulos [el]   Greece 21:00:48 Toru Somiya   Japan 21:18:04 Yoshihiko Ishikawa   Japan 23:06:45
2023 Fotis Zisimopoulos [el]   Greece 19:55:09 (Course Record) Simen Holvik   Norway 22:17:23 Fernando Andres Martinez Roman   Uruguay 23:32:59
2024 Fotis Zisimopoulos [el]   Greece 20:18:23 Martínez Roman Fernando Andres   Uruguay 23:28:46 Robin Florian   France 23:51:30

Women

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Year 1st Nationality Time 2nd Nationality Time 3rd Nationality Time
1983 Eleanor Robinson (formerly Adams)   United Kingdom 32:37:52
1984 Mary Hanudel (later Mary Larsson [sv])   United States 30:27:00 Marcy Schwam
Lorna Richey (later Lorna Michael)
  United States
  United States
34:15:10
1985 Mary Hanudel (later Mary Larsson [sv])   United States 34:10
1986 Mary Hanudel (later Mary Larsson [sv])   United States 31:46:45 Waltraud Reisert   Germany 33:21:00
1987 Hilary Walker   United Kingdom 31:23:30 Waltraud Reisert   Germany 35:31:56 - - -
1988
1989 Mary Hanudel (later Mary Larsson [sv])   United States 31:57:23 Monika Kuno   Germany 34:10:00 Eiko Endo   Japan 34:36:49
1990 Anne-Marie Deguilhem   France 34:07:41 Pascale Mahé [fr]   France 35:08:03 Mary Hanudel-Larsson [sv]   United States 35:31:30
1991 Ursula Blasberg   Germany 34:42:45
1992 Hilary Walker   United Kingdom 31:23:30 Mary Hanudel-Larsson [sv]   United States 33:47:00 Miyako Yoshikoshi   Japan 33:47:52
1993 Sigrid Lomsky   Germany 32:46:17 Marie Bertrand [fr]   France 33:47:12 Miyako Yoshikoshi   Japan 34:18:00
1994 Helga Backhaus   Germany 30:39:00 Kazuko Kaihata   Japan 34:12:17 Miyako Yoshikoshi   Japan 34:33:21
1995 Helga Backhaus   Germany 29:33:00 Miyako Yoshikoshi   Japan 33:47:52 Kimie Funada (later Kimie Noto)   Japan 34:53:34
1996 Helga Backhaus   Germany 29:50:00 Mary Hanudel [sv]   United States 30:27:00 Kimie Funada (later Kimie Noto)   Japan 34:12:00
1997 Helga Backhaus   Germany 30:39:00 Kimie Funada (later Kimie Noto)   Japan 33:36:00 Heike Pawzik   Germany 33:46:00
1998 Mary Larsson [sv]   Sweden 28:46.58 Kimie Funada (later Kimie Noto)   Japan 29:32:21 Helga Backhaus   Germany 29:53:49
1999 Anny Monot   France 35:38:08 Kimie Funada (later Kimie Noto)   Japan 35:41:31
2000 Hiroko Okiyama   Japan 29:16:37 Mary Larsson [sv]   United States 30:56:16 Helga Backhaus   Germany 31:35:24
2001 Alzira Portela-Lario   Portugal 30:31:41 Kimie Funada (later Kimie Noto)   Japan 33:49:17 Heike Pawzik   Germany 34:41:10
2002 Irina Reutovich [ru]   Russia 28:10:48 Hiroko Okiyama   Japan 30:25:49 Mayumi Okabe   Japan 31:33:35
2003 Akiko Sakamoto   Japan 29:07:44 Sumie Inagaki   Japan 29:38:54 Barbara Szlachetka   Germany 31:50:23
2004 Kimie Noto   Japan 29:57:40 Hiroko Okiyama   Japan 31:01:17 Anke Drescher   Germany 32:55:26
2005 Kimie Noto   Japan 30:23:07 Elke Streicher   Germany 32:19:59 Anke Drescher   Germany 32:52:23
2006 Sumie Inagaki   Japan 28:37:20 Takako Furuyama   Japan 31:40:31 Mary Larsson-Hanudel [sv]   United States 31:41:56
2007 Akiko Sakamoto   Japan 31:09:24 Brigitte Bec [fr]   France 31:56:03 Kimie Noto   Japan 32:11:05
2008 Sook-Hue Hur   South Korea 30:03:22 Stacey Bunton   United States 31:25:59 Heinlein Marika   Germany 31:39:19
2009 Sumie Inagaki   Japan 27:39:49 Yoshiko Matsuda   Japan 31:16:00 Lisa Bliss   United States 32:27:00
2010 Emily Gelder   United Kingdom 30:17:03 Heather Fouwdlink-Hawker   United Kingdom 32:43:00 Yoshiko Matsuda   Japan 33:31:00
2011 Szilvia Lubics [hu]   Hungary 29:07:39 Ruth Podgornik Res   Slovenia 32:17:19 Mimi Anderson   United Kingdom 32:33:23
2012 Elizabeth Hawker (also 3rd overall that year)[3]   United Kingdom 27:02:17[10] Leonie van den Haak   Netherlands 28:42:36 Szilvia Lubics [hu]   Hungary 29:45:56
2013 Szilvia Lubics [hu]   Hungary 28:03:04 Antje Krause   Germany 30:07:15 Heike Bergmann   Germany 30:22:03
2014 Szilvia Lubics [hu]   Hungary 26:53:40 Katalin Nagy   United States 28:55:03 Eva Esnaola   Spain 30:52:41
2015 Katalin Nagy   United States 25:06:05 Alyson Venti   United States 26:50:51 Szilvia Lubics [hu]   Hungary 29:18:44
2016 Katalin Nagy   United States 25:22:26 Smith Pam   United States 27:11:53 Zsuzsanna Maraz   Hungary 27:44:01
2017 Patrycja Bereznowska   Poland 24:48:18 Zsuzsanna Maraz   Hungary 25:43:40 Aleksandra Niwińska [pl]   Poland 26:28:48
2018 Zsuzsanna Maraz   Hungary 27:05:28 Kateřina Kašparová   Czech Republic 27:47:16 Teija Honkonen   Finland 28:36:08
2019 Zsuzsanna Maraz   Hungary 30:16:18 Irina Masanova   Russia 31:18:08 Natasa Robnik   Slovenia 32:15:31
2021 Diana Dzaviza   Latvia 25:24:25 Zsuzsanna Maraz   Hungary 26:00:14 Noora Honkala   Finland 26:27:14
2022 Diana Dzaviza   Latvia 25:03:07 Marisa Lizak   United States 25:34:00 Mica Morgan   United States 27:23:44
2023 Camille Herron   United States 22:35:31 (Course Record) Noora Honkala   Finland 23:23:03 Satu Lipiainen   Finland 23:48:34
2024 Noora Honkala   Finland 24:25:08 Perez Serano Carmen Maria   Spain 25:34:13 Caliskaner Line   Norway 26:24:51

All-Time top 50 Women's performances

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Athlete Time Country Year Place Age
1 Camille Herron 22:35:31 USA 2023 1 41
2 Noora Honkala 23:23:03 FIN 2023 2 31
3 Satu Lipiainen 23:48:34 FIN 2023 3 27
4 Patrycja Bereznowska 24:48:18 POL 2017 1 41
5 Diana Dzaviza 25:03:41 LAT 2022 1 35
6 Katalin Nagy 25:07:12 USA 2015 1 36
7 Katalin Nagy 25:23:52 USA 2016 1 37
8 Diana Dzaviza 25:24:25 LAT 2021 1 34
9 Marisa Lizak 25:34:18 USA 2022 2 43
10 Zsuzsanna Maraz 25:43:40 HUN 2017 2 47
11 Zsuzsanna Maraz 26:00:14 HUN 2021 2 51
12 Noora Honkala 26:27:14 FIN 2021 3 29
13 Aleksandra Niwińska 26:28:48 POL 2017 3 31
14 Alyson Venti 26:50:51 USA 2015 2 33
15 Szilvia Lubics 26:53:40 HUN 2014 1 40
16 Stine Rex 26:58:16 DEN 2017 4 38
17 Lizzy Hawker 27:02:17 GBR 2012 1 36
18 Marisa Lizak 27:05:08 USA 2021 4 42
19 Zsuzsanna Maraz 27:05:28 HUN 2018 1 48
20 Pam Smith 27:13:31 USA 2016 2 42
21 Zsuzsanna Maraz 27:16:26 HUN 2019 1 49
22 Veronika Jurisic 27:19:27 CRO 2017 5 40
23 Micah Morgan 27:24:01 USA 2022 3 39
24 Sumie Inagaki 27:39:49 JPN 2009 1 43
25 Zsuzsanna Maraz 27:45:42 HUN 2016 3 46
26 Kateřina Kašparová 27:47:16 CZE 2018 2 32
27 Szvetlana Zétényi 27:57:49 HUN 2023 4 47
28 Szilvia Lubics 28:03:04 HUN 2013 1 39
29 Irina Reutovich 28:10:48 RUS 2002 1 52
30 Antje Krause 28:13:57 GER 2017 6 45
31 Irina Masanova 28:18:16 RUS 2019 2 35
32 Rex Stine 28:18:35 DEN 2023 5 44
33 Szvetlana Zétényi 28:26:25 HUN 2021 5 45
34 Teija Honkonen 28:36:08 FIN 2018 3 41
35 Georgia Manta 28:36:15 GRE 2018 4 41
36 Sumie Inagaki 28:37:20 JPN 2006 1 40
37 Leonie den van Haak 28:42:36 NLD 2012 2 31
38 Mary Larsson-Hanudel 28:46:58 USA 1998 1 38
39 Cat Simpson 28:52:03 GBR 2018 5 34
40 Katalin Nagy 28:55:03 USA 2014 2 35
41 Ali Young 28:57:04 GBR 2022 4 49
42 Szilvia Lubics 29:06:50 HUN 2011 1 37
43 Sarah Mangler 29:10:13 GER 2023 6 41
44 Martha Xirofotou 29:14:22 GRE 2023 7 40
45 Natasa Robnik 29:15:39 SLO 2019 3 44
46 Szilvia Lubics 29:18:44 HUN 2015 3 41
47 Natasa Robnik 29:27:15 SLO 2015 4 40
48 Ali Young 29:28:41 GBR 2023 8 50
49 Paula Vrdoljak 29:31:58 CRO 2023 9 42
50 Kimie Noto (Funada) 29:32:21 JPN 1998 2 47

All-time top 50 Men's performances

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Athlete Time Country Year Place Age
1 Fotis Zisimopoulos 19:55:09 GRE 2023 1 41
2 Fotis Zisimopoulos 20:18:43 GRE 2024 1 42
3 Yiannis Kouros 20:25:00 GRE 1984 1 28
4 Yiannis Kouros 20:29:04 GRE 1990 1 34
5 Fotis Zisimopoulos [el] 21:00:48 GRE 2022 1 39
6 Toru Somiya 21:18:04 JPN 2022 2 42
7 Yiannis Kouros 21:53:42 GRE 1983 1 27
8 Yiannis Kouros 21:57:00 GRE 1986 1 30
9 Fotis Zisimopoulos [el] 21:57:36 GRE 2021 1 38
10 Aleksandr Sorokin 22:04:04 LTU 2017 1 36
11 Simen Holvik 22:17:23 NOR 2023 2 46
12 Scott Jurek 22:20:01 USA 2008 1 34
13 Ivan Cudin [it] 22:29:29 ITA 2014 1 39
14 Radek Brunner [cs] 22:49:37 CZE 2017 2 42
15 Scott Jurek 22:52:18 USA 2006 1 32
16 Yoshihiko Ishikawa 22:55:13 JPN 2018 1 30
17 Ivan Cudin [it] 22:57:40 ITA 2011 1 36
18 Nikolaos Sideridis 22:58:40 GRE 2017 3 36
19 Andrzej Radzikowski 23:02:23 POL 2016 1 35
20 Ivan Cudin [it] 23:03:06 ITA 2010 1 35
21 Yoshihiko Ishikawa 23:06:45 JPN 2022 3 34
22 Patrick Macke 23:08:41 GBR 1990 2 35
23 Scott Jurek 23:12:14 USA 2007 1 33
24 Florian Reus [de] 23:17:31 GER 2015 1 31
25 Radek Brunner [cs] 23:17:49 CZE 2021 2 48
26 Patrick Macke 23:18:00 GBR 1985 1 30
27 Valmir Nunes 23:18:05 BRA 2001 1 37
28 Yoshihiko Ishikawa 23:20:56 JPN 2017 4 29
29 Tibor Eros 23:23:53 HUN 2022 4 46
30 Markus Thalmann [de] 23:28:24 AUT 2003 1 39
31 Martínez Roman Fernando Andres 23:28:46 URU 2024 2 49
32 Joao Oliveira 23:29:08 POR 2013 1 36
33 Bodis Tamas 23:29:24 HUN 2019 1 31
34 Jan Lantink-Albert 23:31:22 HOL 2010 2 52
35 Fernando Andres Martinez Roman 23:32:59 URU 2023 3 48
36 Marco Bonfiglio 23:36:58 ITA 2016 2 39
37 Kostas Reppos 23:37:00 GRE 1997 1 31
38 Radek Brunner [cs] 23:37:25 CZE 2018 2 44
39 Valdenir Jandosa 23:37:33 BRA 2023 4 44
40 Peter Gaspar 23:41:56 HUN 2023 5 42
41 Dušan Mravlje [sl] 23:44:00 YUG 1985 2 32
42 Ryōichi Sekiya 23:47:54 JPN 2002 1 35
43 Ryōichi Sekiya 23:48:24 JPN 2009 1 42
44 Florian Robin 23:51:30 FRA 2024 3
45 Milan Sumny 23:53:19 CZE 2021 3 46
47 Dan Lawson 23:53:32 GBR 2015 2 42
48 Kim Hansen 23:54:37 DEN 2015 3 40
49 Florian Reus [de] 23:57:13 GER 2014 2 30
50 Ohtaki Masayuki 24:01:10 JPN 2000 1 34

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References

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