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