24-hour Run - World Challenges

World Challenges

The first international championship was held February 3–4, 1990 in Milton Keynes, England. Also in 1990 founded the European Cup (offset by the two best results), runs from 1992 European Championships. Since 2003 the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) annually organizes a world championship called 24h World Challenge.

Year Date Location Champion (m) Champion (f)
2003 11/12.10 Uden Netherlands Paul Beckers 270.087 km Irina Reutovich 237.052 km
2004 23/24.10 Brno Czech Republic Ryoichi Sekiya 269.085km Sumie Inagaki 237.154 km
2005 16/17.07 Wörschach Austria Anatoliy Kruglikov 268.065 km Lyudmila Kalinina 242.228 km
2006 25/26.02 Taipei Republic of China
(commonly known as Taiwan)
Ryoichi Sekiya -2- 272.936 km Sumie Inagaki -2- 237.144 km
2007 28/29.07 Drummondville Canada Ryoichi Sekiya -3- 263.562 km Lyudmila Kalinina -2- 236.848 km
2008 18/19.10 Seoul South Korea Ryoichi Sekiya -4- 273.366 km Vernet Anne-Marie 239.685 km
2009 02/03.05 Bergamo Italy Henrik Olsson 257.042 km Anne-Cécile Fontaine 243.644 km
2010 14/15.05 Brive-la-Gaillarde France Shingo Inoue 273.708 km Anne-Cécile Fontaine -2- 239.797 km
2011 canceled Brugg (Switzerland), then
Taipei Republic of China
(commonly known as Taiwan)
2012 08/09.09 Katowice Poland Mike Morton 277.543 km Michaela Dimitriadu 244.232 km
2013 May Steenbergen Netherlands

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