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).
Results Men
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 2:25:3547th202031 km Kilian Jornet2:33:15 Shorter Course due Covid Edition48th202131 km Kilian Jornet2:31:4449th202231 km Andreu Blanes Reig2:29:1950th202331 km Philemon Ombogo Kiriago2:27:2751st202431 km Kilian Jornet2:25:34Course Record and 10th win (highest number of wins)52nd202531 km Philemon Ombogo Kiriago2:28:45Kiriago's second win53th2026 31 km Philemon Ombogo Kiriago2:26:24Kiriago's third win
Women
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 record47th202031 km Maude Mathys2:48:48 Shorter Course due Covid Edition48th202131 km Maude Mathys2:46:03Shorter Course due Covid Edition49th2022 Datasport.com. 2022. [online] Available at: <https://www.datasport.com/live/ranking?racenr=24138&kat=11> [Accessed 1 August 2023].31 km Maude Mathys2:52:324th win (highest number of wins)50th2023 31 km Sophia Laukli2:53:1751st202431km Joyline Chepngeno2:54:0652nd202531km Caroline Kimutai2:55:31Joyline Chepngeno crossed the line first but was later disqualified.53th2026 31km Monica Mădălina Florea2:55:46
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