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).
Results
Men
| Edition | Date | Distance | Winner | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1974 | 31 km | Switzerland Eddy Hauser | 2:38:14 | |
| 2nd | 1975 | 31 km | United Kingdom Jeff Norman | 2:37:56 | |
| 3rd | 1976 | 31 km | Italy Aldo Allegranza | 2:46:33 | |
| 4th | 1977 | 31 km | United States Chuck Smead | 2:41:18 | |
| 5th | 1978 | 31 km | Switzerland Stefan Soler | 2:40:18 | |
| 6th | 1979 | 31 km | United States Pablo Vigil | 2:33:49 | |
| 7th | 1980 | 31 km | United States Pablo Vigil | 2:35:09 | |
| 8th | 1981 | 31 km | United States Pablo Vigil | 2:35:46 | |
| 9th | 1982 | 31 km | United States Pablo Vigil | 2:37:57 | |
| 10th | 1983 | 31 km | Italy Aldo Allegranza | 2:36:35 | |
| 11th | 1984 | 31 km | Switzerland Fabrizio Valentini | 2:37:49 | |
| 12th | 1985 | 31 km | United Kingdom Jack Maitland | 2:36:11 | |
| 13th | 1986 | 31 km | United Kingdom Phil Makepiece | 2:35:04 | |
| 14th | 1987 | 31 km | Switzerland Beat Imhof | 2:36:17 | |
| 15th | 1988 | 31 km | Switzerland Pierre-André Gobet | 2:34:16 | |
| 16th | 1989 | 31 km | Switzerland Pierre-André Gobet | 2:32:15 | |
| 17th | 1990 | 31 km | Colombia Jairo Correa | 2:34:05 | |
| 18th | 1991 | 31 km | Colombia Francisco Sánchez Martínez | 2:32:51 | |
| 19th | 1992 | 31 km | Switzerland Jean-François Cuennet | 2:37:57 | |
| 20th | 1993 | 31 km | Colombia Jairo Correa | 2:32:44 | |
| 21st | 1994 | 31 km | Colombia Jacinto Lopez | 2:35:25 | |
| 22nd | 1995 | 31 km | Colombia Jairo Correa | 2:34:21 | |
| 23rd | 1996 | 31 km | Ethiopia Eticha Tesfaye | 2:41:05 | |
| 24th | 1997 | 31 km | Czech Republic Martin Horacek | 2:39:53 | |
| 25th | 1998 | 31 km | Mexico Ricardo Mejia | 2:34:56 | |
| 26th | 1999 | 31 km | Mexico Ricardo Mejia | 2:32:38 | |
| 27th | 2000 | 31 km | United Kingdom Billy Burns | 2:35:45 | |
| 28th | 2001 | 31 km | Mexico Ricardo Mejia | 2:30:59 | |
| 29th | 2002 | 12 km | New Zealand Jonathan Wyatt | 1:07:17 | Shortened edition due to snow on the course |
| 30th | 2003 | 31 km | New Zealand Jonathan Wyatt | 2:29:12 | |
| 31st | 2004 | 31 km | Mexico Ricardo Mejia | 2:34:35 | |
| 32nd | 2005 | 31 km | Mexico Ricardo Mejia | 2:34:10 | |
| 33rd | 2006 | 31 km | Switzerland Tarcis Ançay | 2:36:09 | |
| 34th | 2007 | 31 km | France Jean-Christophe Dupont | 2:41:44 | |
| 35th | 2008 | 31 km | Italy Marco De Gasperi | 2:30:50 | |
| 36th | 2009 | 31 km | Spain Kilian Jornet | 2:35:30 | |
| 37th | 2010 | 31 km | Spain Kilian Jornet | 2:37:27 | |
| 38th | 2011 | 31 km | Italy Marco De Gasperi | 2:30:18 | |
| 39th | 2012 | 31 km | Italy Marco De Gasperi | 2:31:36 | |
| 40th | 2013 | 31 km | Switzerland Marc Lauenstein | 2:32:14 | |
| 41st | 2014 | 31 km | Spain Kilian Jornet | 2:31:54 | |
| 42nd | 2015 | 31 km | Spain Kilian Jornet | 2:33:14 | |
| 43rd | 2016 | 31 km | Eritrea Petro Mamu | 2:33:38 | |
| 44th | 2017 | 31 km | Spain Kilian Jornet | 2:33:05 | |
| 45th | 2018 | 31 km | Spain Kilian Jornet | 2:31:39 | |
| 46th | 2019 | 31 km | Spain Kilian Jornet | 2:25:35 | |
| 47th | 2020 | 31 km | Spain Kilian Jornet | 2:33:15 | Shorter Course due Covid Edition |
| 48th | 2021 | 31 km | Spain Kilian Jornet | 2:31:44 | |
| 49th | 2022 | 31 km | Spain Andreu Blanes Reig | 2:29:19 | |
| 50th | 2023 | 31 km | Kenya Philemon Ombogo Kiriago | 2:27:27 | |
| 51st | 2024 | 31 km | Spain Kilian Jornet | 2:25:34 | Course Record and 10th win (highest number of wins) |
| 52nd | 2025 | 31 km | Kenya Philemon Ombogo Kiriago | 2:28:45 | Kiriago's second win |
Women
| Edition | Date | Distance | Winner | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1974 | 31 km | France Chantal Langlacé | 3:51:59 | |
| 2nd | 1975 | 31 km | France Annick Loir | 3:50:48 | |
| 3rd | 1976 | 31 km | France Annick Loir | 3:26:35 | |
| 4th | 1977 | 31 km | Switzerland Marijke Moser | 3:47:05 | |
| 5th | 1978 | 31 km | Switzerland Marijke Moser | 3:48:00 | |
| 6th | 1979 | 31 km | France Chantal Langlacé | 3:32:29 | |
| 7th | 1980 | 31 km | Sweden E. Ljungström | 3:22:53 | |
| 8th | 1981 | 31 km | France Marie Subot | 3:19:41 | |
| 9th | 1982 | 31 km | France Véronique Billat | 3:19:44 | |
| 10th | 1983 | 31 km | France Marie Subot | 3:29:44 | |
| 11th | 1984 | 31 km | United Kingdom Véronique Marot | 3:12:08 | |
| 12th | 1985 | 31 km | United Kingdom Véronique Marot | 3:06:55 | |
| 13th | 1986 | 31 km | Switzerland Annick Mérot | 3:28:05 | |
| 14th | 1987 | 31 km | United Kingdom Véronique Marot | 3:01:57 | |
| 15th | 1988 | 31 km | United Kingdom Sally Goldsmith | 3:04:37 | |
| 16th | 1989 | 31 km | United Kingdom Sally Goldsmith | 3:11:00 | |
| 17th | 1990 | 31 km | Switzerland Marie-Christine Ducret | 3:12:49 | |
| 18th | 1991 | 31 km | Switzerland Marie-Christine Ducret | 3:10:59 | |
| 19th | 1992 | 31 km | France Odile Léveque | 3:22:55 | |
| 20th | 1993 | 31 km | France Beverley Redfern | 3:11:31 | |
| 21st | 1994 | 31 km | France Brigitte Eustache | 3:24:29 | |
| 22nd | 1995 | 31 km | Switzerland Isabella Crettenand-Moretti | 3:09:44 | |
| 23rd | 1996 | 31 km | Switzerland Isabella Crettenand-Moretti | 3:05:23 | |
| 24th | 1997 | 31 km | Switzerland Isabella Crettenand-Moretti | 3:04:20 | |
| 25th | 1998 | 31 km | Russia Svetlana Netchaeva | 3:10:31 | |
| 26th | 1999 | 31 km | Russia Vera Sukhova | 3:10:57 | |
| 27th | 2000 | 31 km | Russia Irina Poupaza | 3:05:12 | |
| 28th | 2001 | 31 km | United Kingdom Angela Mudge | 2:56:41 | |
| 29th | 2002 | 12 km | Germany Gudrun de Pay | 1:29:20 | Shortened edition due to snow on the course |
| 30th | 2003 | 31 km | Ethiopia Tsige Worku | 3:16:07 | |
| 31st | 2004 | 31 km | Switzerland Angéline Joly | 3:09:22 | |
| 32nd | 2005 | 31 km | Switzerland Angéline Joly | 2:55:35 | |
| 33rd | 2006 | 31 km | Czech Republic Anna Pichrtova | 2:58:42 | |
| 34th | 2007 | 31 km | Czech Republic Anna Pichrtova | 2:55:19 | |
| 35th | 2008 | 31 km | Czech Republic Anna Pichrtova | 2:54:26 | |
| 36th | 2009 | 31 km | Czech Republic Anna Pichrtova | 2:58:24 | 4th win (highest number of wins) |
| 37th | 2010 | 31 km | United States Megan Lund | 3:09:28 | |
| 38th | 2011 | 31 km | Spain Oiha Kortazar Aranzeta | 3:11:25 | |
| 39th | 2012 | 31 km | France Aline Camboulives | 3:02:58 | |
| 40th | 2013 | 31 km | Italy Elisa Desco | 2:58:33 | |
| 41st | 2014 | 31 km | United States Stevie Kremer | 3:03:12 | |
| 42nd | 2015 | 31 km | Kenya Lucy Wambui Murigi | 2:56:40 | |
| 43rd | 2016 | 31 km | Germany Michelle Maier | 2:58:40 | |
| 44th | 2017 | 31 km | Kenya Lucy Wambui Murigi | 2:58:39 | |
| 45th | 2018 | 31 km | Kenya Lucy Wambui Murigi | 2:57:54 | |
| 46th | 2019 | 31 km | Switzerland Maude Mathys | 2:49:20 | Course record |
| 47th | 2020 | 31 km | Switzerland Maude Mathys | 2:48:48 | Shorter Course due Covid Edition |
| 48th | 2021 | 31 km | Switzerland Maude Mathys | 2:46:03 | Shorter Course due Covid Edition |
| 49th | 2022 | 31 km | Switzerland Maude Mathys | 2:52:32 | 4th win (highest number of wins) |
| 50th | 2023 | 31 km | United States Sophia Laukli | 2:53:17 | |
| 51st | 2024 | 31km | Kenya Joyline Chepngeno | 2:54:06 | |
| 52nd | 2025 | 31km | Kenya Caroline Kimutai | 2:55:31 | Joyline Chepngeno crossed the line first but was later disqualified. |