The Snowdon Race (Welsh: Ras Yr Wyddfa) is a ten-mile endurance running competition in Gwynedd, from Llanberis to the peak of Snowdon. Contestants must make the five miles up the Llanberis Path to the summit (1,085 metres or 3,560 feet above sea level) and return down. Currently entrants must be over-18 to compete in either the men's or women's race. In 2009 a junior race was incorporated.
| Snowdon Race | |
|---|---|
 Tim Davies during his 2005 victory | |
| Date | July |
| Location | Llanberis, Wales |
| Event type | Mountain |
| Distance | c. 10 miles |
| Established | 1976 |
| Course records | 1:02:29 (Kenny Stuart, 1985) 1:12:48 (Carol Greenwood, 1993) |
| Official site | http://snowdonrace.co.uk |
The race was first held in 1976 when Ken Jones from Llanberis put forward the idea to the village's Carnival Committee. 86 runners took part in the first race. In 2010, nearly 500 runners competed, with the nations represented including Scotland, Italy and Kenya.
The men's course record stands at 1:02:29, set by Kenny Stuart in 1985. The women's course record stands at 1:12:48, set by Carol Greenwood in 1993.
Radio Cymru broadcasts live from the event, and S4C produces a television highlights programme showing profiles on individual racers.
In 1996, the course was used for the European Mountain Running Trophy, run on the same weekend but separately from the annual Snowdon Race. Jaime Dejesus-Mendes was the winner of the men's race in 1:03:16. The women ran a shorter course, with Isabelle Guillot finishing first in 53:09.[1]
In 2001, the race was part of the World Mountain Running Association Grand Prix.[2]
Results edit
| Year | First place man[3] | Time | Second place man | Time | Third place man | Time | First place woman | Time | Second place woman | Time | Third place woman | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 |  Dave Francis
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1:12:05 |  Tacwyn Davies
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1:13:31 | Ray Rawlinson
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1:14:38 | Bridget Hogge
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1:40:15 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1977 | Ricky Wilde
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1:06:07 | Jeff Norman
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1:07:34 | Mike Short
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1:08:42 | Joan Glass
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1:39:46 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1978 | Ricky Wilde
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1:04:28 | Dave Francis
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1:07:25 | Jeff Norman
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1:07:53 | Joan Glass
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1:31:24 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1979 | Jeff Norman
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1:05:00 | Ricky Wilde
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1:07:07 | Dave Francis
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1:07:11 | Joan Glass
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1:29:02 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1980 |  Privato Pezzoli
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1:06:53 | Andy Darby
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1:08:43 |  A. Giupponi
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1:09:07 | Pauline Haworth
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1:25:18 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1981 | John Wild
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1:05:18 | Gianni Rovedatti
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1:05:31 | S. Lazzaroni
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1:08:08 |  Ros Coats
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1:24:49 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1982 | John Wild
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1:05:55 | Privato Pezzoli
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1:06:36 | Fausto Bonzi
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1:06:41 | Rosie Naish
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1:24:10 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1983 | R. Keeney
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1:08:39 | M. Bishop
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1:09:23 | Jeff Norman
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1:09:55 | Bridget Hogge
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1:39:32 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1984 | Fausto Bonzi
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1:03:46 |
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1: |
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1: | Pauline Haworth
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1:24:03 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1985 | Kenny Stuart
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1:02:29 |
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1: |
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1: | Pauline Haworth
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1:20:29 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1986 | Luigi Bortoluzzi
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1:04:24 |
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1: |
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1: | Carol Haigh
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1:14:36 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1987 |  Martin May
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1:03:43 |
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1: |
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1: | Angela Carson
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1:24:19 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1988 | Colin Donnelly
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1:04:38 |
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1: |
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1: | Sue Dilnot
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1:22:10 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1989 |  John Lenihan
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1:04:12 |
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1: |
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1: | Angela Carson
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1:22:38 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1990 | Lucio Fregona
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1:03:43 |
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1: |
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1: | Tricia Calder
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1:17:25 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1991 | Mark Croasdale
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1:04:48 |
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1: |
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1: | Anne Buckley
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1:19:35 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1992 | Mark Croasdale
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1:05:09 |
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1: |
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1: | Tricia Calder
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1:18:37 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1993 | Ian Holmes
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1:04:14 |
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1: |
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1: | Carol Greenwood
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1:12:48 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1994 | Fabio Ciaponi
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1:04:44 |
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1: |
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1: | Lucy Wright
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1:22:35 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1995 | Mark Kinch
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1:02:58 |
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1: |
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1: |  Patricia Sloan
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1:22:33 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1996 | Martin Roscoe
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1:07:18 |
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1: |
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1: | Lesley Leavesley
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1:26:56 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1997 | Ian Holmes
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1:04:50 |
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1: |
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1: | Carol Greenwood
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1:16:11 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1998 | Colin Jones
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1:05:14 |
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1: |
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1: | Angela Mudge
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1:16:14 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 1999 | Neil Wilkinson
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1:05:51 |
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1: |
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1: | Helen Jackson
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1:25:12 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 2000 | Neil Wilkinson
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1:05:45 | Fabio Ciaponi
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1:07:24 | Ian Holmes
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1:07:48 | Angela Mudge
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1:20:28 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 2001 | Marco De Gasperi
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1:05:51 | Emanuele Manzi
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1: | John Taylor
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1: |  Izabela Zatorska
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1:19:04 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 2002 | Tim Davies
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1:07:11 | Ian Holmes
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1:08:13 | Fabrizio Triulzi
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1:08:21 | Tracey Brindley
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1:20:37 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 2003 | Tim Davies
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1:05:57 | Simon Bailey
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1:06:41 | Ian Holmes
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1:07:11 | Dawn Scott
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1:25:40 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 2004 | Ian Holmes
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1:05:38 |  Julien Rancon
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1:06:04 | Alun Vaughn
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1:06:12 | Claire Whitehead
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1:18:28 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 2005 | Tim Davies
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1:06:37 | William Levett
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1:07:20 | Alessio Rinaldi
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1:08:24 | Mary Wilkinson
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1:17:44 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 2006 | Andi Jones
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1:07:25 | Tim Davies
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1:07:57 | Ian Holmes
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1:09:10 | Mary Wilkinson
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1:19:38 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 2007 | Andi Jones
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1:05:38 | Ian Holmes
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1:08:16 | Ben Bardsley
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1:08:26 | Mary Wilkinson
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1:20:36 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 2008 | Andi Jones
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1:06:02 | Morgan Donnelly
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1:09:24 | Ian Holmes
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1:10:37 | Katie Ingram
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1:20:44 | missing data | -- | missing data | -- |
| 2009 | Andi Jones
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1:08:15 | Ian Holmes
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1:09:00 | Murray Strain
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1:09:43 | Katie Ingram
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1:15:34 | Philippa Jackson
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1:23:10 | Emma Clayton
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1:25:38 |
| 2010 | Robbie Simpson
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1:07:59 | Alex Baldaccini
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1:09:11 | Ian Holmes
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1:09:11 | Catriona Buchanan
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1:21:19 | Pippa Jackson
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1:21:54 | |
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| 2011[4] | Andi Jones
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1:05:57 | Murray Strain
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1:06:03 | Robbie Simpson
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1:07:36 | Pippa Maddams
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1:20:53 | Catriona Buchanan
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1:22:12 | Christina Rankin
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1:22:42 |
| 2012 | Murray Strain
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1:05:10 | Robbie Simpson
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1:06:43 | Fabio Ruga
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1:07:25 | Tessa Hill
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1:21:26 | Helen Fines
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1:23:09 | Katie Walshaw
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1:24:22 |
| 2013 | Andi Jones
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1:08:50 | Murray Strain
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1:10:14 | Rob Hope
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1:10:54 | Sarah Mulligan
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1:26:25 | Jill Mykura
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1:27:14 | Jackie Lee
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1:27:51 |
| 2014[5] | Cesare Maestri
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0:47:20 | Erik Rosaire
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0:47:43 | Tim O'Donoghue
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0:47:51 | Sarah McCormack
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0:55:21 | Tessa Hill
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0:57:56 | Elisa Compagnoni
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0:58:04 |
| 2015 | Emanuele Manzi
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1:10:18 | Massimo Farcoz
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1:11:29 | Ben Mounsey
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1:11:39 | Sarah McCormack
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1:20:56 | Lindsey Brindle
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1:24:13 | Katie Walshaw
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1:25:14 |
| 2016 | Chris Smith
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1:05:48 | Chris Farrell
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1:07:14 | Luca Cagnati
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1:07:17 | Sarah Mulligan
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1:20:52 | Heidi Dent
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1:21:11 | Stephanie Provan
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1:23:54 |
| 2017 | Davide Magnini
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1:06:42 | Chris Farrell
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1:07:46 | Tom Adams
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1:09:16 | Annie Conway
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1:20:15 | Louise Mercer
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1:22:30 | Katie White
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1:23:03 |
| 2018 | Alberto Vender
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1:06:41 | Chris Holdsworth
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1:07:30 | Rob Samuel
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1:07:53 | Bronwen Jenkinson
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1:20:41 | Miranda Grant
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1:22:20 | Sophie Noon
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1:23:42 |
| 2019 | Andy Douglas
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1:04:04 | Martin Dematteis
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1:06:33 | Bernard Dematteis
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1:07:06 | Sarah McCormack
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1:14:49 | Elisa Sortini
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1:15:11 | Hatti Archer
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1:17:17 |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Ross Gollan
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1:09:21 | Luca Merli
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1:10:04 | Nathan Edmondson
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1:10:19 | Hannah Russell
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1:18:48 | Sara Willhoit
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1:19:12 | Holly Page
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1:19:27 |
- All Jeska's athletics results were declared null and void when she failed to produce samples of her testosterone levels.[6]
References edit
- ^ Rob Howard (July 15, 1996). "Revelling in the misty mountain hop". The Independent. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ http://www.wmra.ch/files/results/grand_prix/GP-2001-final.pdf. Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Summaries for 1976 to 1983 are in Bill Smith, Stud Marks on the Summits (Preston, 1985). Lists of the winning men and women from 1976 to 2005 are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20070102045917/http://www.snowdonrace.com/records/index.php. The results for 2000 are from the results section of The Fellrunner, Oct 2000, 33. Results for 2002 to 2009 are available at http://snowdonrace.co.uk/ and from 2010 to 2012 are available at http://www.tdl.ltd.uk/ Archived 2010-02-08 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Race of the 2011 Skyrunner World Series
- ^ BBC website Note - The race was only run as far as Clogwyn Bridge - the first time the route had been changed - due to the fear of torrential thunderstorms and lightning at the summit.
- ^ "Transgender athlete jailed | Lancashire Evening Post".