Spartathlon (©Spartathlon.gr) 2013 Stats and figures:

7 UK runners followed in the steps of Pheidippides this weekend and a furthur 15 valiantly attempted too. I collated finisher results to look how our Finishers stacked up against the rest of the world. http://www.spartathlon.gr/en.html

A few historical facts and figures first:

Joao Oliveira of Portugal became only the 11th Person to break 24 hours en route to his excellent win. It was, however, the 14th fastest time of all-time. Some of the runners have broke it more than once. The great Kouros has done it 4 times (4 fastetst times ever), Jurek has 3 and Cudin has 2 for example

The Female winner Szilvia Lubics' run of 28:03 is the 3rd fastest of all-time. Behind Lizzy Hawker (27:02) and Sumie Inagaki (27:39)

This years total finishers of 148 is the 2nd highest of all-time. 2008 remains the highest with 154 finishers

OVERALL FINISHER STATS:

Finisher Rate: 146 of 344 (42.44%)

Average Finisher Age:  42.40

Average Finisher Time: 34:24

Average Time to 50miles:* 8:14

Average Time to 100miles:* 21:26

 (* Only data from the 146 finishers of the race included)

BRITISH FINISHER STATS:

Finisher Rate: 7 of 22 (31.81%)

Average Finisher Age:  40.29

Average Finisher Time:  32:44

Average Time to 50miles:** 07:50

Average Time to 100miles:** 19:20

(** Only data from the 7 finishers of the race included)

Ultra-Trail Du Mont Blanc (UTMB): Finisher Numbers and Analysis Per Country

The charts below show the amount of finishers per country in the top 100, top 50 and top 10 at the 2013 UTMB.

In the Men's top 100 24 countries were represented but amazingly in the Women's 27 countries had representation in the top 100. As expected, France largely dominated followed by Spain. Honours for 3rd spot is always wide open with local countries like Italy or Switzerland fairing well. However, in the Men's field Italy and Germany had low representation which allowed Great Britain to have a hugely impressive year with 11 guys in the top 100. This really shows what we all expected- Great Britain is experiencing a huge Ultra boom that has ultimately made the top end faster.

For the Women, again it was France and Spain but third is a lot more subjective. The American women did a great job and obviously had the star of the show but Italy, making up for the poor men's showing, had great representation in the top 100 with 9 whilst Great Britain had 10.

Overall, I think it is astonishing how many countries have someone in the top 100. A truly international and world class event. These numbers give the Brits something to shoot at next year. Get training!

MEN:

COUNTRY	# IN TOP 10	# IN TOP 50	# IN TOP 100
FRANCE	4	16	34
SPAIN	3	14	20
GREAT BRITAIN	1	4	11
GERMANY	-	1	2
UNITED STATES	2	2	4
JAPAN	-	-	3
IRELAND	-	1	1
SWITZERLAND	-	2	4
FINLAND	-	-	1
PORTUGAL	-	1	2
POLAND	-	-	2
GUATEMALA	-	-	1
ITALY	-	-	2
ISRAEL	-	-	1
ROMANIA	-	-	1
HUNGARY	-	-	1
AUSTRALIA	-	1	2
CROATIA	-	1	1
AUSTRIA	-	1	1
ECUADOR	-	2	2
SLOVENIA	-	1	1
CHINA	-	1	1
SWEDEN	-	1	1
NEPAL	-	1	1

WOMEN:

COUNTRY	# IN TOP 10	# IN TOP 50	# IN TOP 100
FRANCE	3	9	25
SPAIN	3	7	9
GREAT BRITAIN	-	5	10
GERMANY	-	-	3
UNITED STATES	1	2	7
JAPAN	-	2	5
COSTA RICA	-	1	1
SWITZERLAND	-	3	4
LATVIA	-	1	1
PORTUGAL	-	1	1
POLAND	-	2	2
BULGARIA	-	1	1
ITALY	1	2	9
CROATIA	-	1	1
COLUMBIA	-	2	2
RUSSIA	-	1	1
FINLAND	-	1	1
CZECH REPUBLIC	-	1	1
ARGENTINA	-	-	1
SWEDEN	-	-	1
SLOVENIA	-	-	1
CHINA	-	2	5
NETHERLANDS	-	2	3
BELGIUM	-	1	2
CANADA	-	1	1
BRAZIL	1	1	1
AUSTRALIA	1	1	1

UTMB 2013: Brit Watch, Top Irish and My Top Picks (FINISH)

RUNNER	Twitter: Click to view twitter updates	LAST CHECKPOINT	DISTANCE (km)	TIME/POSITION
Scott Bradley		FINISH	168.7	31:26 / 167th
Jez Bragg	@jezbragg	FINISH	168.7	23:50 / 11th
Terry Conway	@terryconway	FINISH	168.7	27:23 / 49th
Gary Dalton		FINISH	168.7	43:27 / 1199th
Simon Deakin		FINISH	168.7	33:30 / 256th
Paul Giblin	@pyllon	La Fouly	109.5	RETIRED
Christopher Howe	@chrishowe87	FINISH	168.7	40:34 / 802nd
Dino Ilaria		FINISH	168.9	40:59 / 855th
Andrew James		FINISH	168.7	24:14 / 17th
Barry Murray	@ON4sport	La Fouly	109.5	RETIRED
Danny Kendall		FINISH	168.7	30:14 / 121st
Tobias Mews	@TobiasMews	FINISH	168.7	31:34 / 173rd
Duncan Oakes		FINISH	161.5	27:57/ 62nd
Adam Perry		Courmayeur	77.7	RETIRED
Kevin Perry		La Balme	39.3	RETIRED
Claire Shelley	@claireshelley_	La Fouly	109.5	RETIRED
Bob Steel		FINISH	168.7	37:50/ 543rd
Bev Redfern		FINISH	168.7	40:15 / 48th F
Neil Bryant	@runningneil	FINISH	168.7	29:25 / 98th
Matthew Bisco	@bizceeezy	FINISH	168.9	33:34 / 263rd
Eoin Keith		FINISH	168.7	24:44/ 20th
Sarah Hewitt		FINISH	168.7	37:52 / 35th F
Elizabeth Barker		FINISH	168.7	32:58 / 14th F
Penny Matkin		FINISH	168.9	33:34 / 15th F
Thomas Adams		FINISH	168.7	26:49 / 42nd
Robin Houghton		FINISH	168.7	28:20 / 72nd
Dan Anderson		FINISH	168.7	28:56 / 89th
Brian John Melia		FINISH	168.7	29:24 / 96th
Ian Phillips		FINISH	168.7	29:28 / 99th
Paul Hopwood		FINISH	168.7	29:29 / 100th
ELITE TOP PICKS
Yokishima Hara		Les Contamines	30.7	RETIRED
Timothy Olson	@timmyolson_run	FINISH	168.7	21:38 / 4th
Anton Krupicka		Trient	139.6	RETIRED
Seb Chaigneau	@sebchaigneau	Les Contamines	30.7	RETIRED
Jonas Buud		Champex	123.6	RETIRED
Nuria Picas		FINISH	168.7	24:32/ 2nd F
Emma Roca		FINISH	168.7	24:48 / 3rd F
Francesca Canepa		Courmayeur	77.7	RETIRED
Rory Bosio		FINISH	168.7	22:37 / 1st F
Julien Chorier	@julien_chorier	FINISH	168.7	22:08 / 6th
Miguel Heras	@miguelheras3	FINISH	168.7	20:54 / 2nd