Sierre-Zinal Explained

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).[1]

Results

Men

EditionDateDistanceWinnerTimeNotes
1st197431 km Eddy Hauser2:38:14
2nd197531 km Jeff Norman2:37:56
3rd197631 km Aldo Allegranza2:46:33
4th197731 km Chuck Smead2:41:18
5th197831 km Stefan Soler2:40:18
6th197931 km Pablo Vigil2:33:49
7th198031 km Pablo Vigil2:35:09
8th198131 km Pablo Vigil2:35:46
9th198231 km Pablo Vigil2:37:57
10th198331 km Aldo Allegranza2:36:35
11th198431 km Fabrizio Valentini2:37:49
12th198531 km Jack Maitland2:36:11
13th198631 km Phil Makepiece2:35:04
14th198731 km Beat Imhof2:36:17
15th198831 km Pierre-André Gobet2:34:16
16th198931 km Pierre-André Gobet2:32:15
17th199031 km Jairo Correa2:34:05
18th199131 km Francisco Sánchez Martínez2:32:51
19th199231 km Jean-François Cuennet2:37:57
20th199331 km Jairo Correa2:32:44
21st199431 km Jacinto Lopez2:35:25
22nd199531 km Jairo Correa2:34:21
23rd199631 km Eticha Tesfaye2:41:05
24th199731 km Martin Horacek2:39:53
25th199831 km Ricardo Mejia2:34:56
26th199931 km Ricardo Mejia2:32:38
27th200031 km Billy Burns2:35:45
28th200131 km Ricardo Mejia2:30:59
29th200212 km Jonathan Wyatt1:07:17Shortened edition due to snow on the course
30th200331 km Jonathan Wyatt2:29:12
31st200431 km Ricardo Mejia2:34:35
32nd200531 km Ricardo Mejia2:34:10
33rd200631 km Tarcis Ançay2:36:09
34th200731 km Jean-Christophe Dupont2:41:44
35th200831 km Marco De Gasperi2:30:50
36th200931 km Kilian Jornet2:35:30
37th201031 km Kilian Jornet2:37:27
38th201131 km Marco De Gasperi2:30:18
39th201231 km Marco De Gasperi2:31:36
40th201331 km Marc Lauenstein2:32:14
41st201431 km Kilian Jornet2:31:54
42nd201531 km2:33:14
43rd201631 km Petro Mamu2:33:38
44th201731 km Kilian Jornet2:33:05
45th201831 km Kilian Jornet2:31:39
46th201931 km Kilian Jornet2:25:35
47th202031 km Kilian Jornet2:33:15Shorter Course due Covid Edition
48th202131 km Kilian Jornet2:31:44
49th202231 km Andreu Blanes Reig2:29:19
50th202331 km Philemon Ombogo Kiriago2:27:27
51st202431 km Kilian Jornet2:25:34Course Record and 10th win (highest number of wins)

Women

EditionDateDistanceWinnerTimeNotes
1st197431 km Chantal Langlacé3:51:59
2nd197531 km Annick Loir3:50:48
3rd197631 km Annick Loir3:26:35
4th197731 km Marijke Moser3:47:05
5th197831 km Marijke Moser3:48:00
6th197931 km Chantal Langlacé3:32:29
7th198031 km E. Ljungström3:22:53
8th198131 km Marie Subot3:19:41
9th198231 km Véronique Billat3:19:44
10th198331 km Marie Subot3:29:44
11th198431 km Véronique Marot3:12:08
12th198531 km Véronique Marot3:06:55
13th198631 km Annick Mérot3:28:05
14th198731 km Véronique Marot3:01:57
15th198831 km Sally Goldsmith3:04:37
16th198931 km Sally Goldsmith3:11:00
17th199031 km Marie-Christine Ducret3:12:49
18th199131 km Marie-Christine Ducret3:10:59
19th199231 km Odile Léveque3:22:55
20th199331 km Beverley Redfern3:11:31
21st199431 km Brigitte Eustache3:24:29
22nd199531 km Isabella Crettenand-Moretti3:09:44
23rd199631 km Isabella Crettenand-Moretti3:05:23
24th199731 km Isabella Crettenand-Moretti3:04:20
25th199831 km Svetlana Netchaeva3:10:31
26th199931 km Vera Sukhova3:10:57
27th200031 km Irina Poupaza3:05:12
28th200131 km Angela Mudge2:56:41
29th200212 km Gudrun de Pay1:29:20Shortened edition due to snow on the course
30th200331 km Tsige Worku3:16:07
31st200431 km Angéline Joly3:09:22
32nd200531 km Angéline Joly2:55:35
33rd200631 km Anna Pichrtova2:58:42
34th200731 km Anna Pichrtova2:55:19
35th200831 km Anna Pichrtova2:54:26
36th200931 km Anna Pichrtova2:58:244th win (highest number of wins)
37th201031 km Megan Lund3:09:28
38th201131 km Oiha Kortazar Aranzeta3:11:25
39th201231 km Aline Camboulives3:02:58
40th201331 km Elisa Desco2:58:33
41st201431 km3:03:12
42nd201531 km Lucy Wambui Murigi2:56:40
43rd201631 km Michelle Maier2:58:40
44th201731 km Lucy Wambui Murigi2:58:39
45th201831 km Lucy Wambui Murigi2:57:54
46th201931 km Maude Mathys2:49:20Course record
47th202031 km Maude Mathys2:48:48Shorter Course due Covid Edition
48th202131 km Maude Mathys2:46:03Shorter Course due Covid Edition
49th2022 [2] 31 km Maude Mathys2:52:324th win (highest number of wins)
50th2023 31 km Sophia Laukli2:53:17
51st202431km Joyline Chepngeno2:54:06

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sierre-Zinal: How to do it. runthealps.com. 20 October 2017.
  2. Datasport.com. 2022. [online] Available at: [Accessed 1 August 2023].