Ultradistance World Records
Men | Women

Data Provided by Andy Milroy

Men
Road Events
 
 

DIST

TIME

ATHLETE (CTZN)

LOCATION

DATE (mm/dd/yy)

 

 

 

 

 

50 km

2:43:38

Thompson Magawana (RSA)

Claremont

041288

100 km

6:13:33

Takahiro Sunada (JPN)

Lake Saroma

062198

200 km

15:57:50

Yiannis Kouros (AUS)

Basle

050398

30 mile

2:37:31

Thompson Magawana (RSA)

Claremont

041288

40 mile

3:45:39

Andy Jones (CAN)

Houston

022391

50 mile

4:50:08

Jim Wamsley (USA)

Sacramento

050419

100 mile

12:05:43#

Andy Jones (CAN)

Sylvania

092797

1000 mile

12d20:14:27+

Georgs Jermolajevs (UKR)

New York

092495

12 Hour

162,543 meters

Yiannis Kouros (GRE)

New York

110784

24 Hour

290,221 meters

Yiannis Kouros (GRE)

Basle

050398

48 Hour

433,095 meters

Yiannis Kouros (GRE)

Bornholm

052308

6 Day

1,028,370 meters

Yiannis Kouros (GRE)

New York

052688

* Domingo Catalan's 6:15:17 Auron-Nice 16 Nov 87  status of course unknown;drop of 16 metres per kilometre.
* Konstantin Santalov's 6:15:17 Moscow 8 May 93 shown to be short on re-measurement.
* Santalov's 6:16:21 Kalingrad 9 April 94 course measurement not verified.
# Don Ritchie's 11:51:12  New York 15 June 1979  documentation not available.
# Yiannis Kouros' 11:46:37 New York 7/8 Nov 84 course cannot be validated.
# Yiannis Kouros' 11:53:31 New York 28/29 Sept 85 course cannot be validated.
+ Yiannis Kouros' 10:10:30:35  New York  20/31 May 88   only one stop time taken.
+ Stu Mittleman's 11:20:36:50  New York 26 Apr/11 May 86 course cannot be validated.
+ Al Howie's 12:01:42:52 New York 16/29 Sept 91 stop times not available.
+ Siggy Bauer's 12:12:36:20 Melbourne-Colac 15/28 Nov 83 course cannot be validated.
 

Men
Track Events
 

DIST

TIME

ATHLETE (CTZN)

LOCATION

DATE (mm/dd/yy)

 

 

 

 

 

50,000 meters

2:48:06

Jeff Norman (GBR)

Timperley

060780

100,000 meters

6:10:20

Don Ritchie (GBR)

Crystal Palace

102878

150,000 meters

10:36:42

Don Ritchie (GBR)

Crystal Palace

101577

200,000 meters

15:10:27

Yiannis Kouros (GRE)

Adelaide

100597

30 mile

2:42:00

Jeff Norman (GBR)

Timperley

060780

40 mile

3:48:35

Don Ritchie (GBR)

Hendon

101682

50 mile

4:51:49

Don Ritchie (GBR)

Hendon

031283

100 mile

11:28:03

Oleg Kharitonov (GBR)

London

102002

1000 mile

11d 13:54:58

Petrus Silkinas (LIT)

Nanango

032398

6 Hour

97,200 meters

Don Ritchie (GBR)

Crystal Palace

102878

12 Hour

162,400 meters

Yiannis Kouros (GRE)

Montauban

031585

24 Hour

303,506 meters

Yiannis Kouros (GRE)

Adelaide

100597

48 Hour

473,495 meters

Yiannis Kouros (GRE)

Surgeres

050596

6 Day

1,038,851 meters

Yiannis Kouros (GRE)

Colac

112205

 

Women
Road Events
 

DIST

TIME

ATHLETE (CTZN)

LOCATION

DATE (mm/dd/yy)

 

 

 

 

 

50 km

3:08:39

Frith Van Der Merwe (RSA)

Claremont

032589

100 km

6:33:11

Tomoe Abe (JPN)

Lake Saroma

062500

200 km

19:00:31

Eleanor Adams (GBR)

Milton Keynes

050293

30 mile

3:01:16

Frith Van Der Merwe (RSA)

Claremont

032589

40 mile

4:26:13

Ann Trason (USA)

Houston

022391

50 mile

5:40:18

Ann Trason (USA)

Houston

022391

100 mile

13:47:41

Ann Trason (USA)

New York

050491

1000 mile

12d14:38:40

Sandra Barwick (NZL)

New York

092991

12 Hour

144,840 meters

Ann Trason (USA)

New York

050491

24 Hour

243,657 meters

Sigrid  Lomsky (GER)

Basel

050293

48 Hour

360,109 meters

Sue Ellen Trapp (USA)

Sacramento

111593

6 Day

821,862 meters

Catherine Cunningham (GBR/AUS)

New York

050501

 

Women
Track Events
 

DIST

TIME

ATHLETE (CTZN)

LOCATION

DATE (mm/dd/yy)

 

 

 

 

 

50,000 meters

3:18:52

Carolyn Hunter-Rowe (GBR)

Barry

030396

100,000 meters

7:14:06

Norimi Sakurai (JPN)

Lupatotissima

092703

150,000 meters

13:45:54

Hilary Walker (GBR)

Blackpool

110688

200,000 meters

19:49:36

Irina Reutovich (RUS)

Verona

092699

30 mile

3:12:25

Carolyn Hunter-Rowe (GBR)

Barry

030396

40 mile

4:26:43

Carolyn Hunter-Rowe (GBR)

Barry

030793

50 mile

5:55:41

Valentina Lyachova (RUS)

Nantes

092896

100 mile

14:25:45

Edit Berces (HUN)

Lupatoto

092202

1000 mile

13d01:54:02

Eleanor Robinson (GBR)

Nanango

032498

6 Hour

83,200 meters

Norimi Sakurai (JPN)

Lupatotissima

092703

12 Hour

147,600 meters

Ann Trason (USA)

Hayward

080491

24 Hour

254,425 meters

Mami Kudo (JPN)

Soochow

121309

48 Hour

397,103 meters

Sumie Inagiki (JPN)

Surgeres

052310

6 Day

883,631 meters

Sandra Barwick (NZL)

Campbelltown

112490

Updated 03/21/20 by Jason Hodde.