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]
Edition | Date | Distance | Winner | Time | Notes |
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1st | 1974 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:38:14 | |
2nd | 1975 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:37:56 | |
3rd | 1976 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:46:33 | |
4th | 1977 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:41:18 | |
5th | 1978 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:40:18 | |
6th | 1979 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:33:49 | |
7th | 1980 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:35:09 | |
8th | 1981 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:35:46 | |
9th | 1982 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:37:57 | |
10th | 1983 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:36:35 | |
11th | 1984 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:37:49 | |
12th | 1985 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:36:11 | |
13th | 1986 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:35:04 | |
14th | 1987 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:36:17 | |
15th | 1988 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:34:16 | |
16th | 1989 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:32:15 | |
17th | 1990 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:34:05 | |
18th | 1991 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:32:51 | |
19th | 1992 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:37:57 | |
20th | 1993 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:32:44 | |
21st | 1994 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:35:25 | |
22nd | 1995 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:34:21 | |
23rd | 1996 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:41:05 | |
24th | 1997 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:39:53 | |
25th | 1998 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:34:56 | |
26th | 1999 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:32:38 | |
27th | 2000 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:35:45 | |
28th | 2001 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:30:59 | |
29th | 2002 | 12 km | ![]() | 1:07:17 | Shortened edition due to snow on the course |
30th | 2003 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:29:12 | |
31st | 2004 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:34:35 | |
32nd | 2005 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:34:10 | |
33rd | 2006 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:36:09 | |
34th | 2007 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:41:44 | |
35th | 2008 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:30:50 | |
36th | 2009 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:35:30 | |
37th | 2010 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:37:27 | |
38th | 2011 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:30:18 | |
39th | 2012 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:31:36 | |
40th | 2013 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:32:14 | |
41st | 2014 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:31:54 | |
42nd | 2015 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:33:14 | |
43rd | 2016 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:33:38 | |
44th | 2017 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:33:05 | |
45th | 2018 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:31:39 | |
46th | 2019 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:25:35 | |
47th | 2020 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:33:15 | Shorter Course due Covid Edition |
48th | 2021 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:31:44 | |
49th | 2022 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:29:19 | |
50th | 2023 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:27:27 | |
51st | 2024 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:25:34 | Course Record and 10th win (highest number of wins) |
52nd | 2025 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:28:45 | Kiriago's second win |
Edition | Date | Distance | Winner | Time | Notes |
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1st | 1974 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:51:59 | |
2nd | 1975 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:50:48 | |
3rd | 1976 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:26:35 | |
4th | 1977 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:47:05 | |
5th | 1978 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:48:00 | |
6th | 1979 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:32:29 | |
7th | 1980 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:22:53 | |
8th | 1981 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:19:41 | |
9th | 1982 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:19:44 | |
10th | 1983 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:29:44 | |
11th | 1984 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:12:08 | |
12th | 1985 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:06:55 | |
13th | 1986 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:28:05 | |
14th | 1987 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:01:57 | |
15th | 1988 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:04:37 | |
16th | 1989 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:11:00 | |
17th | 1990 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:12:49 | |
18th | 1991 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:10:59 | |
19th | 1992 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:22:55 | |
20th | 1993 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:11:31 | |
21st | 1994 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:24:29 | |
22nd | 1995 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:09:44 | |
23rd | 1996 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:05:23 | |
24th | 1997 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:04:20 | |
25th | 1998 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:10:31 | |
26th | 1999 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:10:57 | |
27th | 2000 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:05:12 | |
28th | 2001 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:56:41 | |
29th | 2002 | 12 km | ![]() | 1:29:20 | Shortened edition due to snow on the course |
30th | 2003 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:16:07 | |
31st | 2004 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:09:22 | |
32nd | 2005 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:55:35 | |
33rd | 2006 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:58:42 | |
34th | 2007 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:55:19 | |
35th | 2008 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:54:26 | |
36th | 2009 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:58:24 | 4th win (highest number of wins) |
37th | 2010 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:09:28 | |
38th | 2011 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:11:25 | |
39th | 2012 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:02:58 | |
40th | 2013 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:58:33 | |
41st | 2014 | 31 km | ![]() | 3:03:12 | |
42nd | 2015 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:56:40 | |
43rd | 2016 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:58:40 | |
44th | 2017 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:58:39 | |
45th | 2018 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:57:54 | |
46th | 2019 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:49:20 | Course record |
47th | 2020 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:48:48 | Shorter Course due Covid Edition |
48th | 2021 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:46:03 | Shorter Course due Covid Edition |
49th | 2022 [2] | 31 km | ![]() | 2:52:32 | 4th win (highest number of wins) |
50th | 2023 | 31 km | ![]() | 2:53:17 | |
51st | 2024 | 31km | ![]() | 2:54:06 |