Sierre-Zinal

Sierre-Zinal 2014

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

Edition	Date	Distance	Winner	Time	Notes
1st	1974	31 km	Eddy Hauser	2:38:14
2nd	1975	31 km	Jeff Norman	2:37:56
3rd	1976	31 km	Aldo Allegranza	2:46:33
4th	1977	31 km	Chuck Smead	2:41:18
5th	1978	31 km	Stefan Soler	2:40:18
6th	1979	31 km	Pablo Vigil	2:33:49
7th	1980	31 km	Pablo Vigil	2:35:09
8th	1981	31 km	Pablo Vigil	2:35:46
9th	1982	31 km	Pablo Vigil	2:37:57
10th	1983	31 km	Aldo Allegranza	2:36:35
11th	1984	31 km	Fabrizio Valentini	2:37:49
12th	1985	31 km	Jack Maitland	2:36:11
13th	1986	31 km	Phil Makepiece	2:35:04
14th	1987	31 km	Beat Imhof	2:36:17
15th	1988	31 km	Pierre-André Gobet	2:34:16
16th	1989	31 km	Pierre-André Gobet	2:32:15
17th	1990	31 km	Jairo Correa	2:34:05
18th	1991	31 km	Francisco Sánchez Martínez	2:32:51
19th	1992	31 km	Jean-François Cuennet	2:37:57
20th	1993	31 km	Jairo Correa	2:32:44
21st	1994	31 km	Jacinto Lopez	2:35:25
22nd	1995	31 km	Jairo Correa	2:34:21
23rd	1996	31 km	Eticha Tesfaye	2:41:05
24th	1997	31 km	Martin Horacek	2:39:53
25th	1998	31 km	Ricardo Mejia	2:34:56
26th	1999	31 km	Ricardo Mejia	2:32:38
27th	2000	31 km	Billy Burns	2:35:45
28th	2001	31 km	Ricardo Mejia	2:30:59
29th	2002	12 km	Jonathan Wyatt	1:07:17	Shortened edition due to snow on the course
30th	2003	31 km	Jonathan Wyatt	2:29:12
31st	2004	31 km	Ricardo Mejia	2:34:35
32nd	2005	31 km	Ricardo Mejia	2:34:10
33rd	2006	31 km	Tarcis Ançay	2:36:09
34th	2007	31 km	Jean-Christophe Dupont	2:41:44
35th	2008	31 km	Marco De Gasperi	2:30:50
36th	2009	31 km	Kilian Jornet	2:35:30
37th	2010	31 km	Kilian Jornet	2:37:27
38th	2011	31 km	Marco De Gasperi	2:30:18
39th	2012	31 km	Marco De Gasperi	2:31:36
40th	2013	31 km	Marc Lauenstein	2:32:14
41st	2014	31 km	Kilian Jornet	2:31:54
42nd	2015	31 km	Kilian Jornet	2:33:14
43rd	2016	31 km	Petro Mamu	2:33:38
44th	2017	31 km	Kilian Jornet	2:33:05
45th	2018	31 km	Kilian Jornet	2:31:39
46th	2019	31 km	Kilian Jornet	2:25:35
47th	2020	31 km	Kilian Jornet	2:33:15	Shorter Course due Covid Edition
48th	2021	31 km	Kilian Jornet	2:31:44
49th	2022	31 km	Andreu Blanes Reig	2:29:19
50th	2023	31 km	Philemon Ombogo Kiriago	2:27:27
51st	2024	31 km	Kilian Jornet	2:25:34	Course Record and 10th win (highest number of wins)
52nd	2025	31 km	Philemon Ombogo Kiriago	2:28:45	Kiriago's second win

Women

Edition	Date	Distance	Winner	Time	Notes
1st	1974	31 km	Chantal Langlacé	3:51:59
2nd	1975	31 km	Annick Loir	3:50:48
3rd	1976	31 km	Annick Loir	3:26:35
4th	1977	31 km	Marijke Moser	3:47:05
5th	1978	31 km	Marijke Moser	3:48:00
6th	1979	31 km	Chantal Langlacé	3:32:29
7th	1980	31 km	E. Ljungström	3:22:53
8th	1981	31 km	Marie Subot	3:19:41
9th	1982	31 km	Véronique Billat	3:19:44
10th	1983	31 km	Marie Subot	3:29:44
11th	1984	31 km	Véronique Marot	3:12:08
12th	1985	31 km	Véronique Marot	3:06:55
13th	1986	31 km	Annick Mérot	3:28:05
14th	1987	31 km	Véronique Marot	3:01:57
15th	1988	31 km	Sally Goldsmith	3:04:37
16th	1989	31 km	Sally Goldsmith	3:11:00
17th	1990	31 km	Marie-Christine Ducret	3:12:49
18th	1991	31 km	Marie-Christine Ducret	3:10:59
19th	1992	31 km	Odile Léveque	3:22:55
20th	1993	31 km	Beverley Redfern	3:11:31
21st	1994	31 km	Brigitte Eustache	3:24:29
22nd	1995	31 km	Isabella Crettenand-Moretti	3:09:44
23rd	1996	31 km	Isabella Crettenand-Moretti	3:05:23
24th	1997	31 km	Isabella Crettenand-Moretti	3:04:20
25th	1998	31 km	Svetlana Netchaeva	3:10:31
26th	1999	31 km	Vera Sukhova	3:10:57
27th	2000	31 km	Irina Poupaza	3:05:12
28th	2001	31 km	Angela Mudge	2:56:41
29th	2002	12 km	Gudrun de Pay	1:29:20	Shortened edition due to snow on the course
30th	2003	31 km	Tsige Worku	3:16:07
31st	2004	31 km	Angéline Joly	3:09:22
32nd	2005	31 km	Angéline Joly	2:55:35
33rd	2006	31 km	Anna Pichrtova	2:58:42
34th	2007	31 km	Anna Pichrtova	2:55:19
35th	2008	31 km	Anna Pichrtova	2:54:26
36th	2009	31 km	Anna Pichrtova	2:58:24	4th win (highest number of wins)
37th	2010	31 km	Megan Lund	3:09:28
38th	2011	31 km	Oiha Kortazar Aranzeta	3:11:25
39th	2012	31 km	Aline Camboulives	3:02:58
40th	2013	31 km	Elisa Desco	2:58:33
41st	2014	31 km	Stevie Kremer	3:03:12
42nd	2015	31 km	Lucy Wambui Murigi	2:56:40
43rd	2016	31 km	Michelle Maier	2:58:40
44th	2017	31 km	Lucy Wambui Murigi	2:58:39
45th	2018	31 km	Lucy Wambui Murigi	2:57:54
46th	2019	31 km	Maude Mathys	2:49:20	Course record
47th	2020	31 km	Maude Mathys	2:48:48	Shorter Course due Covid Edition
48th	2021	31 km	Maude Mathys	2:46:03	Shorter Course due Covid Edition
49th	2022 [2]	31 km	Maude Mathys	2:52:32	4th win (highest number of wins)
50th	2023	31 km	Sophia Laukli	2:53:17
51st	2024	31km	Caroline Kimutai	2:54:06	Joyline Chepngeno crossed the line first but was later disqualified. [3]

References

1. "Sierre-Zinal: How to do it". runthealps.com. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
2. Datasport.com. 2022. [online] Available at: <https://www.datasport.com/live/ranking?racenr=24138&kat=11> [Accessed 1 August 2023].
3. "Joyline Chepngeno, Winner of UTMB OCC and Sierre-Zinal, Banned for Doping". Runner's World. 2025-09-09. Retrieved 2025-09-10.

External links

• Official website