The Antarctic Ice Marathon was established by Richard Donovan [1] and Polar Running Adventures to enable marathon runners to complete a marathon on all seven continents. It also enables athletes to complete the marathon grand slam – a marathon on all seven continents and the North Pole. [2]
Runnings of the Antarctic Ice Marathon and 100 km (62 mi) race [1] have taken place at 80° south just a few hundred miles from the South Pole at the foot of the Ellsworth Mountains. [3] Participants are flown from Punta Arenas, Chile to the race location in the interior of the Antarctic and experience sub-zero temperatures and 24 hours of daylight while there. [3]
Year | Men's Half Marathon Winner | Women's Half Marathon Winner | Men's Marathon Winner | Women's Marathon Winner | Men's 100k Winner | Women's 100k Winner |
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January 2006 [4] | No runners | No runners | Evgeniy Gorkov | Wendy MacKinnon | Richard Donovan [1] ^ | No runners |
December 2006 [5] | Henri Alain d'Andria | Noelle Sheridan | Richard Donovan | |||
2007 [6] | Marc de Keyser | No finishers | Christian Schiester | Susan Holliday | ||
2008 [7] | Miles Cudmore | Kirsi Montonen | Marc de Keyser | Pushpa Chandra | ||
2009 [8] | Jason Wolfe | Richelle Turner | Richard Donovan | No runners | ||
2010 [9] | Bernardo Fonseca | Clare Apps | Bernardo Fonseca | Clare Apps | ||
2011 [10] | Chad Bruce | Clément Thévenet | Yvonne Brown | Clément Thévenet | No runners | |
2012 [11] | Grant Nethercott | Andrew Murray | Demelza Farr | Marc de Keyser | Julianne Young | |
2013 [12] | Rob Taylor | Kazue Tajima | Petr Vabroušek | Fiona Oakes | Petr Vabroušek | Audrey McIntosh |
2014 [13] | Huaqian Li | Winnie Lo | Marc De Keyser | Frédérique Laurent | Chen Penbin | Adriana Istrate |
2015 [14] | Ben Comesky | Clare Ainsworth | Paul Webb | Silvana Camelio | Keith Whyte | No runners |
2016 [15] | Adam Unger | Alex Sinclair | Gary Thornton | Joanna Mędraś | Griff Griffith | Angela Chong |
2017 [16] | Riet Van De Velde | Jenny Bouwsema | Frank Johansen | Kelly McLay | Kurt Alderweireldt | Jennifer Cheung |
2018 [17] | Ben Comesky | Monica Dauenhauer | Piotr Suchenia | Roma Puišienė | Not held | |
2019 [18] | No runners | Nanna Petersen | William Hafferty | Lenka Fryčová | Not held | |
2021 [19] | Robert Vrabel | Lucy Dowland | Grzegorz Bogunia | Evija Reine | Not held |
2007 [6]
2008 [7]
2011 [10]
2014 [13]
2018 [17]
2019 [18]