Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k ultra race
Annual athletics event held in Antarctica; established by Richard Donovan
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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]
Results
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 2021[19] |  Robert Vrabel |
Lucy Dowland |
Grzegorz Bogunia |
 Evija Reine | ||
| 2022[20] | Max Balkhausen |
Silvana Camelio |
Seán Tobin[21] |
Becca Pizzi | ||
| 2023[22] | Jose Ignacia |
Melanie Vallet |
Michael Higgins |
Stephanie Estridge | ||
| 2024[23] | Mauricio Cabezas Vallejos |
Victoria Grahn |
 Andrea Bonanomi |
Liesl Muehlhauser[24] |
Yusheng Ni |
|
| 2025[25] | Fernando Castillo |
Gillian Evans |
Denis Nazarov |
Catherine Drysdale[26] |
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Other Events
2007[6]
- 80 South Half-Marathon Winner – Mahe Bertrand
- Wheelchair Marathon Winner – Tan William
2008[7]
- White Continent Half-Marathon Winner – Frank Staples
2011[10]
- 100 Mile Polar Centenary Run – Richard Donovan
2014[13]
- Antarctic 10 km Winner – Phillipe Laurent
2018[17]
- Women's 10 km Winner – Annie Young
- Men's 5 km Winner – Hua Xie
2019[18]
- Women's 10 km Winner – Nancy Driscoll
- Roy Svenningsen
becomes the oldest man to complete the Antarctic Ice Marathon at 84 years old.[27]
2025
- Catherine Drysdale was the outright winner of the marathon, leading both men's and women's fields[28]
- Antarctic backwards mile - Frederic Aubry
- Domitilia Dos Santos
became the oldest woman to complete the Antarctic Ice Marathon at 70 years old, with a time of 7:43:14.
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