2008 Laugavegur Ultramarathon

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The 2008 Laugavegur Ultramarathon was an ultramarathon race held on July 12, 2008.[1] Nearly 250 runners started the race;[1] 215 runners finished, among them 162 men and 53 women.[2] The oldest participant was Pétur H Blöndal of Iceland, who was born in 1944 and finished the race in 8:10:44 hours; the youngest participant was of Iceland, who was born in 1990 and finished the race in 6:56:27.[2]

Participating nationalities[]

Country Athletes Best result Best time Athletes (m) Best result (m) Best time (m) Athletes (f) Best result (f) Best time (f)
 Austria 2 19 5:36:20 2 19 5:36:20 0 n/a n/a
 Canada 9 40 5:59:10 6 37 5:59:10 3 24 7:01:22
 Denmark 7 2 4:59:21 7 2 4:59:21 0 n/a n/a
 Finland 3 86 6:41:24 2 104 7:03:25 1 15 6:41:24
 France 10 4 5:01:59 8 4 5:01:59 2 34 7:18:29
 Germany 2 29 5:45:54 2 27 5:45:54 0 n/a n/a
 Greenland 1 41 5:59:37 1 38 5:59:37 0 n/a n/a
 Hungary 1 110 6:55:32 1 90 6:55:32 0 n/a n/a
 Iceland 136 1 4:54:28 95 1 4:54:28 41 1 5:42:23
 Netherlands 1 210 8:36:27 1 159 8:36:27 0 n/a n/a
 Poland 1 132 7:08:58 1 106 7:08:58 0 n/a n/a
 Singapore 1 206 8:20:13 1 156 8:20:13 0 n/a n/a
 Spain 2 117 6:58:46 2 96 6:58:46 0 n/a n/a
 Sweden 1 116 6:58:38 0 n/a n/a 1 21 6:58:38
  Switzerland 2 44 6:03:37 2 40 6:03:37 0 n/a n/a
 United Kingdom 26 42 6:02:19 21 39 6:03:21 5 4 6:02:19
 United States 10 7 5:15:26 10 7 5:15:26 0 n/a n/a

Results[]

Men[]

№ Athlete Country Time (hours:minutes:seconds) Year of birth Age group (years)
1  Iceland 4:54:28 1961 40-49
2  Denmark 4:59:21 1976 30-39
3  Iceland 4:59:52 1961 40-49
4  France 5:01:59 1978 30-39
5  Iceland 5:13:30 1977 30-39
6  Iceland 5:13:35 1967 40-49
7  United States 5:15:26 1980 18-29
8  Iceland 5:16:08 1970 30-39
9  United States 5:19:26 1972 30-39
10  Iceland 5:20:43 1955 50-59
11  Denmark 5:22:34 1976 30-39
12  Iceland 5:22:42 1964 40-49
13  Iceland 5:26:35 1980 18-29
14  France 5:27:34 1966 40-49
15  Iceland 5:29:58 1964 40-49
16  Iceland 5:30:16 1972 30-39
17  Iceland 5:32:09 1968 40-49
18  Iceland 5:36:14 1963 40-49
19  Austria 5:36:20 1977 30-39
20  Iceland 5:37:36 1965 40-49
21  Iceland 5:39:29 1978 30-39
22  Iceland 5:41:39 1973 30-39
23  Iceland 5:41:54 1961 40-49
24  Iceland 5:43:15 1956 50-59
25  Iceland 5:44:23 1977 30-39
26  Iceland 5:45:02 1970 30-39
27  Germany 5:45:54 1971 30-39
28  Denmark 5:46:25 1970 30-39
29  Iceland 5:46:38 1963 40-49
30  Iceland 5:48:03 1962 40-49
31  Iceland 5:48:58 1969 30-39
32  Iceland 5:51:12 1962 40-49
33  Iceland 5:51:15 1965 40-49
34  Iceland 5:57:27 1958 50-59
35  Iceland 5:57:52 1954 50-59
36  Iceland 5:58:31 1968 40-49
37  Canada 5:59:10 1967 40-49
38  Greenland 5:59:37 1963 40-49
39 Malcolm Green  United Kingdom 6:03:21 1960 40-49
40   Switzerland 6:03:37 1963 40-49
41  Iceland 6:04:30 1968 40-49
42  Iceland 6:08:16 1965 40-49
43  Iceland 6:09:45 1969 30-39
44 Bjarni Ármannsson  Iceland 6:11:28 1968 40-49
45  Iceland 6:12:27 1954 50-59
46  Iceland 6:20:27 1966 40-49
47  Iceland 6:21:08 1969 30-39
48  Iceland 6:22:38 1970 30-39
49  United States 6:24:06 1964 40-49
50  United Kingdom 6:24:18 1964 40-49
51  Iceland 6:24:55 1976 30-39
52  Iceland 6:25:07 1966 40-49
53  United Kingdom 6:25:39 1979 18-29
54  Iceland 6:25:53 1978 30-39
55  Iceland 6:26:25 1968 40-49
56  Iceland 6:26:34 1959 40-49
57  Iceland 6:28:55 1952 50-59
58  Iceland 6:31:12 1979 18-29
59  Iceland 6:31:56 1983 18-29
60  United Kingdom 6:33:46 1970 30-39
61  United Kingdom 6:33:47 1982 18-29
62  Iceland 6:33:52 1964 40-49
63  Iceland 6:34:56 1955 50-59
64  Iceland 6:37:10 1973 30-39
65  Iceland 6:37:40 1980 18-29
66  France 6:37:44 1976 30-39
67  Iceland 6:38:50 1964 40-49
68  Iceland 6:39:55 1965 40-49
69  Iceland 6:39:57 1971 30-39
70   Switzerland 6:40:51 1956 50-59
71  Denmark 6:41:03 1963 40-49
72  Iceland 6:42:15 1969 30-39
73  Iceland 6:43:04 1979 18-29
74  Iceland 6:43:07 1972 30-39
75  Iceland 6:43:50 1960 40-49
76  Iceland 6:43:50 1955 50-59
77  United Kingdom 6:45:33 1954 50-59
78  Iceland 6:45:44 1969 30-39
79  France 6:46:06 1949 50-59
80  Iceland 6:49:27 1977 30-39
81  United Kingdom 6:50:12 1972 30-39
82  Iceland 6:50:36 1970 30-39
83  Iceland 6:51:49 1953 50-59
84  Iceland 6:51:54 1956 50-59
85  Iceland 6:52:06 1967 40-49
86  United States 6:53:33 1977 30-39
87  Iceland 6:53:45 1949 50-59
88  Iceland 6:54:21 1966 40-49
89  Iceland 6:54:33 1967 40-49
90  Hungary 6:55:32 1980 18-29
91  Iceland 6:56:27 1990 18-29
92  United Kingdom 6:56:54 1982 18-29
93  Iceland 6:57:13 1977 30-39
94  Iceland 6:57:46 1966 40-49
95  Iceland 6:58:34 1985 18-29
96  Spain 6:58:46 1968 40-49
97  United Kingdom 6:58:56 1972 30-39
98  Iceland 6:59:02 1954 50-59
99  Canada 6:59:43 1971 30-39
100  United Kingdom 7:00:05 1956 50-59
101  Canada 7:00:15 1977 30-39
102  United Kingdom 7:02:15 1973 30-39
103  Iceland 7:03:25 1977 30-39
104  Finland 7:03:25 1971 30-39
105  Finland 7:03:25 1965 40-49
106  Poland 7:08:58 1976 30-39
107  United States 7:09:42 1958 50-59
108  Iceland 7:10:30 1965 40-49
109  Iceland 7:10:50 1953 50-59
110  Iceland 7:12:18 1954 50-59
111  Iceland 7:12:45 1971 30-39
112  United Kingdom 7:14:38 1956 50-59
113  Iceland 7:15:33 1968 40-49
114  Iceland 7:16:13 1976 30-39
115  Iceland 7:18:02 1975 30-39
116  Iceland 7:18:27 1956 50-59
117  Denmark 7:19:43 1973 30-39
118  United States 7:19:47 1971 30-39
119 David Kenney  United States 7:21:20 1965 40-49
120  United States 7:21:20 1956 50-59
121  Iceland 7:21:25 1972 30-39
122  Iceland 7:22:05 1970 30-39
123  Iceland 7:22:05 1949 50-59
124  United Kingdom 7:25:38 1965 40-49
125  United Kingdom 7:26:29 1975 30-39
126  France 7:26:35 1957 50-59
127 Páll Gíslason  Iceland 7:30:05 1953 50-59
128  Iceland 7:31:15 1975 30-39
129  Iceland 7:31:42 1954 50-59
130  France 7:32:13 1979 18-29
131  France 7:32:13 1979 18-29
132  France 7:32:13 1978 30-39
133  Iceland 7:33:46 1972 30-39
134  Iceland 7:33:47 1967 40-49
135  United Kingdom 7:36:39 1975 30-39
136  Austria 7:37:01 1955 50-59
137  Iceland 7:38:55 1967 40-49
138  Canada 7:43:28 1964 40-49
139  Canada 7:43:28 1956 50-59
140  United Kingdom 7:45:36 1972 30-39
141  United Kingdom 7:49:52 1973 30-39
142  Iceland 7:54:10 1948 60+
143  Denmark 7:54:42 1967 40-49
144  United States 7:55:58 1961 40-49
145  United Kingdom 8:04:29 1957 50-59
146  United Kingdom 8:06:29 1979 18-29
147  Iceland 8:07:25 1952 50-59
148  Germany 8:08:05 1975 30-39
149 Pétur H Blöndal  Iceland 8:10:44 1944 60+
150  Iceland 8:13:59 1956 50-59
151  Iceland 8:15:58 1956 50-59
152  Canada 8:17:34 1948 60+
153  Iceland 8:19:10 1978 30-39
154  Iceland 8:19:10 1979 18-29
155  United Kingdom 8:19:34 1956 50-59
156 Middleditch  Singapore 8:20:13 1970 30-39
157  Iceland 8:25:21 1973 30-39
158  Spain 8:31:44 1972 30-39
159  Netherlands 8:36:27 1948 60+
160  Denmark 8:36:43 1970 30-39
161  United Kingdom 9:01:04 1973 30-39
162  United States 9:14:26 1961 40-49

Women[]

№ Athlete Country Time (hours:minutes:seconds) Year of birth Age group (years)
1  Iceland 5:42:23 1971 30-39
2  Iceland 5:43:15 1964 40-49
3  Iceland 5:53:16 1967 40-49
4  United Kingdom 6:02:19 1966 40-49
5  Iceland 6:03:50 1974 30-39
6  Iceland 6:05:42 1959 40-49
7  Iceland 6:12:36 1963 40-49
8  Iceland 6:14:03 1973 30-39
9  Iceland 6:17:38 1972 30-39
10  United Kingdom 6:24:18 1961 40-49
11  Iceland 6:28:52 1963 40-49
12  Iceland 6:37:22 1969 30-39
13  Iceland 6:39:45 1979 18-29
14  Iceland 6:40:24 1980 18-29
15  Finland 6:41:24 1960 40-49
16  Iceland 6:44:33 1981 18-29
17  Iceland 6:44:43 1961 40-49
18  Iceland 6:44:43 1958 50-59
19  Iceland 6:45:51 1975 30-39
20  Iceland 6:51:48 1968 40-49
21  Sweden 6:58:38 1974 30-39
22  Iceland 7:00:12 1957 50-59
23  Iceland 7:00:55 1970 30-39
24  Canada 7:01:22 1964 40-49
25  Iceland 7:04:21 1972 30-39
26  Iceland 7:06:03 1961 40-49
27  Iceland 7:11:44 1985 18-29
28  Iceland 7:11:47 1965 40-49
29  Iceland 7:11:47 1953 50-59
30  Iceland 7:11:47 1957 50-59
31  Iceland 7:11:47 1964 40-49
32  Iceland 7:14:39 1975 30-39
33  Iceland 7:15:59 1959 40-49
34  France 7:18:29 1965 40-49
35  Iceland 7:19:11 1957 50-59
36  Iceland 7:20:33 1961 40-49
37  Iceland 7:25:15 1960 40-49
38  United Kingdom 7:25:38 1963 40-49
39  Canada 7:26:43 1975 30-39
40  Iceland 7:31:13 1981 18-29
41  Iceland 7:37:58 1975 30-39
42  United Kingdom 7:37:58 1967 40-49
43  Iceland 7:42:47 1962 40-49
44  Iceland 7:55:00 1969 30-39
45  Iceland 7:55:09 1973 30-39
46  France 7:56:06 1954 50-59
47  Iceland 7:58:57 1966 40-49
48  Iceland 8:03:43 1967 40-49
49  Iceland 8:16:20 1975 30-39
50  Iceland 8:18:49 1964 40-49
51  Iceland 8:21:42 1982 18-29
52 Maria Davis  United Kingdom 8:46:03 1966 40-49
53  Canada 9:07:39 1961 40-49

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Iceland Ultra Marathon - Race Report". . 2009-06-06. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  2. ^ a b "Laugavegur Ultramarathon - Results 2008". Reykjavíkurmaraþon. 2008-07-22. Archived from the original on 2011-05-15. Retrieved 2011-05-15.

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