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COMRADES MARATHON HISTORY
2022 Down (95th Race - 47th Down Run)
Date | Sunday, 22 August |
Weather | Mild and overcast at start. Partly cloudy in mid-morning and early afternoon. Cold wind late afternoon at finish. |
Temperature – Min/ Max (Celsius): PMB DBN | 11/27 16/22 |
Start Venue/Time | Pietermaritzburg City Hall / 5:30 |
Finish Venue | Moses Mabhida Stadium |
Time Limit | 12 Hours |
Official Distance | 90.184 kms |
Winner’s Average Speed: Men: Women: | 16.37 km/hr (3m 40s/km) 14.32 km/hr (4m 11s/km) |
Entries (Total) Men: Women: | 16478 12961 (78.7%) 3517 (21.3%) |
Starters (Total) Men: Women: | 13213 10486 (79.4%) 2727 (20.6%) |
Finishers – Total Men: Women: | 11713 9333 (79.7%) 2380 (20.3%) |
Medals – Gold | 20 (Men: 10, Women: 10) |
Wally Hayward | 11 (Men) |
Isavel Roche-Kelly | 25 (Women) |
Silver | 404 (Men) |
Bill Rowan | 1705 (Men 1544 : Women 161) |
Robert Mtshali | 2242 (Men 1850 : Women 392) |
Bronze | 3225 (Men 2487 : Women 738) |
Vic Clapham | 4081 (Men 3027 : Women 1054) |
% Finishers / Starters | 88.6% (Men 70.6% : Women 18.0%) |
The Comrades Marathon was back… after a two-year break, in 2020 and 2021, resulting from the world-wide Covid 19 p
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So far 2018 has been an incredible year for Salome Cooper, from winning the Om Die Dam 50km in March, to her best ever run at Comrades, and then leading the SA women’s team to a silver medal at the World 100km Championships in Croatia, while also bringing home an individual top ten position. – BY MANFRED SEIDLER
In spite of being tired from a long flight back to SA, coming just a day after running the World 100km Championships in Sveti Martin, you could not keep the smile off the face of Salome Cooper when she arrived back in SA on Monday 10 September. The day before she had finished seventh in the women’s field and led team mates Deanne Horn, Fikile Mbethuma and Lisa Collet to a team silver, to go with Bongmusa Mthembu taking third overall in the men’s race, while also leading the men’s team to a silver medal. “I really did not expect such a good 2018, but it has been incredible,” enthused Salome after touching down at OR Tambo International Airport, but that hardly does her great year justice.
It was clear Salome’s running was going well when she unexpectedly won the Om Die Dam Ultra Marathon at Hartbeespoort in March, beating a solid field in the process. “That came as a complete surprise for me. There were some strong women racing, but I felt I had more in the tank i