Comrades | Winners

Past Comrades Winners
Year	Up/Down	Time (Men)	Men's Champion	Country	Time (Women)	Women's Champion	Country
2020	Race not held due to Covid-19
2019	u	5:31:33	Edward Mothibi	South Africa	5:58:53	Gerda Steyn	South Africa
2018	d	5:26:34	Bongmusa Mthembu	South Africa	6:10:04	Ann Ashworth	South Africa
2017	u	5:35:34	Bongmusa Mthembu	South Africa	6:27:35	Camille Herron	United States
2016	d	5:18:19	David Gatebe	South Africa	6:25:55	Charne Bosman	South Africa
2015	u	5:38:36	Gift Kelehe	South Africa	6:12:22	Caroline Wostmann	South Africa
2014	d	5:28:34	Bongmusa Mthembu	South Africa	6:18:15	Eleanor Greenwood	United Kingdom
2013	u	5:32:09	Claude Moshiywa	South Africa	6:27:09	Elena Nurgalieva	Russia
2012	d	5:31:03	Ludwick Mamabolo	South Africa	6:07:12	Elena Nurgalieva	Russia
2011	u	5:32:45	Stephen Muzhingi	Zimbabwe	6:24:11	Elena Nurgalieva	Russia
2010	d	5:29:01	Stephen Muzhingi	Zimbabwe	6:13:03	Elena Nurgalieva	Russia
2009	d	5:23:27	Stephen Muzhingi	Zimbabwe	6:12:08	Olesya Nurgalieva	Russia
2008	u	5:24:49	Leonid Shvetsov	Russia	6:14:38	Elena Nurgalieva	Russia
2007	d	5:20:49	Leonid Shvetsov	Russia	6:10:11	Olesya Nurgalieva	Russia
2006	u	5:35:19	Oleg Kharitonov	Russia	6:09:24	Elena Nurgalieva	Russia
2005	d	5:27:10	Sipho Ngomane	South Africa	5:58:50	Tatyana Zhirkova	Russia
2004	u	5:31:22	Vladimir Kotov	Belarus / RSA	6:11:15	Elena Nurgalieva	Russia
2003	d	5:28:52	Fusi Nhlapo	South Africa	6:07:46	Elena Nurgalieva	Russia
2002	u	5:30:59	Vladimir Kotov	Belarus / RSA	6:14:21	Maria Bak	Germany
2001	d	5:25:51	Andrew Kelehe	South Africa	6:13:53	Elvira Kolpakova	Russia
2000	u	5:25:33	Vladimir Kotov	Belarus / RSA	6:15:35	Maria Bak	Germany
1999	d	5:30:10	Jaroslaw Janicki	Poland	6:31:03	Birgit Lennartz	Germany
1998	u	5:26:25	Dmitri Grishine	Russia	6:38:57	Rae Bisschoff	South Africa
1997	d	5:28:37	Charl Mattheus	South Africa	5:58:24	Ann Trason	United States
1996	u	5:29:33	Dmitri Grishine	Russia	6:13:23	Ann Trason	United States
1995	d	5:34:02	Shaun Meiklejohn	South Africa	6:22:57	Maria Bak	Germany
1994	u	5:38:39	Alberto Salazar	United States	6:41:23	Valentina Lyakhova	Russia
1993	d	5:39:41	Charly Doll	Germany	6:55:07	Tilda Tearle	South Africa
1992	u	5:46:11	Jetman Msutu	South Africa	6:51:05	Frances van Blerk	South Africa
1991	d	5:40:53	Nick Bester	South Africa	6:08:19	Frith van der Merwe	South Africa
1990	u	5:40:25	Bruce Fordyce	South Africa	7:02:00	Naidene Harrison	South Africa
1989	d	5:35:51	Samuel Tshabalala	South Africa	5:54:43	Frith van der Merwe	South Africa
1988	u	5:27:42	Bruce Fordyce	South Africa	6:32:56	Frith van der Merwe	South Africa
1987	u	5:37:01	Bruce Fordyce	South Africa	6:48:42	Helen Lucre	South Africa
1986	d	5:24:07	Bruce Fordyce	South Africa	6:55:01	Helen Lucre	South Africa
1985	u	5:37:01	Bruce Fordyce	South Africa	6:53:24	Helen Lucre	South Africa
1984	d	5:27:18	Bruce Fordyce	South Africa	6:46:35	Lindsay Weight	South Africa
1983	u	5:30:12	Bruce Fordyce	South Africa	7:12:56	Lindsay Weight	South Africa
1982	d	5:34:22	Bruce Fordyce	South Africa	7:04:59	Cheryl Winn	South Africa
1981	u	5:37:28	Bruce Fordyce	South Africa	6:44:35	Isavel Roche-Kelly	South Africa
1980	d	5:38:25	Alan Robb	South Africa	7:18:	Isavel Roche-Kelly	South Africa
1979	u	5:45:02	Piet Vorster	South Africa	8:22:41	Jan Mallen	South Africa
1978	d	5:29:14	Alan Robb	South Africa	8:25:	Lettie van Zyl	South Africa
1977	u	5:47:00	Alan Robb	South Africa	8:58:	Lettie van Zyl	South Africa
1976	d	5:40:53	Alan Robb	South Africa	9:05:	Lettie van Zyl	South Africa
1975	u	5:53:00	Derek Preiss	South Africa	10:08:	Elizabeth Cavanagh	South Africa
1974	u	6:02:49	Derek Preiss	South Africa
1973	d	5:39:09	Dave Levick	South Africa
1972	u	5:48:57	Mick Orton	United Kingdom
1971	d	5:47:06	Dave Bagshaw	South Africa
1970	u	5:51:27	Dave Bagshaw	South Africa
1969	d	5:45:35	Dave Bagshaw	South Africa
1968	u	6:01:11	Jack Mekler	South Africa
1967	d	5:54:10	Manie Kuhn	South Africa
1966	u	6:14:07	Tommy Malone	South Africa
1965	d	5:51:09	Bernard Gomersall	United Kingdom
1964	u	6:09:54	Jack Mekler	South Africa
1963	d	5:51:20	Jack Mekler	South Africa
1962	u	5:57:05	John Smith	United Kingdom
1961	d	6:07:07	George Claassen	South Africa
1960	u	5:56:32	Jack Mekler	South Africa
1959	d	6:28:11	Trevor Allen	South Africa
1958	u	6:26:26	Jack Mekler	South Africa
1957	d	6:13:55	Mercer Davies	South Africa
1956	u	6:33:35	Gerald Walsh	South Africa
1955	d	6:06:32	Gerald Walsh	South Africa
1954	u	6:12:55	Wally Hayward	South Africa
1953	d	5:52:30	Wally Hayward	South Africa
1952	u	7:00:02	Trevor Allen	South Africa
1951	d	6:14:08	Wally Hayward	South Africa
1950	u	6:46:25	Wally Hayward	South Africa
1949	d	6:23:21	Reg Allison	South Africa
1948	u	7:13:52	William Savage
1947	d	6:41:05	Hardy Ballington	South Africa
1946	u	7:02:40	Bill Cochrane
1941-45	Race not held due to World War II
1940	u	6:39:23	Allen Boyce	South Africa
1939	d	6:22:05	Johnny Coleman
1938	u	6:32:26	Hardy Ballington	South Africa
1937	d	6:23:11	Johnny Coleman	South Africa
1936	u	6:46:14	Hardy Ballington	South Africa
1935	d	6:30:05	Bill Cochrane	South Africa
1934	u	7:09:03	Hardy Ballington	South Africa
1933	d	6:50:37	Hardy Ballington	South Africa
1932	u	7:41:58	William Savage	South Africa
1931	d	7:16:30	Phil Masterton-Smith	South Africa
1930	u	7:27:26	Wally Hayward	South Africa
1929	d	7:52:00	Darrell Dale	South Africa
1928	u	7:49:07	Frank Sutton	South Africa
1927	d	6:40:56	Arthur Newton	South Africa
1926	u	6:57:46	Harry Phillips	South Africa
1925	d	6:24:45	Arthur Newton	South Africa
1924	u	6:58:22	Arthur Newton	South Africa
1923	d	6:56:00	Arthur Newton	South Africa
1922	u	8:40:00	Arthur Newton	South Africa
1921	d	8:59:00	Bill Rowan	South Africa

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