Night of Flanders

The Night of Flanders ( Dutch De Nacht van West-Vlaanderen, French La Nuit des Flandres ) is a popular and street run in the Belgian city ​​of Torhout that has been taking place since 1980. The main run is a 100 km ultra marathon . A marathon has been part of the program since 1992, and a 10 km run since 1997.

The event also includes hikes over 10 km, 42 km and 100 km.

stretch

The 10 km run is a circular course within Torhout that hikers can also complete.

The marathon consists of two laps that run south to Lichtervelde and back. The first lap is 22.9266 km, the second 19.2683 km.

In the 100 km run, the first lap of the marathon is completed once and the second four times.

The 42 km and 100 km hikes head north towards Bruges ; the latter crosses Bruges.

All runs and hikes start at eight in the evening. There is a time limit of 13 hours for the 100 km run and 24 hours for the 100 km hike.

history

The model for the event was the Dodentocht . The runs up to 1988 were probably held on too short a route; This applies in particular to the year 1986, when Jean-Paul Praet ran the fabulous time of 6:03:51 hours, which was not recognized by the responsible associations as the world record because the route was inadequately documented and therefore no measurement protocol with a retrospective Jones counter .

Jean-Paul Praets winning time of 1989 was also not recognized as a world record because the Praet because of apartheid against South Africa imposed sports boycott had broken and was subsequently suspended by his Association.

In 1987, 1993, 2002 and 2009 the 100 km World Championship was held as part of the Night of Flanders, in 1998, 2006 and 2009 the 100 km European Championship.

statistics

Winners lists

Sources: ARRS, Het Nieuwsblad

100 km

date	Men	time	Women	time
June 18, 2010	Jarosław Janicki Poland	7:10:15	Conny Braekman Belgium	8:59:22
June 19, 2009	Yasukazu Miyazato Japan	6:40:44	Kami Semick United States	7:37:24
June 20, 2008	Pieter Vermeesh Belgium	6:55:22	Helena Crossan Ireland	7:53:41
June 22, 2007	Marc Papanikitas Belgium	7:17:58	Barbara Mallmann Germany	8:54:16
June 16, 2006	José María González Spain	6:23:44	Birgit Schönherr-Hölscher Germany	7:58:44
June 17, 2005	Valmir Nunes Brazil	7:15:17	Inez Jacquemart Belgium	9:20:37
June 18, 2004	Oleksandr Holownyzkyj Ukraine	6:38:04	Nadezhda Karasova Russia	7:51:58
June 20, 2003	Igor Tjashkorob Russia	6:36:32	Edit Bérces -2-	8:02:06
June 21, 2002	Mario Fattore Italy	6:34:23	Tatiana Schirkowa Russia	7:37:06
June 22, 2001	Gino Deleu Belgium	6:43:53	Jelena Bikulova -2-	8:08:59
June 16, 2000	Farid Ganiyev Russia	6:33:19	Edit Bérces Hungary	7:52:16
June 18, 1999	Dmitri Radjuchenko Russia	6:36:41	Jelena Bikulowa Russia	7:56:02
June 19, 1998	Grigori Mursin Russia	6:23:29	Svetlana Zavoskina -2-	7:45:43
June 20, 1997	Jan Vandendriessche Belgium	6:48:11	Swetlana Sawoskina Russia	8:05:20
June 21, 1996	Andrzej Magier Poland	6:24:11	Márta Vass -5-	8:16:51
June 16, 1995	Konstantin Santalov Russia	6:28:52	Maria Bak Germany	8:00:29
June 17, 1994	Jean-Paul Praet -8-	6:29:42	Alzira Lário Portugal	7:34:37
June 18, 1993	Jean-Paul Praet -7-	6:28:12	Márta Vass -4-	7:40:55
June 19, 1992	Jean-Paul Praet -6-	6:24:46	Márta Vass -3-	7:37:05
June 21, 1991	Jean-Paul Praet -5-	6:33:51	Eleanor Robinson United Kingdom	8:12:41
June 23, 1990	Jean-Paul Praet -4-	6:35:36	Márta Vass -2-	7:41:42
June 24, 1989	Jean-Paul Praet -3-	6:15:30	Márta Vass Hungary	8:11:49
17th June 1988	Jean-Paul Praet -2-	6:26:46	Katharina Janicke BR Germany	8:06:35
June 20, 1987	Domingo Catalán Spain	6:19:35	Agnes Eberle Switzerland	8:01:33
June 21, 1986	Jean-Paul Praet Belgium	6:03:51	Sandy Kiddy United States	8:01:16
June 21, 1985	Yiannis Kouros Greece	6:26:06	Angela Mertens -2-	8:23 h
June 22, 1984	Roger Luyckx Belgium	6:43:34	Angela Mertens Belgium	8:36 h
June 19, 1983	Gilbert Gevaert Belgium	7:02:12	Monica Schmidt BR Germany	???
June 20, 1982	Lucien Van Lancker Belgium	7:11 h	Rita Dezeure Belgium	14:15 h
1981	Dieter Dippel -2-	8:16 h	---	---
June 20, 1980	Dieter Dippel BR Germany	8:45 h	---	---

marathon

year	Men	time	Women	time
2010	Stijn Fincioen -2-	2:27:08	Nathalie De Clercq Belgium	2:57:49
2009	Stijn Fincioen Belgium	2:28:52	Marijke Guillemyn -3-	3:04:28
2008	Łukasz Panfil Poland	2:29:00	Marijke Guillemyn -2-	3:07:03
2007	Geert Sneppe -2-	2:31:53	Natallja Krawez-Kulesch Belarus	3:19:30
2006	Péter Steib Hungary	2:37:08	Nadia Claus -2-	3:09:46
2005	Geert Sneppe Belgium	2:32:08	Nadia Claus Belgium	3:06:12
2004	Wim Mory -3-	2:26:47	Mariann Póth Hungary	3:03:35
2003	Rik Ceulemans Belgium	2:18:56	Marijke Guillemyn Belgium	2:54:45
2002	Gerasimos Kokotos Greece	2:27:23	Christel Van Looy Belgium	3:07:52
2001	Jean-Paul Niyonsaba Burkina Faso	2:19:37	Rita Vanhoorne Belgium	3:10:26
2000	Peter De Vocht Belgium	2:23:11	Katja Merlin Belgium	2:45:17
1999	Wim Mory -2-	2:24:26	???	???
1998	Wim Mory Belgium	2:24:25	Catharina Seghers Belgium	2:49:32
1997	Johan Derycke Belgium	2:34:27	???	???
1996	Geert Breynaert Belgium	2:25:37	???	???
1995	Pol Wittesaele -3-	2:25:37	???	???
1994	Pol Wittesaele -2-	2:30:07	???	???
1993	Pol Wittesaele Belgium	2:31:34	???	???
1992	Dirk Van De Veire Belgium	2:38:17	Marie-Christine Christiaens Belgium	2:53:30

Development of the number of finishers

year	100 km	including women	marathon	including women	10 km	including women
2010	037	02	488	48	1795	619
2009	202	48	452	35	1629	566
2008	066	06th	437	32	1719
2007	042	02	345	30th	1428	491
2006	128	25th	274	28	1170	374
2005	046	03	244	19th	1118	314
2004	065	08th	252	20th	1091	283
2003	074	08th	337	25th	1050	265
2002	178	40	276	27	0863
2001	071	06th	295	18th	0694	146
2000	072	06th	352	35	0527	115

Web links

• Official website (German version)
• Run report from the Night of Flanders 2007 on marathon4you.de

Footnotes

1. ↑ UltraNed: The Universal Ultra . June 10, 2006
2. ↑ arrs.run: Night of Vlaanderen 100 km
3. ↑ Sportwereld - Palmares
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p} route probably too short