Previous Records
Tom Hammond (GB) 1908
14 hours 15 hours
last hour 90 miles 16 hours
last hour 17 hours
last hour 100 miles 18 hours
last hour 19 hours
last hour 110 miles 20 hours
last hour 21 hours
last hour 120 miles 22 hours
last hour 125 miles 23 hours
last hour 130 miles 24 hours
last hour 81m 1110y*
Florimond Cornet (Fra) 1939*
16h 09m 50s 89m 435y
94m 668y 5m 233y
18h 04m 10s 99m 1067y 5m 399y
105m 275y 5m 968y
19h 58m 40s 110m 203y 4m 1688y 115m 575y 5m 372y
21h 52m 58s 120m 1156y 5m 581y
22h 48m 21s 125m 1354y 5m 198y
23h 45m 51s 131m 580y 5m 986y
World Record British Records
Henri Caron (Fra) 1950
82m 788y 87m 566y
4m 1538y
15h 30m 12s 92m 689y 5m 911y
No Record - - - - - - -
17h 47m 46s 101m 429y 4m 750y Av.
106m 1646y 5m 1217y
19h 33m 41s 112m 464y 5m 1182y 117m 342y 4m 1638y
Tom Richardson (GB) 1936
80m 950y 86m 569y
5m 1379y
15h 40m 48s 91m 524y 4m 1755y 96m 1152y 5m 628y
17h 35m 04s
101m1230y R
5m 78y
Percy Reading (G.B.) 1946 * 105m 466y
- - - - - - -
19h 57m 16s 110m 410y 4m 1704y Hammond
21h 32m 02s Hammond 122m 712y 5m 370y
Hammond
22h 30m 06s Hammond 127m 1021y Hammond 5m 309y
23h 27m 10s Hammond 132m 1320y 5m 299y
129m 749y*
New Records
Hew Neilson (GB) 1960
82m 517y 87m 1040y
5m 523y
92m 1318y 5m 278y
98m 164y 5m 606y
Colin Young (GB) 1960
79m 1705y 85m 1470y
5m 1525y
15h 28m 19s 15h 53m 10s 90m 1015y 4m 1305y 95m 1570y 5m 555y
17h 18m 51s 17h 48m 05s 101m 61y 5m 251y
103m 615y 5m 451y
107m 1175y 4m 560y
19h 25m 48s 112m 1262y 5m 87y
117m 1550y 5m 238y
122m 1432y 4m 1642y
127m 1510y 5m 78y
133m 21y 5m 271y
105m 1545y 4m 1484y
19h 45m 54s 111m 330y 5m 545y
116m 265y 4m 1695y
21h 24m 16s 21h 46m 23s 121m 235y 4m 1730y
22h 25m 30s 22h 46m 49s 126m 118y 4m 1643y
23h 25m 27s 23h 47m 09s 131m 327y 5m 109y
From the figures above it can be seen that each of these walkers was having a great race in their respective events, with each of them establishing or breaking records. It is not clear if any of them had a specific race plan, and as the author of this history I can only make assumptions based on my researches and the published figures. differently.
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