Winners and Waypoints
| Past Comrades winners | ||||||||
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| Year | u/d | Time (Men) | Men's Champion | Country | Time (Women) | Women's Champion | Country | |
| 2012 | d | 5:31:03 | Ludwick Mamabolo | South Africa | 6:07:12 | Elena Nurgalieva7 | Russia | |
| 2011 | u | 5:32:45 | Stephen Muzhingi3 | Zimbabwe | 6:24:11 | Elena Nurgalieva6 | Russia | |
| 2010 | d | 5:29:01 | Stephen Muzhingi2 | Zimbabwe | 6:13:03 | Elena Nurgalieva5 | Russia | |
| 2009 | d | 5:23:27 | Stephen Muzhingi | Zimbabwe | 6:12:08 | Olesya Nurgalieva2 | Russia | |
| 2008 | u | 5:24:49 | Leonid Shvetsov2 | Russia | 6:14:38 | Elena Nurgalieva4 | 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 Nurgalieva3 | Russia | |
| 2005 | d | 5:27:10 | Sipho Ngomane | South Africa | 5:58:50 | Tatyana Zhirkova | Russia | |
| 2004 | u | 5:31:22 | Vladimir Kotov3 | Belarus/RSA | 6:11:15 | Elena Nurgalieva2 | Russia | |
| 2003 | d | 5:28:52 | Fusi Nhlapo | South Africa | 6:07:46 | Elena Nurgalieva | Russia | |
| 2002 | u | 5:30:59 | Vladimir Kotov2 | Belarus/RSA | 6:14:21 | Maria Bak3 | 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 Bak2 | Germany | |
| 1999 | d | 5:30:10 | Jaroslaw Janicki | Poland | 6:31:03 | Birgit Lennartz | Germany | |
| 1998 | u | 5:26:25 | Dmitri Grishine2 | Russia | 6:38:57 | Rae Bisschoff | South Africa | |
| 1997 | d | 5:28:37 | Charl Mattheus | South Africa | 5:58:24 | Ann Trason2 | 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 Merwe3 | South Africa | |
| 1990 | u | 5:40:25 | Bruce Fordyce9 | South Africa | 7:02:00 | Naidene Harrison | South Africa | |
| 1989 | d | 5:35:51 | Samuel Tshabalala | South Africa | 5:54:43 | Frith van der Merwe2 | South Africa | |
| 1988 | u | 5:27:42 | Bruce Fordyce8 | South Africa | 6:32:56 | Frith van der Merwe | South Africa | |
| 1987 | u | 5:37:01 | Bruce Fordyce7 | South Africa | 6:48:42 | Helen Lucre3 | South Africa | |
| 1986 | d | 5:24:07 | Bruce Fordyce6 | South Africa | 6:55:01 | Helen Lucre2 | South Africa | |
| 1985 | u | 5:37:01 | Bruce Fordyce5 | South Africa | 6:53:24 | Helen Lucre | South Africa | |
| 1984 | d | 5:27:18 | Bruce Fordyce4 | South Africa | 6:46:35 | Lindsay Weight2 | South Africa | |
| 1983 | u | 5:30:12 | Bruce Fordyce3 | South Africa | 7:12:56 | Lindsay Weight | South Africa | |
| 1982 | d | 5:34:22 | Bruce Fordyce2 | South Africa | 7:04:59 | Cheryl Winn | South Africa | |
| 1981 | u | 5:37:28 | Bruce Fordyce | South Africa | 6:44:35 | Isavel Roche-Kelly2 | South Africa | |
| 1980 | d | 5:38:25 | Alan Robb4 | 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 Robb3 | South Africa | 8:25: | Lettie van Zyl3 | South Africa | |
| 1977 | u | 5:47:00 | Alan Robb2 | South Africa | 8:58: | Lettie van Zyl2 | South Africa | |
| 1976 | d | 5:40:53 | Alan Robb | South Africa | 9:05: | Lettie van Zyl | South Africa | |
| 1975 | u | 5:53:00 | Derek Preiss2 | South Africa | 10:08: | Elizabeth Cavanagh2 | South Africa | |
| 1974 | u | 6:02:49 | Derek Preiss | South Africa | 10:40: | Alet Kleynhans | South Africa | |
| 1973 | d | 5:39:09 | Dave Levick | South Africa | 8:40: | Maureen Holland4 | South Africa | |
| 1972 | u | 5:48:57 | Mick Orton | United Kingdom | 9:26: | Maureen Holland3 | South Africa | |
| 1971 | d | 5:47:06 | Dave Bagshaw3 | 8:37: | Maureen Holland2 | South Africa | ||
| 1970 | u | 5:51:27 | Dave Bagshaw2 | 10:50: | Elizabeth Cavanagh | South Africa | ||
| 1969 | d | 5:45:35 | Dave Bagshaw | South Africa | ||||
| 1968 | u | 6:01:11 | Jack Mekler5 | South Africa | ||||
| 1967 | d | 5:54:10 | Manie Kuhn | South Africa | ||||
| 1966 | u | 6:14:07 | Tommy Malone | South Africa | 9:30:00 | Maureen Holland | South Africa | |
| 1965 | d | 5:51:09 | Bernard Gomersall | United Kingdom | 10:07: | Mavis Hutchinson | South Africa | |
| 1964 | u | 6:09:54 | Jack Mekler4 | South Africa | ||||
| 1963 | d | 5:51:20 | Jack Mekler3 | 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 Mekler2 | South Africa | ||||
| 1959 | d | 6:28:11 | Trevor Allen2 | |||||
| 1958 | u | 6:26:26 | Jack Mekler | South Africa | ||||
| 1957 | d | 6:13:55 | Mercer Davies | South Africa | ||||
| 1956 | u | 6:33:35 | Gerald Walsh2 | |||||
| 1955 | d | 6:06:32 | Gerald Walsh | South Africa | ||||
| 1954 | u | 6:12:55 | Wally Hayward5 | South Africa | ||||
| 1953 | d | 5:52:30 | Wally Hayward4 | South Africa | ||||
| 1952 | u | 7:00:02 | Trevor Allen | South Africa | ||||
| 1951 | d | 6:14:08 | Wally Hayward3 | South Africa | ||||
| 1950 | u | 6:46:25 | Wally Hayward2 | South Africa | ||||
| 1949 | d | 6:23:21 | Reg Allison | South Africa | ||||
| 1948 | u | 7:13:52 | William Savage2 | |||||
| 1947 | d | 6:41:05 | Hardy Ballington5 | |||||
| 1946 | u | 7:02:40 | Bill Cochrane2 | |||||
| 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 Coleman2 | |||||
| 1938 | u | 6:32:26 | Hardy Ballington4 | |||||
| 1937 | d | 6:23:11 | Johnny Coleman | South Africa | ||||
| 1936 | u | 6:46:14 | Hardy Ballington3 | |||||
| 1935 | d | 6:30:05 | Bill Cochrane | South Africa | ||||
| 1934 | u | 7:09:03 | Hardy Ballington2 | |||||
| 1933 | d | 6:50:37 | Hardy Ballington | South Africa | 9:31:25 | Geraldine Watson3 | ||
| 1932 | u | 7:41:58 | William Savage | South Africa | 11:56:00 | Geraldine Watson2 | ||
| 1931 | d | 7:16:30 | Phil Masterton-Smith | South Africa | 11 hrs + | Geraldine Watson | 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 Newton5 | |||||
| 1926 | u | 6:57:46 | Harry Phillips | South Africa | ||||
| 1925 | d | 6:24:45 | Arthur Newton4 | |||||
| 1924 | u | 6:58:22 | Arthur Newton3 | |||||
| 1923 | d | 6:56:00 | Arthur Newton2 | 11:35:00 | Frances Hayward | South Africa | ||
| 1922 | u | 8:40:00 | Arthur Newton | South Africa | ||||
| 1921 | d | 8:59:00 | Bill Rowan | South Africa | ||||
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| Comrades waypoints | ||
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| Landmark | Location | |
| Pietermaritzburg City Hall (d) | 29°36′07″S 30°22′46″E / 29.60194°S 30.37944°E / -29.60194; 30.37944 (Pietermaritzburg City Hall) | |
| Harry Gwala Stadium (u) | 29°37′03″S 30°23′08″E / 29.6175°S 30.38556°E / -29.6175; 30.38556 (Harry Gwala stadium) | |
| Polly Shortts | 29°39′34″S 30°26′11″E / 29.65944°S 30.43639°E / -29.65944; 30.43639 (Polly Shortts) | |
| Highest point | 29°42′50″S 30°29′43″E / 29.71389°S 30.49528°E / -29.71389; 30.49528 (Highest point) | |
| Inchanga | 29°44′27″S 30°40′42″E / 29.74083°S 30.67833°E / -29.74083; 30.67833 (Inchanga) | |
| Halfway mark, Drummond | 29°44′58″S 30°42′08″E / 29.74944°S 30.70222°E / -29.74944; 30.70222 (Halfway mark, Drummond) | |
| Botha's Hill | 29°45′07″S 30°44′24″E / 29.75194°S 30.74°E / -29.75194; 30.74 (Botha's Hill) | |
| Field's Hill | 29°47′38″S 30°50′57″E / 29.79389°S 30.84917°E / -29.79389; 30.84917 (Field's Hill) | |
| Cowies Hill | 29°49′40″S 30°53′33″E / 29.82778°S 30.8925°E / -29.82778; 30.8925 (Cowies Hill) | |
| Kingsmead Cricket Ground (d) | 29°51′00″S 31°01′40″E / 29.85°S 31.02778°E / -29.85; 31.02778 (Kingsmead Cricket Ground) | |
| Durban City Hall (u) | 29°51′29″S 31°01′32″E / 29.85806°S 31.02556°E / -29.85806; 31.02556 (Durban City Hall) | |
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