Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc - Participation and Results

Participation and Results

• The race was first held in 2003.
• In 2006, a woman won the first edition of the Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix
• The race popularity and its entry rate has grown significantly since its first concept demonstrated by the following history;

In 2003 and 2004, respectively 700 and 1,400 runners entered the race. In 2005, the 2000 runners limit was reached for the first time after 7 months of registration opening. In 2006, the organisers decided to create the CCC in order to allow more runners into the event. The registrations were sold out in only 2 weeks. In 2007, it was decided that the runners must qualify, by running qualifying races beforehand gaining points. That year the 2,000 runners limit was reached in less than 10 hours of opening. For the 2008 event, 2,000 runners registered in only 7 minutes, 5 months before the race. For the 2009 event, the qualifying criteria were tightened to limit runners and a draw was also introduced to make entry fairer, giving equal chance to everyone, and make registration more orderly. Despite the stricter criteria this year 45% of qualifying entrants were still denied a place, and therefore organisers raised entry standards still further for the 2010 event to make the entry-selection further based on capability and experience rather than luck of the draw.