Brive la Gaillard, France, May 14. Scott Jurek of Seattle broke the American record for 24 hours at the IAU 24-Hour World Championship. Jurek logged 165.705 miles, breaking Rae Clark’s 20 year-old record by about a half mile. Jurek finished second in the race to Shingo Inoue of Japan, who ran 170.074 miles and also set a Japanese national record.
The American men’s team of Jurek, Michael Henze and Serge Arbona finished third behind Japan and Italy.
The women’s race was won easily by defending champion Anne Cecile Fontaine of France, who logged 149.002 miles. The top American finisher was Anna Piskorska, who was tenth with 133.232 miles. Suzanna Bon was in fourth or fifth place for much of the race, but faded in the last six hours and finished 17th.
Men
1. Shingo Inoue, 29, Japan, 170.074 miles
2. Scott Jurek, 36, USA, 165.705 (new American record, old record 165.243 by Rae Clark, 1990)
3. Ivan Cudin, 35, Italy, 163.943
4. Yuki Sakai, 41, Japan, 160.877
5. Vladimir Bychkov, 43, Russia, 160.645
also
12. Michael Henze, 41, USA, 154.482
21. Serge Arbona, 45, USA, 150.481
34. Phil McCarthy, 42, USA, 143.239
84. Bruce Barteaux, 54, CAN, 128.766
122. Ian Hobler, 29, CAN, 117.247
146. John Geesler, 51, USA, 108.701
150. Paul Chenery, 53, CAN, 108.414
164. George Biondic, 58, CAN, 103.375
169. Charles Smith, 49, CAN, 101.417
187. Dan Rose, 33, USA, 91.274
Women
1. Anne Cecile Fontaine, 38, France, 149.002
2. Monica Casiraghi, 41, Italy, 143.779
3. Julia Alter, 38, Germany, 143.075
4. Annamarie Gross, 40, Italy, 142.397
5. Sylvie Peuch, 48, France, 140.190
also
10. Anna Piskorska, 37, USA, 133.232
14. Deb Horn, 41, USA, 129.136
17. Suzanna Bon, 45, USA, 126.316
19. Amy Palmiero-Winters, 37, USA, 123.997
22. Sue Lucas, 47, CAN, 122.802
26. Jamie Donaldson, 35, USA, 120.611
28. Charlotte Vasarhelyi, 43, CAN, 119.915
37. Theresa McGrath, 40, CAN, 115.799
69. Jill Perry, 39, USA, 80.367
74. Manon Jacob, 46, CAN, 74.134
75. Sandi Steil, 47, CAN, 74.134