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Diagonale des Fous

Grand Raid Réunion, Réunion Island, France. First held in 1993.

Editions held
33
Individual finishers
26,710
Total finishes
42,446
Runners who only need this one
114

Winning times

Fastest time at each edition, men and women, excluding shortened courses.

10:0015:0020:0025:0030:0035:001995200020052010201520202025Men’s winner, 1993: 16:03Men’s winner, 1994: 18:29Men’s winner, 1995: 14:41Men’s winner, 1996: 16:19Men’s winner, 1997: 15:38Men’s winner, 1998: 17:45Men’s winner, 1999: 17:50Men’s winner, 2000: 16:44Men’s winner, 2001: 16:00Men’s winner, 2002: 17:55Men’s winner, 2003: 17:56Men’s winner, 2004: 20:01Men’s winner, 2005: 19:50Men’s winner, 2006: 20:40Men’s winner, 2007: 23:34Men’s winner, 2008: 21:41Men’s winner, 2009: 22:09Men’s winner, 2010: 23:17Men’s winner, 2011: 23:57Men’s winner, 2012: 26:33Men’s winner, 2013: 22:59Men’s winner, 2014: 24:25Men’s winner, 2015: 24:17Men’s winner, 2016: 23:45Men’s winner, 2017: 23:54Men’s winner, 2018: 23:19Men’s winner, 2019: 23:34Men’s winner, 2021: 23:02Men’s winner, 2022: 23:15Men’s winner, 2023: 23:21Men’s winner, 2024: 23:25Men’s winner, 2025: 23:32Men’s winner, 2026: 22:54Women’s winner, 1993: 27:26Women’s winner, 1994: 30:47Women’s winner, 1995: 24:59Women’s winner, 1996: 23:06Women’s winner, 1997: 24:36Women’s winner, 1998: 22:51Women’s winner, 1999: 24:44Women’s winner, 2000: 23:16Women’s winner, 2001: 20:56Women’s winner, 2002: 20:54Women’s winner, 2003: 25:44Women’s winner, 2004: 27:59Women’s winner, 2005: 28:28Women’s winner, 2006: 26:34Women’s winner, 2007: 29:06Women’s winner, 2008: 26:21Women’s winner, 2009: 28:59Women’s winner, 2010: 31:49Women’s winner, 2011: 31:44Women’s winner, 2012: 33:03Women’s winner, 2013: 28:46Women’s winner, 2014: 31:27Women’s winner, 2015: 28:11Women’s winner, 2016: 27:44Women’s winner, 2017: 26:35Women’s winner, 2018: 28:54Women’s winner, 2019: 30:50Women’s winner, 2021: 29:55Women’s winner, 2022: 24:38Women’s winner, 2023: 27:31Women’s winner, 2024: 31:50Women’s winner, 2025: 27:26Women’s winner, 2026: 27:13
Men’s winnerWomen’s winner

All-time fastest

Women

RankRunnerYearTime
1Marcelle Puy France200220:54:28
2Corinne Favre France200120:56:00
3Corinne Favre France199822:51:00
4Josiane Catois France199623:06:05
5Nicaise Perrine France200023:16:29
6Christine Rischard France200223:22:06
7Corinne Favre France200023:25:58
8Christine Denis-Billet France200224:19:28
9Corinne Favre France199724:35:45
10Courtney Dauwalter United States202224:37:47

Men

RankRunnerYearTime
1Jean-Philippe Marie-Louise France199514:41:00
2Paul-Cleo Libelle France199515:23:00
3Patrick Maffre France199715:37:35
4Pascal Parny France200116:00:00
5Yvon Libelle France199516:01:00
6Charles Fontaine France200116:01:00
7Patrick Maffre France199316:03:00
8Jean-Philippe Marie-Louise France199616:19:27
9Thierry Techer France200016:43:54
10Gilles Diehl France200016:43:54

Most finishes

The runners who have finished this race the most times.

RunnerCountryFinishesPeriod
Daniel GuyotFrance301995–2026
Charles HoarauFrance251995–2024
Jean-Christophe PitarqueFrance251996–2026
Jean-Michel GonnevilleFrance232000–2025
Gilbert MelobosisFrance202001–2025
Eddy MyrtalFrance181994–2018
Jean-Hugues VosFrance181997–2024
Jean-Claude GuitonFrance182005–2026
Thierry GallouFrance182005–2026
Guy-Thierry LeveneurFrance172001–2025

Only Diagonale des Fous left

114 runners have finished three of the four monuments, and Diagonale des Fous is the one they are missing. Their placings at the other three are below.

RunnerUTMBUTMBDiagonaleDiagWesternWSERHardrockHRHScoreLast raceLastMONUMENTSCountry
Krissy Moehl inactive1missing2142012United StatesUSA
Nikki Kimball inactive1missing1242018United StatesUSA
Zachary Miller2missing55122026United StatesUSA
Timothy Olson inactive4missing19142018United StatesUSA
Kaci Lickteig10missing15162026United StatesUSA
Scott Jurek inactive17missing11192009United StatesUSA
Careth Arnold4missing142202026United StatesUSA
Helen Cospolich inactive6missing113202011United StatesUSA
Jeff Browning20missing31242026United StatesUSA
Mark Hartell inactive20missing51262005United KingdomGBR
Ryan Smith8missing164282026United StatesUSA
Hiroki Ishikawa inactive13missing87282007United StatesUSA
Stephanie Case11missing152282025CanadaCAN
Aliza LaPierre23missing38342025United StatesUSA
Nicholas Pedatella inactive13missing213372021United StatesUSA
John Tidd Kimball9missing1613382025SpainESP
Ronda Sundermeier inactive32missing82422019United StatesUSA
Carol Gerber inactive16missing226442008United StatesUSA
Joseph Grant inactive18missing292492017United StatesUSA
Ryan Cooper26missing1410502025United StatesUSA
Clare Abram inactive21missing2111532015United StatesUSA
Pam Reed37missing117552023United StatesUSA
Kyle Curtin39missing98562025United StatesUSA
Michael Foote inactive5missing502572017United StatesUSA
Luke Jay30missing2110612026United StatesUSA
Paul Terranova50missing86642026United StatesUSA
Lee Conner36missing1813672025United StatesUSA
Mark Hammond60missing38712023United StatesUSA
Jesse Haynes62missing75742023United StatesUSA
Michelle Schwartz inactive41missing2711792009United StatesUSA
Dakota Jones61missing172802025United StatesUSA
Yvonne Naughton39missing3313852025United StatesUSA
Scott Jaime inactive37missing472862017United StatesUSA
Adrian Lazar Adler67missing1311912024United StatesUSA
Benjamin Bucklin74missing144922024United StatesUSA
Stacie Riddle42missing3421972024United StatesUSA
Dominic Grossman72missing18111012026United StatesUSA
Yassine Diboun83missing9191112023United StatesUSA
Jack Pilla inactive21missing49421122017United StatesUSA
Brittany Klimowicz67missing4181162023United StatesUSA
Matthew Urbanski75missing23221202025United StatesUSA
Steven Moore101missing18111302022United StatesUSA
Paul Hopwood inactive94missing19191322018United KingdomGBR
Dan Barger120missing8171452026United StatesUSA
Patty Bryant inactive88missing5691532014United StatesUSA
Mark McDermott inactive148missing1011592007United KingdomGBR
Wesley Thurman inactive80missing78211792018United StatesUSA
Nathaniel Couture125missing40201852024CanadaCAN
Adam Hewey inactive155missing2861892021United StatesUSA
Bill Clements inactive172missing47222412018United StatesUSA
Eric Lee79missing154142472022United StatesUSA
Todd Anthony Holmes inactive260missing14112852008United StatesUSA
Evan Kimber189missing54432862023United StatesUSA
Jamil Coury258missing4783132026United StatesUSA
Mark Vogel211missing85283242025United StatesUSA
Hal Koerner inactive350missing113522012United StatesUSA
Philip Murphy inactive277missing52243532017AustraliaAUS
Guillaume Bogner254missing44563542025FranceFRA
Scott Mills inactive343missing1153592021United StatesUSA
Richard Turgeon270missing68263642024CanadaCAN
Frederik Gregaard232missing86623802023DenmarkDEN
Roch Horton inactive350missing3353882011United StatesUSA
Jose Orillac212missing114723982025PANPAN
Kwok-Fai Chan inactive315missing32523992018ChinaCHN
Martyn J. Greaves inactive357missing29144002005United KingdomGBR
Keith Knipling341missing48154042024United StatesUSA
Jamshid Khajavi inactive300missing51654162010United StatesUSA
Andy Pearson366missing36444462026United StatesUSA
Bill Dittman329missing94304532026United StatesUSA
Andrew Blatecky330missing125174722024United StatesUSA
Drew Adams405missing33434812025United StatesUSA
Adam Stepanovic291missing138594882025United StatesUSA
Stephen England395missing49484922024United StatesUSA
Stephen Scobie171missing254915162024United StatesUSA
Gianluigi Mignacco330missing167375342026ItalyITA
Tod Bachman453missing84135502026United StatesUSA
Aaron Saft347missing179345602023United StatesUSA
Jake Jones inactive415missing142115682013United StatesUSA
Michael Chu inactive363missing143705762017United StatesUSA
Hideo Takuma412missing93785832026JapanJPN
Kenneth Letterle461missing120396202025United StatesUSA
Yatika Fields478missing117606552026United StatesUSA
Brian Pickett555missing77416732026United StatesUSA
Jack Kurisky inactive544missing104446922021United StatesUSA
Maxim Kazitov inactive585missing120257302015BLRBLR
Brian Westphal inactive488missing208407362021United StatesUSA
Hei Chan562missing97827412025United StatesUSA
Richard Szekeresh inactive582missing140437652008United StatesUSA
Jeff Calvert502missing185807672025United StatesUSA
Michael Chamoun635missing105377772022United StatesUSA
Garret Christensen672missing91297922026United StatesUSA
Christian Sorensen687missing88648392026United StatesUSA
David Galloway711missing143428962026United StatesUSA
Conrado Bermudez722missing112809142024PhilippinesPHI
Nicholas Ferrara685missing178569192022United StatesUSA
Chad Piala675missing201449202026United StatesUSA
Simon Sandoval732missing126909482025PhilippinesPHI
Dennis Drey inactive818missing107259502013United StatesUSA
Matthew Clark748missing129909672022United StatesUSA
Garrett Peltonen878missing54369682023United StatesUSA
Jay Dobrowalski inactive832missing92499732013United StatesUSA
Michael Henson862missing76439812024United StatesUSA
Owen Wainhouse693missing210879902023United KingdomGBR
Gang Qin807missing1238010102026United StatesUSA
Craig Slagel inactive853missing1106910322012CanadaCAN
Jack Jewell inactive870missing1147810622008United StatesUSA
Stan Ferguson1040missing345011242026United StatesUSA
Will Thomas inactive864missing1998611492021United StatesUSA
Matthew Elam943missing1895611882024United StatesUSA
Yukihiko Negoro inactive1017missing1576612402019JapanJPN
Shaun Woody inactive1090missing1698113402018United StatesUSA
Travis McWhorter1114missing1887313752026United StatesUSA
Franco Soriano1311missing1444815032024United StatesUSA
Mike Smith1321missing1708015712025United StatesUSA

All editions

YearDistanceFinishersMen’s winnerTimeWomen’s winnerTimeNotes
2026180km2,126Hugo Deck22:54:19Ruth Croft27:13:23
2025175km2,064Baptiste Chassagne23:31:54Blandine L'Hirondel27:26:09
2024175km2,013Mathieu Blanchard23:25:02Manon Bohard31:49:55
2023165km2,046Aurelien Dunand-Pallaz23:21:23Katie Schide27:31:08
2022160km1,887Benat Marmissolle23:14:47Courtney Dauwalter24:37:47
2021165km1,775Daniel Jung23:02:21Emilie Maroteaux29:54:59
2020165km–––––Cancelled
2019166km1,953Nicolas Gregoire Curmer23:33:45Sabrina Stanley30:49:39
2018165.7km1,962Benoit Girondel23:18:48Jocelyne Pauly28:54:26
2017165.7km1,830Benoit Girondel23:53:53Andrea Huser26:34:52
2016167km1,687Francois D'Haene23:44:57Andrea Huser27:44:13
2015167km1,728Antoine Guillon24:17:01Nuria Picas28:10:35
2014172km1,147Francois D'Haene24:25:02Nathalie Mauclair31:27:28
2013163.5km1,361Francois D'Haene22:58:30Nathalie Mauclair28:46:02
2012170km1,363Kilian Jornet26:33:10Emilie Lecomte33:03:17
2011161.8km1,228Julien Chorier23:56:35Karine Herry31:43:30
2010161.8km1,443Kilian Jornet23:17:26Marcelle Puy31:48:50
2009148km1,567Julien Chorier22:09:08Emilie Lecomte28:58:41
2008148km913Pascal Parny21:40:48Marcelle Puy26:20:40Partial results
2007150km923Thierry Chambry23:33:41Marcelle Puy29:05:46Partial results
2006148km1,402Christophe Jaquerod20:39:40Karine Herry26:33:46
2005140km818Charles-Andre Fontaine19:49:36Marie-Danielle Seroc28:27:42Partial results
2004140km1,387Richeville Esparon20:00:57Alexandra Rousset27:58:41
2003130km623Richeville Esparon17:56:27Simone Diederich25:44:16Partial results
2002125km761Bernard-Thierry Techer17:55:21Marcelle Puy20:54:28Partial results
2001125km599Pascal Parny16:00:00Corinne Favre20:56:00Partial results
2000125km776Gilles Diehl16:43:54Nicaise Perrine23:16:29Partial results
1999125km1,120Paul-Cleo Libelle17:50:00Mireille Sery24:44:00Partial results
1998125km1,073Paul-Cleo Libelle17:45:00Corinne Favre22:51:00
1997125km1,011Patrick Maffre15:37:35Corinne Favre24:35:45
1996123km658Jean-Philippe Marie-Louise16:19:27Josiane Catois23:06:05
1995121km548Jean-Philippe Marie-Louise14:41:00Marcelle Puy24:59:00
1994130km366Jean-Philippe Marie-Louise18:29:00Mireille Sery30:47:00
1993129km288Patrick Maffre16:03:00Regine Etienne27:26:00