Nikitas Nomikos Photo: courtesy Alan Young
The 7th Athens International Ultramarathon Festival 2012 took place between March 19 and April 4 at the former Ellinikon International Airport. Weather conditions were dry from the start for the small fields in the 1000 races. Only one finisher – the Greek multiday specialist Nikitas Nomikos made it within the 16 day time limit.
The 6 day race was won by a strong Trond Sjavic ahead of a workmanlike performance by Nikos thanos and womens winner Susan Brocklebank in third place overall and making her 6 day debut with over 600 km.
Konstantinos Anagnostou established an early lead in the 72 hour race and never looked back.
Denis Konovalov traveled all the way from Siberia not speaking a word of Greek or English and despite his missing the start by half an hour due to a misunderstanding nevertheless put in an excellent performance to win the 48 hour race.
The 24 hour race was dominated by Fins Petri Perttil and womens winner Tuula Ahlholm with second lady Maria Tahkavuori finishing 7th overall.
1,000 Mile Race
1. Nikitas Nomikos (GREECE) 15 Days 23 Hrs
2. Abichal Kelvin Sherrington (WALES) 1,150.1 Km (714.2 mi.)
3. Martina Hausmann (GERMANY) 1W 1,000.7 Km
1,000 Km Race
1. Pascal Peron (FRA) 723.56 Km
6 Day Race
1. Trond Sjavic (NOR ) 665.099
2. Nikos Thanos (GRE) 651.39
3. Susan Brocklebank (GBR) 609.889
4. Peter Kluka (SVK) 502.034
5. Mireille Cormier (FRA) 436.42
6. Anagnostis Kokkonias (GRE) 423.43
7. Charis Sagmatopoulos (GRE) 423.43
8. Else Bayer (GER) 362.39
9. Vaggelis Batzoglou (GRE) 329.92
72 Hour Race
1. Konstantinos Anagnostou (GRE) 332.025
2. Arun Bhardwaj (IND) 295.015
3. Kjell-Ove Skoglund (SWE) 273.845
48 Hour Race
1. Denis A. Konovalov (RUS) 298.038
2. Stathis Karachristos (GRE) 276.294
3. Edgar Muecke (GER) 271.754
4. Ilias Karaiosif (GRE) 260.48
5. Emmanuil Cheliudakis (GRE) 255.997
6. Theodoros Xenoulis (GRE ) 216.91
7. George Demertzis (GRE) 207.82
8. Bertil Palmqvist (SWE) 206.748
9. Spiros Gezerlis (GRE) 201.33
10. Vassilis Maniatakos (GRE) 127.29
24 Hour Race
1. Tuula Ahlholm (Fin) 202.04
2. Petri Perttil (FIN) 202.04
3. Georgios Glykos (GRE) 190.99
4. Apollonios Gogos (GRE) 182.58
5. Giorgos Panos (GRE) 177.39
6. Alexandros Georgiou (GRE) 172.62
7. Maria Tahkavuori (FIN) 170.86
8. Giorgos Chalvadakis (GRE) 167.88
9. Dimitris Koutios (GRE) 155.27
10. Sofia Kassimi (GRE) 153.98
11. Thanassis Koletsios (GRE) 152.63
12. Kostas Spahis (GRE) 145.52
13. Alex Georgiou (GRE) 138.79
14. Stefanos Papadopoulos (GRE) 136.38
15. Sotiris Antonopoulos (GRE) 135.89
16. Adrian MacDermott (UK) 133.69
17. Stratos Chotzoglou (GRE) 131.71
18. Tryfon Strousopoulos (GRE) 122.09
19. Christos Kanellos (GRE) 118.07
20. Christos Dimopoulos (GRE) 118.07
21. Pericle Gallo (ITA) 111.11
22. Ara Gazarian (GRE) 105.21
23. Frank Dhondt (BEL) 96.77
24. Stefanos Psaltis (GRE) 75.658
25. George Korovesis (GRE) 50.66
26. Adreas Pauris (GRE) 50.01
27. Kostas Karakatsanis (GRE) 30.52
28. Michalis Anagnostou (GRE) 29.22
24 Hour Relay
1. Csipet-Csapat Team Boys Firic-Boris-Pap-Brear (SRB) 222.76
2. Csapat-Csipet Lany-Girls Jurcsek-Dulity-Nemet-Zabos (HUN-SRB) 192.88
3. A. Sokolai-T.Andritsos-I. Chalvadakis-G.Andritsos (GRE) 153.92
- Full details at: www.dayrunners.gr/
- Race photos by Alan Young
