The 96th Comrades Marathon has come and gone. The race, which was a down-run, was won by South African runner Tete Dijana for the second year in a row, with a record-breaking time of 05:13:58. Piet Wiersma (Netherlands) and Edward Mothibi (South Africa), finished at the second and third positions, respectively. Interestingly, this year’s top 3 winners broke the previous record of 5 hours, 18 minutes and 19 seconds, which was set by David Gatebe in 2016.
In the women’s category, the winner was Gerda Steyn (South African), who crossed the finish line in a record-breaking time of 05:13:58. Adele Broodryk and Carla Molinaro, both also South African, came in second and third, with finishing times of 05:56:26 and 06:00:23, respectively. Broodryk impressive finishing time made her the second fastest female finisher in the history of the Comrades Marathon.
The top 20 winners in the general and women’s categories are listed in the two tables below.
General (All males)
| Position | Name | Time |
| 1 | Tete Dijana | 05:13:58 |
| 2 | Piet Wiersma | 05:14:01 |
| 3 | Edward Mothibi | 05:17:34 |
| 4 | Gordon Lesetedi | 05:20:43 |
| 5 | Rufus Photo | 05:21:48 |
| 6 | Johannes Makgetla | 05:23:34 |
| 7 | Teboho Sello | 05:24:23 |
| 8 | Aleksei Beresnev | 05:24:41 |
| 9 | Gift Kelehe | 05:27:53 |
| 10 | Joseph Manyedi | 05:29:49 |
| 11 | Sikhumbuzo Seme | 05:30:05 |
| 12 | Nkosikhona Mhlakwana | 05:30:35 |
| 13 | David Gatebe | 05:30:50 |
| 14 | Laurindo Nunes Neto | 05:31:29 |
| 15 | Alex Milne | 05:31:35 |
| 16 | Bongmusa Mthembu | 05:32:11 |
| 17 | Zukile Vellem | 05:36:14 |
| 18 | Sanele Sibisi | 05:37:13 |
| 19 | Elov Olsson | 05:38:05 |
| 20 | Jo Fukuda | 05:39:14 |
Women
| Position | Name | Time |
| 1 | Gerda Steyn | 05:44:54 |
| 2 | Adele Broodryk | 05:56:26 |
| 3 | Carla Molinaro | 06:00:23 |
| 4 | Alexandra Morozova | 06:14:33 |
| 5 | Noora Honkala | 06:25:00 |
| 6 | Camille Chaigneau | 06:26:58 |
| 7 | Jenet Mbhele | 06:27:14 |
| 8 | Galaletsang Mekgoe | 06:31:19 |
| 9 | Deanne Laubscher | 06:36:56 |
| 10 | Diana Dzaviza | 06:37:57 |
| 11 | Ann Ashworth | 06:42:14 |
| 12 | Lizzy babili | 06:50:16 |
| 13 | Izabella Borisova | 06:51:40 |
| 14 | Melissah Gibson | 06:51:49 |
| 15 | Maretha Smit | 06:57:56 |
| 16 | Antoinette Kyriacou | 07:01:01 |
| 17 | Abby Solms | 07:01:42 |
| 18 | Lene Swart | 07:02:52 |
| 19 | Renata Vosloo | 07:04:21 |
| 20 | Carol Smith | 07:09:54 |
Full results can be found here.
