24th Marathon des Sables – 2009 Results

Mohamad Ahansal won this years shortened Marathon des Sables. First lady was Touda Didi. The weather conditions and consequent stage changes made a unique change to the proceedings.

Top Men:
1 Mohamad Ahansal (2-Morocco) 16h27m26s
2 Aziz El Akad (3-Morocco) 4m14s (time difference with top runner)
3 Salameh El Aqrah (357- Jord) 47m40s (time difference with top runner)
4 Anton Vencelj (220 – Slovenia) 1h47m09s (time difference with top runner)
5 Mustapha Ait Amar (8 Morocco) 1h49m11s (time difference with top runner)
6 Lorenzo Trincheri (460 – Italy) 2h14m27s (time difference with top runner)

Top Women:
1 Touda Didi (265- Morocco) 23h30m44s
2 Meghan Hicks (825 – USA) 58m52s (time difference with top runner)
3 Luz Perez Carbajo (480 – Spain) 1h07m48s (time difference with top runner)
4 Simone Keyzer (434 – Luxemburg) 2h46m27s (time difference with top runner)
5 Rosa Espachs Olivera (504- Spain) 3h11m01s (time difference with top runner)
6 Jennifer Salter (782- GB) 3h14m04s (time difference with top runner)

Top USA runner Michael Wardian came 8th.
Top British man was William Davies, 13th overall

Visit the Marathon des Sables website for race videos, photos and full results

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