100km WORLDS

The IAU will now conduct a biannual 100km World Championships event. World Championships have been annual since 1987, with the exception of 2013 when the event was cancelled. The inaugural 100km World Championships event took place in Torhout, Belgium with Domingo Catalan Lera from Spain winning in a time of 6:19:35. That time has not been tested in any World Championships event since. The ladies winner at the 1987 event was Agnes Eberle from Switzerland. Agnes managed a time of 8:01:33.

Australia has a produced a 100km World Champion on one occasion. This was Kirstin Bull in 2016 at Los Alacazeres, Spain who, on November 27 2016, finished with a time of 7:34:25.

AUTRA will continue to select teams to represent Australia at future 100km World Championships. AUTRA has a desire to send both a large team and a strong team. Details of future championships and the selection process will be available from this page via documents linked below.

To be considered for selection in general, qualifying standard must be met. Standards may vary for each event. Historically, the primary standard has been sub 7 hours for men (7:20 and 7:40 are B and C qualifiers) and sub 8:30 for women (8:50 and 9:10 are B and C qualifiers). Athletes who have achieved performances in the range of 7:30 to 8:00 for men and 8:40 to 9:20 for women are encouraged to apply.

There are numerous events on the AUTRA race calendar that can be used for qualifying. Some non-AUTRA events can be considered for qualifying, including some overseas events. Those seeking to qualify for the team at a non AUTRA listed event are encouraged to seek approval from AUTRA first, to ensure that their result will be considered. The IAU status of the event and formality of measurement and timing are paramount in any case where a non AUTRA listed event may be considered for qualifying. Immediately past World Championship events are always valid for qualifying purposes.

2026 IAU 100 km World Championships will be held in Ames, A Coruña, Spain on 20th September 2026.

This race will also be host to the World Masters Athletics 100km.  Information for registration can be found here and must be separate to the IAU entry.

DOCUMENTATION

TEAM APPLICATION DATES

  • Applications Open – 8th June 2026
  • Applications Close – 5.00pm 16th June 2026
  • The team will be announced on 30th June 2026

PAST EVENTS:

The 2022 100km World Championships were held in Berlin, Germany on 27 August 2022.


There were 198 finishers at this championships (109 M, 89 F). The male winner was Haruki Okayama (JPN) in 6:12:10. The female winner was Floriane Hot (FRA) with a time of 7:04:03


FULL RESULTS

Get to know the Australian Team


TEAM


MEN:

  • Clay Dawson
  • Andrew McConnell
  • Dion Finocchiaro
  • Grant Schmidlechner

WOMEN:

  • Clare Palmer
  • Anna Pillinger
  • Corrina Black
  • Greta Truscott
  • Michelle McAdam
  • Jackie Kellerman

TEAM MANAGER: Simone Hayes


Team Results MEN:

1st - Japan 18:51:12

2nd - France 19:55:10

3rd - South Africa 20:05:58


7th - Australia 20:47:36



Team Results WOMEN:

1st - Japan 22:26:59

2nd - Italy 23:03:37

3rd - United Kingdom 23:19:06


11th - Australia 25:30:13


Individual Results:


MEN:

  • Dion Finocchiaro, 6:48:14, 21st
  • Grant Schmidlechner, 6:53:45, 30th
  • Andrew McConnell, 7:05:37, 39th
  • Clay Dawson, 7:40:52, 64th

WOMEN:

  • Michelle McAdam, 8:09:08, 33rd
  • Jacqueline Kellerman, 8:28:14, 46th
  • Greta Truscott, 8:52:51, 59th
  • Clare Palmer, 8:59:23, 63rd
  • Corrina Black, 9:03:45, 67th
  • Anna Pillinger, 11:22:48, 88th

WMA Competition:

The World Masters Athletics Championships were held in parallel:


  • Grant Schmidlechner, M40 1st place, 6:53:45
  • Tia Jones, W55, 1st place, 9:52:02

The 2018 100km World Championships were held in Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia on 27 November 2016.


There were 272 finishers at this championships. The male winner was Hideaki Yamauchi (JPN) in 6:28:05. The female winner was Nikolina Sustic (CRO) with a time of 7:20:34.


FULL RESULTS



TEAM


MEN:

  • Ciancio, Francesco
  • Davies, Brendan
  • Keem, Barry
  • Mullins, Gary

WOMEN:

  • Black, Corrina
  • Eisler, Marita
  • Fieberg, Barbara
  • Fraser, Natasha
  • Hadley, Margaret
  • Jones, Tia
  • Tan, Emilie
  • Tichon, Larissa

TEAM MANAGER: Robert Boyce (VIC)


Individual Results:


MEN:

  • Davies, Brendan, 7:08:30 - 25th
  • Ciancio, Francesco, DNF
  • Keem, Barry, DNF
  • Mullins, Gary, DNF

WOMEN:

  • Fraser, Natasha, 8:12:37 - F23rd
  • Tan, Emilie, 8:30:51 - F36th
  • Jones, Tia, 8:33:42 - F39th
  • Hadley, Margaret, 8:56:03 - F52nd
  • Fieberg, Barbara, 8:58:18 - F54th
  • Black, Corrina, 9:17:27 - F63rd
  • Tichon, Larissa, 10:09:00 - F85th

Team Results MEN:

Insufficient finishers for a team result.



Team Results WOMEN:

1st - Japan, 23:03:50

2nd - South Africa, 23:56:44

3rd - Croatia, 24:13:57


8th - Australia, 25:17:10


The 2016 100km World Championships were held in Los Alcazares, Spain on 27 November 2016.


There were 187 finishers from 37 nations at this championships. The male winner was Hideaki Yamauchi (JPN) in 6:18:22. The female winner was Kirstin Bull (AUS) with a time of 7:34:25.


This was the first time in any ultra running World Championships that an Australian has placed first (male or female).


FULL LADIES RESULTS

FULL MENS RESULTS


TEAM


MEN:

  • Brittain, Scott
  • Davies, Brendan
  • Finocchiaro, Dion
  • Heyden, Andy
  • Keem, Barry
  • Mullins, Gary

WOMEN:

  • Bull, Kirstin
  • Eisler, Marita
  • Jones, Tia

TEAM MANAGER: Robert Boyce (VIC)


Individual Results:


MEN:

  • Davies, Brendan, 6:44:20 - 10th
  • Keem, Barry, 7:02:47 - 28th
  • Finocchiaro, Dion, 7:08:37 - 33rd
  • Mullins, Gary, 7:32:26 - 46th
  • Heyden, Andy, 7:53:30 - 66th
  • Brittain, Scott, DNF

WOMEN:

  • Bull, Kirstin, 7:34:25 - F1st
  • Eisler, Marita, 8:39:33 - F31st
  • Jones, Tia, 9:10:04 - F36th

Team Results MEN:

1st - South Africa, 19:51:40

2nd - Japan, 19:55:46

3rd - USA, 20:03:04


5th - Australia, 20:55:44



Team Results WOMEN:

1st - Japan, 23:23:14

2nd - Croatia, 23:48:19

3rd - USA, 24:05:33


6th - Australia, 25:14:02

The 2015 100km World Championships were held in Winschoten, the Netherlands on 12 September 2015.


There were 179 finishers from 32 nations at this championships. The male winner was Jonas Buud (SWE) in 6:22:44. The female winner was Camille Herron (USA) with a time of 7:08:35.


FULL RESULTS


Team:

Team Manager:

Robert Boyce (Vic) 


MEN:

Davies, Brendan

Heyden, Andy

Keem, Barry

Mullins, Gary

Overend, David 


WOMEN:

Bull, Kirstin

Eisler, Marita

McDermott, Sonia

Oborne, Jodie

Wynd, Nikki


Individual Results: 


MEN:

Davies, Brendan, 6:56:38 - 19th

Keem, Barry, 7:01:50 - 25th

Heyden, Andy, 7:25:06 - 43rd

Mullins, Gary, 7:34:14 - 55th

Overend, David, 7:42:39 - 60th


WOMEN:

Bull, Kirstin, 7:39:28 - F8th

Eisler, Marita, 8:06:42 - F19th

Oborne, Jodie, 8:34:45 - F30th

Wynd, Nikki, 8:55:26 - F35th

McDermott, Sonia, 9:42:21 - F46th

Details: The 2014 100km World Championships were held in Doha, Qatar on 22 November 2014.


There were 136 finishers from 37 nations at this championships. The male winner was Maxwell King (USA) in 6:27:43. The female winner was Eleanor Greenwood (GBR) with a time of 7:30:48.


FULL RESULTS


Team:

Team Manager: Robert Boyce (Vic)


MEN:

Cooke, Rick

Davies, Brendan

Heydon, Andrew

Truscott, Chris


WOMEN:

Eisler, Marita

Oborne, Jodie

Otto de Grancy, Kerrie

Wynd, Nikki


Individual Results:


MEN:

Davies, Brendan,6:56:45 - 12th

Truscott, Chris, 7:46:54 - 45th

Heydon, Andrew, 7:55:36 - 57th

Cooke, Rick - DNF


WOMEN:

Eisler, Marita, 8:59:54 - 27th

Oborne, Jodie, 9:24:36 - 31st

Wynd, Nikki, 9:34:11 - 33rd

Otto de Grancy, Kerrie, 10:38:21 - 41st

The 2012 100km World Championships were held in Seregno, Italy on 22 April 2012.


There were 223 finishers from 34 nations at this championships. The male winner was Giorgio Calcaterra (ITA) in 6:23:22. The female winner was Amy Sproston (USA) with a time of 7:34:07.


FULL RESULTS


Team:

Team Manager: Robert Boyce (Vic) 


MEN:

Davies, Brendan

Heyden, Andrew


WOMEN:

No Australian female representatives.


Individual Results:


MEN:

Davies, Brendan, 6:55:26 - 11th

Heyden, Andrew, 8:07:50 - 82nd


WOMEN:

No Australian female representatives.

The 2022 100km World Championships were held in Berlin, Germany on 27 August 2022.


There were 198 finishers at this championships (109 M, 89 F). The male winner was Haruki Okayama (JPN) in 6:12:10. The female winner was Floriane Hot (FRA) with a time of 7:04:03


FULL RESULTS

Get to know the Australian Team


TEAM


MEN:

  • Clay Dawson
  • Andrew McConnell
  • Dion Finocchiaro
  • Grant Schmidlechner

WOMEN:

  • Clare Palmer
  • Anna Pillinger
  • Corrina Black
  • Greta Truscott
  • Michelle McAdam
  • Jackie Kellerman

TEAM MANAGER: Simone Hayes


Team Results MEN:

1st - Japan 18:51:12

2nd - France 19:55:10

3rd - South Africa 20:05:58


7th - Australia 20:47:36



Team Results WOMEN:

1st - Japan 22:26:59

2nd - Italy 23:03:37

3rd - United Kingdom 23:19:06


11th - Australia 25:30:13


Individual Results:


MEN:

  • Dion Finocchiaro, 6:48:14, 21st
  • Grant Schmidlechner, 6:53:45, 30th
  • Andrew McConnell, 7:05:37, 39th
  • Clay Dawson, 7:40:52, 64th

WOMEN:

  • Michelle McAdam, 8:09:08, 33rd
  • Jacqueline Kellerman, 8:28:14, 46th
  • Greta Truscott, 8:52:51, 59th
  • Clare Palmer, 8:59:23, 63rd
  • Corrina Black, 9:03:45, 67th
  • Anna Pillinger, 11:22:48, 88th

WMA Competition:

The World Masters Athletics Championships were held in parallel:


  • Grant Schmidlechner, M40 1st place, 6:53:45
  • Tia Jones, W55, 1st place, 9:52:02

The 2018 100km World Championships were held in Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia on 27 November 2016.


There were 272 finishers at this championships. The male winner was Hideaki Yamauchi (JPN) in 6:28:05. The female winner was Nikolina Sustic (CRO) with a time of 7:20:34.


FULL RESULTS



TEAM


MEN:

  • Ciancio, Francesco
  • Davies, Brendan
  • Keem, Barry
  • Mullins, Gary

WOMEN:

  • Black, Corrina
  • Eisler, Marita
  • Fieberg, Barbara
  • Fraser, Natasha
  • Hadley, Margaret
  • Jones, Tia
  • Tan, Emilie
  • Tichon, Larissa

TEAM MANAGER: Robert Boyce (VIC)


Individual Results:


MEN:

  • Davies, Brendan, 7:08:30 - 25th
  • Ciancio, Francesco, DNF
  • Keem, Barry, DNF
  • Mullins, Gary, DNF

WOMEN:

  • Fraser, Natasha, 8:12:37 - F23rd
  • Tan, Emilie, 8:30:51 - F36th
  • Jones, Tia, 8:33:42 - F39th
  • Hadley, Margaret, 8:56:03 - F52nd
  • Fieberg, Barbara, 8:58:18 - F54th
  • Black, Corrina, 9:17:27 - F63rd
  • Tichon, Larissa, 10:09:00 - F85th

Team Results MEN:

Insufficient finishers for a team result.



Team Results WOMEN:

1st - Japan, 23:03:50

2nd - South Africa, 23:56:44

3rd - Croatia, 24:13:57


8th - Australia, 25:17:10


The 2016 100km World Championships were held in Los Alcazares, Spain on 27 November 2016.


There were 187 finishers from 37 nations at this championships. The male winner was Hideaki Yamauchi (JPN) in 6:18:22. The female winner was Kirstin Bull (AUS) with a time of 7:34:25.


This was the first time in any ultra running World Championships that an Australian has placed first (male or female).


FULL LADIES RESULTS

FULL MENS RESULTS


TEAM


MEN:

  • Brittain, Scott
  • Davies, Brendan
  • Finocchiaro, Dion
  • Heyden, Andy
  • Keem, Barry
  • Mullins, Gary

WOMEN:

  • Bull, Kirstin
  • Eisler, Marita
  • Jones, Tia

TEAM MANAGER: Robert Boyce (VIC)


Individual Results:


MEN:

  • Davies, Brendan, 6:44:20 - 10th
  • Keem, Barry, 7:02:47 - 28th
  • Finocchiaro, Dion, 7:08:37 - 33rd
  • Mullins, Gary, 7:32:26 - 46th
  • Heyden, Andy, 7:53:30 - 66th
  • Brittain, Scott, DNF

WOMEN:

  • Bull, Kirstin, 7:34:25 - F1st
  • Eisler, Marita, 8:39:33 - F31st
  • Jones, Tia, 9:10:04 - F36th

Team Results MEN:

1st - South Africa, 19:51:40

2nd - Japan, 19:55:46

3rd - USA, 20:03:04


5th - Australia, 20:55:44



Team Results WOMEN:

1st - Japan, 23:23:14

2nd - Croatia, 23:48:19

3rd - USA, 24:05:33


6th - Australia, 25:14:02

The 2015 100km World Championships were held in Winschoten, the Netherlands on 12 September 2015.


There were 179 finishers from 32 nations at this championships. The male winner was Jonas Buud (SWE) in 6:22:44. The female winner was Camille Herron (USA) with a time of 7:08:35.


FULL RESULTS


Team:

Team Manager:

Robert Boyce (Vic) 


MEN:

Davies, Brendan

Heyden, Andy

Keem, Barry

Mullins, Gary

Overend, David 


WOMEN:

Bull, Kirstin

Eisler, Marita

McDermott, Sonia

Oborne, Jodie

Wynd, Nikki


Individual Results: 


MEN:

Davies, Brendan, 6:56:38 - 19th

Keem, Barry, 7:01:50 - 25th

Heyden, Andy, 7:25:06 - 43rd

Mullins, Gary, 7:34:14 - 55th

Overend, David, 7:42:39 - 60th


WOMEN:

Bull, Kirstin, 7:39:28 - F8th

Eisler, Marita, 8:06:42 - F19th

Oborne, Jodie, 8:34:45 - F30th

Wynd, Nikki, 8:55:26 - F35th

McDermott, Sonia, 9:42:21 - F46th

Details: The 2014 100km World Championships were held in Doha, Qatar on 22 November 2014.


There were 136 finishers from 37 nations at this championships. The male winner was Maxwell King (USA) in 6:27:43. The female winner was Eleanor Greenwood (GBR) with a time of 7:30:48.


FULL RESULTS


Team:

Team Manager: Robert Boyce (Vic)


MEN:

Cooke, Rick

Davies, Brendan

Heydon, Andrew

Truscott, Chris


WOMEN:

Eisler, Marita

Oborne, Jodie

Otto de Grancy, Kerrie

Wynd, Nikki


Individual Results:


MEN:

Davies, Brendan,6:56:45 - 12th

Truscott, Chris, 7:46:54 - 45th

Heydon, Andrew, 7:55:36 - 57th

Cooke, Rick - DNF


WOMEN:

Eisler, Marita, 8:59:54 - 27th

Oborne, Jodie, 9:24:36 - 31st

Wynd, Nikki, 9:34:11 - 33rd

Otto de Grancy, Kerrie, 10:38:21 - 41st

The 2012 100km World Championships were held in Seregno, Italy on 22 April 2012.


There were 223 finishers from 34 nations at this championships. The male winner was Giorgio Calcaterra (ITA) in 6:23:22. The female winner was Amy Sproston (USA) with a time of 7:34:07.


FULL RESULTS


Team:

Team Manager: Robert Boyce (Vic) 


MEN:

Davies, Brendan

Heyden, Andrew


WOMEN:

No Australian female representatives.


Individual Results:


MEN:

Davies, Brendan, 6:55:26 - 11th

Heyden, Andrew, 8:07:50 - 82nd


WOMEN:

No Australian female representatives.

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