Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend in cijfers!
All stats provided by runDisney prior to the start of the races.
2018 Walt Disney World Marathon By The Numbers
Participation
808,000—runners have participated in Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend events since 1994
363,000—runners have tackled the Walt Disney World Marathon alone
187,000—runners participate in runDisney races each year
100,000—runners and spectators expected at the 2018 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend
97,000—registrations for the 2018 Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend, with many runners completing multiple races
26,000—runners registered for the Walt Disney World Half Marathon
25,500—2018 Walt Disney World Marathon registrations
15,000—runners registered for the Walt Disney World 5K
14,700—registations for the Walt Disney World 10K
9,000—Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge registrants, who complete both the half-marathon and marathon
4,000—kids registered for the runDisney Kids Races
2,800—Dopey Challenge registrants, who complete all of the 5K, 10K, half-marathon and marathon
600+—runners have completed every 48.6-mile Dopey Challenge since 2014
88—countries represented
76—”Perfect” runners, who have finished every Walt Disney World Marathon since 1994, are registered in 2018. 45 of them are from Florida.
Supplies
2.5 million—ounces of water distributed to runners
1 million—photos Disney photographers will snap during race weekend
365,000—photos more than 125 photographers will take during the 2018 Walt Disney World Marathon alone
42,000—cones along the courses
30,000—pounds of ice put to use
117,000—bananas given to runners
14.1—miles of fencing throughout the courses
History
8,200—runners at the first Walt Disney World Marathon. 25 years later, 25,500 runners will toe the line.
1994—year of the first Walt Disney World Marathon
1996—the first 5K was introduced
1998—the half-marathon was added to marathon day
2003—the “Perfect” program debuted with 152 runners who had finished every Walt Disney World Marathon. 76 are left.
2006–Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge was introduced, and the half-marathon moved to a separate day
2013—the Walt Disney World Marathon became the first major marathon in the world where women outnumbered men at 51% of the field
2014—year of the first Dopey Challenge and the first 10K
2015—debut of the Disney Castaway Cay Challenge, a special 5K race on Disney Cruise Line’s private Bahamian island
2018—25th anniversary of the marathon and 5th anniversary of Dopey Challenge
2:31:54—women’s marathon event record, set in 1995 by Judit Nagy of Hungary
2:11:50—men’s marathon event record, set in 1995 by Leonid Shvetsov of Russia
1:13:04—women’s half-marathon event record, set in 1999 by Taeko Terauchi of Japan
1:05:26—men’s half-marathon event record, set in 2013 by Mike Morgan of Michigan
25—years the Walt Disney World Marathon has been running
13—years in a row a Brazilian man has won the Walt Disney World Marathon, split between Adriano Bastos and Fredison Costa
6—medals Dopey Challenge finishers take home. One each for the 5K, 10K, half-marathon, marathon, Goofy Challenge, and Dopey Challenge
5—race weekends in the runDisney series in 2018. 4 at Walt Disney World in Florida, and 1 at Disneyland Paris
5—year anniversary of the Dopey Challenge
2—times in history Walt Disney World Marathon champions won prize money
1—Walt Disney World Marathon medal did not feature Mickey Mouse ears: the first one in 1994
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vliegen de goeierikken in haha
Nu twijfelt mijn vriend weer of we Dopey 2019 wel zouden doen... Dus wordt nog een welles nietes spel tot april 
(Ik las nu ook al dat men niet verwacht dat het dit keer snel uitverkoopt, omdat de 5th anniversairy al is geweest)
