Worlds Largest Races

Below is the list of World’s Largest Races compiled by runningusa.org for the year 2008 based on the number of finishers. JPMorgan Corporate Challenge, a3.5 Mile run in Frankfurt, Germany was on top with 65,000 finishers.

World’s Largest Races (*2008)

Marathon	Finishers (2008)
1. JPMorgan Corporate Challenge: Frankfurt 3.5 Mile, GER	65,000
2. Sun-Herald City2Surf 14K Sydney, AUS	57,886
3. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree 10K, USA	54,954
4. Cursa El Corte Ingles 11K Barcelona, ESP	51,518
5. Stracittadina Fun Run 4K Rome, ITA	50,000
6. Dick’s Sporting Goods BolderBOULDER 10K Boulder, CO	48,431
7. Vancouver Sun Run 10K Vancouver, CAN	44,167
8. Lilac Bloomsday Run 12K Spokane, WA	43,640
9. Race for the Cure: DC 5K Washington, DC	41,038
10. Stramilano 15K Milan, ITA	40,000
11. HSBC Round the Bays 8.4K Auckland, NZL	40,000
12. ING New York City Marathon New York, NY	38,096
13. BUPA Great North Run Half-Marathon Tyneside, GBR	37,077
14. real, – Berlin Marathon Marathon	35,746
15. Flora London Marathon London, GBR	34,603
16. Goteborg Half-Marathon Goteborg, SWE	34,032
17. Flora Women’s Mini-Marathon 10K Dublin, IRL	33,259
18. Revlon Run for Women: LA 5K Los Angeles, CA	33,120
19. Bank of America Chicago Marathon Chicago, IL	31,343
20. Dam to Dam 10 Mile Zaandam, NED	30,184
21. OneAmerica 500 Festival Half-Marathon Indianapolis, IN	30,050
22. Cooper River Bridge Run 10K Charleston, SC	29,247
23. Paris Marathon Paris, FRA	28,846
24. Tokyo Int’l Marathon Tokyo, JPN	26,672
25. Revlon Run for Women: NYC 5K New York, NY	26,000