#COMRADES2023 GREEN NUMBER RUNNERS
In 18 days, over 400 athletes from South Africa and around the world will aspire to be inducted into the Comrades Marathon Green Number Club. Since 1921, a total of 13,626 runners have completed the epic ultramarathon more than ten times each, thus earning their place on the coveted Comrades Green Number Roll of Honour.
Traditionally runners retain their race numbers from year to year, while after completing 10 Comrades Marathons, the runner is awarded his/her Green Number in perpetuity, meaning that it is henceforth reserved for its owner. It is also possible to earn a Green Number with either 3 Comrades wins or 5 Comrades gold medals.
The record for the most Comrades Marathon finishes is held by Barry Holland who has completed 48; and Kleintjie Van Schalkwyk who has completed 34, considering that women were not allowed to participate prior to 1975.
Whilst 2081 athletes will be running in their Comrades Green Number, 406 will be aiming for Green Number status, 91 will be going for their Double Green Number, 18 will be heading towards their Triple Green Number and 1 very special Comrades athlete will be going for his Quadruple Green Number status.
Upcoming Green Number Milestones:
| Finishes | Male | Female | Total |
| 9 | 329 | 77 | 406 |
| 19 | 79 | 12 | 91 |
| 29 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| First Name | Last Name | Race Number | Finishes |
| Hercules Daniel | HOFMEYR | 6779 | 39 |
| Kovalan | MOODLEY | 8412 | 38 |
| Komalan | MOODLEY | 2182 | 36 |
| Ian | BENSON | 4296 | 36 |
| Wayne | SCOTT | 4697 | 36 |
| Eric | WRIGHT | 5058 | 36 |
| Kenny | WILLIAMS | 9369 | 36 |
| Gareth | GRIFFITHS | 1747 | 35 |
| Barry | REED | 4859 | 35 |
| Chris | MORTIMER | 6604 | 35 |
| Kobus | VAN DER WALT | 3295 | 34 |
| Manuel | ALVES | 5137 | 34 |
| Basil | KOK | 7909 | 34 |
| Kleintjie | VAN SCHALKWYK | 7919 | 34 |
| Andre | VAN ROOYEN | 10047 | 34 |
| Pieter | NEL | 10595 | 34 |
| Barlan | GOVENDER | 15784 | 34 |
| Jan | VAN VREDEN | 16748 | 34 |
| Werner | WEIDEMANN | 4361 | 33 |
| Theo | RAFIRI | 6971 | 33 |
| Keith | REYNOLDS | 11523 | 33 |
| Johan | GRANT | 19352 | 33 |
| Patricia | FISHER | 1011 | 32 |
| Jack | MORTASSAGNE | 3745 | 32 |
| Andries | VENTER | 4587 | 32 |
| Naresh | NANA | 5829 | 32 |
| Vitalis | POLI | 13851 | 32 |
| Christo | BRINK | 15118 | 32 |
| Selwyn | LOSPER | 17266 | 32 |
| Daniel | JORDAAN | 17678 | 32 |
| Moferfere Martin | MOCHATSI | 19973 | 32 |
| Werner | KRIEL | 22027 | 32 |
| Shane | HINCHLIFFE | 2472 | 31 |
| Moses | MAPAILA | 6357 | 31 |
| Shaun | MEIKEJOHN | 6845 | 31 |
| Roger | BUCK | 9453 | 31 |
| Video | MURRAY | 14147 | 31 |
| Bradley | OAKLEY-BROWN | 14741 | 31 |
| Leon | VAN MOERKERKEN | 15949 | 31 |
| Edmund | MNGADI | 20776 | 31 |
| Jacob | KARELSE | 21441 | 31 |
| Naresh | DEVNUND | 22525 | 31 |
| Vernon | ANLEY | 2225 | 30 |
| Johan | VAN STADEN | 2815 | 30 |
| David | JACOBS | 4493 | 30 |
| Paul | MOKWENA | 5743 | 30 |
| Toni | HESP | 5974 | 30 |
| Floors | WELTHAGEN | 8743 | 30 |
| Magavishnu | NAIR | 11354 | 30 |
| Richard | HAMMIL | 15103 | 30 |
| Nick | SISSING | 15753 | 30 |
| Garry | MANN | 19088 | 30 |
| Phuti | TLABELA | 24070 | 30 |
| Johnny | VAN DER WALT | 24763 | 30 |
| Nkeke | RANAMANE | 26090 | 30 |
| Danie | JACOBS | 26784 | 30 |
| Simon | CHILIZA | 27489 | 30 |
| Themba | DUBE | 27500 | 30 |
Going for Quadruple Green (Running their 40th Comrades):
| First Name | Last Name | Race Number | Finishes |
| Hercules Daniel | HORMEYR | 6779 | 39 |
Quadruple Green Number Runners in #Comrades2023:
| First Name | Last Name | Race Number | Finishes |
| Barry | HOLLAND | 916 | 48 |
| Louis | MASSYN | 403 | 47 |
| Victor | BOSTON | 3111 | 44 |
| Wietsche | VAN DER WESTHUIZEN | 4192 | 43 |
| David | WILLIAMS | 1550 | 42 |
| Mike | COWLING | 7296 | 42 |
| Colin | GOOSEN | 144 | 40 |
The 96th Comrades Marathon will be a Down Run on Sunday, 11 June 2023, starting at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall at 05h30 and ending 12 hours later at the Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Cricket Stadium in Durban.The route distance is 87.701km. This will be the 48th Comrades Down Run.
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