Lars Dørum har nettopp fylt 58, og prøvde seg i ultraklassikeren Spartathlon for første gang. Og hvilken debut det ble! Han løp friskt helt fra starten i Aten, og jobbet seg stadig fremover i det langt over 300 mann sterke feltet. Da han la hånden på statuen av kong Leonidas i Sparta som nr. 12, hadde han brukt 28.08.31, en uhyre sterk tid - uansett alder.

Kun én nordmann har løpt raskere, Jon Harald Berge, da han ble nr. 3 på 25.09.38 i 2009.
 
Dørum slo ultralegenden Torleif Rekkebos tid fra 1991 – da han også var 58 år – med over 4 timer. Dette for å sette Dørums løp i litt perspektiv.
 
Eiolf Eivindsen fullførte for 9. gang
Men Lars Dørum var ikke den eneste nordmann som imponerte i år. Spartathlon-veteranen Eiolf Eivindsen fullførte løpet for 9. gang, og satte ny pers med 32.36.55. Det ga ham en 41. plass.
 
Hva er disse karene laget av?
Det er bare å ta hatten av for Lars og Eiolf!
 
Suveren italiensk seier igjen
Italieneren Ivan Cudin vant i år, som i fjor, denne gang på 22.57.40, halvannen time foran japanske Yuji Sakai. På tredjeplass finner vi tyske Michael Vanicek, mannen som vant Bislett 24 timers så suverent i fjor.
 
Noen flere nordiske løpere i mål:.
15 Michael Andersson, SVE      29.45.21
32 Ville Tuominen, FIN         32.05.52
43 Timo Sakari Haka, FIN       32.41.46
61 Jan Westerberg, FIN         33.50.07
67 Andreas Falk, SVE           33.57.47

Det var påmeldt 370 deltakere i år. 

Se video av vinneren med premieseremoni pluss andre videoer

Alle fullførende deltakere i Spartathlon 2011:

Pl Tid nr   Etternavn Fornavn Land Kjønn
1 22:57:40 279   Cudin Ivan Italy Male
2 24:22:24 208   Sakai Yuji Japan Male
3 24:55:59 300   Vanicek Michael Germany Male
4 26:32:56 320   Hoesl Patrick Germany Male
5 26:41:44 278   OraleK Daniel Czech Rep. Male
6 26:59:27 235   Oshima Yasutoshi Japan Male
7 27:12:57 246   Kiso Tetsuo Japan Male
8 27:40:30 81   Thalmann Markus Austria Male
9 27:40:30 283   Thoms Stu Germany Male
10 27:40:30 322   Leu Oliver Germany Male
11 27:45:17 280   Goebel Dietmar Germany Male
12 28:08:31 356   Dørum Lars Christen Norway Male
13 29:07:13 152   Koutsioukos Georgios Greece Male
14 29:07:45 188   Lubics Szilvia Hungary Female
15 29:45:21 120   Andersson Mikael Sweden Male
16 29:51:28 45   Karahalias Dimitrios Greece Male
17 30:17:58 8   Andras Low Hungary Male
18 30:28:13 313   Ebbert Norbert Germany Male
19 30:36:16 124   Dejaeger-Braet Luc Belgium Male
20 30:51:21 275   Toth Attila Hungary Male
21 30:54:43 333   Kim Kwank-Boc Korea Male
22 30:57:46 177   Mazzi Marco Italy Male
23 31:02:31 49   Vlahos Gergios Greece Male
24 31:12:08 107   Bessyris Dimitrios Greece Male
25 31:23:36 103   Wagner Josef Austria Male
26 31:38:58 176   Szonyl Ferenc Hungary Male
27 31:47:16 178   Gallen Eddie Spain Male
28 31:48:00 190   Chudy Henryk Poland Male
29 31:48:00 191   Malinowski Zbigniew Poland Male
30 31:55:24 122   Lajko Csaba Hungary Male
31 31:55:24 222   Sugiura Kazunari Japan Male
32 32:05:52 365   Tuominen Ville Finland Male
33 32:06:58 71   Oliveira Joao Portugal Male
34 32:17:19 121   Podgornik Res Ruth Slovenia Female
35 32:21:47 67   Van De Erve Jan Netherlands Male
36 32:25:37 29   Bochons Eusebio Switzelrand Male
37 32:33:23 83   Anderson Mimi UK Female
38 32:34:25 44   Pallaruelo Gilles France Male
39 32:35:45 244   Iwamoto Nobumi Japan Male
40 32:36:11 223   Matsuda Yoshiko Japan Female
41 32:36:55 170   Eivindsen Eiolf Norway Male
42 32:40:19 281   Feigel Martin Germany Male
43 32:41:46 164   Haka Timo Sakari Finland Male
44 32:42:54 298   Zuth Juergen Germany Male
45 32:51:22 359   Maritati Giacomo Italy Male
46 33:00:17 96   Leysen Pat Belgium Male
47 33:01:20 151   Gogos Apollonios Greece Male
48 33:02:33 265   Belardini Gianluca Italy Male
49 33:07:21 316   Mueller Antje Germany Female
50 33:15:13 127   Karakatsanis Konstantinos Greece Male
51 33:19:09 264   Ernst Daniel Netherlands Male
52 33:25:55 248   Tanaka Yoshitaka Japan Male
53 33:26:03 247   Nakayama Kei Japan Male
54 33:34:04 50   Mattheou Amalia Greece Female
55 33:43:44 119   Maasland Gerrit Netherlands Male
56 33:46:42 147   Noszik Janos Hungary Male
57 33:48:41 18   Woolley Mark Steven Spain Male
58 33:48:41 341   Pradas Juan - Carlos France Male
59 33:48:53 108   Ziamparas Dimitrios Greece Male
60 33:48:56 153   Konstas Loukas Greece Male
61 33:50:07 34   Westerberg Jan Finland Male
62 33:53:53 304   Karl Hubert Germany Male
63 33:54:09 226   Okumura Naoki Japan Male
64 33:57:19 140   Chanteclair Rierre France Male
65 33:57:31 89   Mahoney Matthew UK Male
66 33:57:46 319   Wanner Klaus Germany Male
67 33:57:47 105   Falk Andreas Sweden Male
68 33:59:11 184   Rojas Peredo Ricardo Argentina Male
69 34:08:14 43   Patsis Andreas Greece Male
70 34:18:08 9   Krystallis Georgios Greece Male
71 34:20:53 130   Zuidema Nitish Netherlands Male
72 34:21:20 126   De Santiago Luis Spain Male
73 34:22:06 53   Saamanen Juha Finland Male
74 34:23:21 133   Chenais Maurice France Male
75 34:24:01 334   Lee Hak-Jun Korea Male
76 34:24:59 84   Bjarne R Jensen Denmark Male
77 34:25:24 64   Schriver Henrik Denmark Male
78 34:26:10 215   Oyama Reinin Japan Male
79 34:26:21 87   Jorgensen Keld Denmark Male
80 34:27:29 293   Brandt Michael Germany Male
81 34:29:37 224   Furuyama Takako Japan Female
82 34:29:53 217   Matsueda Hironori Japan Male
83 34:30:12 321   Beck Hubert Germany Male
84 34:30:20 327   Zambon Andrea Italy Male
85 34:31:02 163   Papi Alessandro Italy Male
86 34:36:07 245   Iwamoto Rina Japan Female
87 34:38:50 168   Heurtault Marc France Male
88 34:38:51 343   Prost - Dumont Alain France Male
89 34:39:04 243   Nishimura Hiroyuki Japan Male
90 34:39:10 138   Watson Chris Australia Male
91 34:40:41 28   Nucifora Carmelo Italy Male
92 34:41:24 80   Saint Matrin Laurent France Male
93 34:41:52 25   Triantafyllos Christos Greece Male
94 34:41:52 74   Papamichail Ioannis Greece Male
95 34:42:17 212   Suefusa Yoshio Japan Male
96 34:42:25 196   Derda Robert Poland Male
97 34:43:45 259   Teshigawara Ken Japan Male
98 34:50:05 6   Marc Vandenplas Belgium Male
99 34:52:07 345   Van Nijlen Bart Belgium Male
100 34:52:13 52   Perttila Petri Finland Male
101 34:52:43 252   Yoshikawa Hiroshi Japan Male
102 34:53:59 13   Illot Martin UK Male
103 34:53:59 299   Otto Van Germany Male
104 34:56:08 40   Rosset Philippe Switzelrand Male
105 35:00:43 185   Mott Paul U.K. Male
106 35:05:51 31   Ahlholm Tuula Finland Female
107 35:06:22 159   Lambert Jean - Pierre France Male
108 35:08:45 295   Bultmann Juergen Germany Male
109 35:09:03 305   Moedinger Walter Germany Male
110 35:11:40 241   Kobayashi Takeharu Japan Male
111 35:13:10 347   Bagnioli Paolo Italy Male
112 35:14:39 11   Bryant Neil UK Male
113 35:16:17 88   Accarino Francesco Italy Male
114 35:19:47 203   Omoda Daisuke Japan Male
115 35:20:08 367   Wu Sheng Ming Taiwan Male
116 35:21:07 155   Skourtaniotis Ioannis Greece Male
117 35:21:25 144   Rossen Anne-Marie Denmark Female
118 35:21:59 229   Seki Satoru Japan Male
119 35:22:11 262   Dan Koji Japan Male
120 35:22:33 194   Arapoglou Stergios Greece Male
121 35:26:37 4   Pieters Lieven Belgium Male
122 35:26:50 100   Coelho Victor  Portugal Male
123 35:27:11 286   Brehe Michael Germany Male
124 35:27:40 237   Oi Masahiro Japan Male
125 35:27:54 257   Inoue Kazuya Japan Male
126 35:29:34 272   Kalogiros Panagiotis Greece Male
127 35:30:52 364   Kilpatrick Samuel UK Male
128 35:36:14 27   Mustala Ari Finland Male
129 35:43:58 332   Lee Han-Kie Korea Male
130 35:44:42 354   Bogi Alexander Slovac Rep. Male
131 35:45:09 1   Maragkos Spiridon Greece Male
132 35:45:54 99   Brueyre Laurent France Male
133 35:45:58 85   Kassimi Sofia Greece Female
134 35:46:34 101   Falkov Alexander Russia Male
135 35:46:34 118   Sinisalo Marjuka Finland Female
136 35:46:35 216   Noto Kimie Japan Female
137 35:47:16 344   Chorgnon Ludovic France Male
138 35:50:03 56   Depoortere Ludo Belgium Male
139 35:50:40 63   Delmas Stephane France Male
140 35:51:00 150   Apostolopoulos Ioannis Greece Male
141 35:52:53 174   Kugota Tsutomu Greece Male
142 35:52:53 192   Gardenes Cliville Josep Antoni Spain Male
143 35:54:28 355   Bucci Paolo Italy Male