Figure 1

Total number of male and female finishers (A) and number of female and male finishers in the Marathon des Sables per country (B). Countries providing five or more finishers per year and gender are indicated with 1 for women and with 2 for men, respectively. The frame indicates the 25 countries with the total highest number of finishers including women and men. FRA France, GBR Great Britain, ESP Spain, ITA Italy, GER Germany, USA United States of America, SUI Switzerland, MAR Morocco, JPN Japan, CAN Canada, LUX Luxembourg, IRL Ireland, AUS Australia, BEL Belgium, AUT Austria, KOR Korea, DEN Denmark, NED Netherlands, NZL New Zealand, CHN China, POR Portugal, JOR Jordan, POL Poland, MEX Mexico, RSA Republic of South Africa.