The Olympics will apparently not be the only tape-delayed sporting event this summer. The Nathan’s Famous facebook page announces that the Nathan’s finals will begin at the tradition starting time of noon eastern and a recording of the event will be televised on ESPN at 3pm. A comment says that the contest will be televised live on another ESPN network. (via Larell Marie email) update The schedule listing on ESPN.go.com does not currently show a hot dog contest at noon July 4 on any ESPN network.

update The Brooklyn Paper gives a conflict with a Brooklyn Cyclones game as the reason for the time shift. The game will start at 6 pm, two hours after original end of the contest. Presumably, the Cyclones schedule has been set since the start of the baseball season in April so it is surprising that no conflict would be announced until 9 days before July 4. The maximum attendance at the Cyclones ballpark is 10,000, a fifth of the estimated attendance at the Nathan’s finals.

update June 26 IFOCE.com announces the contest will not be televised live on any ESPN cable channel; it will be streamed on ESPN3.com

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update June 27 Matt Stonie has a gallery and training video
Matt Stonie’s performance resulted in Muff from Boston Drunks retirement from competitive eating
Boston.com has a gallery

update June 24 The Boston Herald has an article w/video (via comment)

Results (Part 1 | Part 2)

1) Matt Stonie 42 hot dogs
2) Justin Mih 16.5
3) “Wild” Bill Myers 14
4) Bob O’Neil 10
5) Joao Paulo 9

1W) Mia “Meatballz” Davekos 8

Matt Stonie was the male winner of today’s Nathan’s qualifier in Boston with a total of 42 hot dogs. Matt had to compete in a different area from the other competitors because the contest area was in the beer zone.

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update June 17 Added results from Paul Barlow’s comment

update Official results
1) Yasir Salem 24 HDB
2) Allen “Shredder” Goldstein 23
3) Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle 19.5
4) “Wild” Bill Myers 13.5
5T) Paul Barlow 12
5T) ? 12
7) Steve “Pi Guy” Martin 11
Dale Corzine 8

1W) Dee Martin 10

A Dale will return to the southern half of the MLE circuit today. CharlotteObserver.com has an article about Dale Corzine, who will attempt to compete in the Nathan’s finals after winning a July 4 hot dog eating contest in Rock Hill, SC six years in a row. In addition to previous named entrants, Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston, Yasir Salem, Brian Szontagh, Steve & Dee Martin and “Wild” Bill Myers are also expected to compete in today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Concord Mills at noon eastern time.

Anyone who wants a post-contest tourist activity might want to vist the Charlotte-area sites where The Hunger Games were filmed. The Capitol interiors were filmed at the former Philip Morris cigarette manufacturing plant in Concord, the same town where today’s qualifier is taking place.

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update June 14 Pittsburgh.CBSLocal.com has an article.

update 10:49 WPXI has a video. Triblive and WTAE have articles

update 4:37 The Pittsburgh Post Gazette has a video

update The MLE facebook has full results

The top 3:
1) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 27
2) Brian Subich 26.25
3) Mike Landrich 16.5
4) “Wild” Bill Myers 15.5
5) Tom Keeton 11.5
6T) Jakub Kelly 8
6T) Steve Myers 8
8) Dan McCloud 5.5

1W) Theresa Subich 9

update 12:35 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins was the winner with 27 hot dogs.

update 12:32 The female winner ate 9.

update 12:29 The contest is over.

update 12:21 The contest is underway. Pat Doyle is live-tweeting the contest. He says there is only one woman competing.

update 11:40 MSNBC reports the Subiches are attempting to break a record. If they are attempting to exceed the most hot dogs eaten by a husband & wife, the LeFevres ate 50.5 hot dogs in the 2005 Nathan’s finals. (They ate 45 hot dogs in a qualifier on two occasions, results are after the jump.)

There might be a dark horse in today’s Nathan’s qualifier in Pittsburgh. Jakub Seamus Kelly, born in the Czech Republic, thinks he can eat 30 hot dogs. update Rich Shea says that Brian Seiken and Hunter Hinson are also expected to compete in addition to previously named competitors.

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A list of all known Nathan’s 2012 qualifier results of 10 hot dogs is available after the jump.

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There are three more Nathan’s qualifiers left (Pittsburgh June 13, Charlotte June 16, Boston June 23). A list of 2012 Nathan’s qualifier winners follows after the jump. Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas will receive byes as defending champions. Eric “Badlands” Booker will be difficult to displace from the men’s wild card slot with a total of 37 hot dogs.
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Both The Brooklyn Paper and the New York Post wrote articles about the time shift of the Nathan’s finals three hours later and the possibility for hotter weather during the competition. To determine the average increase in temperature, the following table lists the 12:51 pm and 3:51 pm temperatures for JFK Airport for the past ten July 4s using data from Wunderground.com.

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update June 11 Ok Sure has videos (from comment) Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Post-contest

update #2 Totals (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Pete Davekos 24.5
2) Yasir Salem 20
3) Juan Rodriguez 19
Bam Martinez 10.6

1W) Neslie Ricasa 10.5 (Joey Chestnut’s girlfriend)
2W) Mary Bowers 7

update The winners have been announced as Pete Davekos and Neslie (last name not provided)

Today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, OK is expected to start at 1 pm central time.

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update 9:05 TheKflynn has a video of Molly Nemunaitis

update 5:27 WKYC has a video and gallery. Picture #69 appears to be Crazy Legs Conti’s area after the contest.)

update 5:04 NewsNet5.com has a video and article. The announcer says there is a 10 hot dog minimum required for female winners to receive a trip to NYC which I thought was dropped.

jpopik has some UStream videos of the contest

Full Results have been posted (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Crazy Legs Conti, 25.25, personal best
2) Kevin “LA Beast” 25
3) Mike Landrich 14.5
4) Andrew “The Bear” 14
5) Chance DeWerth 12
6) Aaskea 11
7) Mulcahey 10.5
8T) Matt Horn 5
8T) Phil Hicks 5

1W) Molly Nemunatis 10

1:13 Crazy Legs Conti has been announced as the victor with 25.25 hot dogs.

This is a personal best for Conti, beating the 25 he was credited with in the controversial 2010 San Diego qualifier:

12:51 The contest is underway, someone has 17 hot dogs.

WKYC has a preview illustrated with a picture of Pat Bertoletti and Scott Bickel.

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