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2009 Jul 4 10 min IFOCE units: hot dogs | Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
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Surf & Stillwell, Coney Island coneyisland.com Brooklyn, NY http://nathansfamous.com/PageFetch/getpage.php?pgid=38 http://www.ifoce.com/contests.php?action=detail&eventID=308 Rich LeFevre did not participate due to illness |
1st | 68 | $10,000.00 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut | Westfield, IN | breaks 10 and 12 minute records |
2nd | 64.5 | $5,000.00 | Takeru Kobayashi | Nagano, Japan | personal best |
3rd | 55 | $2,500.00 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti | Chicago, IL | |
4th | 53 | $1,500.00 | Tim "Eater X" Janus | New York City, NY | |
5th | 41.75 | $1,000.00 | Bob "The Notorious B.O.B." Shoudt | Royersford, PA | |
6th | 41 | Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas | Alexandria, VA | women's 10 & 12 minute record | |
7th | 38.5 | Hall "Hoover" Hunt | Jacksonville Beach, FL | ||
8th | 38 | Erik "The Red" Denmark | Seattle, WA | ||
9th | 34 | "The Lovely" Juliet Lee | Germantown, MD | Personal best | |
10th | 30 | Eric "Badlands" Booker | Selden, NY | ||
10th | 30 | Tim "Gravy" Brown | Chicago, IL | ||
12th | 28.5 | "Buffalo" Jim Reeves | Buffalo, NY | ||
13th | 25 | Crazy Legs Conti | New York City, NY | ||
13th | 25 | Pete "PrettyBoy" Davekos | Boston, MA | ||
13th | 25 | Sean "Flash" Gordon | Downingtown, PA | ||
16th | 23 | Marco "Mongo" Marquez | Engelwood, CO | ||
17th | 21 | Micah "Wing Kong" Collins | Drexel Hill, PA | ||
18th | 14 | Franco "frenkybello" Camerini | |||
18th | 14 | Bob Coccodrilli |