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| 2003 Jul 4 12 min IFOCE units: hot dogs | Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
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Coney Island Brooklyn, NY http://www.nathansfamous.com/nathans/contest/index.php http://www.majorwager.com/forums/mess-hall/122689-nathans-hotdog-eating-contest.html http://donmoseslerman.com/mosesnews/mosesnews/uploaded_images/scan0002-798505.jpg ESPN broadcast canceled due to conflict with Perry |
| 1st | 44.5 | Takeru Kobayashi | Nagano, Japan | ||
| 2nd | 30 | Ed "Cookie" Jarvis | Nesconsett, NY | ||
| 3rd | 29 | Eric "Badlands" Booker | Selden, NY | ||
| 4th | 25.5 | Rich "The Locust" LeFevre | Henderson, NV | ||
| 5th | 25 | Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas | Alexandria, VA | women's record | |
| 7th | 21 | Carlene LeFevre | Henderson, NV | ||
| 8th | 18.5 | "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti | Wallingford, CT | ||
| ? | 15 | Carson "Collard Green" Hughes | Newport News, VA | ||
| ? | 4 | William "The Refrigerator" Perry | quit after 5 minutes | ||
| ? | ? | Dale "Mouth of the South" Boone | Atlanta, GA | ||
| ? | ? | "Bayou" Boyd Bulot | Hammond, LA | ||
| ? | ? | Crazy Legs Conti | New York City, NY | ||
| ? | ? | "Hungry" Charles Hardy | Brooklyn, NY | ||
| ? | ? | Don "Moses" Lerman | Levittown, NY | ||
| ? | ? | Oleg Zhornitskiy | Brooklyn, NY |
