Wings for Life World Run
The Wings for Life World Run is a running competition held on the first weekend of May since 2014 to collect funds for the not-for-profit foundation Wings for Life. The entry fee goes completely to the foundation.
The Wings for Life World Run is peculiar in that participants don't have to run a specific distance like in comparable competitions. A car rides on the track half an hour after the start. Overtaken participants are eliminated until just one, the winner, remains. The run also takes place in 34 or 35 locations around the world at the same time and is broadcast live on Red Bull TV.
The Wings for Life Foundation and the Wings for Life World Run
The not-for-profit foundation Wings for Life was established by the two-time motocross world champion Heinz Kinigadner and the Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz in 2004. Its goal is to find a cure for spinal cord injuries and paraplegia. Therefore, the foundation supports research and studies about spinal cord and spinal cord injuries financially. Anita Gerhardter is CEO. Founder Kinigadner himself is concerned because his brother and his son, both motocross riders too, are bounded to wheelchairs after injuries.After two years of preparations the first Wings for Life World Run was started on May 4, 2014 to raise funds and at the same time arouse attention on limitations and medical problems of paraplegic persons. Following the success of the first edition the race is now an annual event. According to the official Website the idea to organize a worldwide race where the last man standing would be the winner, came during a lay-over at the airport in Moscow.
The race is open to everybody, professionals as well as members or non-members of running clubs. The entry fee is donated entirely to the foundation, the main sponsor Red Bull covers the costs of the event. The fees vary somewhat depending on the choice of location and the time of sign up. 40.00 GBP are due to take part in Great Britain, 50.00 USD to take part in the United States, but it is also possible to augment the donation during the registration process. So far 3 million and 4.2 million euro of donation have been collected in the two first editions.
The Motto of the race is:
"World" Run
The name Wings for Life World Run comes from the fact that the race takes place in 34 or 35 different locations around the Earth at the same time. That means that runners in Europe or Africa run around noon while participants in Asia and Australia in the afternoon or evening. In the Americas the race is early in the morning or even during the night.The "Catcher Car"
The Wings for Life World Run is outstanding because there is no prescribed distance to cover for example 10 kilometers or 42.195 km like in a marathon. Thus runners of very different levels can equally take part.100 km are prepared at each location. All participants start at the same time, a so-called "Catcher Car" rides on the track 30 minutes after the start. The speed is 14 km/h at first and increases by 1 km/h every half an hour. From 2014 to 2018 the speed was 15 km/h in the beginning but it was raised only every hour. Once a runner is overtaken by the car, the race is finished for them. Busses bring eliminated participants back to the start area. Thus what counts on the sport side is not the time needed to cover a given distance but the distance covered before the Catcher Car overtakes one.
The last remaining female and male runners at each locations are the local Wings for Life World Run winners and gain the right to start the following year at a location of their choice. The woman and man that ran the longest distance worldwide are the Wings for Life World Run Global Champions and are rewarded with a trip around the world as special prize.
The conditions and tracks vary quite a lot. The Catcher Cars are steered precisely using global satellite navigation hence a comparison between the different locations is nonetheless possible. The following table show how fast the car rides at what time after the start and how far it is at each speed change.
| Time after the start HH:MM | Speed | Equals the distance |
| 00:00 to 00:30 | 0 km/h | 0 km |
| 00:30 to 01:30 | 15 km/h | 0 to 15 km |
| 01:30 to 02:30 | 16 km/h | 15 to 31 km |
| 02:30 to 03:30 | 17 km/h | 31 to 48 km |
| 03:30 to 05:30 | 20 km/h | 48 to 88 km |
| from 05:30 on | 35 km/h | more than 88 km |
| Time after the start HH:MM | Speed | Equals the distance |
| 00:00 to 00:30 | 0 km/h | 0 km |
| 00:30 to 01:00 | 14 km/h | 0 to 7 km |
| 01:00 to 01:30 | 15 km/h | 7 to 14.5 km |
| 01:30 to 02:00 | 16 km/h | 14.5 to 22.5 km |
| 02:00 to 02:30 | 17 km/h | 22.5 to 31 km |
| 02:30 to 03:00 | 18 km/h | 31 to 40 km |
| 03:00 to 03:30 | 22 km/h | 40 to 51 km |
| from 03:30 on | 26 km/h | more than 51 km |
Wings for Life World Run 2014
The first Wings for Life World Run took place on May 4, 2014 in 34 locations around the Earth. The start was given at 10:00 UTC everywhere. The British track and field world champion Colin Jackson was race director.The competition became a success. Especially the men's race for the global title was very close. In the end Lemawork Ketema from Ethiopia won with 78.58 km he ran in Austria. That distance was just 90 m more than the Peruvian Remigio Huaman Quispe who ran in Lima and 180 m more than Evgenii Glyva from Ukraine who ran in Austria together with Ketema.
Elise Selvikvåg Molvik from Norway covered 54.79 km in Stavanger to claim the women's global championship. It is worth mentioning that, according to the official website, she was just 18 years old at that time and had never run more than 30 km in competition. 54.79 km meant also the 42nd place in the combined male and female ranking. Nathalie Vasseur from France became second with 51.26 km in Hennebont, the Moldovian Svetlana Shepeleva became third with 48.29 km in Alanya.
All in all 35397 men and women, among them several celebrities like Mark Webber and Aksel Lund Svindal, took part and ran 530928 km together.
| Location | Winner | Age group | Distance | Global rank |
 Alanya | Murat Kaya | M40 | 55.93 | 38 |
 Auckland | Braden Currie | M25 | 45.34 | 140 |
 Barcelona | Chema Martinez | M40 | 55.56 | 40 |
 Bratislava | Boris Csiba | M30 | 50.22 | 68 |
 Bucharest | Eugen Constantin Sorop | M25 | 58.86 | 21 |
 Busselton | David Kennedy | M35 | 43.89 | 168 |
 Cancún | Crisanto Grajales | M25 | 43.17 | 185 |
 Cape Town | Coolboy Ngamole | M35 | 59.88 | 16 |
 Comporta | António Sousa | M40 | 46.82 | 119 |
 Darmstadt | Markus Mockenhaupt | M30 | 56.87 | 32 |
 Denver | Hunter Paris | M30 | 55.37 | 41 |
 Donautal |  Lemawork Ketema | M25 | 78.58 | 1 |
 Drenthe |  Fréderique Lotin | M25 | 54.31 | 44 |
 Florianópolis | Cesar Miguel Momesso dos Santos | M30 | 44.78 | 151 |
 Haryana |  Isaac Kipernoi | M25 | 41.11 | 250 |
 Hennebont | Thibaut Baronian | M25 | 59.35 | 18 |
 Hualien | Chih Chun Li | M35 | 48.05 | 103 |
 Kakheti | Anatoli Oleinikovi | M30 | 52.65 | 53 |
 Kalmar | Thomas Pechhacker | M30 | 50.50 | 65 |
 Kerry | John O'Regan | M45 | 49.24 | 76 |
 Lima | Remigio Huaman Quispe | M30 | 78.49 | 2 |
 Ljubljana | David Plese | M30 | 59.74 | 17 |
 Olten | Marco Kaminski | M50 | 56.51 | 34 |
 Pinamar | Ignacio Ilarregui | M35 | 57.08 | 31 |
 Poznań | Grzegorz Urbańczyk | M25 | 49.08 | 77 |
 Prairies | Ryan King | M25 | 46.79 | 120 |
| Santa Clarita | Calum Neff | M30 | 58.52 | 22 |
 Santiago | Pablo Gonzalez | M35 | 57.40 | 30 |
 Silverstone | Paul Martelletti | M35 | 69.37 | 5 |
 Stavanger | Svein Ove Risa | M40 | 63.36 | 12 |
| Sunrise | Michael Wardian | M40 | 57.75 | 27 |
 Verona | Giorgio Calcaterra | M40 | 72.96 | 4 |
| Ypres | Wouter Decock | M30 | 65.11 | 7 |
 Zadar | Goran Murić | M30 | 49.52 | 73 |
| Location | Winner | Age group | Distance | Global rank |
| Alanya |  Svetlana Shepeleva | F45 | 48.29 | 3 |
| Auckland | Antonia Elliot | F25 | 31.38 | 94 |
| Barcelona | Miriam Garcia Heredia | F30 | 42.91 | 11 |
| Bratislava | Jana Zatlukalová | F25 | 39.26 | 24 |
| Bucharest | Liliana Maria Danci | F18 | 39.03 | 25 |
| Busselton | Laoise Thuama | F25 | 36.30 | 39 |
| Cancún | Anahi Inzunza | F25 | 26.99 | 213 |
| Cape Town | Mfunzi Ntombesintu | F30 | 47.57 | 4 |
| Comporta | Mária Santos | F35 | 25.35 | 321 |
| Darmstadt | Lea Bäuscher | F30 | 46.23 | 5 |
| Denver | Erlena Josifi | F18 | 33.53 | 66 |
| Donautal | Julia Moser | F18 | 34.87 | 53 |
| Drenthe | Linda Vliet | F25 | 31.75 | 85 |
| Florianópolis | Ana Borba | F30 | 37.40 | 30 |
| Haryana | Wahida Raheman | F25 | 29.17 | 137 |
| Hennebont | Nathalie Vasseur | F45 | 51.26 | 2 |
| Hualien | 汪, 旖文 | F30 | 29.58 | 127 |
| Kakheti | Marielle Carmagnolle | F55 | 25.34 | 323 |
| Kalmar | Maria Lundgren | F40 | 45.24 | 9 |
| Kerry | Alison Kirwan | F30 | 30.19 | 115 |
| Lima | Ayde Quispe Ortiz | F18 | 40.83 | 17 |
| Ljubljana | Sylvie Tramoy | F40 | 33.82 | 62 |
| Olten | Daniela Ryf | F25 | 44.44 | 10 |
| Pinamar | Laura Gordiola | F40 | 36.56 | 34 |
| Poznań | Aga Głomb | F18 | 38.81 | 27 |
| Prairies | Chrissy Magneson | F25 | 32.97 | 69 |
| Santa Clarita | Jeannie Rutherford | F35 | 35.64 | 46 |
| Santiago | Gabriela Cerda | F18 | 31.82 | 83 |
| Silverstone | Joanna Zakrzewski | F35 | 45.39 | 7 |
| Stavanger | Elise Selvikvåg Molvik | F18 | 54.79 | 1 |
| Sunrise | Haley Chura | F25 | 45.61 | 6 |
| Verona | Astrid Kaltenboeck | F40 | 35.49 | 48 |
| Ypres | Nele Louwagie | F35 | 34.68 | 54 |
| Zadar | Kimberly ReMine | F18 | 41.02 | 16 |
Wings for Life World Run 2015
The second edition of the Wings for Life World Run was held on May 3, 2015 in 35 locations. This year the start was given at 11:00 UTC. The race director was as in the year before the British track and field world champion Colin Jackson.This year 72,224 women and men, among them again numerous internationally known sportsmen like Marcel Hirscher and Gregor Schlierenzauer, started. Aksel Lund Svindal, who ran in 2014, drove the Catcher Car in Stavanger this time. Like him some other celebrities did the same for example Felix Baumgartner and David Coulthard.
Concerning the sport side, the two best of the preceding edition Lemawork Ketema and Remigio Huaman Quispe ran at the same location in Austria. Ketema improved his performance up to 79.90 km and remained global champion. Quispe ran nearly as far as in 2014, namely 78.20 km, for a third place worldwide. The race developed again to a duel over distance, this time with the Chilean César Díaz Hernández, who became second with 78.31 km in Santiago, and with Giorgio Calcaterra who repeated his win in Italy and improved quite a lot up to 78.06 km.
Elise Molvik, global champion in 2014, ran again in Stavanger. She claimed the local title but 45.02 km were far from the worldwide best women. The podium was Yuuko Watanabe from Japan, Riana van Niekerk from South Africa with 55.21 km in Cape Town and Nathalie Vasseur with 52.18 km in Sunrise this year. All in all just 81 men ran further than the first woman.
| Location | Winner | Age group | Distance | Global rank |
 Aarhus | Brian Hansen | M30 | 61.48 | 37 |
| Alanya | Jose Requejo Santos | M30 | 68.04 | 18 |
| Aranjuez – Madrid | Chema Martinez | M40 | 59.19 | 48 |
| Brasilia | Juan Pablo de Lima Costa Salazar | M35 | 52.61 | 122 |
| Bratislava | Philipp Aigner | M25 | 68.65 | 16 |
| Breda | Kevin Pletz | M18 | 50.29 | 172 |
| Bucharest | Wouter Decock | M30 | 61.72 | 36 |
| Cape Town | Eric Ngubane | M30 | 68.86 | 14 |
| Darmstadt | Florian Neuschwander | M30 | 74.56 | 6 |
 Dubai |  Sami Al Saidi | M30 | 44.92 | 323 |
| Dublin | David Sheehy | M35 | 52.64 | 121 |
| Gurgaon | Amit Dhankar | M18 | 57.38 | 70 |
| Kakheti | Anatoli Oleinikovi | M30 | 57.39 | 69 |
| Kalmar – Öland | Aron Anderson | M25 | 64.82 | 30 |
 Kolomna – Moscow | Nikolay Yanalov | M30 | 70.19 | 11 |
| Lima | Emerson Trujillo Flores | M30 | 72.15 | 9 |
| Ljubljana | Robert Radojkovic | M30 | 69.36 | 13 |
| Melbourne | Michael Wardian | M40 | 70.66 | 10 |
| Munich | Matthias Baur | M18 | 61.10 | 41 |
| Niagara Falls | Blaine Penny | M40 | 65.41 | 26 |
| Niederösterreich | Lemawork Ketema | M25 | 79.90 | 1 |
| Olten | Michael Boch | M30 | 70.14 | 12 |
| Porto | Daniel Pinheiro | M30 | 67.39 | 20 |
| Poznań | Bartosz Olszewski | M30 | 73.46 | 8 |
| Rouen | Simon Munyutu | M35 | 73.51 | 7 |
| Santa Clarita | Thibaut Baronian | M25 | 55.15 | 90 |
| Santiago | César Díaz Hernández | M25 | 78.31 | 2 |
| Silverstone | Thomas Payn | M35 | 61.09 | 42 |
| Stavanger | Jarle Risa | M35 | 58.80 | 50 |
| Sunrise | Svein Risa | M40 | 54.88 | 93 |
 Takashima | Kazuhiko Oki | M25 | 67.68 | 19 |
| Verona | Giorgio Calcaterra | M40 | 78.06 | 4 |
| Yilan | Chih Pin Su | M35 | 57.62 | 66 |
| Ypres | Pieter Rijnders | M35 | 61.99 | 35 |
| Zadar | Matija Grabrovečki | M35 | 57.36 | 71 |
| Location | Winner | Age group | Distance | Global rank |
| Aarhus | Lone Nielsen | F35 | 48.97 | 10 |
| Alanya | Svetlana Shepeleva | F45 | 50.31 | 8 |
| Aranjuez – Madrid | Mª Cruz Parras Morcillo | F25 | 31.89 | 193 |
| Brasilia | Astrid Kaltenböck | F40 | 44.28 | 22 |
| Bratislava | Romana Komarnanska | F25 | 41.85 | 30 |
| Breda | Sandra Laros | F40 | 37.70 | 60 |
| Bucharest | Liliana Danci | F18 | 45.76 | 17 |
| Cape Town | Riana van Niekerk | F35 | 55.21 | 2 |
| Darmstadt | Laura Chacon Biebach | F25 | 51.78 | 4 |
| Dubai | Katie Sloane | F25 | 30.08 | 281 |
| Dublin | Orna Dilworth | F30 | 39.54 | 45 |
| Gurgaon | Linah Chirchir | F25 | 44.90 | 20 |
| Kakheti | Linda Vliet | F35 | 32.01 | 191 |
| Kalmar – Öland | Frida Södermark | F35 | 42.09 | 29 |
| Kolomna – Moscow | Irina Antropova | F30 | 51.33 | 5 |
| Lima | Rocio Carrion | F45 | 35.13 | 107 |
| Ljubljana | Žana Jereb | F30 | 45.05 | 18 |
| Melbourne | Kelly-Ann Varey | F35 | 50.75 | 7 |
| Munich | Ingalena Heuck | F25 | 49.54 | 9 |
| Niagara Falls | Lyne Bessette | F40 | 47.44 | 13 |
| Niederösterreich | Bernadette Schuster | F30 | 47.06 | 15 |
| Olten | Karen Sobrino | F40 | 43.04 | 24 |
| Porto | Doroteia Peixoto | F30 | 41.70 | 32 |
| Poznań | Dominika Stelmach | F30 | 41.84 | 31 |
| Rouen | Leaharna Marsden | F30 | 35.93 | 95 |
| Santa Clarita | Shannon Rahlves | F40 | 37.01 | 72 |
| Santiago | Karen Torrealba | F30 | 47.68 | 12 |
| Silverstone | Kate Carter | F35 | 34.73 | 115 |
| Stavanger | Elise Molvik | F18 | 45.02 | 19 |
| Sunrise | Nathalie Vasseur | F45 | 52.18 | 3 |
| Takashima | Yuuko Watanabe | F25 | 56.33 | 1 |
| Verona | Chiara Moras | F30 | 39.48 | 46 |
| Yilan | Pei-Yu Cheng | F25 | 37.45 | 64 |
| Ypres | Deborah Ghyselen | F25 | 40.63 | 38 |
| Zadar | Nikolina Šustić | F25 | 48.15 | 11 |
Wings for Life World Run 2016
On May 8, 2016 11:00 UTC the Wings for Life World Run had his third edition. As in 2014 there were 34 locations, among them two in the USA. Colin Jackson was again the race director. The Catcher Cars were driven by international stars like in the years before.130,732 runners took part worldwide and covered more than 1.2 million kilometers. In addition there were 20,556 so-called "Selfie Runners", that is people not running at one of the 34 locations and simulating the catcher cars with an app on their mobile phones. The foundation collected 6.6 million euros.
The Italian ultrarunner Giorgio Calcaterra won for the third time in Italy and took the global title this time too. He improved the record a lot with 88.44 km which meant that for the first time the Catcher Car had to accelerate to the top speed of 35 km/h to overtake him. The worldwide podium was completed by Bartosz Olszewski from Poland, who also ran over 80 km in Canada, and the Chilean Francisco Morales. Lemawork Ketema, global champion in 2014 and 2015, ran again in Austria. For a long time he was side by side with Evgenii Glyva like in 2014. However Ketema decided to stop after 41 km not to compromise his form in view of other races.
A lot of top performances were set in Takashima in Japan. That was also the location for the global champion in the female race like in 2015. Kaori Yoshida set a new record with 65.71 km, an improvement of 9.38 km and an 18th place in the combined men and women classification. The following places went to the Austrian Karin Freitag with 59.08 km in Munich and to Vera Nunes from Portugal with 58.86 km. Last year's winner Yuuko Watanabe covered nearly exactly the same distance as in 2015 with 56.37 km, the global fifth place.
| Location | Winner | Age group | Distance | Global rank |
| Aarhus | Mikkel Kleis | M35 | 56.80 | 64 |
| Ahmedabad | Titus Kariuki Wanderi Githu | M35 | 54.16 | 90 |
| Brasilia | Thomas Payn | M35 | 56.52 | 66 |
| Bratislava | Gabriel Švajda | M30 | 54.15 | 91 |
| Breda | Emerson Trujillo | M30 | 64.41 | 23 |
| Cambridge | Steve Way | M40 | 63.75 | 27 |
| Dubai | Hélder Santos | M30 | 54.34 | 87 |
| Dublin | Paul Martelletti | M35 | 73.77 | 6 |
| Guadalajara | Gabriel Morfin Torres | M35 | 59.05 | 52 |
| Izmir | Ahmet Bayram | M40 | 52.78 | 109 |
| Kakheti | Liviu Croitoru | M25 | 56.02 | 74 |
| Kalmar – Öland |  Pétur Bjarnason | M35 | 57.95 | 56 |
| Kolomna – Moscow | Ivan Motorin | M30 | 67.37 | 15 |
| Lima | Charles Jhon Ayala Escribas | M35 | 63.91 | 25 |
| Ljubljana | Vid Senica | M35 | 64.58 | 21 |
| Melbourne | Barry Keem | M35 | 65.71 | 18 |
| Milan | Giorgio Calcaterra | M40 | 88.44 | 1 |
| Munich | Florian Neuschwander | M30 | 63.66 | 28 |
| Niagara Falls | Bartosz Olszewski | M30 | 82.42 | 2 |
| Olten | Stefan Lüscher | M35 | 57.63 | 58 |
| Porto | António Sousa | M45 | 69.46 | 10 |
| Poznań | Tomasz Walerowicz | M30 | 71.12 | 9 |
| Pretoria | Thibaut Baronian | M25 | 62.84 | 31 |
| Rouen | Teddy Bezancon | M30 | 59.29 | 50 |
| Santa Clarita | Samuel Bradbury | M35 | 60.80 | 42 |
| Santiago | Francisco Morales | M25 | 75.47 | 3 |
| Stavanger | Yoann Stuck | M30 | 61.85 | 33 |
| Sunrise | Simon Munyutu | M35 | 61.54 | 36 |
| Takashima | Nakajima Hiroki | M25 | 74.51 | 5 |
| Valencia | Jarle Risa | M35 | 65.51 | 20 |
| Vienna |  Evgenii Glyva | M30 | 68.00 | 13 |
| Yilan | Yi-Hsun Li | M30 | 56.84 | 63 |
| Ypres | Stefan Van den Broek | M40 | 65.64 | 19 |
| Zadar | Dejan Patrčević | M40 | 56.35 | 70 |
| Location | Winner | Age group | Distance | Global rank |
| Aarhus | Camilla Christensen | F18 | 38.20 | 71 |
| Ahmedabad | Kiranjit Kaur | F25 | 39.21 | 63 |
| Brasilia | Leticia Saltori | F25 | 51.09 | 16 |
| Bratislava | Petra Fašungová | F25 | 40.30 | 52 |
| Breda | Diana Golek | F30 | 38.91 | 65 |
| Cambridge | Caitriona Jennings | F35 | 55.08 | 9 |
| Dubai |  Carolina Gutierrez | F30 | 21.52 | 1448 |
| Dublin | Sarah Mulligan | F25 | 45.64 | 32 |
| Guadalajara | Rosalva Gudiño Gonzalez | F35 | 37.40 | 81 |
| Izmir | Svetlana Shepeleva | F45 | 45.74 | 30 |
| Kakheti | Yana Khmeleva | F35 | 34.93 | 119 |
| Kalmar – Öland | Linnea Winberg | F30 | 40.14 | 54 |
| Kolomna – Moscow | Elena Nurgalieva | F40 | 55.39 | 7 |
| Lima | Jessica Gabriela Paz Rodríguez | F18 | 35.36 | 109 |
| Ljubljana | Lucija Krkoč | F25 | 50.84 | 17 |
| Melbourne | Dominika Stelmach | F30 | 55.25 | 8 |
| Milan | Katia Chiara Figini | F40 | 51.61 | 15 |
| Munich | Karin Freitag | F35 | 59.08 | 2 |
| Niagara Falls | Doroteia Peixoto | F30 | 55.44 | 6 |
| Olten | Pamela Veith | F40 | 39.60 | 58 |
| Porto | Vera Nunes | F35 | 58.86 | 3 |
| Poznań | Agnieszka Janasiak | F35 | 39.94 | 56 |
| Pretoria | Onneile Dintwe | F30 | 52.71 | 11 |
| Rouen | Anna Wasik | F30 | 43.44 | 38 |
| Santa Clarita | Maibritt Daugaard | F30 | 49.45 | 20 |
| Santiago | Frida Södermark | F35 | 52.37 | 12 |
| Stavanger | Nikolina Šustić | F25 | 50.03 | 19 |
| Sunrise | Nathalie Vasseur | F50 | 54.53 | 10 |
| Takashima | Kaori Yoshida | F30 | 65.71 | 1 |
| Valencia | Cristina Gonzalez Garcia | F30 | 46.31 | 28 |
| Vienna | Cornelia Moser | F18 | 56.88 | 4 |
| Yilan | Yafen Ya | F25 | 37.92 | 75 |
| Ypres | Rebecca Nkapiani | F40 | 35.91 | 101 |
| Zadar | Katarina Lovrantova | F30 | 45.55 | 33 |
Wings for Life World Run 2017
The fourth edition was held on May 7th, 2017. 155,288 women and men stood on the start lines of 25 locations.The paraplegic athlete Aron Anderson from Sweden raced a new record distance of 92.14 km in a "normal" wheelchair and despite the heat of Dubai. Dominika Stelmach from Poland also set a new record performance in the women's competition with 68.21 km in Santiago.
6.8 million euros were collected for the foundation.
| Location | Winner | Age group | Distance | Global rank |
| Brasília | Luis Felipe Leite Barboza | M25 | 58.88 | 67 |
| Bratislava | Marek Mockovčiak | M35 | 62.95 | 47 |
 Breda | Philipp Aigner | M25 | 71.37 | 8 |
| Cambridge |  Jacek Cieluszecki | M35 | 68.8 | 12 |
| Dubai | Aron Anderson | M25 | 92.14 | 1 |
| Guadalajara | Roberto Meier | M25 | 68.14 | 18 |
| Izmir | Veysi Aslan | M30 | 57.51 | 77 |
 Kakheti | Giorgi Shekrelidze | M35 | 35.43 | 1741 |
| Kalmar/Öland | Elov Olsson | M25 | 75.05 | 7 |
| Kolomna | Shishov Konstantin | M30 | 70.39 | 9 |
 Ljubljana | Ivan Motorin | M30 | 62.13 | 52 |
| Melbourne | Teddy Bezancon | M30 | 70.22 | 10 |
| Milan | Bartosz Olszewski | M30 | 88.24 | 2 |
| Munich | Sebastian Hallmann | M40 | 68.47 | 15 |
 Olten | Sylvère Pruvost | M30 | 68.11 | 19 |
| Poznan | Tomasz Walerowicz | M35 | 85.14 | 5 |
| Pretoria | Renier Grobler | M30 | 63.07 | 42 |
| Santa Clarita | Dan Berteletti | M30 | 69 | 11 |
 Santiago | Manuelito Figueroa | M30 | 67.41 | 21 |
| Stavanger | Emerson Trujillo | M35 | 67.43 | 20 |
| Sunrise | Calum Neff | M30 | 65.66 | 30 |
| Tainan | Chih Chun Li | M40 | 52.37 | 141 |
| Valencia | Chema Martínez | M45 | 66.25 | 25 |
| Vienna | Lemawork Ketema | M30 | 87.16 | 3 |
| Zadar | Robert Radojkovic | M35 | 65.53 | 31 |
| Location | Winner | Age group | Distance | Global rank |
| Brasília | Leticia Da Silva Saltori | F25 | 44.93 | 39 |
| Bratislava | Jo Meek | F35 | 54.38 | 13 |
| Breda | Laura Chacon Biebach | F25 | 55.07 | 12 |
| Cambridge | Nikolina Šustić | F25 | 55.14 | 10 |
| Dubai | Emily Waugh | F18 | 43.01 | 52 |
| Guadalajara | Frida Södermark | F35 | 47.62 | 29 |
| Izmir | Meryem Gündoğdu | F30 | 39.43 | 93 |
| Kakheti | Nino Miqadze | F18 | 29 | 484 |
| Kalmar/Öland | Sophia Sundberg | F30 | 55.29 | 8 |
| Kolomna | Alexandra Morozova | F25 | 57.59 | 6 |
| Ljubljana | Eva Zorman | F18 | 40,11 | 84 |
| Melbourne | Olesya Nurgalieva | F40 | 60.97 | 4 |
| Milan | Cornelia Moser | F18 | 62.37 | 2 |
| Munich | Bianca Meyer | F40 | 51.23 | 21 |
| Olten | Diana Müller | F30 | 46.81 | 34 |
| Poznan | Joasia Zakrzewski | F40 | 52.26 | 14 |
| Pretoria | Landie Greyling | F30 | 37.44 | 121 |
| Santa Clarita | Nathalie Vasseur | F50 | 57.24 | 7 |
| Santiago | Dominika Stelmach | F35 | 68.21 | 1 |
| Stavanger | Therese Nordbø | F25 | 46.88 | 33 |
| Sunrise | Ana Villegas | F35 | 43.86 | 46 |
| Tainan | Maibritt Daugaard | F30 | 42.5 | 58 |
| Valencia | Betinha Pereira | F35 | 49.35 | 26 |
| Vienna | Karin Freitag | F35 | 51.72 | 19 |
| Zadar | Željka Šaban | F30 | 44.73 | 43 |
Wings for Life World Run 2018
The fifth edition of the race took place on May 6th 2018 with the start time again at 11 UTC.| Location | Winner | Age group | Distance | Global rank |
| Izmir | Murat Kaya | M40 | 62.01 | 15 |
| Kakheti | Aleksandr Tscheburkin | M35 | 74.69 | 3 |
| Melbourne | Jacek Cieluszecki | M40 | 67.30 | 8 |
| Munich | Andreas Straßner | M35 | 76.77 | 2 |
| Poznan | Dariusz Nożyński | M35 | 66.86 | 9 |
| Pretoria | Admire Muzopambwa | M30 | 63.24 | 14 |
| Rio de Janeiro | José Eraldo Lima | M35 | 63.71 | 12 |
| Sunrise | Aron Anderson | M30 | 89.85 | 1 |
| Taoyuan | Luís Ricardo Beato Pereira | M35 | 58.74 | 22 |
| Vienna | Wolfgang Wallner | M50 | 64.18 | 11 |
 Zadar | Karl Aumayr | M35 | 68.01 | 7 |
| Zug | Niklas Sjöblom | M30 | 70.10 | 4 |
| Location | Winner | Age group | Distance | Global rank |
| Izmir | Olesya Nurgalieva | F40 | 53.61 | 3 |
| Kakheti | Nina Zarina | F30 | 47.34 | 12 |
| Melbourne | Ana Villegas | F35 | 46.94 | 13 |
| Munich | Vera Nunes | F35 | 53.78 | 1 |
| Poznan | Wioletta Paduszyńska | F30 | 48.13 | 10 |
| Pretoria | Dominika Stelmach | F35 | 49.42 | 5 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Eva Zorman | F18 | 48.11 | 11 |
| Sunrise | Nathalie Vasseur | F50 | 48.74 | 8 |
| Taoyuan | Frida Södermark | F30 | 41.3 | 26 |
| Vienna | Alex Roudayna | F25 | 49.18 | 6 |
| Zadar | Martina Burzova | F35 | 32.74 | 116 |
| Zug | Nikolina Šustić | F30 | 53.73 | 2 |
Wings for Life World Run 2019
The event was run again on 5 May 2019.Next to the 12 "Event" locations with a real Catcher Car, there were also hundreds of organized "App Runs", where the participants are tracked by their smartphones. An alarm tells, when the one is caught by the "virtual Catcher Car". Because the speed of the Catcher Car was higher than in previous editions for distances longer than a marathon, the best performances were lower than in past years.
| Location | Winner | Age group | Distance | Global rank |
| Izmir | Ivan Motorin | M30 | 64.37 | 1 |
| Kakheti | Levan Chokheli | M25 | 53.80 | 29 |
| Melbourne | Aleksandr Cheburkin | M35 | 58.74 | 7 |
| Munich | David Schönherr | M30 | 62.68 | 2 |
| Poznan | Tomasz Osmulski | M35 | 55.59 | 14 |
| Pretoria | Niklas Sjöblom | M30 | 53.84 | 27 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Andreas Straßner | M40 | 61.25 | 4 |
| Sunrise | Dariusz Nożyński | M35 | 51.10 | 62 |
| Taichung | Chih Chun Li | M40 | 53.27 | 38 |
| Vienna | Wojtek Baran | M35 | 54.47 | 19 |
| Zadar | Robert Radojkovic | M35 | 56.19 | 12 |
| Zug | Francesco Mascherpa | M18 | 57.66 | 8 |
| Location | Winner | Age group | Distance | Global rank |
| Izmir | Gülçin Arasan | F18 | 38.92 | 39 |
| Kakheti | Gaiane Ustian | F25 | 32.29 | 174 |
| Melbourne | Vera Nunes | F35 | 47.79 | 7 |
| Munich | Nikolina Šustić Stanković | F30 | 52.97 | 3 |
| Poznan | Agnieszka Kowalczyk | F30 | 43.11 | 14 |
| Pretoria | Olesja Nurgalijewa | F40 | 42.83 | 15 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Dominika Stelmach | F30 | 53.56 | 2 |
| Sunrise | Wioletta Paduszynska | F30 | 40.49 | 27 |
| Taichung | Eva Zorman | F18 | 42.12 | 19 |
| Vienna | Karin Freitag | F35 | 49.16 | 5 |
| Zadar | Ines Jozić | F18 | 48.70 | 6 |
| Zug | Nina Zarina | F30 | 53.72 | 1 |
Wings for Life World Run 2020
The 2020 edition was to be hold on 3 May, the first Sunday in May as each year. Thirteen locations were selected as "flagship runs", i.e. with a real catcher car, seeing the return among others of France and the United Kingdom. However due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers announced the cancellation of all flagship and organized app runs on 13 March 2020. Thus leaving the individual running with the smartphone app as the only alternative to take part in that year's event.77,103 people from 171 different countries ran the 2020 race everyone on their own with the app sunday 3 May at 11:00 UTC. Some 2.8M Euros were raised for the foundation. Only a global ranking was announced on the website.
| Global rank | Name | Age group | Distance |
| 1 | Michael Taylor | M35 | 69.92 |
| 2 | Aron Anderson | M30 | 68.15 |
| 3 | Dariusz Nożyński | M40 | 67.10 |
| 4 | Florian Neuschwander | M35 | 63.25 |
| 5 | Niklas Sjöblom | M35 | 62.12 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Storozhev | M25 | 57.73 |
| 7 | Lukas Oberhauser | M25 | 57.18 |
| 8 | Tomasz Osmulski | M35 | 57.17 |
| 9 | Wolfgang Wallner | M55 | 57.09 |
| 10 | Patrick König | M30 | 56.72 |
| Global rank | Name | Age group | Distance |
| 1 | Nina Zarina | F30 | 54.23 |
| 2 | Dominika Stelmach | F35 | 51.25 |
| 3 | Martyna Kantor | F30 | 50.38 |
| 4 | Dioni Gorla | F18 | 50.16 |
| 5 | Devon Yanko | F35 | 50.00 |
| 6 | Alexandra Morozova | F30 | 49.92 |
| 7 | Thea Heim | F25 | 48.04 |
| 8 | Tabea Themann | F25 | 46.89 |
| 9 | Vera Nunes | F40 | 46.73 |
| 10 |  Nora Havlinova | F18 | 46.64 |