The grueling 2008 Kokoda Challenge has been won in record breaking time – 11 hours and 54minutes – by Team Nike Hammer, shaving nearly 5 minutes off their winning time last year.

“It’s been a record breaking Kokoda Challenge all round – we had a record number of competitors, with close to 1200.  We had a record number of volunteers working across the weekend – manning the 14 checkpoints, helping support crews, marshaling and ensuring things went smoothly,” Kokoda Challenge Chairman Doug Henderson said. 

"The Kokoda Challenge just keeps getting bigger and better every year.  Congratulates to this year’s winners and competitors.  Everyone who crosses the finish line has made an incredible achievement – it is truly the ultimate endurance challenge."

This year’s winning teams were:
Overall Winner & First Mixed Team:  Nike Hammer, 11 hours 54 minutes
First Mens Team:  Team Ironmen, 14 hours, 29 minutes
First Ladies Team: Speedy Quattro, 14 hours 53 minutes
Stan Bisset Cup Winner (for first High School team): St Andrews Lutheran College 1, 19 hours, 36 minutes 

A big congratulations goes to the Kokoda Kids who set off as a team of 35 and finished the Challenge at 5.24pm on Sunday afternoon, with 32 teams member - an amazing achievment.

A preliminary results list is now available here and photos of the 2008 Kokoda Challenge are available on this website under the Picture Gallery.  If you would like a full list of the results (even time splits for teams) visit the KML website.