The Numbers Behind the 54th City2Surf

8 August 2024
The Numbers Behind the 54th City2Surf

Heading into Sunday the City2Surf team has put together some of the interesting numbers that make up this year’s event. 

0 – Youngest runner – one child born on 23/06/24 will be taking part with their parents 
2.7 – Million dollars already raised for charity ahead of this year’s event 
3.5 – Million is the charity fundraising target for 2024 
4 – Former winners in the field – 2023 men’s champion Ed Goddard, 2022 women’s champion Leanne Pompeani, 2016, 2017 and 2019 men’s champion Harry Summers, and 2008 women’s champion Rebecca Lowe 
10 – Tradies taking part in the run pushing wheelbarrows to raise money for Beyond Blue
14 – Kilometres runners will travel between the CBD and Bondi Beach 
16 – City2Surf Legends will once again take to the streets of Sydney – running every year since 1971 
19 – Bands on course entertaining runners throughout the day 
21 – Firefighters taking part in the event in full equipment and breathing apparatus to raise funds for the Sydney Children's Hospital Foundations
34 – Average runner’s age   
54 – Years of the City2Surf  
55 – Million raised for charities since 2008 
93 – Age of oldest female participant
93 – Age of oldest male participant
121 – Countries represented
130 – Buses moving runners between Bondi Beach and Bondi Junction after the event 
245 – Number of participants who will celebrate their birthday on race day 
325 – Kilometres that Rio’s Legacy founder Ryan Fowler will be running in eight days between Canberra and Sydney, culminating at the City2Surf
505 – Charities supported by City2Surf fundraisers in 2024 
1,000 – Free Oporto burgers to be given away at the Oporto Bondi Beach store on race day
1,800 – Volunteers helping to run the event 
1971 – Year of the first City2Surf 
2026 – Most represented postcode – Bondi 
90,000 - Participants registered - the most recorded in the event’s 54-year history!
1,260,000 – Total kilometres that 90,000 runners would cover during the City2Surf on Sunday