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| 2005 Jul 4 12 min IFOCE units: hot dogs | Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
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Surf & Stillwell, Coney Island Brooklyn, NY http://www.nathansfamous.com/nathans/contest/index.php |
| 1st | 49 | Takeru Kobayashi | Nagano, Japan | ||
| 2nd | 37 | Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas | Alexandria, VA | US & Women's record | |
| 3rd | 32 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut | Westfield, IN | ||
| 4th | 29 | Ed "Cookie" Jarvis | Nesconsett, NY | ||
| 4th | 29 | Kenji Oguni | Isezaki-shi, Gunma-ken, Japan | ||
| 6th | 25.5 | Rich "The Locust" LeFevre | Henderson, NV | ||
| 7th | 25 | Carlene LeFevre | Henderson, NV | ||
| 8th | 23 | Ron Koch | Las Vegas, NV | ||
| 9th | 22.5 | Tim "Eater X" Janus | New York City, NY | ||
| 10th | 22 | Eric "Badlands" Booker | Selden, NY | ||
| 10th | 22 | "Hungry" Charles Hardy | Brooklyn, NY | ||
| 12th | 20 | Pat "from Moonachie" Philbin | Moonachie, NJ | ||
| 13th | 19 | Crazy Legs Conti | New York City, NY | ||
| 14th | 18 | Joe "JamminJoe" LaRue | Erlanger, OH | ||
| 15th | 15 | Don "Moses" Lerman | Levittown, NY | ||
| 16th | 10 | Rob Burns | Wolverhampton, England |