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time
1909 4° GORDON BENNETT – Gasfactory Schlieren, Zürich (Switzerland)
   
1 Mix, Edgar W.
Roussel, André
‘America II’
USA 1121,11 km 35:07 hr
2 Leblanc, Alfred
Delebeque, J.
‘Isle de France’
France 817,17 km 22:53 hr
3 Messner, (Capt.) Emil
Givaudan, Léon
‘Azurea’
Switzerland 803,70 km 22:23 hr
4 Schaeck, (Col.) Theodor
Armbruster, Paul
‘Helvetia’
Switzerland 772,02 km 19:45 hr
5 Bienaimé, Maurice
de Francia, Jean
‘Picardie’
France 758,70 km 21:26 hr
6 Bröckelmann, (Dr.) K.
Kempken, (Dr.)
‘Berlin’
Germany 753,25 km 22:12 hr
7 de Beauclair, Victor
von Einsiedel, (Duke)
‘Cognac’
Switzerland 747,13 km 20:25 hr
8 Meckel, Paul
Mulch, (O. Ing.) W.
‘Busley’
Germany 728,18 km 23:16 hr
9 de Brouckère, Léon
Hansen, Hr.
‘L’Utopie’
Belgium 724,91 km 19:56 hr
10 von Abercron, (Capt.) Hugo
von Goltzheim, Stach
‘Düsseldorf II’
Germany 701,74 km 22:43 hr
11 Dubonnet, Emile
Dupont, Pierre
‘Condor’
France 699,63 km 20:00 hr
12 Frassinetti, (Capt.) Romeo
Cobianchi, Guiseppe
‘Zixa’
Italia 663,15 km 25:23 hr
13 Piacenza, Guido
Bellia, Edgardo
‘Albatros’
Italia 660,71 km 21:03 hr
14 Schlein, (Dr.) A.
von Sigmundt, (Dr.) E. C.
‘Austria’
Austria 647,84 km 16:22 hr
15 McClean, Franc K.
Singer, A. M.
‘The Planet’
United Kingdom 604,90 km 18:28 hr
16 Geerts, Georges

‘Ville de Bruxelles’
Belgium 576,57 km 18:33 hr
17 Vléminckx, Albert
Fierz, H.
‘Jesus Fernando Duro’
Belgium 444,88 km 14:11 hr