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Balloon
Team Country Flown
distance
Flown
time
2003 47° GORDON BENNETT – Arc-et-Senans (France)
   
1 Leÿs, Vincent
Leÿs, Jean-Francois
F-PPSE ‘Le Petit Prince’
France 1596,5 km 53:42 hr
2 Abruzzo, Richard
Johnson, Gary
N96YD ‘Zero Gravity’
USA 1519,9 km 41:08 hr
3 De Cock, Philippe
Van Havere, Ronny
OO-BCX ‘Belgica II’
Belgium 1422,7 km 41:51 hr
4 Eimers, Wilhelm
Landsmann, Bernd
D-OOWE ‘Columbus III’
Germany 1050,3 km 30:42 hr
5 Wagner, Silvia
Scherzer, Sepp
D-OCOL ‘Columbus II’
Austria 928,1 km 17:10 hr
6 Berben, Bob
Siméons, Benoît
D-OBYN ‘Miche’
Belgium 572,2 km 10:41 hr
7 Sullivan, Mark
Levin, David
D-OWNT
USA 559,0 km 10:41 hr
8 Stürzlinger, Gerald
Fürstener, Johann
D-ORZL ‘Nautila Nautilaero’
Austria 528,6 km 14:33 hr
9 Folkes, Janet
Butter, Colin
HB-BJS ‘Motor Columbus’
United Kingdom 518,4 km 10:13 hr
10 Frieden, Kurt
Zeberli, Stefan
HB-QHJ ‘Spelterini’
Switzerland 517,5 km 15:10 hr
11 Schmöhl, Klaus
Göhrmann, Bernd
D-OWBA ‘Deutschland II’
Germany 510,0 km 11:25 hr
12 Villey-Desmeserets, Thierry
Buron Pilâtre, Philippe
F-GIRE ‘l'Inconnu’
France 498,8 km 09:04 hr
13 Vitanza, Louis
Padelt, Albert
N6395V ‘Casey Lynn’
USA 491,0 km 08:44 hr
14 Brachtendorf, Heinrich
Huthmacher, Karl-Heinz
D-OBCW
Germany 487,0 km 11:33 hr
15 Akerstedt, Hans
Balkedal, Janne
D-OWML ‘Münsterland’
Sweden 483,1 km 14:05 hr
* Krebs, Max
Vollenweider, Walter
D-OCFT ‘The Nameless’
Switzerland No start 00:00 hr
* Stoll, Christian
Najer, Werner
HB-QHP ‘Ajoie’
Switzerland No start 00:00 hr
* withdraw from the competition and did not launch.