Joey Chestnut captured his third straight title downing 68 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes today, shattering his previous record of 66 dogs in 2007. While watching this I was interested to see the previous winners of the competition dating back to 1990.
2009 - 68
2008 - 59
2007 - 66
2006 - 54
2005 - 49
2004 - 53
2003 - 44
2002 - 50
2001 - 50
2000 - 25
1999 - 20
1998 - 19
1997 - 24
1996 - 22
1995 - 19
1994 - 20
1993 - 17
1992 - 19
1991 - 21
1990 - 16
Since the inception of Nathan's hot dog eating contest, from the first contest to 2000, no single person ate more than 25 dogs in a contest. It's remarkable considering the contestant who came in third this year ate 55!
Personally, I think the reason so many people can eat more than 25 now is because competitive eating has become a sport. Takeru Kobayashi redefined the sport in 2000 and since then competitors train year around for the contest. All I know is these people are insane!
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