<Tr> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Melody Andorfer Labor Day </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 5 min . </Td> <Td> The first 1972 contest was held on Memorial Day and was won by a Brooklyn College student; the prize "was a book of certificates for forty more hot dogs ." The second 1972 contest was held on Labor Day and was won by a 105 - pound, 18 - year - old female community activist from Astoria, Queens; 260 - pound, 19 year old Gary Silverman of Brooklyn was the runner - up and consumed 10 hot dogs . Eight men and 8 women participated . A press account from the time describes this as the 23rd annual contest . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jason Schechter Memorial Day </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 31⁄2 min . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> Walter Paul June 30 </Td> <Td> 127 * </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> The contest was held on June 30 (designated as the 100th anniversary of the invention of the hot dog) and was won by a 400 - pound, 32 year old truck driver . The prize was "a trophy proclaiming him the world's champion hot dog eater ." He consumed the hot dogs over the period of "one hour flat ." It is not immediately clear if the contest's duration was one hour long or if he simply ceased eating on his own after one hour, and it is also not immediately clear if he ate buns with the hot dogs . </Td> </Tr> <P> *--Note: though Walter Paul's 1967 feat is documented in at least two UPI press accounts from the time, he has also been mentioned in passing in more recent press accounts for supposedly establishing the contest's then - record 17 hot dogs consumed; several other people have similarly been credited for records of 131⁄2, 171⁄2, or 181⁄2 hot dogs consumed . The following feats are not known to be documented more fully in press accounts from the time of their occurrence and, as such, may not be credible and are not included in the Results table above: </P>

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