<P> At the 2007 contest, the results were delayed to review whether defending champion Takeru Kobayashi had vomited (also known as a "Roman method incident" or "reversal of fortune") in the final seconds of regulation . Such an incident results in the disqualification of the competitor under the rules of the IFOCE . The judges ruled in Kobayashi's favor . A similar incident occurred involving Kobayashi in 2002 in a victory over Eric "Badlands" Booker . </P> <P> Takeru Kobayashi has not competed in the contest since 2009 due to his refusal to sign an exclusive contract with Major League Eating, which is the current sanctioning body of the contest . In 2010, he was arrested by police after attempting to jump on the stage after the contest was over and disrupt the proceedings . On August 5, 2010, all charges against Kobayashi were dismissed by a judge in Brooklyn . Despite his six consecutive victories in their annual event, Nathan's removed Kobayashi's image from their "Wall of Fame" in 2011 . Kobayashi again refused to compete in 2011, but instead conducted his own hot dog eating exhibition, claiming to have consumed 69 HDB, seven more than Joey Chestnut accomplished in the Nathan's contest . The sports website Deadspin deemed Kobayashi's solo appearance "an improbably perfect' up yours' to the Nathan's hot dog eating contest .". </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Winner </Th> <Th> Hot dogs incl . buns (HDB) </Th> <Th> Contest duration </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> MEN'S Joey "Jaws" Chestnut </Td> <Td> 72 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> WOMEN'S Miki Sudo </Td> <Td> 41 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> MEN'S Joey "Jaws" Chestnut </Td> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> <Td> Joey Chestnut won the mustard - colored belt for the ninth time, eating 70 hot dogs and buns . Defending champion Matt Stonie consumed 53 HDB . Sudo won her third consecutive women's title . At the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, D.C. on June 25, Chestnut set the record of 73 in an official qualifier . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> WOMEN'S Miki Sudo </Td> <Td> 381⁄2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> MEN'S Matt "Megatoad" Stonie </Td> <Td> 62 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> <Td> Matt Stonie ended the 8 year winning streak of Joey Chestnut, eating 62 HDB to Joey's 60 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> WOMEN'S Chloe Hunt </Td> <Td> 38 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> MEN'S Joey "Jaws" Chestnut </Td> <Td> 61 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> <Td> Joey Chestnut faced fierce competition from Matt Stonie, who finished second with 56 HDB . Tim "Eater X" Janus (44 HDB) finished in 3rd . This became Joey's 8th consecutive win . Sudo dethroned Thomas, the first time in the history of the competition that Thomas had been defeated since the inception of the women's division . Sudo also ended a long tradition by becoming the first champion in a quarter - century to decline to use a nickname during Nathan's competitions . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> WOMEN'S Miki Sudo </Td> <Td> 34 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> MEN'S Joey "Jaws" Chestnut </Td> <Td> 69 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> <Td> Joey Chestnut beat his own record with 69 HDB . Matt "Megatoad" Stonie (51HDB) finished second . Tim "Eater X" Janus (50 HDB) finished in 3rd . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> WOMEN'S Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas </Td> <Td> 363⁄4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> MEN'S Joey "Jaws" Chestnut </Td> <Td> 68 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> <Td> Chestnut tied his previous record, previously set in 2009 . He also became the second person to win six consecutive titles . Thomas set a new women's record . Tim "Eater X" Janus (52.25) and Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (51) finish second and third once again, this time with Janus edging out for second place . Matt Stonie, who would go on to claim victory in 2015 finished fourth with 46 HDB . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> WOMEN'S Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas </Td> <Td> 45 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> MEN'S Joey "Jaws" Chestnut </Td> <Td> 62 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> <Td> Separate competitions are held for women and men for the first time . Chestnut dominates on his way to his fifth straight title . Sonya Thomas (40 HDB) won the inaugural women's event . Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (53) and Tim "Eater X" Janus (45) finish 2nd and 3rd for the second year in a row . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> WOMEN'S Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas </Td> <Td> 40 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joey "Jaws" Chestnut </Td> <Td> 54 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> <Td> Chestnut (54), Tim "Eater X" Janus (45), and Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (37) round out the top three . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Joey "Jaws" Chestnut </Td> <Td> 68 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> <Td> Chestnut (68 HDB) beat his previous record in ten minutes, setting new event, U.S., and world records . Kobayashi (641⁄2 HDB) set a Japanese record . Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (55 HDB) finished third . Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas (41 HDB) broke the female record . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Joey "Jaws" Chestnut </Td> <Td> 59 (Eat - off: 5) </Td> <Td> 10 min . (Eat - off: untimed; completed in 50 sec .) </Td> <Td> Event, Japanese, U.S., and world records set (59 HDB). First event using new ten - minute time limit and first tie and eat - off since 1980 . Chestnut & Kobayashi tied for first with 59 in regulation . In overtime Chestnut is the first to finish a plate of five HDB in 50 seconds . Kobayashi, losing by seven seconds, finishes second . Tim "Eater X" Janus finished third with 42 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> Joey "Jaws" Chestnut </Td> <Td> 66 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> Having broken the world and U.S. records with 591⁄2 HDB at a qualifier contest on June 2, 2007, Chestnut (66 HDB) finishes first, setting new event, U.S. and world records . Defeating Kobayashi (63 HDB) for the first time . Fifth place Sonya Thomas (39 HDB) sets female record . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Takeru "The Prince" / "The Tsunami" Kobayashi </Td> <Td> 533⁄4 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> Winner Kobayashi sets event, Japanese and world records . Second place Joey Chestnut (52 HDB), sets U.S. record . Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas (37) finishes third . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> Takeru "The Prince" / "The Tsunami" Kobayashi </Td> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> 2nd: Cassidy Sheehan (20) sets U.S. record, Women's record . Future winner Joey "Jaws" Chestnut finishes third with 32 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Takeru "The Prince" / "The Tsunami" Kobayashi </Td> <Td> 531⁄2 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> Event, Japanese and world records set . 2nd: Nobuyuki Shirota (38), Sonya Thomas (32 HDB) sets the female and U.S. records . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> Takeru "The Prince" / "The Tsunami" Kobayashi </Td> <Td> 441⁄2 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> Sonya Thomas (25 HDB) sets the female record . 2nd: Ed "Cookie" Jarvis (301⁄2, American record), 3rd: Eric "Badlands" Booker (29). Twenty competitors and 3,000 spectators in attendance . William "The Refrigerator" Perry competes, but eats only four HDB and drops out after five minutes . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> Takeru "The Prince" / "The Tsunami" Kobayashi </Td> <Td> 501⁄2 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> Event, Japanese and world records set . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Takeru "The Prince" / "The Tsunami" Kobayashi </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> 20 competitors total . All - time world records set . 2nd: Eric "Badlands" Booker (26), 3rd: Oleg Zhornitskiy (25). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> Kazutoyo "The Rabbit" Arai </Td> <Td> 25 + </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was won by a 100 - pound 32 year old mattress salesman from Saitama, Japan . The prizes were "the coveted mustard - yellow International Belt, a huge red trophy, and 20 pounds of Nathan's hot dogs ." Misao "The Big Banana" Fujita (also known as "Wild Beast") of Japan was the runner - up and consumed 24 hot dogs . A woman, Takako "Armageddon" / "The Sweet Queen" Akasaka of Japan, was the third - place finisher and consumed 22 hot dogs . 41 year old locomotive machinist Steve Addicks of Finksburg, Maryland was the fourth - place finisher and consumed 21 hot dogs . 391 - pound, 35 year old reigning champion Steve Keiner of Atlantic City, New Jersey "finished in the middle of the pack" and consumed 15 hot dogs . "Dozens" of contestants participated . A press account from the time describes this as an annual contest held regularly since 1916 . Another describes this as the 85th annual contest . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> Steve "Ralph" / "The Terminator" Keiner </Td> <Td> 21 1 / 2 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was won by a 317 - pound, 50 - year - old man from Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey . The prize was the bejeweled mustard - colored belt . Footage recorded by NY1 appeared to show that he actually consumed half of a hot dog before the starting gun was fired and should have been disqualified by the judges . Charles "Hungry" Hardy and Bartoszek Tadeusz, both of Brooklyn, were the runners - up and consumed 20 hot dogs each . Hardy charged that he could have consumed more had he been given another plate of hot dogs before time expired . 134 - pound, reigning champion Hirofumi Nakajima of Japan consumed 19 hot dogs . Former champion Mike DeVito also participated . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> Hirofumi "The Black Hole of Kōfu" / "The Tokyo Terror" Nakajima </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was won by the reigning champion, a 135 - pound, 23 year old furniture delivery worker from Kōfu, Japan . The prizes were "the coveted mustard - yellow International Belt, a huge red trophy, and 20 pounds of Nathan's hot dogs ." 16 contestants participated . Second place: Dominic "Hot Dog" Vaccaro (17). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hirofumi "The Black Hole of Kōfu" / "The Tokyo Terror" Nakajima </Td> <Td> 241⁄2 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> Although Nathan's attempted to expand its pool of American contestants by sponsoring "a circuit of qualifying contests leading up to the grand finale on the Fourth," Japanese contestants continued to increase their influence . The contest was won by the reigning champion, a 135 - pound, 22 year old furniture delivery worker from Kōfu, Japan . The prizes were "a large emerald and brass trophy, a Mustard - Yellow International Belt, and a 20 - pack take - out order for Nathan's hot dogs ." 100 - pound, 30 year old future champion Kazutoyo Arai of Saitama, Japan was the runner - up and consumed 24 hot dogs . 330 - pound, 34 year old former champion Ed Krachie was the third - place finisher and consumed 20 hot dogs . 23 contestants participated . A press account from the time describes this as an annual contest held regularly since 1916 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> ONE - ON - ONE CHALLENGE WITH JAPAN Hirofumi "The Black Hole of Kōfu" / "The Tokyo Terror" Nakajima December 4 </Td> <Td> 231⁄4 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was won by the reigning champion, a 300 - pound man from Queens . The prizes apparently included the bejeweled mustard - yellow belt and a trophy, if not more . Former champion Mike DeVito was the runner - up and consumed 20 hot dogs . 200 - pound, 42 year old Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa was also a contestant. 20 contestants participated . A press account from the time describes this as an annual contest held regularly since 1916, except for 1939, 1940, and 1941--this time held under the moniker "Battle of the Burroughs ." It should be noted that a later 1996 contest was also sponsored by Nathan's (and TV Tokyo), but was held at Central Park instead of at its traditional location . It was won by a 144 - pound, 22 year old man from Japan; he had never eaten a hot dog until the day before the competition . The prizes were the bejeweled mustard - yellow belt and $2,000 . 320 - pound, 33 year old mechanical engineer Ed Krachie of New York was the runner - up . Only those 2 contestants participated . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ed "The Animal" / "The Maspeth Monster" Krachie Independence Day </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> Ed "The Animal" / "The Maspeth Monster" Krachie Independence Day </Td> <Td> 191⁄2 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was won by a 350 - pound NYNEX engineer from Queens. 205 - pound, 33 year old Salomon Brothers vice president and reigning champion Mike DeVito of Manalapan Township, New Jersey was the runner - up and consumed 19 hot dogs . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mike "The Scholar" DeVito Independence Day </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> The contest was won by the reigning champion, a 32 year old accountant . Future champion Ed Krachie was the runner - up . 40 year old Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa was the third - place finisher and consumed 13 hot dogs . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> ONE - ON - ONE CHALLENGE WITH JAPAN Mike "The Scholar" DeVito Unknown date </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 30 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was won by a former champion, a Wall Street brokerage firm worker from Manalapan Township, New Jersey . The prize was 365 hot dogs . Joe Gotay of Brooklyn was the runner - up and consumed 141⁄2 hot dogs . Willie Dykstra of Brooklyn was the top female contestant and consumed 71⁄2 hot dogs . 18 men and 2 women participated . The reigning champion, 290 - pound Frankie Dellarosa of Brooklyn, "canceled out at the last minute due to a family emergency" and was unable to defend his title . Instead, he declared that he was now retired from competitions and planned to pursue an acting career, something that he would later have a modest success in . A press account from the time describes this as the 77th annual contest, held regularly since 1916 . It should be noted that a later 1993 contest was also sponsored by Nathan's (and recorded by TV Tokyo), but was held under the Brooklyn Bridge instead of at its traditional location . It was won by reigning champion DeVito . Years later it was stated that the prize was the bejeweled mustard - colored belt "created by the descendants of Fabergé" that remains in use today but had supposedly been held in Japan for some years after having been won by a Japanese contestant at Nathan's (presumably at the February 11, 1986 competition); however, the earliest that the belt's existence is known to be documented in a press account from the time is 1996 . A woman, Orio Ito of Japan, was the runner - up and consumed 16 hot dogs . Only those 2 contestants participated . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mike "The Scholar" DeVito Independence Day </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frankie "Hollywood" / "Large" Dellarosa Independence Day </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> The contest was won by the reigning champion . Former and future champion Mike DeVito was the runner - up and consumed 17 hot dogs . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> Frankie "Hollywood" / "Large" Dellarosa Independence Day </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was won by a 270 - pound, 23 year old engineer and part - time Hofstra University football coach from Queens . The prize was "a 3 - foot trophy, topped with an athlete, plate, and hot dog . He also received hats, cups, and a year's supply of hot dogs ." 20 contestants participated . A press account from the time describes this as the 75th annual contest, this time held under the motto "No Guts, No Glory ." </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mike "The Scholar" DeVito Jay Green Independence Day </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was tied by the reigning champion, from Brooklyn, (Green) who was allowed to compete again despite previous contest rules, and a 28 year old from Staten Island (DeVito). There was apparently no tie - breaking eat - off . A press account from the time describes this as the 7th annual contest . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jay Green Independence Day </Td> <Td> 151⁄2 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was won by the reigning champion, a 215 - pound, 31 year old dry wall contractor, who, as per contest rules, was declared "retired" after the competition for being a two - time winner . 24 contestants participated . A press account from the time describes this as the 73rd annual contest . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jay Green Independence Day </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was won by a 30 year old limousine service manager from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn . 13 contestants participated . A press account from the time describes this as the 72nd annual contest . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Don Wolfman Independence Day </Td> <Td> 131⁄2 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> <Td> 29 year old future champion Jay Green was the runner - up and consumed 131⁄4 hot dogs . A press account from the time describes this as the 71st annual contest . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986 </Td> <Td> Mark Heller Independence Day </Td> <Td> 151⁄2 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was won by a 245 - pound man . Robert Gerber was the runner - up and consumed 13 hot dogs . 24 men participated . A press account from the time describes this as the 70th annual contest, held regularly since 1916 . It should be noted that an earlier 1986 contest was also sponsored by Nathan's . It was won by a 264 - pound, 21 year old student from Tokyo, Japan . Reigning champion Oscar Rodriguez was the runner - up and consumed 91⁄2 hot dogs . Only those 2 contestants participated . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ONE - ON - ONE CHALLENGE WITH JAPAN Hiroaki Tominaga February 11 </Td> <Td> 101⁄2 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Oscar Rodriguez Independence Day </Td> <Td> 113⁄4 </Td> <Td> 12 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was won by a 21 year old man . More than 40 contestants participated . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> Birgit Felden Independence Day </Td> <Td> 91⁄2 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was won by a 130 - pound, 17 year old West German women's judo team member from Cologne; she had never eaten a hot dog before the competition . Publicist Morty Matz described her as being only the second female to have ever won the contest . 17 year old U.S. women's judo team member Jean Kanokogi (and daughter of Ryohei and Rusty Kanokogi) of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn was the runner - up and consumed 8 hot dogs . 20 men and 4 women participated . A press account from the time describes this as the 68th annual contest . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Emil Gomez Independence Day </Td> <Td> 101⁄2 </Td> <Td> 10 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was won by a 210 - pound, 25 year old accountant from the Bronx . His brother, Andre, was the runner - up and consumed 10 hot dogs . 11 contestants participated . A press account from the time describes this as the 17th annual contest . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> Steven Abrams July 5 </Td> <Td> 11 + </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> The contest was held on July 5 since Independence Day fell on a Sunday and was won by a 26 year old from Queens . He ate one bite of a twelfth hot dog . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> Thomas DeBerry Independence Day </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> The contest was won by a 35 year old Housing Authority gardener from Coney Island, Brooklyn . He "downed 11 hot dogs in five minutes and then rushed off with his family to attend a barbecue ." It is not immediately clear if the contest's duration was five minutes long or if he simply ceased eating on his own after five minutes, because he was in a hurry to attend the barbecue . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Joe Baldini Paul Siederman Independence Day </Td> <Td> 93⁄4 + (Eat - off: 31⁄2) </Td> <Td> 10 min . (Eat - off: 3 min .) </Td> <Td> The contest was tied by a 190 - pound, 25 year old (Baldini) and a 260 - pound, 21 year old (Siederman), both unemployed men from Brooklyn . Each then tied again after a tie - breaking eat - off . The prizes were "two trophies and a pair of yellow plastic bags ." Reigning champion Jim Mattner was the third - place finisher and consumed approximately 9 hot dogs . 28 contestants participated . A press account from the time describes this as the 64th annual contest . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> Jim Mattner Independence Day </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> The contest was won by a stockbroker from Queens . He consumed a "record" 14 hot dogs . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> Manel Hollenback Kevin Sinclair Independence Day </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 61⁄2 min . </Td> <Td> The contest was held on Memorial Day and was tied by a 180 - pound, 18 year old basketball player from Newark, New Jersey (Hollenback) and a 75 - pound, 10 year old student (Sinclair). There was apparently no tie - breaking eat - off . 28 contestants participated . A press account from the time describes this as an annual contest held regularly since 1917, except for 1942 and 1944 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> WOMEN'S Martha Rosenbloom Memorial Day </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> An all - female contest was scheduled to be held on Memorial Day with the winner to be declared "Miss Coney Island;" the contest was won by a 19 year old Brooklyn College student . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roberto Muriel Independence Day </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 31⁄2 min . </Td> <Td> The first 1974 contest was held on April 7 (opening day for Coney Island's summer season activities) and was won by a 22 year old Manhattan Community College student from Astoria, Queens; the prize was a trophy . Six contestants participated . The second 1974 contest was held on Independence Day and was won by a 185 - pound, 24 year old from Brooklyn; the prize was "a trophy with an emblazoned hot dog on it ." It should be noted that a third 1974 contest was also sponsored by Nathan's but was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey on July 31 . It was won by an 18 year old Nathan's employee from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania named Jay Tierney . He consumed a "world's hot dog eating record" 19 hot dogs in 5 minutes; the prize was "a raise--all the hot dogs he could eat throughout the summer ." 30 year old Carmen Cordero of Atlantic City was the runner - up . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Connolly April 7 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 21⁄2 min . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td> Unknown Independence Day </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> A contest was scheduled to be held on Independence Day (designated as the 106th anniversary of the invention of the hot dog) and refereed by the "1973 Hot Dog Queen," but no results are known to have been compiled and released to the public . </Td> </Tr> <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> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Winner </Th> <Th> Hot dogs incl . buns (HDB) </Th> <Th> Contest duration </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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