The most interesting stat from Comrades marathon, 2009 (picked up from Comrades forums). This displays the medals people received versus the actual seeding/group with which they started the race. The box in green below looks most attractive to me for the best chance to do a bronze. That is the D seeding (sub 4 hour marathon qualifier), and the next best one is the F (sub 4:20 marathon qualifier).
| Gold | Wally Hayward | Silver | Bill Rowan | Bronze | Vic Clapham | DNS | DNF | |
| A | 18 | 11 | 453 | 393 | 108 | 21 | 77 | 74 |
| B | 2 | 84 | 694 | 324 | 35 | 81 | 58 | |
| C | 12 | 636 | 973 | 93 | 157 | 70 | ||
| D | 1 | 165 | 1492 | 284 | 179 | 140 | ||
| E | 7 | 358 | 386 | 99 | 146 | |||
| F | 30 | 887 | 497 | 152 | 156 | |||
| G | 3 | 429 | 755 | 164 | 259 | |||
| H | 1 | 6 | 134 | 714 | 240 | 596 | ||
| 20 | 11 | 551 | 1934 | 4705 | 2785 | 1149 | 1499 |
For reference, below are the medal cutoff times for the event:
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Gold Medals
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First 10 Men and Women
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Wally Hayward Medals
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Position 11 to sub 06:00:00
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Silver Medals
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sub 06:00:00 to sub 07:30:00
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Bill Rowan Medals
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sub 07:30:00 to sub 09:00:00
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Bronze Medals
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sub 09:00:00 to sub 11:00:00
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Vic Clapham Medals
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sub 11:00:00 to sub 12:00:00
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Below are the marathon qualifying times required for the group seeding.
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Batch
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42.2 km |
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A
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3:00:00 |
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B
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3:20:00 |
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C
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3:40:00 |
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D
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4:00:00 |
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E
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Green Number Club Members |
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F
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4:20:00 |
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G
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4:40:00 |
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H
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5:00:00 |