A look at all the past winners of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.
The Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest is one of the most anticipated parts of the 4th of July. Participants from all over the place come to Coney Island, NY to battle in this event every year. It’s a quirky event to be so popular, but people always look forward to it.
Over the years, the winners of this contest have been dominated by a select, few people. However, this event has been going on for 100 years, so the winner list is lengthy and features many names.
With this in mind, here is a look at every Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest winner since 1980.
- 1980 – Paul Siederman, Joe Baldini
- 1981 – Thomas DeBerry
- 1982 – Steven Abrams
- 1983 – Emil Gomez
- 1984 – Birgit Felden
- 1985 – Oscar Rodriguez
- 1986 – Mark Heiler
- 1987 – Don Wolfman
- 1988 – Jay Green
- 1989 – Jay Green
- 1990 – Mike Devito
- 1991 – Frank Dellarosa
- 1992 – Frank Dellarosa
- 1993 – Mike Devito
- 1994 – Mike Devito
- 1995 – Ed Krachie
- 1996 – Ed Krachie
- 1997 – Hirofumi Nakajima
- 1998 – Hirofumi Nakajima
- 1999 – Steve Keiner
- 2000 – Kazutoyo Arai
- 2001 – Takeru Kobayashi
- 2002 – Takeru Kobayashi
- 2003 – Takeru Kobayashi
- 2004 – Takeru Kobayashi
- 2005 – Takeru Kobayashi
- 2006 – Takeru Kobayashi
- 2007 – Joey Chestnut
- 2008 – Joey Chestnut
- 2009 – Joey Chestnut
- 2010 – Joey Chestnut
- 2011 – Joey Chestnut
- 2012 – Joey Chestnut
- 2013 – Joey Chestnut
- 2014 – Joey Chestnut
- 2015 – Matt Stonie
Chestnut and Kobayashi have dominated this millennium. With a new face in Matt Stonie rising, though, could he make it back to back victories on July 4?
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