What happened in 2008?

To get an impression of the 92th Four Days Marches, you can find here the statistics, daily reports, weblog written by the March Leader and all press releases of 2008.

Statistics 2008

Statistics provide insight into all kinds of figures concerning the participants of the Four Days Marches. How many participants have started, what is the division between male and female participants, where do the walkers come from, what is the division of medals that have been given. The statistics of 2008 can be viewed in a PDF-file.

Daily reports 2008

Every walking day of 2008 we made a daily report. The weather, facts and figures, unusual events, interesting info and other bits of news, you can read it all in the daily reports. These reports are available in PDF.

Weblog 2008

The March Leader, Johan Willemstein, wrote some weblogs while preparing for the Four Days Marches, during the marches and in the period the Marches were finished. We collected these weblogs in a PDF-file. While reading these blogs, you'll get a notion of the organisation of this walking event.

Press releases 2008

You can download a PDF file containing all press releases of the marches of 2008. Below you'll find a survey of all press releases published by Stichting DE 4DAAGSE in 2008.

12 December - ‘Via Vierdaagse' for thorough preparation
25 November - Four Days tulip planted
28 October - Walker more than happy with Four Days Marches 2008
18 July - Less drop-outs in 92nd Four Days Marches
18 July - Shoe-lace chip experiment successful
17 July - Walkers stepping along
16 July - Walkers don't mind early rain
15 July - Debuting march leader satisfied after day one
15 July - New Balance will remain main sponsor until 2010
14 July - Next year two days to report again
14 July - Substantial number of ‘first time participants' start unprepared
13 July - Sunday afternoon appears to be a success.
11 July - Four Days Marches takes measures against misuse of their logo
10 July - See the Four Days Marches on www.4daagse.tv
3 July - Partners ratify continuity Four Days Marches
3 July - Sports psychological research into why people drop out
3 July - How healthy is walking the Four Days Marches?
3 July - 7.500 participants with shoe-lace chip
3 July - Four Days Marches popular among researchers
3 July - Facts and figures for the 92nd Four Days Marches
31 May - Four Days Marches register more walkers
7 April - Only 3,173 tickets and five days remaining
27 March - Albron Catering continues to sponsor and cater Four Days Marches
17 March - Electrabel Sponsor Four Days Marches Nijmegen
11 March - More decoration and atmosphere in 2008 Entry
8 March - Half of registration limit reached
15 January - Four Days marchers gain more space