The bar chart depicts information regarding the winners who won Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in 15 minutes in America over a period of thirty years, from 1980-2010.
Overall, it is evident that Americans dominated the contest in the period shown. Additionally, it is also visible that there was only one woman who won the contest over thirty years of the competition.
Looking at the chart in more detail, from 1980 to 1982, there were merely the winners who came from America, with the highest result of over 10 hot dogs and buns eaten per 15 minutes. The year 1983 witnessed the first and last winner who was Mexican with a total of 19.5 buns and hot dogs eaten. Similarly, in 1984 there was the first German woman, Birgit Felden, who won the competition with about 10 buns and hot dogs eaten in 15 minutes. Within 1984 and 1996, Americans continued to take the lead of the contest with the highest number of 21 hot dogs and buns eaten in 1996.
In 1997, the highest prize was attributed to a Japanese winner who ate a total amount of 22,25 of them in 15 minutes. In 1999, the US won the contest after two years of winning from Japan. From 2000 to 2006, Takeru Kobayashi, whose nationality is Japanese, had a winning streak with the most hot dogs and buns eaten in 2006 (53,75). In the following four years, America had made a comeback and reached the highest peak of 68 hot dogs and buns consumed by Joey Chestnut in 2009.