sentences:  Australia's elite SASR (Special Air Service Regiment which came second overall) along with the a team from the 2/4 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, competitors from the United States, Australia's leading camel handlers and ex-marathon runners entered the event totaling 69 competitors.A total of 28 competitors completed the event with details of finishing times for first second and third place as below.Calculating these times into a 24‑hour period, then gaining an average of distance traveled daily equates to Gordon O'Connell taking 20 days in total time to complete, covering 168 km every 24 hours as the average.