There are exactly sixteen women in the Iditarod for 2012
15 - 18 women are in this 2012 Iditarod race as far as i know
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there are usually around 60 people in the iditarod each year
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each team averages at 16 dogs each which means over 1,000 leave anchorage for Nome.
The number varies from year to year, but there are never more than 100.
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The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race first ran to Nome in 1973, after two short races on part of the Iditarod Trail in 1967 and 1969.The first year the iditarod ran was in 1973. :)
More than 50 each year.
1 year 2010 he finished 45th
63 mushers began the race, however 9 have scratched.