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The Amazing Race (now referred to as The Amazing Race 1) was the first installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on September 5, 2001 and ended on December 12, 2001 on US television.

Season 1 was not particularly a ratings success, since it premiered a week before the September 11 attacks. Immediately following 9/11, interest in foreign travel waned and viewership fell correspondingly. The show was further hindered by the lack of media coverage and promotion as networks focused on news stories and more patriotic programming. The show did just well enough to earn a second season, which aired the following spring.

The long anticipated Season 1 DVD was released on September 27, 2005, also the premiere date for Season 8.

Contestants

See Amazing Race 1 contestants for more information

Results

The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:

Team	Relationship	Position (by leg)													Roadblocks performed¹
Team	Relationship	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Roadblocks performed¹
Rob & Brennan	Lawyers / Best Friends	1st	3rd	3rd	6th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	Rob 5, Brennan 7
Frank & Margarita	Separated Parents	3rd	4th	2nd	5th	5th	1st³	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	Frank 8, Margarita 3
Joe & Bill	Life Partners ("Team Guido")	2nd	2nd	4th	1st	2nd	2nd³	2nd	4th	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd⁵	Joe 6, Bill 4
Kevin & Drew	Fraternity Brothers	9th	5th	1st	2nd	1st	4th	4th	1st	3rd	3rd	4th			Kevin 5, Drew 4
Nancy & Emily	Mother & Daughter	10th	7th²	8th	3rd	3rd	5th	5th	5th	5th⁴					Nancy 2, Emily 6
Lenny & Karyn	Dating	4th	9th	7th	7th	6th	6th⁸	6th							Lenny 2, Karyn 4
Paul & Amie	Engaged	7th⁷	6th²	6th	4th⁶	7th									Paul 2, Amie 1
Dave & Margaretta	Grandparents	8th⁷	8th²	5th	8th										Dave 2, Margaretta 0
Pat & Brenda	Working Moms	5th	1st	9th											Pat 1, Brenda 0
Kim & Leslie	Teachers / Roommates	6th	10th												Kim 1, Leslie 0
Matt & Ana	Married	11th													Matt 0, Ana 0

Red means the team was eliminated.
Blue means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race.
Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue.
Note 1: Although the DVD shows some teams completing the unaired roadblock in Leg 1, not all teams are shown, therefore it cannot be told who completed said roadblock.
Note 2: Dave & Margaretta arrived 6th, but were penalized one hour for improperly completing the Roadblock. Because of this unintentional violation, they were penalized one hour and dropped to 8th.
Note 3: Frank & Margarita and Joe & Bill were the first two teams to arrive, but they misread the clue and received a 30 minute penalty. The penalty did not affect either of the teams' placement.
Note 4: Nancy & Emily arrived 4th, but had skipped the detour and therefore received a 24-hour penalty.
Note 5: Although Joe and Bill were in third place at the end of the episode, they did not finish the race. They received a clue in Alaska telling them the race was over and that Rob and Brennan won.
Note 6: Paul and Amie originally arrived in fifth place, but due to a production difficulty, they were given a time credit, which pushed them up to fourth place.
Note 7: Dave and Margaretta arrived at the pit stop 7th, but on the start of Leg 2, they departed 8th after Paul and Amie for an unknown reason.
Note 8: Lenny and Karyn arrived at the pit stop last but were not eliminated due to a non-elimination point. They were given a time credit, for production Difficulties. this did not affect their placement

Episode titles

The episode titles are:

The Race Begins
Divide And Conquer
Home For Some
Colossal Showdown
Desert Storm
Whatever It Takes To Win
Triumph And Loss
Competition To The Fullest
The Unexpected Twist
To The Physical And Mental Limit
Fight To The Last Minutes
Race To The Finish

Notable events

Pre-Race

Paul J. Alessi made an appearance on TLC's music video, Waterfalls.

In-Race

Season 1 took 39 days to film, as opposed to the average four weeks in other seasons.
Although the race is planned so that the final three teams will all reach the finish line, Joe and Bill were so far behind that they could not catch up and did not finish the race.
On Leg 5 Paul and Amie were lost in the Sahara desert after trying numerous routes, getting half of their car stuck in a ditch, and Amie vomiting excessively. Paul quit, but his partner didn't and found the desert oasis pit stop by luck, unknowingly skipping the roadblock and route marker. They were not told to go back and complete the Roadblock, because they arrived in last place.
At the end of Leg 5, teams were relocated to Gabès because of a sandstorm at the desert pitstop. Therefore, Leg 6 began in Gabès.
An airport strike in Rome delayed Leg 6.
During Leg 13, when Joe and Bill were still completing leg 12, Team Guido was required to have villagers bounce one teammate upwards by the use of an Alaskan tapestry. According to the DVD commentary, the tapestry broke under the weight the day before, so a trampoline had to be used instead. This created a noticeable and odd scene where you never see Team Guido and the villagers in the same shot. In the final shot, the trampoline is clearly visible behind the villagers.
The pilot who flew Rob and Brennan and Frank and Margarita to Seattle in Leg 13 later contacted Rob and Brennan.

Post-Race

After the race, Emily and Brennan broke up with their respective partners and started dating.
Kevin and Drew made an appearance in Season 8, handing out clues from a hot dog stand in New York City.
After the race, Frank and Margarita reconciled. However, they have since divorced and Frank has remarried. Frank and his new wife are expecting children. Margarita remained with her daughter.
After the race, Lenny and Karyn broke up. Lenny is now married and has children.
Kevin & Drew and Joe & Bill were selected to compete in The Amazing Race All-Stars.
Joe & Bill received a somewhat mocking letter from Frank as part of a Roadblock in All-Stars, where Frank did some freestyle poetry and then said he hoped his letter annoyed Joe & Bill as much as they annoyed him. A still photo of Frank was shown in the episode. Joe & Bill later interviewed that there was also a much friendlier letter from Nancy & Emily in the pile and they were sorry they hadn't gotten to read that one on the air.
On "The Amazing Race:All-Stars Mat Chat", the Guidos said they were running the race for Margaretta, as she had been in and out of hospital. According to Paul J. Alessi (from Paul & Amie), Margaretta had been fighting cancer for quite some time, and according to Kevin (of Kevin and Drew) she was undergoing chemotherapy. Margaretta recently announced that she is in remission.
Paul & Amie got married.

Race locations

In the following leg descriptions, these symbols are used to indicate clues and route markers:

- Detour
- Roadblock
- Fast Forward
- Pit Stop

Leg 1 (United States → South Africa → Zambia)

New York City, New York, United States (Central Park, Starting Point)
New York City (John F. Kennedy International Airport) to Johannesburg, South Africa (Johannesburg International Airport)
Johannesburg (Lanseria Airport)
Livingstone, Zambia (Livingstone Airport)
Livingstone (Victoria Falls -Knife's Edge)
Livingstone (Boiling Pot, Zambezi River)
Livingstone (Batoka Gorge) (Air or Land)
Songwe Village (unaired)

In the first Fast Forward of the race, teams had to hike down a steep slope to Boiling Pot. Rob and Brennan were first to arrive, so they received it. The Detour for this leg was Air or Land. In Air, teams had to take a zipline and then bunjee jump down the side of the gorge. In Land, teams had to take a long hike down the mountains. All teams (except Rob & Brennan) chose Air. The Roadblock, which was unaired (but available on the DVD set), was to eat an ostrich egg.

Leg 2 (Zambia → France)

Songwe Village (Songwe Museum) (Near or Far)
Zambezi River (Bundu Adventures)
Mukini Village
Johannesburg (Johannesburg International Airport) to Paris, France (Charles de Gaulle International Airport)
Paris (Eiffel Tower)
Paris (Arc de Triomphe)

The Detour of this leg was a photo safari. In Near, teams went to a nearby jungle to photograph three hard to find animals. In Far, teams had to go to Botswana to photograph only one elephant. The Roadblock on this leg was to climb up part of the Eiffel Tower and look for the pitstop (the Arc de Triomphe) with a telescope. The Fast Forward, won by Pat and Brenda, was to whitewater raft with Bundu Adventures.

Leg 3 (France)

Paris (La Grande Roue) (Tough Climb or Easy Walk)
Paris (Mariage Frères)
Paris (Hôtel de Ville)
Paris (Place du Chatelet)
Les Baux de Provence (Château des Baux)

The first challenge on this leg was the Detour Tough Climb or Easy Walk. In Tough Climb, the teams had to climb up the tower of Notre Dame de Paris and ring a bell. In Easy Walk, teams had to find the Foucault pendulum in the Panthéon. The only catch was there were two Foucault pendulums at two different places, which the teams didn't know. In the Roadblock, one member of each team had to walk through the sewers of Paris. The Fast Forward, won by Kevin and Drew, was to find an obsure tea shop and pick the right tea in Mariage Frères.

Leg 4 (France → Tunisia)

Tunis, Tunisia (Bab Bhar)
Sidi Bou Said (Unused, unaired)
El Djem (Amphitheater of Thysdrus)

The detour on this leg was Full Body Brew or Full Body Massage. In Full Body Brew, teams had to find a coffee shop in Bab Bhar marketplace, without a map. In Full Body Massage, teams, with the help of a map, had to find a massage area and sit through a 20 minute massage. The roadblock took place at the Amphitheater of Thysdrus. The person performing the roadblock had to navigate the amphitheater to find the pit of death. Then, they had to take a sword from the pit and bring it to the pit stop. The unused fast forward told teams to go fishing for it on board the "Kinsa" in the port of Sidi Bou Said.

Teams traveled from France to Tunisia by boat

Leg 5 (Tunisia)

Tataouine (Globe monument) (Listening or Puzzling)
Sahara (Ksar Ghilane)
Sahara (Compass Coordinates; Route Marker)
Sahara (Ksar Ghilane)

In Tataouine, Tunisia, teams had a detour: Puzzling or Listening. In Puzzling, teams had to locate a specific house in Tataouine, and win a Tunisian dice game. In Listening, teams had to locate a Star Wars set and get a walkie talkie. Using their walkie talkie, they had to find the other one on the set. The roadblock was to ride a camel led by the non-Roadblocking partner in the Sahara Desert. The team member riding the camel had to us a compass, and set of compass directions (E.G. travel 50 meters north-west, then 17 meters, east) to find a route marker in the middle of the Sahara Desert.

Leg 6 (Tunisia → Italy)

Tunis (Palace Hotel)
Tunis (Tunis-Carthage International Airport) to Rome, Italy (Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport)
Rome (Colosseum) (Foot or Hoof)
Vatican City (Unused, unaired)
Modena, Italy (Castelfranco Emilia)
Modena (Pagani Auto Factory)
Sant' Agata Bolognese (Town Square)

In Rome, teams encountered a Detour, Foot or Hoof. Foot required teams to find a large statue of a foot, and their next clue. In Hoof teams were given a picture of a hoof and had to match up the hoof to a hoof on a statue. At the bottom of the horse statue, there were taxis, so teams would pick up speed. The Roadblock was to drive a small car to find the pit stop, Sant' Agata Bolognese, using a map in Italian. the team member also had follow a specific route to the pitstop.

Leg 7 (Italy → India)

Sant' Agata Bolognese (Town Square) (Glide or Ride)
Ferrara (Castello Estense)
Rome (Leonardo da Vinci International Airport) / Milan (Malpensa International Airport) to Delhi, India (Indira Gandhi International Airport)
Delhi (Red Fort)
Agra, Uttar Pradesh (Taj Khema Hotel)

The Detour of this leg was Glide or Ride. In Glide, teams took a glider ride with a professional glider, first come, first serve. In Ride, teams had to ride bikes with a map to the clue box. The Fast Forward was to find Castello Estense and ride a boat in the moat to find a clue on the wall. It was won by Frank and Margarita. The Roadblock was to hire a rickshaw and find a shopkeeper in Red Fort Market.

Leg 8 (India)

Agra (Taj Mahal) (Unused, unaired)
Jaipur, Rajasthan (Hawa Mahal)
Deshnoke (Karni Mata)
Bikaner (Laxmi Niwas Palace)

The Detour of this leg was Elephant or Rowboat. In Elephant, teams had to find a holy man by riding an elephant to his location. In Rowboat, teams had to find a holy man using the boat to get to his location. The Roadblock was to find a jar of clues in Karni Mata Temple, a temple of rats, with only socks on. The unused fast forward had teams traveling to Jantar Mantar to climb 22 or 33 steps.

Leg 9 (India → Thailand)

Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport) to Bangkok, Thailand (Don Mueang International Airport)
Bangkok (Temple of Dawn)
Bangkok (Temple of the Reclining Buddha)
Kanchanaburi (Buddhist Monastery)
Krabi (Tiger Cave Temple)

In Thailand, the Detour was Public or Private. In Public teams had to go to a local bus station for a bus leaving every 15 minutes, going to their next location. In Private, teams had to find a van within a specified perimeter of Bangkok, with a license plate as their only clue. The Fast Forward was to go to the Temple of the Reclining Buddah and find the bowl with the correct number of coins to participate in the ritual correctly, it was won by Joe and Bill. The Roadblock was to walk through a pit of tigers.

Leg 10 (Thailand)

Rai Leh Beach (King's Climbing)
Rai Leh Beach (Taiwan Wall)
Rai Leh Beach (Taiwan Wall)
Bo Tor, Ao Luk (Sea, Land and Trek)
offshore Chicken Island (underwater)
Pai Plong Beach

The Detour on this leg was Hike or Climb. In Hike, teams had to go on a long hike to find their next clue. In Climb, teams had to climb King's Rock Climb Wall, and then rappel into a boat. The Roadblock was to paddle a kayak with the team and their luggage to a nearby cave with scuba gear and their next clue. The clue said to use the scuba gear to dive for their next clue.

Leg 11 (Thailand → People's Republic of China)

Phuket (Phuket International Airport) to Beijing, People's Republic of China (Beijing Capital International Airport)
Beijing (Jingshan Park, Top Pavillion)
Beijing (Hongqiao Market) }}
Beijing (Tiantan Park, Temple of Heaven -South Gate)

In China, teams encountered the Detour Volley or Rally. In Volley teams had to score five points in a ping-pong game against an expert ping-pong player. In Rally, teams took three common forms of transportation of China (Bus, Motorcycle, and Rickshaw) to get to their next clue. The Roadblock was to eat the food bought at the Beijing Food Market, including chicken feet, beetle larvae, and squid.

Leg 12 (People's Republic of China → United States)

Beijing (Tiantan Park)
Great Wall of China (J?y?ng Pass)
Beijing (Beijing Capital International Airport) to Anchorage, Alaska, USA (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport)
Scotty Lake (Bed and Breakfast)
Scotty Lake (Blanket Toss Area) @
Matanuska Glacier
Highway Mile Marker 131
Wilderness Cabin

@ One Team member must be bounced up and down on an Alaskan tapestry until they spot the next route marker

The Detour of this leg was Flat or Steep. In Flat, teams took a flat route of the Great Wall of China to find their clue. In Steep teams took a steeper, but shorter, route. The roadblock, in Alaska, USA, was to climb Matanuska Glacier.

Leg 13 (United States)

Takosha Lodge
Fish Lake
Anchorage (Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport) to Newark, New Jersey (Newark International Airport)
Queens, New York City, New York (Vincent Daniels Square)
New York City (Flushing Meadows Park) (Finish line)

The Detour on this leg was Dog Power or Horsepower. In Dog Power, teams mushed sled dogs to their next clue. In Horsepower, teams had to take a much longer route with a snowmobile. The last challenge of the race was a Roadblock. In this Roadblock, teams had to strip down to underwear or a bathing suit and completely submerge into the frigid waters of Fish Lake, an Alaskan tradition.

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