San Fermín 2025: The Running of the Bulls
July 6 to 14, 2025. Every encierro, every ganadería, every video, and the stories the numbers leave out.
Curated by Dennis Clancey
· Founder of Encierro, veteran bull runner
8
Encierros
7
Gored by horn
2:16
Fastest run
0
Deaths
What 2025 Was Really Like
Dennis Clancey · Founder, Encierro
Overall it was a very clean year. When you look at the gorings, La Palmosilla on the 13th was the aberration. Cebada Gago and Álvaro Núñez had gorings too, but the rest of the runs were fairly clean, and we’re grateful for that.
The calendar drove the crowds. The 6th fell on a Sunday, so the chupinazo was packed, and with Bastille Day on the Monday the 14th, the French came in for the long weekend, so the 12th, 13th and 14th were heavy. And there was still real danger out there: Caminante, the Cebada Gago bull on the 8th, caused a lot of trouble along the route.
2025 in contextA Clean Year With One Hard Sunday
The danger never left the streets. On the second morning the bull Caminante broke from the Cebada Gago herd and ran loose, and on the 13th the La Palmosilla run left four runners gored. And yet, by the count that matters most, the other runs were largely clean, with seven gored across the eight mornings, still a year most runners walked away from. Read the full archive year by year, or the 2024 recap, to see where 2025 sits.
Seven runners gored across eight mornings, and yet, in the runners’ own reckoning, a clean year with one hard Sunday.Morning by morning
Every 2025 Encierro, Day by Day
Each run with its ganadería, time, horn injuries, and the official video. The route runs 848.6 meters from Santo Domingo to the ring; see the route map.
Tue July 8 · Second run
Cebada Gago
5:22
Gored: 2
The slowest run of 2025. The bull Caminante ran loose from the herd; two runners gored.
Wed July 9 · Third run
Álvaro Núñez
2:21
Gored: 1
A fast debut by the only new ranch of the year; one runner gored.
Sun July 13 · Seventh run
La Palmosilla
Gored: 4
Four runners caught, the most serious a very young runner from San Sebastián de los Reyes gored in the side by the bull Mirloblanco at the Mercaderes curve.
The Stories the Numbers Leave Out
The hardest morning
Four Gored at La Palmosilla
On Sunday, July 13, four runners were gored, the most serious a very young runner from San Sebastián de los Reyes gored in the side by the bull Mirloblanco at the Mercaderes curve. He survived; it was the run that defined the year.
The lone bull
Caminante Runs Alone
On the second morning the Cebada Gago bull Caminante ran loose from the herd, and the run lasted 5:22, the slowest of the fiesta.
A bruising debut
Álvaro Núñez Arrives
The only new ranch of 2025 announced itself with a fast run and one runner gored.
Sixteen Years On
The fourth run fell on July 10, the 16th anniversary of the death of Daniel Jimeno Romero, the 27-year-old caught by the Jandilla bull Capuchino on Telefónica in 2009.
Daniel Jimeno remains the last person killed in the Pamplona run. Despite its hard Sunday, 2025 added no name to the list of the dead.
Official Sanfermines PosterThe Official San Fermín 2025 Poster
Official cartel, 2025
Named the official cartel of San Fermín 2025 after winning the Ayuntamiento's annual poster contest.
Beyond the runThe City in 2025
The chupinazo opened the fiesta at noon on Sunday, July 6, fired from the Town Hall balcony by representatives of the Yala Nafarroa platform. The year’s poster, “Hogar pamplonica” by Sandra Nadal Vital, broke with tradition, the first San Fermín cartel built around hanging laundry. Nine days later the fiesta closed with the candlelit Pobre de Mí at midnight on the 14th.
In the world press2025, As the World Saw It
A sample of the international coverage of the 2025 running of the bulls.
The recordHow 2025 Came Together
The planning and key dates, kept on the record.
May 20, 2025
The poster “Hogar pamplonica” by Sandra Nadal Vital won the public vote, the first San Fermín poster centered on hanging laundry.
June 2025
Assembly of the vallado began: 900 posts and 2,700 planks, built by the Aldaz Remiro carpenters.
The lineup
Eight ranches were set, with Álvaro Núñez the only debutant and Miura closing on the 14th.
July 6, 2025
The chupinazo opened the fiesta; nine days later Pobre de Mí closed it at midnight.
San Fermín 2025, Answered
How many runners were gored in San Fermin 2025?
Seven. Four came in one run, La Palmosilla on July 13, two in the Cebada Gago run on July 8 and one in the Álvaro Núñez run on July 9.
Which ganaderías ran in 2025?
Fuente Ymbro, Cebada Gago, Álvaro Núñez (debut), Victoriano del Río, Jandilla, José Escolar, La Palmosilla, and Miura, in that order from July 7 to 14.
What was the fastest run of 2025?
Miura on July 14, at 2 minutes 16 seconds. The slowest was Cebada Gago at 5:22.
Was anyone killed in the 2025 running of the bulls?
No. The last death in the Pamplona encierro was Daniel Jimeno in 2009.
Which ranch debuted in 2025?
Álvaro Núñez, the only new ranch of the fiesta, which ran on July 9.
Sources
Every fact on this page is checked against these sources. Where sources disagreed, the one closest to the day won.
- Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, "El Ayuntamiento de Pamplona edita un 'periódico' con información del encierro", 2022-07-01. pamplona.es
- Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, "Hogar pamplonica, cartel ganador San Fermin 2025", 2025-05-20. pamplona.es
- EFE via Infobae, "Comienza a colocarse en Pamplona el vallado del encierro de los Sanfermines 2025", 2025-06-02. infobae.com
- Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, "La solidaridad entre los pueblos prende la mecha de los nueve dias de fiesta (Chupinazo 2025)", 2025-07-06. pamplona.es
- La Voz del Festejo, "Primer encierro de San Fermin 2025: Fuente Ymbro siembra nobleza bajo el chirimiri", 2025-07-07. lavozdelfestejo.com
- La Voz del Festejo, "Segundo encierro de San Fermin 2025: Cebada agranda su leyenda", 2025-07-08. lavozdelfestejo.com
- EITB (orain.eus), "Encierro largo y peligroso de los toros de Cebada Gago, con dos heridos por asta", 2025-07-08. orain.eus
- Onda Vasca, "Directo: tercer encierro con debut incluido, Alvaro Nunez se estrena", 2025-07-09. ondavasca.com
- La Voz del Festejo, "Tercer encierro de San Fermín 2025: Álvaro Núñez debuta con emoción y un corneado", 2025-07-09. lavozdelfestejo.com
- Onda Vasca, "Directo: bravura, nobleza y peligrosidad con los toros de Victoriano del Rio, protagonistas del cuarto encierro", 2025-07-10. ondavasca.com
- La Voz del Festejo, "Quinto encierro de San Fermin 2025: Jandilla vuela", 2025-07-11. lavozdelfestejo.com
- El Debate, "Asi ha sido el sexto encierro de San Fermin 2025 con toros de Jose Escolar", 2025-07-12. eldebate.com
- La Voz del Festejo, "Septimo encierro de San Fermin 2025: La Palmosilla deja 4 corneados", 2025-07-13. lavozdelfestejo.com
- Euronews, "Four injured in final bull run of San Fermin festival in Pamplona", 2025-07-14. euronews.com
- Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, "Más de 1,6 millones de personas han participado en los actos del programa", 2025-07-15. pamplona.es
- Festivales de Espana, "San Fermin, Fiestas y Encierros de Pamplona 2025". festivalesdeespana.com
Planning your own run?
2025 is the record. For the upcoming fiesta and how to prepare, see San Fermín 2026 or learn the route with the runners who teach it.