Five people were treated for injuries at Navarra Hospital on Sunday , after the final ritual running of the bulls at the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona , Spain . The most serious of Sunday 's injuries was sustained by a 23-year-old Australian woman , who was gored in the chest . According to an official report , the woman suffered fractured rubs and damage to her right lung . Her condition was described as `` grave '' by the regional government , which hosts the festival . Three men were gored on Friday , including an American who underwent emergency surgery to remove his spleen , and another American who suffered a `` rectal perforation . '' On Saturday , natives of Spain and Ireland were listed in `` serious condition '' after being trampled , apparently by people , during a pileup of some 200 runners and two bulls near the entrance to the festival 's main bullring . At least 20 people sustained injuries in the pileup . Crazy ? Brave ? Drunk ? What drives Pamplona 's bull runners ? As part of the nine-day festival , which celebrates San Fermin , patron saint of Pamplona and the Navarra region , human thrill seekers run through the streets of Pamplona amid groups of six charging bulls . The run takes place each day of the festival ( excluding opening day ) at 8 a.m . Many of the runners stay up all night , filling themselves with liquid courage before making the inebriated dash in the early light . After a pair of rockets are set off , the bulls charge through crowds of runners for about 920 yards , the distance between the bull corral and bullring . The run generally takes three or four minutes to complete . This year 's festival ended on Sunday with a reported 206 people sustaining injuries during the bull runs . According to various reports , 13 , 14 or 15 runners have been killed at the running of the bulls over the last century . The most recent fatality was in 2009 when a 27-year-old man from Madrid died after being gored in the neck .
Australian woman gored in chest on final day of running with the bulls in Pamplona , Spain . American injuries include spleen damage and `` rectal perforation '' Spaniard and Irishman seriously hurt in 200-person , two bull pile-up . At least 200 runners sustain bull-related injuries during nine-day festival .