Ironman World Championship

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The Ironman World Championship has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978, with an additional race in 1982. It is owned and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation. It is the annual culmination of a series of Ironman triathlon qualification races held throughout the world.

Swimmers at the start of the 2005 race
Swim start, 15 October 2005

History[]

From 1978 through 1980 the race was held on the island of Oahu, the course combining that of three events already held there: the Waikiki Roughwater Swim (2.4 mi./3.86 km), the Around-Oahu Bike Race (115 mi./185.07 km, originally a two-day event), and the Honolulu Marathon. The bike stage was reduced by 3 miles to link it to the start of the marathon course. In 1981 the race was moved to the less urbanized Big Island, keeping the distances the same: a 2.4 miles (3.86 km) open water swim in Kailua-Kona Bay, a 112 miles (180.25 km) bike ride across the Hawaiian lava desert to Hāwī and back, and a marathon (26 miles 385 yards, 42.195 km) run along the coast of the Big Island from Keauhou to Keahole Point and back to Kailua-Kona, finishing on Aliʻi Drive.

Since 1982, the race has been held in the fall each year, before which it was held in the spring, giving two races in 1982. The most recent Ironman World Championship took place on 12 October 2019. Qualifying for the World Championship is achieved through placement in one of the other Ironman races or some Ironman 70.3 races. Due to COVID-19 the 2020 race was initially postponed to February 2021. However, the race was ultimately canceled with that year's qualifiers able to defer to race in 2021 or 2022.[1]

The current Ironman Hawaii course record was set in 2019 by Jan Frodeno (Germany), whose winning time was 7 hrs 51 min 13 sec.[2] The women's course record is 8 hrs 26 mins 18 sec, set in 2018 by Daniela Ryf (Switzerland).[3]

Athletes with disabilities compete in the event in the physically challenged category, which was instituted in 1997, and are required to meet the same cutoff times as able bodied competitors.[4] Australian John Maclean was the first physically challenged athlete to complete the event under the cut-off time.[5][6]

Course records[]

Men[]

Event Record Speed Athlete Nationality Edition Ref
Full Course 7:51:13
(47:31-1:58-4:16:03-2:59-2:42:43) 		28.82 km/h Jan Frodeno  Germany 2019 [2]
Swim (3.862 km) 46:29 1:12 min/100 m  Germany 2018 [7]
Bike (180.246 km) 4:09:06 43.42 km/h Cameron Wurf  Australia 2018 [8]
Run (42.195 km) 2:39:45 15.85 km/h / 3:47 min/km Patrick Lange  Germany 2016 [9][10]

Women[]

Event Record Speed Athlete Nationality Edition Ref
Full Course 8:26:18
(57:27-3:22-4:26:07-2:17-2:57:05) 		26.82 km/h Daniela Ryf   Switzerland 2018 [3]
Swim (3.862 km) 48:14 1:14 min/100 m Lucy Charles  United Kingdom 2018 [11]
Bike (180.246 km) 4:26:07 40.64 km/h Daniela Ryf   Switzerland 2018 [3]
Run (42.195 km) 2:50:26 14.85 km/h / 4:02 min/km Mirinda Carfrae  Australia 2014 [12]

Medalists[]

Men[]

Year Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
 Gordon Haller (USA) 11:46:58  John Dunbar (USA) 12:20:27   (USA) 13:59:13
 Tom Warren (USA) 11:15:56  John Dunbar (USA) 12:03:56   (USA) 12:23:30
 Dave Scott (USA) 9:24:33   (USA) 10:24:41  John Howard (USA) 10:32:36
 John Howard (USA) 9:38:29  Tom Warren (USA) 10:04:38  Scott Tinley (USA) 10:12:47
 Scott Tinley (USA) 9:19:41  Dave Scott (USA) 9:36:57   (USA) 9:53:16
 Dave Scott (USA) 9:08:23  Scott Tinley (USA) 9:28:28   (USA) 9:36:53
 Dave Scott (USA) 9:05:57  Scott Tinley (USA) 9:06:30  Mark Allen (USA) 9:21:06
 Dave Scott (USA) 8:54:20  Scott Tinley (USA) 9:18:45   (USA) 9:23:55
 Scott Tinley (USA) 8:50:54   (USA) 9:16:40   (SUI) 9:26:32
 Dave Scott (USA) 8:28:37  Mark Allen (USA) 8:36:04  Scott Tinley (USA) 9:00:37
 Dave Scott (USA) 8:34:13  Mark Allen (USA) 8:45:19  Greg Stewart (AUS) 8:58:53
 Scott Molina (USA) 8:31:00   (USA) 8:33:11   (USA) 8:38:37
 Mark Allen (USA) 8:09:14  Dave Scott (USA) 8:10:13  Greg Welch (AUS) 8:32:16
 Mark Allen (USA) 8:28:17  Scott Tinley (USA) 8:37:40  Pauli Kiuru (FIN) 8:39:24
 Mark Allen (USA) 8:18:32  Greg Welch (AUS) 8:24:34   (USA) 8:27:55
 Mark Allen (USA) 8:09:08   (CHI) 8:16:29  Pauli Kiuru (FIN) 8:17:29
 Mark Allen (USA) 8:07:45  Pauli Kiuru (FIN) 8:14:27  Wolfgang Dittrich (GER) 8:20:13
 Greg Welch (AUS) 8:20:27  Dave Scott (USA) 8:24:32   (USA) 8:31:56
 Mark Allen (USA) 8:20:34  Thomas Hellriegel (GER) 8:22:59  Rainer Müller-Hörner (GER) 8:25:23
 Luc Van Lierde (BEL) 8:04:08  Thomas Hellriegel (GER) 8:06:07  Greg Welch (AUS) 8:18:57
 Thomas Hellriegel (GER) 8:33:01   (GER) 8:39:18   (GER) 8:40:30
 Peter Reid (CAN) 8:24:20  Luc Van Lierde (BEL) 8:31:57   (GER) 8:32:57
 Luc Van Lierde (BEL) 8:17:17  Peter Reid (CAN) 8:22:54  Tim DeBoom (USA) 8:25:42
 Peter Reid (CAN) 8:21:01  Tim DeBoom (USA) 8:23:10  Normann Stadler (GER) 8:26:45
 Tim DeBoom (USA) 8:31:18  Cameron Brown (NZL) 8:46:10  Thomas Hellriegel (GER) 8:47:40
 Tim DeBoom (USA) 8:29:56  Peter Reid (CAN) 8:33:06  Cameron Brown (NZL) 8:35:34
 Peter Reid (CAN) 8:22:35  Rutger Beke (BEL) 8:28:27  Cameron Brown (NZL) 8:30:08
 Normann Stadler (GER) 8:33:29  Peter Reid (CAN) 8:43:40  Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 8:45:14
2005  Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 8:14:17  Cameron Brown (NZL) 8:19:36  Peter Reid (CAN) 8:20:04
2006  Normann Stadler (GER) 8:11:58  Chris McCormack (AUS) 8:13:10  Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 8:19:05
2007  Chris McCormack (AUS) 8:15:34  Craig Alexander (AUS) 8:19:04  Torbjørn Sindballe (DEN) 8:21:30
2008  Craig Alexander (AUS) 8:17:45  Eneko Llanos (ESP) 8:20:50  Rutger Beke (BEL) 8:21:23
2009  Craig Alexander (AUS) 8:20:21  Chris Lieto (USA) 8:22:56  Andreas Raelert (GER) 8:24:32
2010  Chris McCormack (AUS) 8:10:37  Andreas Raelert (GER) 8:12:17  Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 8:13:14
2011  Craig Alexander (AUS) 8:03:56  Pete Jacobs (AUS) 8:09:11  Andreas Raelert (GER) 8:11:07
2012  Pete Jacobs (AUS) 8:18:37  Andreas Raelert (GER) 8:23:40  Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 8:24:09
2013  Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 8:12:29  Luke McKenzie (AUS) 8:15:19  Sebastian Kienle (GER) 8:19:24
2014  Sebastian Kienle (GER) 8:14:18  Ben Hoffman (USA) 8:19:23  Jan Frodeno (GER) 8:20:32
2015  Jan Frodeno (GER) 8:14:40  Andreas Raelert (GER) 8:17:43  Timothy O'Donnell (USA) 8:18:50
2016  Jan Frodeno (GER) 8:06:30  Sebastian Kienle (GER) 8:10:02  Patrick Lange (GER) 8:11:14
2017  Patrick Lange (GER) 8:01:40  Lionel Sanders (CAN) 8:04:07   (GBR) 8:07:11
2018  Patrick Lange (GER) 7:52:39   (BEL) 7:56:41   (GBR) 8:01:09
2019  Jan Frodeno (GER) 7:51:13  Tim O'Donnell (USA) 7:59:40  Sebastian Kienle (GER) 8:02:04

Women[]

Year Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
 Lyn Lemaire (USA) 12:55:38
 Robin Beck (USA) 11:21:24  Eve Anderson (USA) 15:40:59
 Linda Sweeney (USA) 12:02:32  Sally Edwards (USA) 12:37:25   (USA) 12:42:15
 Kathleen McCartney (USA) 11:09:40  Julie Moss (USA) 11:10:09   (USA)
 Sally Edwards (USA)		 11:51:00
 Julie Leach (USA) 10:54:08   (USA) 10:58:21  Sally Edwards (USA) 11:03:00
 Sylviane Puntous (CAN) 10:43:36   (CAN) 10:49:17   (USA) 11:01:49
 Sylviane Puntous (CAN) 10:25:13   (CAN) 10:27:28   (USA) 10:38:10
 Joanne Ernst (USA) 10:25:22   (USA) 10:26:55  Paula Newby-Fraser (ZIM) 10:31:04
 Paula Newby-Fraser (ZIM) 9:49:14  Sylviane Puntous (CAN) 9:53:13  Joanne Ernst (USA) 10:00:07
 Erin Baker (NZL) 9:35:25  Sylviane Puntous (CAN) 9:36:57  Paula Newby-Fraser (ZIM) 9:40:37
 Paula Newby-Fraser (ZIM) 9:01:01  Erin Baker (NZL) 9:12:14   (USA) 9:37:25
 Paula Newby-Fraser (ZIM) 9:00:56  Sylviane Puntous (CAN) 9:21:55   (USA) 9:24:31
 Erin Baker (NZL) 9:13:42  Paula Newby-Fraser (ZIM) 9:20:01  Terri Schneider (USA) 10:00:34
 Paula Newby-Fraser (ZIM) 9:07:52  Erin Baker (NZL) 9:23:37  Sarah Coope (GBR) 9:33:20
 Paula Newby-Fraser (ZIM) 8:55:28   (CAN) 9:21:40   (NED) 9:26:57
 Paula Newby-Fraser (ZIM) 8:58:23  Erin Baker (NZL) 9:08:04   (USA) 9:20:40
 Paula Newby-Fraser (ZIM) 9:20:14  Karen Smyers (USA) 9:28:08  Fernanda Keller (BRA) 9:43:30
 Karen Smyers (USA) 9:16:46   (FRA) 9:25:13  Fernanda Keller (BRA) 9:37:48
 Paula Newby-Fraser† (USA) 9:06:49  Natascha Badmann (SUI) 9:11:19  Karen Smyers (USA) 9:19:13
 Heather Fuhr (CAN) 9:31:43  Lori Bowden (CAN) 9:41:42  Fernanda Keller (BRA) 9:50:02
 Natascha Badmann (SUI) 9:24:16  Lori Bowden (CAN) 9:27:19  Fernanda Keller (BRA) 9:28:29
 Lori Bowden (CAN) 9:13:02  Karen Smyers (USA) 9:20:40  Fernanda Keller (BRA) 9:24:30
 Natascha Badmann (SUI) 9:26:17  Lori Bowden (CAN) 9:29:05  Fernanda Keller (BRA) 9:31:29
 Natascha Badmann (SUI) 9:28:37  Lori Bowden (CAN) 9:32:59  Nina Kraft (GER) 9:41:01
 Natascha Badmann (SUI) 9:07:54  Nina Kraft (GER) 9:14:24  Lori Bowden (CAN) 9:22:27
 Lori Bowden (CAN) 9:11:55  Natascha Badmann (SUI) 9:17:08  Nina Kraft (GER) 9:17:16
 Natascha Badmann (SUI) 9:50:04  Heather Fuhr (CAN) 9:56:19   (AUS) 10:01:56
2005  Natascha Badmann (SUI) 9:09:30  Michellie Jones (AUS) 9:11:51   (AUS) 9:12:39
2006  Michellie Jones (AUS) 9:18:31  Desiree Ficker (USA) 9:24:02  Lisa Bentley (CAN) 9:25:18
2007  Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 9:08:45  Samantha McGlone (CAN) 9:14:04   (AUS) 9:19:13
2008  Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 9:06:23  Yvonne van Vlerken (NED) 9:21:20  Sandra Wallenhorst (GER) 9:22:52
2009  Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 8:54:02  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 9:13:59  Virginia Berasategui (ESP) 9:15:28
2010  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 8:58:36  Caroline Steffen (SUI) 9:06:00  Julie Dibens (GBR) 9:10:04
2011  Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 8:55:08  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 8:57:57  Leanda Cave (GBR) 9:03:29
2012  Leanda Cave (GBR) 9:15:54  Caroline Steffen (SUI) 9:16:58  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 9:21:41
2013  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 8:52:14  Rachel Joyce (GBR) 8:57:28  Liz Blatchford (GBR) 9:03:35
2014  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 9:00:55  Daniela Ryf (SUI) 9:02:57  Rachel Joyce (GBR) 9:04:23
2015  Daniela Ryf (SUI) 8:57:57  Rachel Joyce (GBR) 9:10:59  Liz Blatchford (GBR) 9:14:52
2016  Daniela Ryf (SUI) 8:46:46  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 9:10:30  Heather Jackson (USA) 9:11:32
2017  Daniela Ryf (SUI) 8:50:47  Lucy Charles (GBR) 8:59:38  Sarah Crowley (AUS) 9:01:38
2018  Daniela Ryf (SUI) 8:26:18  Lucy Charles (GBR) 8:36:32  Anne Haug (GER) 8:41:57
2019  Anne Haug (GER) 8:40:10  Lucy Charles (GBR) 8:46:44  Sarah Crowley (AUS) 8:48:13

†Paula Newby Fraser was a citizen and represented the United States for the 1996 race

Ironman lottery[]

Until 2015, individuals could enter a lottery for the chance to participate in the Ironman World Championship. The lottery entry fee was $50 and afforded the chance to win one of 100 berths in the championship race. If selected the winners then had to pay the normal entry fee.[13]

However, according to a sworn complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Tampa, Florida, Ironman illegally charged athletes for a chance to win the opportunity to compete in the Ironman World Championship.[14][15] According to Florida law, the state where the World Triathlon Corporation resides, it is illegal to set up and charge for a lottery.[16] Because WTC charged a $50 fee to enter the lottery, instead of giving away the opportunity to win a slot at the championships, they were in violation of this law.[17] Following the complaint WTC cooperated with the United States Attorneys office and the FBI's investigation of the matter and agreed to forfeit $2,761,910, the amount collected from the lottery since October 24, 2012.[14][18] The attorney representing the United States in the matter was 8-time Ironman finisher James A. Muench.[19]

Winners of the 2015 lottery were notified on March 17th, 2015, prior to the announcement of the complaint.[15] WTC stated that these winners would be unaffected by this decision and that their slots for the upcoming championship race would be honored.[20]

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Citations[]

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