Ironman World Championship
LocationKailua-Kona, Hawaii
DateOctober 12, 2013
Champions
MenBelgium Frederik Van Lierde
WomenAustralia Mirinda Carfrae
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The 2013 Ironman World Championship was a long distance triathlon competition that was held on October 12, 2013 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The event was won by Belgium's Frederik Van Lierde and Australia's Mirinda Carfrae. It was the 37th edition of the Ironman World Championship, which has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978. The championship is organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC).

Championship results

Men

Pos. Time
(h:mm:ss)		 Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss)
Swim     T1     Bike     T2     Run
8:12:29 Frederik Van Lierde  Belgium 0:51:02 2:18 4:25:35 2:16 2:51:18
8:15:19 Luke McKenzie  Australia 0:51:17 1:59 4:22:25 2:18 2:57:20
8:19:24 Sebastian Kienle  Germany 0:54:13 1:49 4:22:33 2:14 2:58:35
4 8:21:46 James Cunnama  South Africa 0:51:13 1:45 4:34:21 1:50 2:52:37
5 8:22:25 Tim O'Donnell  United States 0:51:04 2:05 4:35:37 2:32 2:51:07
6 8:23:43 Iván Raña  Spain 0:51:06 1:55 4:40:34 2:14 2:47:54
7 8:24:09 Tyler Butterfield  Bermuda 0:51:24 1:46 4:30:10 2:27 2:58:22
8 8:25:38 Bart Aernouts  Belgium 0:57:26 1:46 4:39:46 2:37 2:44:03
9 8:26:32 Timo Bracht  Germany 0:51:21 1:50 4:34:46 2:28 2:56:07
10 8:31:13 Faris Al-Sultan  Germany 0:51:19 1:55 4:29:56 2:17 3:05:46
Source:[1]

Women

Pos. Time
(h:mm:ss)		 Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss)
Swim     T1     Bike     T2     Run
8:52:14 Mirinda Carfrae  Australia 0:58:50 2:06 4:58:20 2:20 2:50:38
8:57:28 Rachel Joyce  United Kingdom 0:54:09 2:02 4:55:25 2:15 3:03:37
9:03:35 Liz Blatchford  United Kingdom 0:54:07 2:01 4:57:40 6:24[a] 3:03:23
4 9:04:34 Yvonne van Vlerken  Netherlands 1:01:57 1:57 4:54:38 2:37 3:03:25
5 9:09:09 Caroline Steffen  Switzerland 0:54:10 2:07 4:57:50 3:07 3:11:55
6 9:10:12 Caitlin Snow  United States 0:58:47 2:13 5:08:05 2:14 2:58:53
7 9:10:19 Meredith Kessler  United States 0:54:06 2:20 4:55:13 2:05 3:16:35
8 9:11:13 Michelle Vesterby  Denmark 0:54:12 2:07 4:55:53 2:30 3:16:31
9 9:14:47 Gina Crawford  New Zealand 0:54:14 2:21 5:04:17 2:37 3:11:18
10[b] 9:17:22 Linsey Corbin  United States 0:59:19 2:14 5:07:50 3:13 3:04:54
Source:[1]
  1. ^ includes 4-minute penalty
  2. ^ place among pro women; Corbin finished 11th among all women behind amateur Catherine Faux, who finished with a time of 9:15:16.

Carfrae broke Chrissie Wellington's course record of 8:54:02 set in 2009. She also lowered her own marathon course record of 2:52:09 set in 2011.

Qualification

For entry into the 2013 World Championship race, amateur athletes were required to qualify through a performance at an Ironman or selected Ironman 70.3 race. Entry into the championship race could also be obtained through a random allocation lottery or through the Ironman’s charitable eBay auction. The division of athletes was divided into professional, age group, physically challenged, and hand cycle divisions.[2]

For professional triathletes, the 2013 championship season marked the third year of a point system that determined which professional triathletes would qualify for the championship race. To qualify, points were earned by competing in WTC sanctioned Ironman and Ironman 70.3 events throughout the qualifying year. For the 2013 championship race that period is September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013. The top 50 male and top 35 female pros in points at the end of the qualifying year qualified to race in Kona. An athlete's five highest scoring races were counted in the point totals. At least one Ironman race must have been completed and only three Ironman 70.3 races count towards an athlete's overall point total. Prior champions received an automatic entry for the Championship race for a period of five years after their last championship performance provided that they competed in at least one full-distance Ironman race during the qualifying year. Their entry did not count toward the number of available qualifying spots.[3][4]

The Ironman 2013 series consisted of 27 Ironman races plus the 2012 Ironman World Championship which was itself a qualifier for the 2013 Championship.[3]

Qualifying Ironmans

Date Event Location
Sep 9, 2012 Ironman Wisconsin United States Madison, Wisconsin
Sep 16, 2012 Ironman Wales Wales Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Oct 13, 2012 Ironman World Championship United States Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Nov 3, 2012 Ironman Florida United States Panama City Beach, Florida
Nov 18, 2012 Ironman Arizona United States Tempe, Arizona
Nov 25, 2012 Ironman Cozumel Mexico Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Dec 9, 2012 Ironman Western Australia Australia Busselton, Western Australia
Mar 2, 2013 Ironman New Zealand New Zealand Taupō, New Zealand
Mar 17, 2013 Ironman Los Cabos Mexico Los Cabos, Mexico
Mar 24, 2013 Ironman Asia Pacific Championship Australia Melbourne, Australia
Apr 14, 2013 Ironman South Africa South Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa
May 5, 2013 Ironman Australia Australia Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
May 18, 2013 Ironman Lanzarote Spain Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain
May 18, 2013 Ironman Texas United States The Woodlands Township, Texas
May 26, 2013 Ironman Brazil Brazil Florianópolis Island, Brazil
Jun 9, 2013 Ironman Cairns Australia Cairns, Australia
Jun 23, 2013 Ironman France France Nice, France
Jun 23, 2013 Ironman Coeur d'Alene United States Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Jun 30, 2013 Ironman Austria Austria Klagenfurt, Austria
Jul 7, 2013 Ironman European Championship Germany Frankfurt, Germany
July 21, 2013 Ironman UK United Kingdom Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Jul 28, 2013 Ironman Switzerland Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland
Jul 28, 2013 Ironman Lake Placid United States Lake Placid, New York
Aug 17, 2013 Ironman Sweden Sweden Kalmar, Sweden
Aug 18, 2013 Ironman Copenhagen Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark
Aug 18, 2013 Ironman Mont-Tremblant Canada Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
Aug 25, 2013 Ironman Louisville United States Louisville, Kentucky
Aug 25, 2013 Ironman Canada Canada Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

2013 Ironman Series results

Men

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Reference
Wisconsin  Ben Hoffman (USA) 8:32:51  Eduardo Sturla (ARG) 8:46:29  Michael Göhner (GER) 8:54:53 [5]
Wales  Sylvain Rota (FRA) 8:52:43  Daniel Niederreiter (AUT) 8:55:20  Christian Ritter (GER) 8:58:49 [6]
World Champs 2012  Pete Jacobs (AUS) 8:18:37  Andreas Raelert (GER) 8:23:40  Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 8:24:09 [7]
Florida  Andrew Starykowicz (USA) 8:06:17  Jan Raphael (GER) 8:08:49  Scott DeFilippis (USA) 8:09:33 [8]
Arizona  Nils Frommhold (GER) 8:03:16  Paul Matthews (AUS) 8:05:01  T. J. Tollakson (USA) 8:07:39 [9]
Cozumel  Iván Raña (ESP) 8:15:07  Bas Diederen (NED) 8:20:42  Bert Jammaer (BEL) 8:24:51 [10]
Western Australia  Jimmy Johnsen (DEN) 8:29:06  Horst Reichel (GER) 8:34:49  Matty White (AUS) 8:38:05 [11]
New Zealand  Bevan Docherty (NZL) 8:15:34  Marko Albert (EST) 8:25:30  Cameron Brown (NZL) 8:34:28 [12]
Los Cabos  Timo Bracht (GER) 8:26:48  Trevor Delsaut (FRA) 8:33:26  Jozsef Major (HUN) 8:33:57 [13]
Asia Pacific*  Eneko Llanos (ESP) 7:36:08  Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 7:38:59  Craig Alexander (AUS) 7:39:37 [14]
South Africa  Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 8:11:24  Cyril Viennot (FRA) 8:19:51  Bas Diederen (NED) 8:20:09 [15]
Australia  Luke Bell (AUS) 8:30:23  Patrick Evoe (USA) 8:42:58  Luke Whitmore (AUS) 9:03:30 [16]
Lanzarote  Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 8:42:40  Miquel Blanchart (ESP) 8:52:08  Kirill Kotsegarov (EST) 9:04:09 [17]
Texas  Paul Amey (GBR) 8:25:06  James Cunnama (RSA) 8:27:35  Ian Mikelson (USA) 8:30:06 [18]
Brazil  Timothy O'Donnell (USA) 8:01:31  Igor Amorelli (BRA) 8:19:39  Stefan Schmid (GER) 8:25:01 [19]
Cairns  Luke McKenzie (AUS) 8:17:43  Tim Berkel (AUS) 8:22:16  Chris McCormack (AUS) 8:32:50 [20]
France  Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 8:08:59  Bart Aernouts (BEL) 8:12:28  Clemente Alonso McKernan (ESP) 8:35:52 [21]
Coeur d'Alene  Ben Hoffman (USA) 8:17:34  Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR) 8:26:02  T. J. Tollakson (USA) 8:32:11 [22]
Austria  Andreas Raelert (GER) 7:59:51  Maik Twelsiek (GER) 8:11:36  David Pleše (SLO) 8:19:13 [23]
European  Eneko Llanos (ESP) 7:59:58  Jan Raphael (GER) 8:07:19  Bas Diederen (NED) 8:12:07 [24]
UK  Daniel Halksworth (GBR) 8:45:48  Stephen Bayliss (GBR) 8:49:25  Joe Skipper (GBR) 8:51:49 [25]
Switzerland  Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 8:33:39  Iván Raña (ESP) 8:40:55  Per Bittner (GER) 8:46:23 [26]
Lake Placid  Andy Potts (USA) 8:43:29  Daniel Fontana (ITA) 8:48:29  Ian Mikelson (USA) 8:51:07 [27]
Sweden  Pedro Gomes (POR) 8:19:30  David Plese (SLO) 8:22:01  Anton Blokhin (UKR) 8:26:09 [28]
Copenhagen  Jens Petersen-Bach (DEN) 8:12:41  Henrik Hyldelund (DEN) 8:13:39  Esben Hovgaard (DEN) 8:16:38 [29]
Mont-Tremblant  Luke Bell (AUS) 8:26:06  Brandon Marsh (USA) 8:31:01  Bert Jammaer (BEL) 8:31:35 [30]
Louisville  Chris McDonald (AUS) 8:21:34  Patrick Evoe (USA) 8:34:16  Thomas Gerlach (USA) 8:41:11 [31]
Canada  Trevor Wurtele (CAN) 8:39:33  Matthew Russell (USA) 8:45:15  Paul Amey (AUS) 8:53:27 [32]

*Swim shortened to 1.5k due to weather conditions.

Women

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Reference
Wisconsin  Elizabeth Lyles (USA) 9:34:35  Beth Walsh (USA) 9:38:42  Charisa Wernick (USA) 9:43:54 [5]
Wales  Regula Rohrbach (SUI) 9:45:09  Eimear Mullan (IRL) 10:01:32  Carritt, Joanna (GBR) 10:12:34 [6]
World Champs 2012  Leanda Cave (GBR) 9:15:54  Caroline Steffen (SUI) 9:16:58  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 9:21:41 [7]
Florida  Yvonne van Vlerken (NED) 8:51:35  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 9:05:03  Ashley Clifford (USA) 9:07:34 [8]
Arizona  Linsey Corbin (USA) 9:01:44  Meredith Kessler (USA) 9:06:04  Corrinne Abraham (GBR) 9:15:13 [9]
Cozumel  Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 9:15:38  Sophie De Groote (BEL) 9:15:45  Sonja Tajsich (GER) 9:21:30 [10]
Western Australia  Britta Martin (NZL) 9:13:00  Rebekah Keat (AUS) 9:14:39  Rebecca Hoschke (AUS) 9:19:48 [11]
New Zealand  Meredith Kessler (USA) 9:17:10  Gina Crawford (NZL) 9:20:54  Candice Hammond (NZL) 9:35:52 [12]
Los Cabos  Erika Csomor (HUN) 9:35:34  Michelle Vesterby (DEN) 9:36:31  Lisa Ribes (USA) 9:38:35 [13]
Asia Pacific*  Corinne Abraham (GBR) 8:10:56  Yvonne van Vlerken (AUT) 8:26:40  Caroline Steffen (SUI) 8:31:22 [14]
South Africa  Jessie Donavan (USA) 9:10:58  Jodie Swallow (GBR) 9:17:00  Lucie Reed (CZE) 9:27:07 [15]
Australia  Rebecca Hoschke (AUS) 9:34:55  Ange Castle (AUS) 9:41:38  Jessica Fleming (AUS) 9:50:46 [16]
Lanzarote  Kristin Möller (GER) 9:37:34  Heleen Bij De Vaate (NED) 10:09:31  Saleta Castro (ESP) 10:14:28 [17]
Texas  Rachel Joyce (GBR) 8:49:14  Jennie Hansen (USA) 9:25:35  Kim Schwabenbauer (USA) 9:33:01 [18]
Brazil  Amanda Stevens (USA) 9:05:52  Sara Gross (CAN) 9:08:37  Jessie Donavan (USA) 9:10:28 [19]
Cairns  Liz Blatchford (GBR) 9:19:51  Gina Crawford (NZL) 9:23:14  Stephanie Jones (USA) 9:31:46 [20]
France  Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 9:12:54  Jeanne Collonge (FRA) 9:20:51  Delphine Pelletier (FRA) 9:22:37 [21]
Coeur d'Alene  Heather Wurtele (CAN) 9:16:02  Caitlin Snow (USA) 9:28:35  Uli Brömme (GER) 9:33:02 [22]
Austria  Erika Csomor (HUN) 8:59:31  Asa Lundström (SWE) 9:04:42  Eimear Mullan (IRL) 9:05:46 [23]
European  Camilla Pedersen (DEN) 8:56:01  Jodie Swallow (GBR) 8:58:43  Kristin Möller (GER) 9:01:55 [24]
UK  Lucy Gossage (GBR) 9:29:12  Joanna Carritt (GBR) 10:05:17  Amy Forshaw (GBR) 10:28:27 [25]
Switzerland  Anja Beranek (GER) 9:21:31  Céline Schärer (SUI) 9:28:28  Erika Csomor (HUN) 9:33:17 [26]
Lake Placid  Jennie Hansen (USA) 9:35:06  Katy Blakemore (USA) 9:42:35  Carrie Lester (AUS) 9:47:59 [27]
Sweden  Jodie Swallow (GBR) 8:54:01  Eva Nystrom (SWE) 9:17:56  Britta Martin (NZL) 9:22:18 [28]
Copenhagen  Eva Wutti (AUT) 8:37:36  Daniela Sämmler (GER) 9:02:51  Lucie Reed (CZE) 9:04:08 [29]
Mont-Tremblant  Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 9:07:56  Rebekah Keat (AUS) 9:16:55  Anja Beranek (GER) 9:17:26 [30]
Louisville  Kate Bevilaqua (AUS) 9:29:02  Brooke Brown (CAN) 9:33:46  Whitney Garcia (USA) 9:34:21 [31]
Canada  Uli Bromme (GER) 9:28:13  Lisa Ribes (USA) 9:38:34  Gillian Moody (CAN) 9:49:09 [32]

*Swim shortened to 1.5k due to weather conditions.

YWC Sports purchase

In June 2013, World Triathlon Corporation purchased YWC Sports, a private company that organizes triathlons and endurance sport events in Denmark.[33] YWC Sports was contracted by the Challenge Family, a competing brand of WTC's Ironman races, to produce the long distance triathlon races Challenge Copenhagen and Challenge Aarhus. However, Challenge Family CEO Felix Walchshöfer did not wish to have WTC produce a Challenge licensed event and therefore terminated YWC's agreement stating that the sale to WTC constituted a breach of contract.[34] As a result, the Challenge Copenhagen race, which was scheduled to race in August 2013, was rebranded as Ironman Copenhagen and 50 qualifying spots were offered up for the 2013 Ironman World Championships.[34] Challenge Aarhus was replaced by Ironman 70.3 Aarhus and took place in June 2014.[35]

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World Triathlon Corporation – Ironman and Ironman 70.3 World Championships
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