The Ironman World Championship is the annual long-distance triathlon at which athletes who have qualified through other Ironman and Ironman 70.3 races compete for the world title. It was held each year from 1978 to 2022 in Hawaii, United States, with no race in 2020 and two races in 1982, when the date moved from spring to fall. The first three editions used the island of Oahu and joined three existing events, the Waikiki Roughwater Swim, the Around-Oahu Bike Race and the Honolulu Marathon. From 1981 the race moved to the Big Island and Kailua-Kona, keeping a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride and a marathon run. The World Triathlon Corporation owns and organizes it. A physically challenged category has existed since 1997, and from 2022 the men's and women's championships have been raced on separate days or at separate venues.
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View the SourceChris Nikic (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Chris Nikic, 2022 Ironman HawaiiQuote, Competitors Include: Chris Nikic, 2022 Ironman Hawaii
2022 Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii
Cameron Brown (triathlete) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Cameron Brown (triathlete), Lead, world championshipQuote, Competitors Include: Cameron Brown (triathlete), Lead, world championship
His best placing at the Ironman Triathlon World Championships in Kona, Hawaii is 2nd in 2001 and 2005
Cameron Wurf (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Cameron Wurf, Return to cyclingQuote, Competitors Include: Cameron Wurf, Return to cycling
did compete in the Ironman World Championships, where he placed seventh
Vincent Luis (Wikipedia)
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Besides his many WTS wins and his participation in the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics, he won the ITU World Championship in 2019 and 2020, and the Mixed Relay Team World Championship with the French national team in 2015, 2018 and 2019.
Andreas Raelert (Wikipedia)
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Raelert finished 2nd in the 2010, 2012 and 2015 Ironman World Championships.
Joanna Zeiger (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Joanna Zeiger, Lead, competition 2Quote, Competitors Include: Joanna Zeiger, Lead, competition 2
In the same year, she finished fifth at the Ironman World Championship with a time of 9:48:34.
Julie Derron (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Julie Derron, Career, competition 2Quote, Competitors Include: Julie Derron, Career, competition 2
She was a silver medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics and placed third at the Ironman World Championship in 2026.
Eneko Llanos (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Eneko Llanos, Career, competition 3Quote, Competitors Include: Eneko Llanos, Career, competition 3
He has also been a top-10 finisher at Hawaii Ironman on three occasions.
Jodie Swallow (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Jodie Swallow, ResultsQuote, Competitors Include: Jodie Swallow, Results
At the 2014 Ironman World Championship she placed 4th
Andy Potts (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Andy Potts, Career, Ironman World ChampionshipQuote, Competitors Include: Andy Potts, Career, Ironman World Championship
His best finish at the Ironman World Championship is a 7th-place finish at the 2009 Championships.
Chris Lieto (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Chris Lieto, Career, Ironman World ChampionshipQuote, Competitors Include: Chris Lieto, Career, Ironman World Championship
Lieto has steadily worked up his finishing place at the Ironman World Championship
Gustav Iden (Wikipedia)
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He is a 2022 Ironman World Champion
Samantha McGlone (Wikipedia)
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she came in second place at the Kona Ironman
James Cunnama (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: James Cunnama, Triathlon careerQuote, Competitors Include: James Cunnama, Triathlon career
Finished 4th at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii
Magnus Ditlev (Wikipedia)
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He won bronze medals at the 2022 Ironman 70.3 World Championships and the 2023 Ironman World Championship.
Luke McKenzie (triathlete) (Wikipedia)
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In 2013 he took second place at the Ironman World Championship.
Lucy Charles-Barclay (Wikipedia)
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won the 18-24 women's age category at the 2015 Ironman World Championship as an amateur
Linsey Corbin (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Linsey Corbin, ResultsQuote, Competitors Include: Linsey Corbin, Results
2008: Ironman World Championships - 5th
Lucy Gossage (Wikipedia)
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She qualified for the 2016 Ironman World Championship, and finished ninth
Marc Herremans (Wikipedia)
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secured a place for the 2001 Ironman World Championship held in Hawaii
Rutger Beke (Wikipedia)
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five top five placings in the Ironman Hawaii
Lisa Bentley (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Lisa Bentley, Ironman World Championship, 2006Quote, Competitors Include: Lisa Bentley, Ironman World Championship, 2006
In 2006, Bentley placed third at the Ironman World Championship, her best showing and finished second at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Clearwater, Florida three weeks later.
Rachel Joyce (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Rachel Joyce, Lead, Ironman World ChampionshipQuote, Competitors Include: Rachel Joyce, Lead, Ironman World Championship
She is the winner of the 2011 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships and the second-place finisher at the 2013 Ironman World Championship and 2015 Ironman World Championship.
Sarah Crowley (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Sarah Crowley, Lead, Ironman World ChampionshipQuote, Competitors Include: Sarah Crowley, Lead, Ironman World Championship
She is the winner of the 2017 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships and placed third at the 2017 Ironman World Championship.
Spencer Smith (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Spencer Smith, Athletic career, Ironman World ChampionshipQuote, Competitors Include: Spencer Smith, Athletic career, Ironman World Championship
He finished 5th at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, in 1998, and 8th in 2000.
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