The Ironman World Championship is an annual long distance triathlon event hosted in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States. It is widely considered to be one of the most challenging one-day sporting events in the world. Even if you’re not a triathlete, chances are you’ve heard of the Ironman World Championship. It’s one of the most iconic events in all of sports, and it takes place in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Every year, triathletes from all over the world descend upon Kailua-Kona to test their mettle against some of the toughest competition in triathlon. The race itself is no joke: a 2.4-mile swim, followed by a 112-mile bike ride, followed by a 26.2-mile run. And all of that has to be done within a 17-hour time limit.
List of Winners of the Ironman World Championship – Men’s
Since the first Ironman World Championship was held in 1978, there have been a total of 43 winners. Of those 43 winners, 20 have been from the United States, 10 from Germany, 7 from Australia, 3 from Belgia, 3 from Canada, 3 from Norway and 1 from France.
The most successful Ironman World Championship winners are American triathletes Dave Scott and Mark Allen, who won the event 6 times.
| Year | Winner | CNT | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | 2nd | CNT | 3rd | CNT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Gustav Iden | NOR | 0:48:23 | 4:11:06 | 2:36:15 | 7:40:24 | Sam Laidlow | FRA | Kristian Blummenfelt | NOR |
| 2019 | Jan Frodeno | GER | 0:47:31 | 4:16:03 | 2:42:43 | 7:51:13 | Tim O'Donnell | USA | Sebastian Kienle | GER |
| 2018 | Patrick Lange | GER | 0:50:37 | 4:16:04 | 2:41:31 | 7:52:39 | Bart Aernouts | BEL | David McNamee | GBR |
| 2017 | Patrick Lange | GER | 0:48:45 | 4:28:53 | 2:39:59 | 8:01:40 | Lionel Sanders | CAN | David McNamee | GBR |
| 2016 | Jan Frodeno | GER | 0:48:02 | 4:29:00 | 2:45:34 | 8:06:30 | Sebastian Kienle | GER | Patrick Lange | GER |
| 2015 | Jan Frodeno | GER | 0:50:50 | 4:27:27 | 2:52:21 | 8:14:40 | Andreas Raelert | GER | Timothy O'Donnel | USA |
| 2014 | Sebastian Kienle | GER | 0:54:38 | 4:20:46 | 2:54:36 | 8:14:18 | Ben Hoffman | USA | Jan Frodeno | GER |
| 2013 | Frederik van Lierde | BEL | 0:51:02 | 4:25:35 | 2:51:18 | 8:12:29 | Luke McKenzie | AUS | Sebastian Kienle | GER |
| 2012 | Pete Jacobs | AUS | 0:51:28 | 4:35:15 | 2:48:05 | 8:18:37 | Andreas Raelert | GER | Frederik Van Lierde | BEL |
| 2011 | Craig Alexander | AUS | 0:51:56 | 4:24:05 | 2:44:02 | 8:03:56 | Pete Jacobs | AUS | Andreas Raelert | GER |
| 2010 | Chris McCormack | AUS | 0:51:36 | 4:31:50 | 2:43:31 | 8:10:37 | Andreas Raelert | GER | Marino Vanhoenacker | BEL |
| 2009 | Craig Alexander | AUS | 0:50:57 | 4:37:33 | 2:48:05 | 8:20:21 | Chris Lieto | USA | Andreas Raelert | GER |
| 2008 | Craig Alexander | AUS | 0:51:43 | 4:37:19 | 2:45:01 | 8:17:45 | Eneko Llanos | ESP | Rutger Beke | BEL |
| 2007 | Chris McCormack | AUS | 0:51:48 | 4:37:32 | 2:42:02 | 8:15:34 | Craig Alexander | AUS | Torbjørn Sindballe | DEN |
| 2006 | Normann Stadler | GER | 0:54:05 | 4:18:23 | 2:55:03 | 8:11:56 | Chris McCormack | AUS | Faris Al-Sultan | GER |
| 2005 | Faris Al-Sultan | GER | 0:49:54 | 4:25:24 | 2:54:51 | 8:14:17 | Cameron Brown | NZL | Peter Reid | CAN |
| 2004 | Normann Stadler | GER | 0:54:27 | 4:37:58 | 2:57:53 | 8:33:29 | Peter Reid | CAN | Faris Al-Sultan | GER |
| 2003 | Peter Reid | CAN | 0:50:36 | 4:40:04 | 2:47:38 | 8:22:35 | Rutger Beke | BEL | Cameron Brown | NZL |
| 2002 | Tim DeBoom | USA | 0:52:02 | 4:45:21 | 2:50:22 | 8:29:56 | Peter Reid | CAN | Cameron Brown | NZL |
| 2001 | Tim DeBoom | USA | 0:52:01 | 4:48:17 | 2:45:54 | 8:31:15 | Cameron Brown | NZL | Thomas Hellriegel | GER |
| 2000 | Peter Reid | CAN | 0:51:46 | 4:39:33 | 2:48:11 | 8:21:01 | Tim DeBoom | USA | Normann Stadler | GER |
| 1999 | Luc van Lierde | BEL | 0:50:38 | 4:41:26 | 2:42:46 | 8:17:17 | Peter Reid | CAN | Tim DeBoom | USA |
| 1998 | Peter Reid | CAN | 0:52:04 | 4:42:23 | 2:47:31 | 8:24:20 | Luc Van Lierde | BEL | Lothar Leder | GER |
| 1997 | Thomas Hellriegel | GER | 0:53:08 | 4:47:57 | 2:51:56 | 8:33:01 | Jürgen Zäck | GER | Lothar Leder | GER |
| 1996 | Luc van Lierde | BEL | 0:51:36 | 4:30:44 | 2:41:48 | 8:04:08 | Thomas Hellriegel | GER | Greg Welch | AUS |
| 1995 | Mark Allen | USA | 0:51:50 | 4:46:35 | 2:42:09 | 8:20:34 | Thomas Hellriegel | GER | Rainer Müller-Hörner | GER |
| 1994 | Greg J Welch | AUS | 0:50:22 | 4:41:07 | 2:48:58 | 8:20:27 | Dave Scott | USA | Jeff Devlin | USA |
| 1993 | Mark Allen | USA | 0:50:40 | 4:29:00 | 2:48:05 | 8:07:45 | Pauli Kiuru | FIN | Wolfgang Dittrich | GER |
| 1992 | Mark Allen | USA | 0:51:27 | 4:35:23 | 2:42:18 | 8:09:08 | Cristián Bustos | CHI | Pauli Kiuru | FIN |
| 1991 | Mark Allen | USA | 0:50:14 | 4:46:07 | 2:42:09 | 8:18:32 | Greg Welch | AUS | Jeff Devlin | USA |
| 1990 | Mark Allen | USA | 0:51:43 | 4:43:45 | 2:52:48 | 8:28:17 | Scott Tinley | USA | Pauli Kiuru | FIN |
| 1989 | Mark Allen | USA | 0:51:17 | 4:37:52 | 2:40:04 | 8:09:15 | Dave Scott | USA | Greg Welch | AUS |
| 1988 | Scott Molina | USA | 0:51:28 | 4:36:50 | 3:02:42 | 8:31:00 | Mike Pigg | USA | Ken Glah | USA |
| 1987 | Dave Scott | USA | 0:50:57 | 4:53:48 | 2:49:26 | 8:34:13 | Mark Allen | USA | Greg Stewart | AUS |
| 1986 | Dave Scott | USA | 0:50:53 | 4:48:32 | 2:49:11 | 8:28:37 | Mark Allen | USA | Scott Tinley | USA |
| 1985 | Scott Tinley | USA | 0:55:13 | 4:54:07 | 3:01:33 | 8:50:54 | Chris Hinshaw | USA | Carl Kupferschmid | SUI |
| 1984 | Dave Scott | USA | 0:50:21 | 5:10:49 | 2:53:00 | 8:54:20 | Scott Tinley | USA | Grant Boswell | USA |
| 1983 | Dave Scott | USA | 0:50:52 | 5:10:48 | 3:04:16 | 9:05:57 | Scott Tinley | USA | Mark Allen | USA |
| 1982* | Dave Scott | USA | 0:50:52 | 5:10:16 | 3:07:15 | 9:08:23 | Scott Tinley | USA | Jeff Tinley | USA |
| 1982* | Scott Tinley | USA | 1:10:45 | 5:05:11 | 3:03:45 | 9:19:41 | Dave Scott | USA | Jeff Tinley | USA |
| 1981 | John Howard | USA | 1:11:12 | 5:03:29 | 3:23:48 | 9:38:29 | Tom Warren | USA | Scott Tinley | USA |
| 1980 | Dave Scott | USA | 0:51:00 | 5:03:00 | 3:50:33 | 9:24:33 | Chuck Neumann | USA | John Howard | USA |
| 1979 | Tom Warren | USA | 1:06:15 | 6:19:00 | 3:51:00 | 11:15:56 | John Dunbar | USA | Ian Emberson | USA |
| 1978 | Gordon Haller | USA | 1:20:40 | 6:56:00 | 3:30:00 | 11:46:40 | John Dunbar | USA | Dave Orlowski | USA |
List of Winners of the Ironman World Championship – Women’s
| Year | Winner | CNT | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | 2nd | CNT | 3rd | CNT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Chelsea Sodaro | USA | 0:54:48 | 4:42:08 | 2:51:45 | 8:33:46 | Lucy Charles | GBR | Anne Haug | GER |
| 2019 | Anne Haug | GER | 0:54:09 | 4:50:17 | 2:51:07 | 8:40:10 | Lucy Charles | GBR | Sarah Crowley | AUS |
| 2018 | Daniela Ryf | SUI | 0:57:27 | 4:26:07 | 2:57:05 | 8:26:18 | Lucy Charles | GBR | Anne Haug | GER |
| 2017 | Daniela Ryf | SUI | 0:53:10 | 4:53:10 | 3:00:02 | 8:50:47 | Lucy Charles | GBR | Sarah Crowley | AUS |
| 2016 | Daniela Ryf | SUI | 0:52:50 | 4:52:26 | 2:56:51 | 8:46:46 | Mirinda Carfrae | AUS | Heather Jackson | USA |
| 2015 | Daniela Ryf | SUI | 0:56:14 | 4:50:46 | 3:06:37 | 8:57:57 | Rachel Joyce | GBR | Liz Blatchford | AUS |
| 2014 | Mirinda Carfrae | AUS | 1:00:14 | 5:05:48 | 2:50:26 | 9:00:55 | Daniela Ryf | SUI | Rachel Joyce | GBR |
| 2013 | Mirinda Carfrae | AUS | 0:58:50 | 4:58:20 | 2:50:38 | 8:52:14 | Rachel Joyce | GBR | Liz Blatchford | GBR |
| 2012 | Leanda Cave | GBR | 0:56:03 | 5:12:06 | 3:03:13 | 9:15:54 | Caroline Steffen | SUI | Mirinda Carfrae | AUS |
| 2011 | Chrissie Wellington | GBR | 1:01:03 | 4:56:53 | 2:52:41 | 8:55:08 | Mirinda Carfrae | AUS | Leanda Cave | GBR |
| 2010 | Mirinda Carfrae | AUS | 0:55:53 | 5:04:59 | 2:53:32 | 8:58:36 | Caroline Steffen | SUI | Julie Dibens | GBR |
| 2009 | Chrissie Wellington | GBR | 0:54:31 | 4:52:06 | 3:03:05 | 8:54:02 | Mirinda Carfrae | AUS | Virginia Berasategui | ESP |
| 2008 | Chrissie Wellington | GBR | 0:56:20 | 5:08:16 | 2:57:44 | 9:06:23 | Yvonne van Vlerken | NED | Sandra Wallenhorst | GER |
| 2007 | Chrissie Wellington | GBR | 0:58:09 | 5:06:15 | 2:59:58 | 9:08:45 | Samantha McGlone | CAN | Kate Major | AUS |
| 2006 | Michellie Jones | AUS | 0:54:29 | 5:06:09 | 3:13:08 | 9:18:31 | Desiree Ficker | USA | Lisa Bentley | CAN |
| 2005 | Natascha Badman | SUI | 1:02:30 | 4:52:00 | 3:06:25 | 9:09:30 | Michellie Jones | AUS | Kate Major | AUS |
| 2004 | Natascha Badman | SUI | 1:01:36 | 5:31:37 | 3:11:45 | 9:50:04 | Heather Fuhr | CAN | Kate Major | AUS |
| 2003 | Lori Bowden | CAN | 0:56:51 | 5:09:00 | 3:02:10 | 9:11:55 | Natascha Badmann | SUI | Nina Kraft | GER |
| 2002 | Natascha Badman | SUI | 0:59:40 | 4:52:26 | 3:12:58 | 9:07:54 | Nina Kraft | GER | Lori Bowden | CAN |
| 2001 | Natascha Badman | SUI | 0:59:55 | 5:16:07 | 3:09:33 | 9:28:37 | Lori Bowden | CAN | Nina Kraft | GER |
| 2000 | Natascha Badman | SUI | 0:58:05 | 5:06:43 | 3:19:02 | 9:26:17 | Lori Bowden | CAN | Fernanda Keller | BRA |
| 1999 | Lori Bowden | CAN | 1:02:23 | 5:08:30 | 2:59:16 | 9:13:02 | Karen Smyers | USA | Fernanda Keller | BRA |
| 1998 | Natascha Badman | SUI | 0:56:02 | 5:10:00 | 3:14:50 | 9:24:16 | Lori Bowden | CAN | Fernanda Keller | BRA |
| 1997 | Heather Furr | CAN | 1:01:47 | 5:23:11 | 3:06:45 | 9:31:43 | Lori Bowden | CAN | Fernanda Keller | BRA |
| 1996 | Paula Newby-Fraser | USA | 0:55:30 | 5:01:34 | 3:09:45 | 9:06:49 | Natascha Badmann | SUI | Karen Smyers | USA |
| 1995 | Karen Smyers | USA | 0:53:37 | 5:17:49 | 3:05:20 | 9:16:46 | Isabelle Mouthon | FRA | Fernanda Keller | BRA |
| 1994 | Paula Newby-Fraser | ZIM | 0:54:19 | 5:02:25 | 3:23:30 | 9:20:14 | Karen Smyers | USA | Fernanda Keller | BRA |
| 1993 | Paula Newby-Fraser | ZIM | 0:53:29 | 4:48:30 | 3:16:24 | 8:58:23 | Erin Baker | NZL | Susan Latshaw | USA |
| 1992 | Paula Newby-Fraser | ZIM | 0:53:30 | 4:56:34 | 3:05:24 | 8:55:28 | Julie Anne White | CAN | Thea Sybesma | NED |
| 1991 | Paula Newby-Fraser | ZIM | 0:54:59 | 5:05:47 | 3:07:05 | 9:07:52 | Erin Baker | NZL | Sarah Coope | GBR |
| 1990 | Erin Baker | NZL | 0:56:37 | 5:12:52 | 3:04:13 | 9:13:42 | Paula Newby-Fraser | ZIM | Terri Schneider | USA |
| 1989 | Paula Newby-Fraser | ZIM | 0:54:19 | 5:01:00 | 3:05:37 | 9:00:56 | Sylviane Puntous | CAN | Kirsten Hanssen | USA |
| 1988 | Paula Newby-Fraser | ZIM | 0:56:38 | 4:57:13 | 3:07:09 | 9:01:01 | Erin Baker | NZL | Kirsten Hanssen | USA |
| 1987 | Erin Baker | NZL | 0:57:42 | 5:26:34 | 3:11:08 | 9:35:25 | Sylviane Puntous | CAN | Paula Newby-Fraser | ZIM |
| 1986 | Paula Newby-Fraser | ZIM | 0:57:03 | 5:32:05 | 3:20:05 | 9:49:14 | Sylviane Puntous | CAN | Joanne Ernst | USA |
| 1985 | Joanne Ernst | USA | 1:01:42 | 5:39:13 | 3:44:26 | 10:25:22 | Elizabeth Bulman | USA | Paula Newby-Fraser | ZIM |
| 1984 | Sylviane Puntous | CAN | 1:00:45 | 5:50:36 | 3:33:51 | 10:25:13 | Patricia Puntous | CAN | Julie Olson | USA |
| 1983 | Sylviane Puntous | CAN | 1:00:28 | 6:20:40 | 3:22:28 | 10:43:36 | Patricia Puntous | CAN | Eva Ueltzen | USA |
| 1982 | Julie Leach | USA | 1:04:57 | 5:50:36 | 3:58:35 | 10:54:08 | Jo Ann Dahlkoetter | USA | Sally Edwards | USA |
| 1982 | Kathleen McCartney | USA | 1:32:00 | 5:51:12 | 3:46:28 | 11:09:40 | Julie Moss | USA | Lyn Brooks & Sally Edwards | USA |
| 1981 | Linda Sweeney | USA | 1:02:07 | 6:53:28 | 4:04:57 | 12:00:32 | Sally Edwards | USA | Lyn Brooks | USA |
| 1980 | Robin Beck | USA | 1:20:00 | 6:05:00 | 3:56:24 | 11:21:24 | Eve Anderson | USA | -- | -- |
| 1979 | Lyn Lemaire | USA | 1:16:20 | 6:30:00 | 5:10:00 | 12:55:38 | (no more female participants) | -- | -- | -- |
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