2011 Ironman World Championship

The 2011 Ford Ironman World Championship was held on October 8, 2011 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. It was the 35th such Ironman Triathlon World Championships, which has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978, with an additional race in 1982. The championship is organised by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC).

Contents

Medallists

Men

Pos. Time
(h:mm:ss)		 Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss)
Swim T1 Bike T2 Run
8:03:56 Craig Alexander  Australia 0:51:56 0:01:56 4:24:05 0:01:58 2:44:03
8:09:11 Pete Jacobs  Australia 0:51:38 0:01:57 4:31:01 0:02:07 2:42:29
8:11:07 Andreas Raelert  Germany 0:51:58 0:02:04 4:26:52 0:02:27 2:47:48
Source:[1]

Alexander's overall time broke the previous course record by 12 seconds, which was set by Luc Van Lierde in 1996.[1]

Women

Pos. Time
(h:mm:ss)		 Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss)
Swim T1 Bike T2 Run
8:55:08 Chrissie Wellington  Great Britain 1:01:03 0:02:05 4:56:53 0:02:26 2:52:41
8:57:57 Mirinda Carfrae  Australia 0:57:17 0:01:54 5:04:16 0:02:21 2:52:09
9:03:29 Leanda Cave  Great Britain 0:53:54 0:02:03 4:58:41 0:02:15 3:06:36
Source:[1]

Both Carfrae and Wellington broke the championship course record for the marathon, set last year by Carfrae.[1]

Qualification

To enter for the 2011 World Championship race, age-group athletes are required to qualify through a performance at an Ironman or selected Ironman 70.3 race. Entry into the race can also be obtained through a random allocation lottery or through the Ironman’s charitable eBay auction.[2][3]

For professional triathletes, the 2011 Championship season marks the first year of a point system that determines which professional triathletes will qualify for the championship race. To qualify, points are earned by competing in WTC sanctioned Ironman and selected Ironman 70.3 events throughout the qualifying year. For the 2011 race that period was September 12, 2010 to August 31, 2011. The top 50 male and top 30 female pros in points at the end of each qualifying year qualify to race in Kona. Prior champions receive an automatic entry for the Championship race for a period of five years after their last championship performance provided that they compete in at least one full-distance Ironman race during the qualifying year.[4]

The Ironman 2011 Series consisted of 22 Ironman races plus the Ironman World Championship 2010 which was itself a qualifier for the 2011 Ironman World Championship. The series started with Ironman Wisconsin 2010 held on September 12, 2010.[4]

Qualifying Ironmans

Date Event Location
02010-09-12 September 12, 2010 Ironman Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
02010-10-09 October 9, 2010 Ironman World Championship Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
02010-11-06 November 6, 2010 Ironman Florida Panama City Beach, Florida
02010-11-21 November 21, 2010 Ironman Arizona Tempe, Arizona
02010-11-28 November 28, 2010 Ironman Cozumel Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
02010-12-05 December 5, 2010 Ironman Western Australia Busselton, Western Australia
02011-03-05 March 5, 2011 Ironman New Zealand Taupo, New Zealand
02011-04-10 April 10, 2011 Ironman South Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa
02011-05-01 May 1, 2011 Ironman Australia Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
02011-05-07 May 7, 2011 Ironman St.George St. George, Utah
02011-05-21 May 21, 2011 Ironman Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain
02011-05-21 May 21, 2011 Ironman Texas The Woodlands Township, Texas
02011-05-29 May 29, 2011 Ironman Brazil Florianópolis Island, Brazil
02011-06-26 June 26, 2011 Ironman France Nice, France
02011-06-26 June 26, 2011 Ironman Coeur d'Alene Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
02011-07-04 July 4, 2011 Ironman Austria Klagenfurt, Austria
02011-07-10 July 10, 2011 Ironman Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland
02011-07-24 July 24, 2011 Ironman Germany Frankfurt, Germany
02011-07-25 July 25, 2011 Ironman Lake Placid Lake Placid, New York
02011-07-31 July 31, 2011 Ironman UK Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
02011-08-07 August 7, 2011 Ironman Regensburg Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
02011-08-28 August 28, 2011 Ironman Louisville Louisville, Kentucky
02011-08-28 August 28, 2011 Ironman Canada Penticton, British Columbia, Canada

China cancellation

On May 12, 2011, the WTC announced that the 2011 Ironman China and Ironman 70.3 China races, scheduled for May 29 in Jixian, Tianjin Province, China, were canceled. The Tianjin Sports Bureau (TSB) was unable to obtain the required sanctions from the China Triathlon Sports Association (CTSA) to conduct the event. Murphy Reinschreiber, managing director of the Asia Pacific region for WTC stated that "TSB simply failed to provide all of the documentation necessary for CTSA to process the sanction." WTC is offering a full refund of entry fees to all athletes who were scheduled to compete at Ironman China and Ironman 70.3 China. Additionally, all athletes were offered a complimentary race entry into any of the 2011 Ironman and Ironman 70.3 races. WTC is allocating the age group qualifying slots from Ironman China and Ironman 70.3 China to other races in the region to ensure that athletes from the Asia-Pacific region are represented at the 2011 World Championship events.[5]

2011 Ironman Series results

Men

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Reference
Wisconsin  Joe Gambles (AUS) 8:38:32  Romain Guillaume (FRA) 8:49:42  Eric Bean (USA) 8:51:36 [6]
World Champs 2010  Chris McCormack (AUS) 8:10:37  Andreas Raelert (GER) 8:12:17  Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 8:13:14 [7]
Florida  James Cunnama (RSA) 8:15:59  Pedro Gomez (POR) 8:19:26  Dirk Bockel (LUX) 8:21:23 [8]
Arizona  Timo Bracht (GER) 8:07:16  Rasmus Henning (DEN) 8:10:58  Tom Lowe (GBR) 8:11:44 [9]
Cozumel  Andy Potts (USA) 8:16:14  Michael Lovato (USA) 8:22:17  Eduardo Sturla (ARG) 8:24:14 [10]
Western Australia  Courtney Ogden (AUS) 8:14:01  Matty White (AUS) 8:18:06  Pete Jacobs (AUS) 8:21:16 [11]
New Zealand  Cameron Brown (NZL) 8:31:07  Terenzo Bozzone (NZL) 8:41:51  Mathias Hecht (SUI) 8:45:36 [12]
South Africa  Raynard Tissink (RSA) 8:05:36  Andreas Boecherer (GER) 8:08:36  James Cunnama (RSA) 8:13:18 [13]
Australia  Pete Jacobs (AUS) 8:29:28  Patrick Vernay (GER) 8:35:50  Jason Shortis (AUS) 8:46:07 [14]
St. George  Mathias Hecht (SUI) 8:32:03  Maik Twelsiek (GER) 8:33:46  TJ Tollakson (USA) 8:40:20 [15]
Lanzarote  Timo Bracht (GER) 8:30:34  Konstantin Bachor (GER) 8:44:30  Esben Hovgaard (DEN) 8:54:37 [16]
Texas  Eneko Llanos (ESP) 8:08:20  Timothy O'Donnell (USA) 8:09:50  Luke Bell (AUS) 8:12:22 [17]
Brazil  Eduardo Sturla (ARG) 8:15:03  Guilherme Manocchio (BRA) 8:17:20  Ezequiel Morales (ARG) 8:21:40 [18]
France  Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 8:28:30  Francois Chabaud (FRA) 8:37:18  Marcel Zamora Perez (ESP) 8:40:55 [19]
Coeur d'Alene  Craig Alexander (AUS) 8:19:48  Maik Twelsiek (GER) 8:24:59  Tom Evans (CAN) 8:49:54 [20]
Austria  Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 7:45:59  Michael Weiss (AUT) 7:57:39  Marko Albert (EST) 8:08:17 [21]
Switzerland  Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 8:19:51  Clemente Alonso (ESP) 8:27:56  Mathias Hecht (SUI) 8:30:26 [22]
Germany  Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 8:13:50  Jan Raphael (GER) 8:19:31  Michael Göhner (GER) 8:20:26 [23]
Lake Placid  TJ Tollakson (USA) 8:25:15  Ben Hoffman (USA) 8:33:29  Jason Shortis (AUS) 8:47:18 [24]
UK  Aaron Farlow (AUS) 8:24:33  Romain Guillaume (FRA) 8:41:25  Nick Saunders (GBR) 8:51:31 [25]
Regensburg  Markus Fachbach (GER) 8:29:16  Stefan Riesen (SUI) 8:36:54  Frank Vytrisa (GER) 8:37:11 [26]
Louisville  Chris McDonald (AUS) 8:27:36  Patrick Evoe (USA) 8:30:35  Justin Daerr (USA) 8:34:35 [27]
Canada  Jordan Rapp (USA) 8:28:09  Torsten Abel (GER) 8:41:09  Bert Jammaer (BEL) 8:42:34 [28]

Women

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Reference
Wisconsin  Gina Crawford (NZL) 9:27:26  Kristin Moeller (GER) 9:39:43  Mirjam Weerd (NED) 9:52:25 [6]
World Champs 2010  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 8:58:36  Caroline Steffen (SUI) 9:06:00  Julie Dibens (GBR) 9:10:04 [7]
Florida  Jessica Jacobs (USA) 9:07:49  Erika Csomor (HUN) 9:14:40  Kim Loeffler (USA) 9:21:26 [8]
Arizona  Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 8:36:13  Linsey Corbin (USA) 9:05:33  Leanda Cave (GBR) 9:13:50 [9]
Cozumel  Yvonne van Vlerken (NED) 9:07:25  Tyler Stewart (USA) 9:23:44  Amanda Stevens (USA) 9:26:35 [10]
Western Australia  Kate Bevilaqua (AUS) 9:19:44  Rebekah Keat (AUS) 9:22:37  Amelia Pearson (AUS) 9:36:52 [11]
New Zealand  Samantha Warriner (NZL) 9:28:24  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 9:31:33  Joanna Lawn (NZL) 9:31:53 [12]
South Africa  Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 8:33:56  Rachel Joyce (GBR) 9:08:23  Diana Riesler (GER) 9:20:37 [13]
Australia  Caroline Steffen (SUI) 9:29:54  Amelia Pearson (AUS) 9:38:23  Kirsten Molloy (AUS) 9:43:55 [14]
St. George  Heather Wurtele (CAN) 9:30:33  Jackie Arendt (USA) 10:06:36  Uli Bromme (GER) 10:10:48 [15]
Lanzarote  Rachel Joyce (GBR) 9:28:12  Natascha Badmann (SUI) 9:43:40  Karina Ottosen (DEN) 10:10:15 [16]
Texas  Catriona Morrison (GBR) 8:57:51  Kelly Williamson (USA) 9:07:54  Sofie Goos (BEL) 9:12:53 [17]
Brazil  Amy Marsh (USA) 9:09:39  Lucie Zelenková (CZE) 9:16:14  Ariane Monticeli (BRA) 9:19:15 [18]
France  Silvia Felt (GER) 9:34:31  Martina Dogana (ITA) 9:45:56  Kim Loeffler (USA) 9:53:08 [19]
Coeur d'Alene  Julie Dibens (GBR) 9:16:40  Caitlin Snow (USA) 9:29:18  Haley Cooper-Scott (USA) 9:56:21 [20]
Austria  Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 8:43:34  Erika Csomor (HUN) 8:51:10  Diana Riesler (GER) 8:53:34 [21]
Switzerland  Karin Thürig (SUI) 9:03:26  Amy Marsh (USA) 9:11:36  Erika Csomor (HUN) 9:36:59 [22]
Germany  Caroline Steffen (SUI) 9:12:13  Lucie Zelenková (CZE) 9:13:46  Sonja Tajsich (GER) 9:14:14 [23]
Lake Placid  Heather Wurtele (CAN) 9:19:03  Tine Deckers (BEL) 9:34:41  Tyler Stewart (USA) 9:38:09 [24]
UK  Kristin Möller (GER) 9:19:04  Diana Riesler (GER) 9:25:41  Yvette Grice (GBR) 9:37:32 [25]
Regensburg  Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 9:18:55  Annett Kamenz (CAN) 9:28:33  Nicole Leder (GER) 9:30:27 [26]
Louisville  Nina Kraft (GER) 9:38:14  Jackie Arendt (USA) 9:40:28  Stephanie Jones (USA) 9:52:40 [27]
Canada  Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 9:03:13  Kim Loeffler (USA) 9:34:54  Meredith Kessler (USA) 9:37:22 [28]

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