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2011 Ironman World Championship

Held in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

Summary

Held in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

The 2011 Ironman World Championship was held on October 8, 2011, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii and won by Craig Alexander of Australia and Chrissie Wellington of England. 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).

Championship results

Men

Pos.	Time
(h:mm:ss)	Name	Country	Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss)	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]	8:03:56	Craig Alexander		0:51:56	1:56	4:24:05	1:58	2:44:03
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]	8:09:11	Pete Jacobs		0:51:38	1:57	4:31:01	2:07	2:42:29
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]	8:11:07	Andreas Raelert		0:51:58	2:04	4:26:52	2:27	2:47:48
4	8:12:58	Dirk Bockel		0:51:44	2:00	4:24:17	1:54	2:53:03
5	8:20:12	Timo Bracht		0:53:37	1:42	4:35:07	2:21	2:47:25
6	8:21:07	Mike Aigroz		0:52:31	1:42	4:30:42	2:05	2:54:07
7	8:22:15	Raynard Tissink		0:52:08	1:51	4:28:38	3:02	2:56:36
8	8:23:19	Andreas Böcherer		0:51:49	1:53	4:25:45	2:09	3:01:43
9	8:25:42	Luke McKenzie		0:51:47	1:45	4:24:15	2:01	3:05:54
10	8:27:18	Faris Al-Sultan		0:51:55	1:54	4:29:30	2:19	3:01:40
Source:

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

Women

Pos.	Time
(h:mm:ss)	Name	Country	Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss)	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]	8:55:08	Chrissie Wellington		1:01:03	2:05	4:56:53	2:26	2:52:41
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]	8:57:57	Mirinda Carfrae		0:57:17	1:54	5:04:16	2:21	2:52:09
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]	9:03:29	Leanda Cave		0:53:54	2:03	4:58:41	2:15	3:06:36
4	9:06:57	Rachel Joyce		0:53:56	2:00	4:58:56	2:11	3:09:54
5	9:07:32	Caroline Steffen		0:57:15	1:54	4:50:26	2:40	3:15:17
6	9:15:00	Karin Thürig		1:12:19	2:13	4:44:19	2:38	3:13:31
7	9:15:17	Sonja Tajsich		1:06:57	1:57	4:58:55	2:42	3:04:46
8	9:17:56	Heather Wurtele		0:58:43	2:13	4:59:10	2:21	3:15:29
9	9:18:11	Caitlin Snow		0:58:47	2:13	5:20:57	2:24	2:53:50
10	9:19:52	Virginia Berasategui		0:58:44	2:25	5:03:30	2:23	3:12:50
Source:

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

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.

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.

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.

Qualifying Ironmans

Date	Event	Location
	Ironman Wisconsin	USA Madison, Wisconsin
	Ironman World Championship	USA Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
	Ironman Florida	USA Panama City Beach, Florida
	Ironman Arizona	USA Tempe, Arizona
	Ironman Cozumel	MEX Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
	Ironman Western Australia	AUS Busselton, Western Australia
	Ironman New Zealand	NZL Taupō, New Zealand
	Ironman South Africa	RSA Port Elizabeth, South Africa
	Ironman Australia	AUS Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
	Ironman St.George	USA St. George, Utah
	Ironman Lanzarote	ESP Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain
	Ironman Texas	USA The Woodlands Township, Texas
	Ironman Brazil	BRA Florianópolis Island, Brazil
	Ironman France	FRA Nice, France
	Ironman Coeur d'Alene	USA Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
	Ironman Austria	AUT Klagenfurt, Austria
	Ironman Switzerland	SUI Zürich, Switzerland
	Ironman Germany	GER Frankfurt, Germany
	Ironman Lake Placid	USA Lake Placid, New York
	Ironman UK	UK Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
	Ironman Regensburg	GER Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
	Ironman Louisville	USA Louisville, Kentucky
	Ironman Canada	CAN 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.

2011 Ironman Series results

Men

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Reference
Wisconsin	Joe Gambles	8:38:32	Romain Guillaume	8:49:42	Eric Bean	8:51:36	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/wisconsin/?show=tracker&race=wisconsin&year=2010	title=Wisconsin 2010	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
World Champs 2010	Chris McCormack	8:10:37	Andreas Raelert	8:12:17	Marino Vanhoenacker	8:13:14	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/worldchampionship/?show=tracker&race=worldchampionship&year=2010	title=2010 Ironman World Championships	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Florida	James Cunnama	8:15:59	Pedro Gomes	8:19:26	Dirk Bockel	8:21:23	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/florida/?show=tracker&race=florida&year=2010	title=Florida 2010	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Arizona	Timo Bracht	8:07:16	Rasmus Henning	8:10:58	Tom Lowe	8:11:44	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/arizona/?show=tracker&race=arizona&year=2010	title=Arizona 2010	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Cozumel	Andy Potts	8:16:14	Michael Lovato	8:22:17	Eduardo Sturla	8:24:14	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/cozumel/?show=tracker&race=cozumel&year=2010	title=Cozumel 2010	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011	archive-date=23 January 2012	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123160025/http://ironman.com/events/ironman/cozumel/?show=tracker&race=cozumel&year=2010	url-status=dead}}
Western Australia	Courtney Ogden	8:14:01	Matty White	8:18:06	Pete Jacobs	8:21:16	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/westernaustralia/?show=tracker&race=westernaustralia&year=2010	title=Western Australia 2010	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
New Zealand	Cameron Brown	8:31:07	Terenzo Bozzone	8:41:51	Mathias Hecht	8:45:36	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/newzealand/?show=tracker&race=newzealand&year=2011	title=New Zealand 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
South Africa	Raynard Tissink	8:05:36	Andreas Boecherer	8:08:36	James Cunnama	8:13:18	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/southafrica/?show=tracker&race=southafrica&year=2011	title=South Africa 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Australia	Pete Jacobs	8:29:28	Patrick Vernay	8:35:50	Jason Shortis	8:46:07	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/australia/?show=tracker&race=australia&year=2011	title=Australia 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
St. George	Mathias Hecht	8:32:03	Maik Twelsiek	8:33:46	T. J. Tollakson	8:40:20	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/st.george/?show=tracker&race=st.george&year=2011	title=St. George 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Lanzarote	Timo Bracht	8:30:34	Konstantin Bachor	8:44:30	Esben Hovgaard	8:54:37	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/lanzarote/?show=tracker&race=lanzarote&year=2011	title=Lanzarote 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Texas	Eneko Llanos	8:08:20	Timothy O'Donnell	8:09:50	Luke Bell	8:12:22	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/texas/?show=tracker&race=texas&year=2011	title=Texas 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Brazil	Eduardo Sturla	8:15:03	Guilherme Manocchio	8:17:20	Ezequiel Morales	8:21:40	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/brazil/?show=tracker&race=brazil&year=2011	title=Brazil 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
France	Frederik Van Lierde	8:28:30	Francois Chabaud	8:37:18	Marcel Zamora Perez	8:40:55	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/france/?show=tracker&race=france&year=2011	title=France 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Coeur d'Alene	Craig Alexander	8:19:48	Maik Twelsiek	8:24:59	Tom Evans	8:49:54	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/coeurdalene/?show=tracker&race=coeurdalene&year=2011	title=Coeur d'Alene 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Austria	Marino Vanhoenacker	7:45:59	Michael Weiss	7:57:39	Marko Albert	8:08:17	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/austria/?show=tracker&race=austria&year=2011	title=Austria 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Switzerland	Ronnie Schildknecht	8:19:51	Clemente Alonso	8:27:56	Mathias Hecht	8:30:26	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/switzerland/?show=tracker&race=switzerland&year=2011	title=Switzerland 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Germany	Faris Al-Sultan	8:13:50	Jan Raphael	8:19:31	Michael Göhner	8:20:26	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/germany/?show=tracker&race=germany&year=2011	title=Germany 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Lake Placid	T. J. Tollakson	8:25:15	Ben Hoffman	8:33:29	Jason Shortis	8:47:18	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/lakeplacid/?show=tracker&race=lakeplacid&year=2011	title=Lake Placid 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
UK	Aaron Farlow	8:24:33	Romain Guillaume	8:41:25	Nick Saunders	8:51:31	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/uk/?show=tracker&race=uk&year=2011	title=UK 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Regensburg	Markus Fachbach	8:29:16	Stefan Riesen	8:36:54	Frank Vytrisa	8:37:11	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/regensburg/?show=tracker&race=regensburg&year=2011	title=Regensburg 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Louisville	Chris McDonald	8:27:36	Patrick Evoe	8:30:35	Justin Daerr	8:34:35	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/louisville/?show=tracker&race=louisville&year=2011	title=Louisville 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}
Canada	Jordan Rapp	8:28:09	Torsten Abel	8:41:09	Bert Jammaer	8:42:34	url=http://ironman.com/events/ironman/canada/?show=tracker&race=canada&year=2011	title=Canada 2011	publisher=World Triathlon Corporation	accessdate=28 September 2011}}

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Wisconsin	Gina Crawford	Kristin Moeller	Mirjam Weerd
World Champs 2010	Mirinda Carfrae	Caroline Steffen	Julie Dibens
Florida	Jessica Jacobs	Erika Csomor	Kim Loeffler
Arizona	Chrissie Wellington	Linsey Corbin	Leanda Cave
Cozumel	Yvonne van Vlerken	Tyler Stewart	Amanda Stevens
Western Australia	Kate Bevilaqua	Rebekah Keat	Amelia Pearson
New Zealand	Samantha Warriner	Mirinda Carfrae	Joanna Lawn
South Africa	Chrissie Wellington	Rachel Joyce	Diana Riesler
Australia	Caroline Steffen	Amelia Pearson	Kirsten Molloy
St. George	Heather Wurtele	Jackie Arendt	Uli Bromme
Lanzarote	Rachel Joyce	Natascha Badmann	Karina Ottosen
Texas	Catriona Morrison	Kelly Williamson	Sofie Goos
Brazil	Amy Marsh	Lucie Zelenková	Ariane Monticeli
France	Silvia Felt	Martina Dogana	Kim Loeffler
Coeur d'Alene	Julie Dibens	Caitlin Snow	Haley Cooper-Scott
Austria	Mary Beth Ellis	Erika Csomor	Diana Riesler
Switzerland	Karin Thürig	Amy Marsh	Erika Csomor
Germany	Caroline Steffen	Lucie Zelenková	Sonja Tajsich
Lake Placid	Heather Wurtele	Tine Deckers	Tyler Stewart
UK	Kristin Möller	Diana Riesler	Yvette Grice
Regensburg	Mary Beth Ellis	Annett Kamenz	Nicole Leder
Louisville	Nina Kraft	Jackie Arendt	Stephanie Jones
Canada	Mary Beth Ellis	Kim Loeffler	Meredith Kessler

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