2008 Ironman World Championship

The 2008 Ford Ironman World Championship was held on October 11, 2008 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. It was the 32nd such Ironman Triathlon World Championship, which has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978. The champions were Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington. The championship was organised by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC).

Medallists

Men
Pos.Time
(h:mm:ss)		NameCountrySplit times (h:mm:ss)
SwimT1BikeT2Run
8:17:45Craig Alexander Australia51:431:414:37:192:042:45:01
8:20:50Eneko Llanos Spain51:391:484:33:272:102:51:49
8:21:23Rutger Beke Belgium54:441:504:34:452:162:47:49
48:21:46Ronnie Schildknecht  Switzerland54:561:584:34:262:082:48:20
58:26:17Cameron Brown New Zealand51:502:044:36:471:592:53:39
68:30:23Patrick Vernay New Caledonia51:581:524:42:492:062:51:40
78:33:50Andy Potts United States48:401:484:46:002:512:54:31
88:34:02Mathias Hecht  Switzerland51:421:464:36:552:283:01:13
98:34:47Michael Lovato United States52:581:524:45:212:272:52:12
108:36:53Eduardo Sturla Argentina54:472:024:34:272:203:03:19
Source:[1]

Women
Pos.Time
(h:mm:ss)		NameCountrySplit times (h:mm:ss)
SwimT1BikeT2Run
9:06:23Chrissie Wellington Great Britain56:202:065:08:161:592:57:44
9:21:20Yvonne van Vlerken Netherlands1:06:491:505:05:342:423:04:27
9:22:52Sandra Wallenhorst Germany1:03:212:335:14:573:282:58:36
49:24:49Erika Csomor Hungary59:092:195:18:122:063:03:05
59:28:51Linsey Corbin United States1:00:352:225:14:332:073:09:16
69:29:15Virginia Berasategui Spain58:502:105:22:172:123:03:48
79:34:08Bella Comerford Great Britain59:022:275:21:462:253:08:31
89:36:53Gina Ferguson New Zealand54:452:155:26:292:073:11:19
99:37:06Gina Kehr United States54:452:005:21:464:023:14:36
109:39:53Dede Griesbauer United States54:522:065:20:522:483:19:17
Source:[1]

The championship race had a total of 1,731 athletes competing (1,256 men and 475 women) from 51 countries started the race with 1,634 finished, 94 did not finish and 3 were disqualified.[2] A maximum temperature of 81.6 °F (27.6 °C) made for warm racing conditions with wind gusts reaching 13.0 mph (20.9 km/h).

Qualification

To enter for the 2008 World Championship race, athletes were required to qualify through performance at an Ironman or selected Ironman 70.3 race, through Hawaii residency, through a random allocation lottery, or by invitation from the WTC.

The Ironman 2008 Series consisted of 21 Ironman qualifying races plus the Ironman World Championship 2008 which was itself a qualifier for the 2009 Ironman World Championship. The series started with Ironman Wisconsin 2007 held on September 9, 2007, and in total 1,800 athletes qualified for the World Championship race.

Qualifying Ironmans
DateEventLocation
Sep 9, 2007Ford Ironman Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Oct 13, 2007Ford Ironman World Championship Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States
Nov 3, 2007Ford Ironman Florida Panama City Beach, Florida, United States
Dec 2, 2007Ironman Western Australia Busselton, Western Australia, Australia
Feb 23, 2008Ironman Malaysia Langkawi, Malaysia
Mar 1, 2008Ironman New Zealand Taupo, New Zealand
Apr 6, 2008Ironman Australia Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Apr 13, 2008Ironman South Africa Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa
Apr 13, 2008Ford Ironman Arizona Tempe, Arizona, United States
Apr 20, 2008Ironman China Hainan Island, China
May 24, 2008Ironman Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain
May 25, 2008Ironman Brazil Florianópolis Island, Brazil
Jun 22, 2008Ironman France Nice, France
Jun 22, 2008Ford Ironman Coeur d'Alene Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States
Jul 6, 2008Ironman Germany Frankfurt, Germany
Jul 13, 2008Ironman Austria Klagenfurt, Austria
Jul 13, 2008Ironman Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland
Jul 20, 2008Ironman Lake Placid Lake Placid, New York, United States
Aug 24, 2008Ironman Canada Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
Aug 31, 2008Ironman Louisville Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Sep 7, 2008Ironman UK Sherborne, Dorset, United Kingdom

There were 33,769 recorded Ironman finishing times during the 2008 series, with the fastest time of 7:59:55 set by Chris McCormack in the Ironman European Championship 2008.[3]

2008 Ironman Series results

Men
Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Reference
Wisconsin  Maik Twelsiek (GER)8:52:49  Paul Fritzsche (USA)9:03:22  Uzziel Valderrabano (MEX)9:06:05 [4]
World Champs 07  Chris McCormack (AUS)8:15:34  Craig Alexander (AUS)8:19:04  Torbjørn Sindballe (DEN)8:21:30 [5]
Florida  Stephan Vuckovic (GER)8:21:29  Sergio Marques (POR)8:23:49  Bryan Rhodes (NZL)8:26:52 [6]
Western Australia  Patrick Vernay (NCL)8:06:00  Raynard Tissink (RSA)8:09:20  Mitchell Anderson (AUS)8:12:20 [7]
Malaysia  Faris Al-Sultan (GER)8:34:42  Petr Vabrousek (CZE)9:04:54  Elmar Schuberth (AUT)9:06:03 [8]
New Zealand  Cameron Brown (NZL)8:24:49  Frederik van Lierde (BEL)8:31:35  Kieran Doe (NZL)8:33:35 [9]
Australia  Patrick Vernay (NCL)8:31:33  Mitchell Anderson (AUS)8:40:19  Mathias Hecht (SUI)8:42:48 [10]
South Africa  Stephen Bayliss (GBR)8:18:23  Raynard Tissink (RSA)8:23:09  Peter Schoissengeier (AUT)8:33:24 [11]
Arizona  Jozsef Major (HUN)8:34:19  TJ Tollakson (USA)8:34:36  Jordan Rapp (USA)8:35:04 [12]
China  Olaf Sabatschus (GER)8:52:14  Byung Hoon Park (KOR)9:13:15  Timothy Marr (USA)9:14:17 [13]
Lanzarote  Bert Jammaer (BEL)8:59:37  Teemu Toivanen (FIN)9:08:15  Ain-Alar Juhanson (EST)9:08:36 [14]
Brazil  Eduardo Sturla (ARG)8:28:24  Olaf Sabatschus (GER)8:38:56  Sanson Benjamin (FRA)8:41:32 [15]
France  Marcel Zamora Perez (ESP)8:34:18  Hervé Faure (FRA)8:41:55  Patrick Bringer (FRA)8:45:15 [16]
Coeur d'Alene  Tom Evans (CAN)8:34:22  Victor Zyemtsev (USA)8:43:56  Michael Lovato (USA)8:48:22 [17]
Germany  Chris McCormack (AUS)7:59:55  Eneko Llanos (ESP)8:00:49  Timo Bracht (GER)8:04:16 [18]
Austria  Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)8:06:11  Stephen Bayliss (GBR)8:13:53  Hannes Hempel (AUT)8:16:56 [19]
Switzerland  Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI)8:16:05  Stefan Reisen (SUI)8:32:10  Frank Vytrisal (GER)8:40:53 [20]
Lake Placid  Francisco Pontano (ESP)8:43:32  Petr Vabrousek (CZE)8:55:20  Mathias Hecht (SUI)8:56:33 [21]
Canada  Bryan Rhodes (NZL)8:30:12  Bernard Hiebl (AUT)8:34:34  Jasper Blake (CAN)8:36:08 [22]
Louisville  Maximilian Longree (GER)8:33:58  Chris McDonald (AUS)8:54:52  Sergio Marques (POR)8:59:15 [23]
UK  Stephen Bayliss (GBR)8:53:58  Scott Neyedli (GBR)9:04:29  Andreas di Bernardo (AUT)9:08:24 [24]

Women
Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Reference
Wisconsin  Gina Ferguson (NZL)9:37:03  Hilary Biscay (USA)10:01:30  Ina Reinders (GER)10:03:39 [4]
World Champs 07  Chrissie Wellington (GBR)9:08:45  Samantha McGlone (USA)9:14:04  Kate Major (USA)9:19:13 [5]
Florida  Nina Kraft (GER)9:05:35  Heleen bij de Vaate (NED)9:07:40  Tyler Stewart (USA)9:09:18 [6]
Western Australia  Charlotte Paul (AUS)9:00:55  Gina Ferguson (NZL)9:08:23  Bella Comerford (GBR)9:14:25 [7]
Malaysia  Belinda Granger (AUS)9:29:21  Yvonne van Vlerken (NED)9:35:46  Yasuko Miyazaki (JPN)10:14:01 [8]
New Zealand  Joanna Lawn (NZL)9:16:00  Kate Bevilaqua (AUS)9:20:06  Emi Shiono (JPN)9:23:26 [9]
Australia  Chrissie Wellington (GBR)9:03:55  Kate Major (USA)9:09:12  Prue Oswin (AUS)10:00:11 [10]
South Africa  Bella Comerford (GBR)9:27:48  Edith Niederfriniger (ITA)9:27:53  Lucie Zelenková (CZE)9:34:09 [11]
Arizona  Erika Csomor (HUN)9:14:49  Michellie Jones (USA)9:25:52  Heather Gollnick (USA)9:32:07 [12]
China  Belinda Granger (AUS)10:08:37  Donna Phelan (CAN)10:37:11  Abigail Bayley (GBR)10:43:11 [13]
Lanzarote  Bella Comerford (GBR)10:02:27  Heleen bij de Vaate (NED)10:12:07  Tara Norton (CAN)10:13:16 [14]
Brazil  Fernanda Keller (BRA)9:42:50  Hillary Biscay (USA)9:56:08  Ladislava Cisarovska (CZE)10:06:10 [15]
France  Martina Dogana (ITA)9:35:29  Katja Schumacher (GER)10:00:59  Alexandra Louison (FRA)10:03:46 [16]
Coeur d'Alene  Heather Wurtele (CAN)9:38:58  Heather Gollnick (USA)9:50:34  Tiina Boman (FIN)9:55:28 [17]
Germany  Chrissie Wellington (GBR)8:51:24  Nicole Leder (GER)9:17:26  Wenke Kujala (GER)9:24:54 [18]
Austria  Sandra Wallenhorst (GER)8:47:26  Bella Comerford (GBR)8:51:17  Edith Niederfriniger (ITA)8:59:45 [19]
Switzerland  Sibylle Matter (SUI)9:30:12  Kathrin Pätzold (GER)9:35:05  Caroline Steffen (SUI)9:37:24 [20]
Lake Placid  Caitlin Shea-Kenney (USA)9:51:00  Kim Loeffler (USA)9:54:55  Hillary Biscay (USA)9:58:45 [21]
Canada  Belinda Granger (AUS)9:17:58  Alison Fitch (AUS)9:26:15  Heather Wurtele (CAN)9:39:51 [22]
Louisville  Mariska Kramer-Postma (NED)9:54:17  Heather Gollnick (USA)9:56:53  Lisbeth Kristensen (DEN)9:58:33 [23]
UK  Bella Comerford (GBR)9:49:06  Heike Funk (GER)10:24:40  Susanne Buckenlei (GER)10:28:41 [24]

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