2014 Ironman World Championship

Ironman World Championship
Location	Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Date	October 11, 2014
Champions
Men	Sebastian Kienle
Women	Mirinda Carfrae

The 2014 Ironman World Championship was a long distance triathlon competition that was held on October 11, 2014 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The event was won by Sebastian Kienle of Germany and Australia's Mirinda Carfrae. It was the 38th edition of the Ironman World Championship, which has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978, with an additional race in 1982. The championship was organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) and awarded a total purse prize of $650,000.^[1]

Championship results

Men

Pos.	Time (h:mm:ss)	Name	Country	Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss)
				Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run
	8:14:18	Sebastian Kienle	Germany	54:38	2:01	4:20:46	2:17	2:54:36
	8:19:23	Ben Hoffman	United States	51:20	1:55	4:32:20	2:23	2:51:25
	8:20:32	Jan Frodeno	Germany	50:56	1:51	4:37:19	2:40	2:47:46
4	8:21:38	Andy Potts	United States	50:56	1:50	4:36:56	3:38	2:48:18
5	8:22:19	Cyril Viennot	France	54:32	1:57	4:31:18	2:37	2:51:55
6	8:22:29	Nils Frommhold	Germany	51:14	1:55	4:34:11	2:24	2:52:45
7	8:23:26	Tim Van Berkel	Australia	51:21	2:04	4:36:45	2:23	2:50:53
8	8:24:11	Frederik Van Lierde	Belgium	51:03	2:13	4:32:17	2:17	2:56:21
9	8:28:28	Bart Aernouts	Belgium	55:43	2:14	4:37:47	2:32	2:50:12
10	8:30:15	Romain Guillaume	France	51:08	1:55	4:34:23	2:51	2:59:58
Source:[2]

Women

Pos.	Time (h:mm:ss)	Name	Country	Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss)
				Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run
	9:00:55	Mirinda Carfrae	Australia	1:00:14	2:02	5:05:48	2:25	2:50:26
	9:02:57	Daniela Ryf	Switzerland	56:55	2:02	4:54:33	2:27	3:07:00
	9:04:23	Rachel Joyce	Great Britain	56:47	1:55	4:56:49	2:25	3:08:45
4	9:10:19	Jodie Swallow	Great Britain	54:28	2:03	5:02:46	2:17	3:08:45
5	9:12:43	Caroline Steffen	Switzerland	56:53	2:08	5:02:03	2:56	3:08:43
6	9:16:58	Julia Gajer	Germany	1:00:17	2:35	5:06:13	3:14	3:04:39
7	9:18:11	Liz Lyles	United States	1:00:19	2:03	5:10:15	2:10	3:03:24
8	9:19:21	Gina Crawford	New Zealand	55:04	2:18	5:17:30	2:40	3:01:49
9	9:20:46	Mary Beth Ellis	United States	54:56	1:58	5:00:04	2:24	3:21:24
10	9:23:34	Liz Blatchford	Australia	54:59	2:01	5:13:30	2:48	3:10:16
Source:[2]

Qualification

For entry into the 2014 World Championship race, amateur athletes were required to qualify through a performance at an Ironman or selected Ironman 70.3 series race. Entry into the championship race could also be obtained through a random allocation lottery, through Ironman's Legacy program, or through the Ironman’s charitable eBay auction. The division of athletes is divided into professional, age group, physically challenged, and hand cycle divisions.^[3]

For professional triathletes, a point system determines which professional triathletes qualify for the championship race. To qualify, points are earned by competing in WTC sanctioned Ironman and Ironman 70.3 events throughout the qualifying year. For the 2014 championship race that period was August 31, 2013 to August 24, 2014. The top 50 male and top 35 female pros in points at the end of the qualifying year qualified to race in Kona. An athlete's five highest scoring races were counted in the point totals. At least one Ironman race must have been completed and only three Ironman 70.3 races counted towards an athlete's overall point total. Prior champions of a WTC Championship receive an automatic entry for the Championship race for a period of five years after their last championship performance provided that they competed in at least one full-distance Ironman race during the qualifying year. Their entry does not count toward the number of available qualifying spots.^[4][5] Available prize money to professional triathletes for qualifying race ranged from $25,000 to $125,000.^[1]

The 2014 Ironman series consisted of 29 Ironman races plus the 2013 Ironman World Championship which was itself a qualifier for the 2014 Championship.^[4]

Qualifying Ironman races

Date	Event	Location
Sep 8, 2013	Ironman Wales	Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Sep 8, 2013	Ironman Wisconsin	Madison, Wisconsin
Oct 12, 2013	Ironman World Championship	Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Nov 2, 2013	Ironman Florida	Panama City Beach, Florida
Nov 17, 2013	Ironman Arizona	Tempe, Arizona
Dec 1, 2013	Ironman Cozumel	Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Dec 8, 2013	Ironman Western Australia	Busselton, Western Australia
Mar 1, 2014	Ironman New Zealand	Taupo, New Zealand
Mar 23, 2014	Ironman Asia Pacific Championship	Melbourne, Australia
Mar 30, 2014	Ironman Los Cabos	Los Cabos, Mexico
Apr 6, 2014	Ironman South Africa	Port Elizabeth, South Africa
May 4, 2014	Ironman Australia	Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
May 17, 2014	Ironman Lanzarote	Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain
May 17, 2014	Ironman Texas	The Woodlands Township, Texas
May 25, 2014	Ironman Brazil	Florianópolis Island, Brazil
Jun 8, 2014	Ironman Cairns	Cairns, Australia
Jun 29, 2014	Ironman Austria	Klagenfurt, Austria
Jun 29, 2014	Ironman France	Nice, France
Jun 29, 2014	Ironman Coeur d'Alene	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Jul 6, 2014	Ironman European Championship	Frankfurt, Germany
July 20, 2014	Ironman UK	Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Jul 27, 2014	Ironman Switzerland	Zürich, Switzerland
Jul 27, 2014	Ironman Lake Placid	Lake Placid, New York
Jul 27, 2014	Ironman Canada	Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Aug 3, 2014	Ironman Boulder	Boulder, Colorado
Aug 16, 2014	Ironman Sweden	Kalmar, Sweden
Aug 17, 2014	Ironman Mont-Tremblant	Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
Aug 24, 2014	Ironman Japan	Hokkaido, Japan
Aug 24, 2014	Ironman Copenhagen	Copenhagen, Denmark
Aug 24, 2014	Ironman Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky

Qualifying pro men Championship participants Points rank Name Country Points total 1 Sebastian Kienle^† 14770 2 Frederik Van Lierde^† 11640 3 Bart Aernouts 8440 4 Tyler Butterfield 8420 5 Timothy O'Donnell 8077 6 Iván Raña 7855 7 Luke McKenzie 7580 8 James Cunnama 7405 9 Jan Frodeno 6640 10 Terenzo Bozzone 6565 11 Victor Morales 6500 12 Andy Potts 5610 13 Michael Weiss 5495 14 Igor Amorelli 5495 15 Matthew Russell 5475 16 Timo Bracht^†† 5410 17 Joe Gambles 5380 18 Tim Van Berkel 5370 19 Daniel Halksworth 5230 20 Chris McDonald 5015 21 David Plese 4925 22 Marino Vanhoenacker 4920 23 Eneko Llanos 4905 24 Maik Twelsiek 4755 25 Elliot Holtham 4725 26 Faris Al-Sultan 4660 27 TJ Tollakson 4640 28 Cameron Brown^†† 4545 29 Paul Matthews 4510 30 Andrew Starykowicz 4450 31 Harry Wiltshire 4385 32 Marek Jaskolka 4345 33 Richie Cunningham 4335 34 Christian Kramer 4325 35 Jeremy Jurkiewicz 4280 36 David Dellow^†† 4250 37 Victor Zyemtsev^†† 4280 38 Cyril Viennot 4240 39 Peter Robertson^†† 4215 40 Filip Ospalý 4130 41 Ben Hoffman 4095 42 Christian Brader 4075 43 Domenico Passuello^†† 4075 44 Nils Frommhold 4060 45 Justin Daerr 4050 46 Kyle Buckingham 4024 47 Dirk Bockel^†† 4000 48 Romain Guillaume 3980 49 Marko Albert 3935 50 Ronnie Schildknecht 3915 51 Craig Alexander^† 3890 52 Bevan Docherty 3675 53 Daniel Fontana 3645 54 Tim Reed 3625 55 Andreas Raelert^‡ 3610 56 Axel Zeebroek^‡ 3515 57 Boris Stein^‡ 3500 58 Paul Ambrose^‡ 3440 118 Pete Jacobs^† 1020 ^† Automatic Qualifier, ^‡ Roll Down Qualifier, ^††Declined slot/Injured Source:[6][7][8][9]

Qualifying pro women Championship participants Points rank Name Country Points total 1 Rachel Joyce 10240 2 Meredith Kessler 10100 3 Liz Blatchford 9985 4 Caroline Steffen 9750 5 Mirinda Carfrae^† 9688 6 Gina Crawford 9325 7 Yvonne van Vlerken 8595 8 Linsey Corbin 8140 9 Caitlin Snow 8005 10 Elizabeth Lyles 7860 11 Daniela Ryf 7810 12 Amber Ferreira 7365 13 Melissa Hauschildt^† ^†† 7250 14 Leanda Cave^† 6770 15 Sara Gross 6620 16 Catriona Morrison 6240 17 Mary Beth Ellis 6210 18 Melanie Burke 6190 19 Åsa Lundström 6090 20 Beth Shutt 6090 21 Michelle Vesterby 6025 22 Kristin Möller 5750 23 Lucy Gossage 5600 24 Amanda Stevens 5430 25 Jodie Swallow 5390 26 Sophie Goos 5365 27 Natascha Badmann 5355 28 Julia Gajer 5310 29 Lisa Roberts 5285 30 Corinne Abraham 5280 31 Simone Brändli 5240 32 Jackie Arendt 5170 33 Maureen Hufe^†† 5165 34 Kimberly Schwabenbauer 5050 35 Bree Wee 5040 36 Jessie Donavan^†† 5000 37 Heather Wurtele 5000 38 Kelly Williamson 4975 39 Katja Konschak^‡ 4915 ^† Automatic Qualifier, ^‡ Roll Down Qualifier, ^††Declined slot/Injured Source:[10][7][8][9]

Disabled

Racing driver and paracyclist Alex Zanardi completed the 2014 Ironman World Championship in a time of 9:47:14, ranking 272nd overall and 19th out of 247 in the 45- to 49-year-old age group category.^[11] He used a handbike for the cycling section and an Olympic wheelchair for the running section.

References

1. "Pro Event Registration". World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
2. "2014 Results: World Championship". World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
3. "Qualification FAQ". World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
4. "IM Qualifying". World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
5. Krabel, Herbert (July 26, 2010). "2011 Kona Pro Qualification Rules". Slowtwitch.com. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
6. "2014 KPR - Men" (PDF). World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
7. "Pro Field Set for the IRONMAN World Championship". World Triathlon Corporation. August 29, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
8. "2014 IRONMAN World Championship Pro Start List". World Triathlon Corporation. September 12, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
9. "Ironman Hawaii 2014 – Pro Startlists". TTR – Thorsten's Triathlon Rating. September 10, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
10. "2014 KPR - Women" (PDF). World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
11. "Zanardi ticks off another milestone in Ironman Triathlon". Racer Magazine. Retrieved October 12, 2014.

External links

• Ironman website
• Professional Triathlete Qualifying Rules