2009 Ironman World Championship

The 2009 Ford Ironman World Championship was held on October 10, 2009, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. It was the 33rd 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). Race highlights A total of 1,778 athletes from more than 48 countries started the race and 1,653 (1,200 men and 453 women) finished, 3 were disqualified.http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman/world-championship/results.aspx?rd=20091010 2009 Ford Ironman World Championship World Triathlon Corporation 13 December 2012 22 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160822143849/http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman/world-championship/results.aspx?rd=20091010 dead Hot and humid weather conditions prevailed with temperatures well above 90 °F (32.2 °C) during the bike and run portions. Both Chrissie Wellington (3rd consecutive win) and Craig Alexander (2nd consecutive win) continue their current reigns as Ironman World Champions. Chrissie Wellington set a new women's course record of 8:54:02, breaking Paula Newby-Fraser's 17-year-old women's course record. She finished 22nd overall among the pro men and women. Mirinda Carfrae set a new women's course run record of 2:56:51 in her very first Ironman World Championship, breaking the women's course run record that Chrissie Wellington set one year ago. Medallists Men Pos. Time(h:mm:ss) Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss)Swim T1 Bike T2 RunImage:Gold medal icon.svg8:20:21Craig Alexander50:571:444:37:332:042:48:05Image:Silver medal icon.svg8:22:56Chris Lieto51:071:444:25:112:213:02:35Image:Bronze medal icon.svg8:24:32Andreas Raelert51:002:054:38:012:252:51:0548:25:20Chris McCormack52:511:554:32:451:532:55:5958:28:17Rasmus Henning51:062:034:37:072:302:55:3368:28:52Timo Bracht54:301:494:33:492:192:56:2778:29:55Dirk Bockel50:501:564:37:292:002:57:4288:30:15Pete Jacobs50:031:434:38:412:352:57:1498:30:30Andy Potts47:451:564:46:072:292:52:15108:31:44Faris Al-Sultan50:531:494:33:402:133:03:11 Source: Women Pos. Time(h:mm:ss) Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss)Swim T1 Bike T2 RunImage:Gold medal icon.svg8:54:02Chrissie Wellington54:312:154:52:072:053:03:06Image:Silver medal icon.svg9:13:59Mirinda Carfrae58:451:545:14:182:142:56:51Image:Bronze medal icon.svg9:15:28Virginia Berasategui58:522:045:01:422:083:10:4349:23:43Tereza Macel53:292:135:04:172:353:21:1259:30:28Samantha McGlone58:472:035:16:171:573:11:2769:32:27Rachel Joyce53:312:215:10:032:513:23:4379:34:45Joanna Lawn57:162:105:19:102:363:13:3589:38:28Sandra Wallenhorst1:03:072:305:20:432:463:09:2499:40:59Dede Griesbauer55:052:135:10:222:293:30:53109:42:41Tyler Stewart1:08:312:205:06:202:313:22:59 Source: Qualification To enter for the 2009 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 2009 Series consisted of 21 Ironman qualifying races plus the Ironman World Championship 2008 which was itself a qualifier for the 2010 Ironman World Championship. The series started with Ironman Wisconsin 2008 held on September 7, 2008, and in total 1,800 athletes qualified for the World Championship race. Qualifying Ironmans Date Event Location2008 Sep 7 Ironman Wisconsin USA Madison, Wisconsin, United States2008 Oct 11 Ironman World Championship USA Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States2008 Nov 1 Ironman Florida USA Panama City Beach, Florida, United States2008 Nov 23 Ironman Arizona USA Tempe, Arizona, United States2008 Dec 7 Ironman Western Australia AUS Busselton, Western Australia, Australia2009 Feb 28 Ironman Malaysia MAS Langkawi, Malaysia2009 Mar 7 Ironman New Zealand NZL Taupō, New Zealand2009 Apr 5 Ironman Australia AUS Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia2009 Apr 5 Ironman South Africa RSA Port Elizabeth, South Africa2009 Apr 19 Ironman China CHN Haikou, Hainan Island, China2009 May 23 Ironman Lanzarote ESP Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain2009 May 31 Ironman Brazil BRA Florianópolis Island, Brazil2009 Jun 21 Ironman Japan JPN Goto, Nagasaki, Japan2009 Jun 21 Ironman Coeur d'Alene USA Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States2009 Jun 28 Ironman France FRA Nice, France2009 Jul 5 Ironman Germany GER Frankfurt, Germany2009 Jul 5 Ironman Austria AUT Klagenfurt, Austria2009 Jul 12 Ironman Switzerland SUI Zürich, Switzerland2009 Jul 26 Ironman Lake Placid USA Lake Placid, New York, United States2009 Aug 2 Ironman UK UK Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom2009 Aug 30 Ironman Canada CAN Penticton, British Columbia, Canada2009 Aug 30 Ironman Louisville USA Louisville, Kentucky, United States The fastest time of 7:59:16 was set by Timo Bracht during the Ironman European Championship 2009 at Frankfurt, Germany.http://ironman.com/assets/files/results/germany/2009.pdf Ironman European Championship 2009 results ironman.com 2009-10-12 2009 Ironman Series results Men Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time ReferenceWisconsinRaynard Tissink RSA 8:43:29Serge Meyer SUI 8:55:00Jason Shortis AUS 8:59:14http://ironman.com/events/ironman/wisconsin/?show=tracker&race=wisconsin&year=2008 2008 Ironman Wisconsin Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011World Champs 08Craig Alexander AUS 8:17.45Eneko Llanos Burguera ESP 8:20:50Rutger Beke BEL 8:21:23http://ironman.com/assets/files/results/worldchampionship/2008.pdf 2008 Official Results Ironman World Championships World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011FloridaTom Evans CAN 8:07:59Torbjørn Sindballe DEN 8:17:51Petr Vabrousek CZE 8:23:00http://ironman.com/events/ironman/florida/?show=tracker&race=florida&year=2008 2008 Ironman Florida Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011ArizonaAndreas Raelert GER 8:14:16Chris Lieto USA 8:19:25Jordan Rapp USA 8:19:45http://ironman.com/events/ironman/arizona/?show=raceresults&year=2009&format=htm 2008 Ironman Arizona Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011Western AustraliaTim Berkel AUS 8:07:06Jason Shortis AUS 8:10:57Luke Mckenzie AUS 8:12:45http://ironman.com/events/ironman/westernaustralia/?show=tracker&race=westernaustralia&year=2008 2008 Ironman Western Australia Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011MalaysiaLuke McKenzie AUS 8:27:48Bryan Rhodes NZL 8:32:52Brian Fuller AUS 8:38:06http://ironman.com/events/ironman/malaysia/?show=raceresults&year=2009&format=htm 2009 Ironman Malaysia Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011New ZealandCameron Brown NZL 8:18:04Terenzo Bozzone NZL 8:25:36Dirk Bockel LUX 8:27:11http://ironman.com/events/ironman/newzealand/?show=tracker&race=newzealand&year=2008 2009 Ironman New Zealand Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011AustraliaPatrick Vernay NCL 1853 8:24:53Pete Jacobs AUS 8:29:03Tim Berkel AUS 8:31:43http://ironman.com/events/ironman/australia/?show=tracker&race=australia&year=2009 2009 Ironman Australia Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011South AfricaMarino Vanhoenacker BEL 8:17:33Michael Göhner GER 8:32:02Petr Vabrousek CZE 8:36:08http://ironman.com/events/ironman/southafrica/?show=tracker&race=southafrica&year=2009 2009 Ironman South Africa Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011ChinaRasmus Henning DEN 8:53:20Patrick Walliman SUI 9:22:46Mike Schifferle SUI 9:28:49http://ironman.com/events/ironman/china/?show=raceresults&year=2009&format=htm 2009 Ironman China Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011LanzaroteBert Jammaer BEL 8:54:03Stephan Vuckovic GER 8:57:17Olaf Sabatschus GER 8:59:03http://ironman.com/events/ironman/lanzarote/?show=tracker&race=lanzarote&year=2009 2009 Ironman Lanzarote Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011BrazilEduardo Sturla ARG 8:13:39Reinaldo Colucci BRA 8::28:08Petr Vabrousek CZE 8:37:18http://ironman.com/events/ironman/brazil/?show=tracker&race=brazil&year=2009 2009 Ironman Brazil Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011JapanLuke McKenzie AUS 8:28:31Courtney Ogden AUS 8:42:54Petr Vabrousek CZE 8:45:59http://ironman.com/events/ironman/japan/?show=tracker&race=japan&year=2009 2009 Ironman Japan Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011Coeur d'AleneFrancisco Pontano ESP 8:32:12T. 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Tollakson USA 8:42:03Maximilian Longree GER 8:50:19 http://ironman.com/events/ironman/coeurdalene/?show=raceresults&year=2009&format=htm 2009 Ironman Coeur d'Alene Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011FranceMarcel Zamora Perez ESP 8:30:06Hervé Faure FRA 8:40:55Simon Billeau FRA 8:46:30http://ironman.com/events/ironman/france/?show=raceresults&year=2009&format=htm 2009 Ironman France Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011GermanyTimo Bracht GER 7:59:15Eneko Llanos ESP 8:00:05Chris McCormack AUS 8:02:49AustriaMarino Vanhoenacker BEL 8:01:38James Cunnama RSA 8:14:18Stephen Bayliss GBR 8:17:06http://ironman.com/events/ironman/austria/?show=tracker&race=austria&year=2009 2009 Ironman Austria Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011SwitzerlandRonnie Schildknecht SUI 8:20:00Stefan Riesen SUI 8:31:10Torsten Abel GER 8:36:38http://ironman.com/events/ironman/switzerland/?show=tracker&race=switzerland&year=2009 2009 Ironman Switzerland Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011Lake PlacidMaik Twelsiek GER 8:36:37Christian Brader GER 8:56:35Jason Shortis AUS 8:58:09http://ironman.com/events/ironman/lakeplacid/?show=raceresults&year=2009&format=htm 2009 Ironman Lake Placid Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011UKPhilip Graves GBR 8:45:51Stephen Bayliss GBR 8:48:29Jarmo Hast FIN 8:57:58http://ironman.com/events/ironman/uk/?show=tracker&race=uk&year=2009 2009 Ironman UK Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011CanadaJordan Rapp USA 8:25:13Mike Aigroz SUI 8:40:17Courtney Ogden AUS 8:44:37http://ironman.com/events/ironman/canada/?show=raceresults&year=2009&format=htm 2009 Ironman Canada Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011LouisvilleViktor Zyemtsev UKR 8:25:27Luke McKenzie AUS 8:26:01Raynard Tissink RSA 8:39:09http://ironman.com/events/ironman/louisville/?show=tracker&race=louisville&year=2009 2009 Ironman Louisville Results World Triathlon Corporation 21 October 2011 Women Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time ReferenceWisconsinHillary Biscay USA 9:47:25Karin Gerber SUI 9:49:46Jessica Jacobs USA 9:50:45World Champs 08Chrissie Wellington GBR 9:06:23Yvonne van Vlerken NLD 9:21:20Sandra Wallenhorst GER 9:22:52FloridaBella Comerford GBR 9:07:49Tamara Kozulina UKR 9:14:15Jessica Jacobs USA 9:17:51ArizonaHeleen Bij De Vaate NLD 9:21:06Leanda Cave USA 9:25:07Edith Niederfriniger ITA 9:28:09Western AustraliaGina Ferguson NZL 8:59:24Charlotte Paul AUS 9:06:34Kat Baker AUS 9:37:24MalaysiaBelinda Granger AUS 9:21:10Nicole Leder GER 9:36:40Maki Nishiuchi JPN 9:57:13New ZealandGina Ferguson NZL 9:18:25Joanna Lawn NZL 9:23:07Charlotte Paul AUS 9:30:24AustraliaChrissie Wellington GBR 8:57:10Rebekah Keat AUS 9:21:33Caroline Steffen SUI 9:38:44South AfricaLucie Zelenkova CZE 9:16:32Sonja Tajsich GER 9:27:59Rachel Joyce GBR 9:37:00ChinaCharlotte Paul AUS 9:48:14Edith Niederfriniger ITA 10:01:39Teresa Mazel CZE 10:13:43LanzaroteBella Bayliss GBR 9:54:58Rachel Joyce GBR 10:15:05Michaela Giger SUI 10:15:41BrazilDede Griesbauer USA 9:10:15Charlotte Kolters DEN 9:18:49Heather Gollnick USA 9:31:42JapanNicole Klingler LIE 9:52:52Nicole Ward AUS 9:56:00Megumi Shigaki JPN 10:01:07Coeur d'AleneTyler Stewart USA 9:23:21Kate Major AUS 9:32:10Heather Wuertele CAN 9:34:24FranceTina Deckers BEL 9:30:29Christel Robin FRA 9:34:19Martina Dogana ITA 9:37:35GermanySandra Wallenhorst GER 8:58:08Yvonne van Vlerken NLD 9:02:17Nicole Leder GER 9:05:15AustriaBella Bayliss GBR 8:50:13Sonja Tajsich GER 8:59:45Lucie Zelenkova CZE 9:07:24SwitzerlandSibylle Matter SUI 9:14:35Monika Lehmann SUI 9:25:05Lisbeth Kristensen DEN 9:25:37Lake PlacidTereza Macel CZE 9:29:36Caitlin Snow USA 9:41:21Samantha McGlone USA 9:44:24UKBella Bayliss GBR 9:33:59Abigail Bayley GBR 9:46:15Irene Kinnegim NLD 10:06:40CanadaTereza Macel CZE 9:11:20Belinda Granger AUS 9:40:48Janelle Morrison CAN 9:48:54LouisvilleNina Kraft GER 9:20:21Lisbeth Kristensen DEN 9:23:57Kim Loeffler USA 9:38:23 References 2 External links Kona 2009 » IRONMAN.com (Event homepage) Category:Ironman World Championship Ironman Category:Sports competitions in Hawaii Category:2009 in sports in Hawaii Category:Triathlon competitions in the United States