Race Conditions
As usual, IM Malaysia was hot and humid, leading to slow runs and a number of explosions and DNFs. The swim and bike weren’t fast either, but most of the “slowness” comes from the run (-10:44). Compared to the other years in Malaysia, it was one of the slowest, but very comparable to last year. The overall course rating (including Pro races from 2006 onward) is now -7:41 with the run even slower (-9:59).
A good thing was to see the increase of the increased number of Pros starting and finishing: Last year there were 21 finishers (from 27 starters), this year there were 42 finishers (from 55 Pro starters).
Male Race Results
Bike leader Romain Guillaume was one of those suffering on the run: His ten minute gap in T2 only lasted 15k into the run when Mike Aigroz, Frederik Croneborg and Harry Wiltshire took the lead. (Romain ended up in 20th place after placing 19th in Kona – he’ll need some more points to qualify!) Mike won the final sprint with 10 seconds over Fredrik, Harry took the last spot on the podium.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected | Prize Money |
| 1 | Mike Aigroz | SUI | 00:49:17 | 04:49:25 | 03:08:46 | 08:52:02 | -12:07 | US$ 8000 |
| 2 | Fredrik Croneborg | SWE | 00:50:24 | 04:48:18 | 03:09:02 | 08:52:12 | -09:17 | US$ 4000 |
| 3 | Harry Wiltshire | GBR | 00:49:13 | 04:49:31 | 03:11:55 | 08:55:01 | -19:54 | US$ 3000 |
| 4 | Alberto Casadei | ITA | 00:49:17 | 04:55:05 | 03:11:31 | 09:00:49 | -01:55 | US$ 2500 |
| 5 | Tohara Kaito | JPN | 00:54:10 | 04:53:55 | 03:08:36 | 09:01:19 | -41:34 | US$ 1500 |
| 6 | Mauro Baertsch | SUI | 00:55:50 | 04:45:40 | 03:19:14 | 09:06:24 | -06:31 | US$ 1000 |
| 7 | Christian Brader | GER | 00:59:37 | 04:50:14 | 03:13:36 | 09:08:52 | -03:48 | |
| 8 | Chris Legh | AUS | 00:54:06 | 04:48:01 | 03:27:33 | 09:14:20 | -16:04 | |
| 9 | Daniil Sapunov | UKR | 00:50:03 | 04:59:38 | 03:19:25 | 09:15:24 | n/a | |
| 10 | Thiago Vinhal | BRA | 00:51:12 | 05:09:16 | 03:09:36 | 09:18:23 | -00:04 | |
| 11 | Freddy Lampret | ZAF | 00:54:08 | 04:50:41 | 03:30:00 | 09:19:26 | -56:13 | |
| 12 | Steven Osborne | GBR | 00:56:49 | 05:14:17 | 03:05:42 | 09:22:54 | -23:56 | |
| 13 | Kirill Kotshegarov | EST | 00:56:09 | 04:41:56 | 03:42:56 | 09:26:33 | 27:50 | |
| 14 | Cedric Lassonde | FRA | 00:56:27 | 04:51:25 | 03:40:36 | 09:34:33 | 13:23 | |
| 15 | Carl Read | NZL | 00:56:04 | 05:15:22 | 03:19:38 | 09:42:22 | 27:13 | |
| 16 | Hiroyuki Nishiuchi | JPN | 00:51:56 | 05:28:24 | 03:26:50 | 09:58:02 | 11:07 | |
| 17 | Guy Crawford | NZL | 00:53:42 | 04:55:06 | 04:08:44 | 10:03:22 | 38:20 | |
| 18 | Peter Seidel | GER | 00:56:09 | 04:55:42 | 04:42:23 | 10:39:45 | 1:05:23 | |
| 19 | Michael Louys | BEL | 01:03:08 | 05:00:35 | 04:31:10 | 10:41:48 | 54:02 | |
| 20 | Romain Guillaume | FRA | 00:49:14 | 04:39:14 | 05:08:38 | 10:41:49 | 1:37:06 | |
| 21 | Brad Williams | USA | 00:57:42 | 05:03:46 | 04:36:49 | 10:44:46 | 1:12:41 | |
| 22 | Vincent Depuiset | FRA | 01:12:53 | 05:20:18 | 04:04:31 | 10:45:08 | 35:34 | |
| 23 | Yvan Jarrige | FRA | 00:49:23 | 06:32:16 | 03:35:29 | 11:05:42 | n/a | |
| 24 | Petr Vabrousek | CZE | 01:00:20 | 05:37:07 | 04:56:21 | 11:44:28 | 1:20:29 | |
| 25 | Marek Nemcik | SVK | 01:14:23 | 07:23:26 | 05:04:05 | 13:58:09 | 1:36:18 | |
| 26 | Josef Svoboda | CZE | 01:14:23 | 06:57:45 | 05:48:47 | 14:10:42 | 1:49:16 | |
| Balazs Csoke | HUN | 00:49:10 | 04:51:17 | DNF | ||||
| Jens Petersen-Bach | DEN | 00:50:46 | 05:05:25 | DNF | ||||
| Yu Shinozaki | JPN | 00:57:44 | 07:01:21 | DNF | ||||
| Paul Ambrose | AUS | 00:49:20 | DNF | |||||
| Markus Mlinar | AUT | 00:59:31 | DNF | |||||
| Young Hwan Oh | KOR | 01:04:38 | DNF |
Female Race Results
Defending champion Diana Riesler took control of the race early on the bike and never looked back, winning by more than 12 minutes. Second place went to Gurutze Frades who made up a lot of ground with a race best 3:15 run – a new run record! Ironman legend Natascha Badmann who had a solid day to finish in third place.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected | Prize Money |
| 1 | Diana Riesler | GER | 00:59:34 | 05:02:38 | 03:29:37 | 09:37:06 | -09:54 | US$ 8000 |
| 2 | Gurutze Frades Larralde | ESP | 01:03:55 | 05:25:04 | 03:15:02 | 09:49:09 | -28:40 | US$ 4000 |
| 3 | Natascha Badmann | SUI | 01:03:56 | 05:14:13 | 03:30:21 | 09:54:07 | 00:56 | US$ 3000 |
| 4 | Sarah Crowley | AUS | 00:58:37 | 05:08:05 | 03:46:02 | 09:58:26 | -06:18 | US$ 2500 |
| 5 | Saleta Castro | ESP | 00:56:24 | 05:25:42 | 03:32:43 | 10:00:23 | -30:39 | US$ 1500 |
| 6 | Kate Bevilaqua | AUS | 00:57:28 | 05:23:49 | 03:40:47 | 10:08:01 | -13:03 | US$ 1000 |
| 7 | Lucie Reed | CZE | 00:54:40 | 05:43:58 | 03:32:07 | 10:17:25 | 10:10 | |
| 8 | Katharina Grohmann | GER | 01:11:59 | 05:29:23 | 03:31:03 | 10:17:25 | -04:00 | |
| 9 | Jessica Fleming | AUS | 01:01:54 | 05:24:55 | 03:47:28 | 10:19:50 | 13:30 | |
| 10 | Angela Kuehnlein | GER | 01:03:55 | 05:44:56 | 03:39:27 | 10:33:39 | -19:20 | |
| 11 | Keiko Tanaka | JPN | 00:56:51 | 05:39:35 | 03:56:16 | 10:37:59 | 21:28 | |
| 12 | Michelle Duffield | AUS | 01:03:54 | 05:35:17 | 04:04:06 | 10:49:36 | 17:46 | |
| 13 | Mami Ishii | JPN | 01:03:41 | 05:48:51 | 04:00:55 | 10:58:53 | -1:01:44 | |
| 14 | Tineke Van den Berg | NED | 01:07:16 | 05:31:41 | 04:07:56 | 10:59:35 | 47:35 | |
| 15 | Emma Graaf | SWE | 01:01:30 | 05:48:41 | 04:33:35 | 11:34:28 | 58:41 | |
| 16 | Bree Wee | USA | 00:57:54 | 06:00:53 | 05:09:50 | 12:13:48 | 1:06:11 | |
| Jeanne Collonge | FRA | 01:00:28 | 05:27:48 | DNF | ||||
| Caroline Livesey | GBR | 01:00:24 | 05:31:16 | DNF | ||||
| Anna Halasz | HUN | 01:12:40 | 05:22:20 | DNF | ||||
| Maki Nishiuchi | JPN | 00:57:06 | 05:39:27 | DNF | ||||
| Carole Fuchs | THA | 01:13:08 | 05:31:15 | DNF | ||||
| Jocelyn Mccauley | USA | 00:58:42 | 06:18:11 | DNF | ||||
| Kathrin Walther | GER | 01:00:18 | DNF |