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Ironman South Africa 2024 (April 21st) – Seedings

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Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2006 Gerrit Schellens (BEL) 08:36:06 Natascha Badmann (SUI) 09:46:38
2007 Gerrit Schellens (BEL) 08:33:05 Natascha Badmann (SUI) 09:22:01
2008 Stephen Bayliss (GBR) 08:18:23 Bella Bayliss (GBR) 09:27:48
2009 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:17:32 Lucie Zelenkova (CZE) 09:16:32
2010 Raynard Tissink (ZAF) 08:23:28 Sonja Tajsich (GER) 09:16:55
2011 Raynard Tissink (ZAF) 08:05:36 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:33:56
2012 Clemente Alonso McKernan (ESP) 08:34:45 Natascha Badmann (SUI) 09:47:10
2013 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:11:24 Jessie Donavan (USA) 09:10:58
2014 Nils Frommhold (GER) 08:26:07 Simone Braendli (SUI) 09:31:54
2015 Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 08:16:35 Jodie Cunnama (GBR) 09:26:56
2016 Ben Hoffman (USA) 08:12:37 Kaisa Sali (FIN) 09:06:50
2017 Ben Hoffman (USA) 07:58:40 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 08:47:02
2018 Kyle Buckingham (ZAF) 08:13:00 Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR) 08:56:06
2019 Ben Hoffman (USA) 07:34:19 Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR) 08:35:31
2021 Maurice Clavel (GER) 07:30:29 Ruth Astle (GBR) 08:38:50
2022 Kyle Buckingham (ZAF) 07:16:30 Daniela Bleymehl (GER) 08:22:33
2023 Leon Chevalier (FRA) 07:11:43 Laura Philipp (GER) 08:01:58

For the last four races (2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023), the swim course had to be shortened.

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Leon Chevalier FRA 00:10:10 04:10:38 02:46:59 07:11:43
2 Bradley Weiss ZAF 00:09:42 04:15:09 02:47:06 07:16:02
3 Mathias Petersen DEN 00:09:52 04:20:38 02:45:56 07:20:54

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Laura Philipp GER 00:11:11 04:44:11 03:02:25 08:01:58
2 Fenella Langridge GBR 00:10:58 04:52:05 03:06:04 08:13:16
3 Penny Slater AUS 00:11:54 04:49:24 03:11:27 08:17:24

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:58:40 Ben Hoffman 2017-04-02
Swim overall 00:45:22 Anton Storm 2009-04-05
Bike overall 04:19:41 Raynard Tissink 2011-04-10
Run overall 02:42:52 Ben Hoffman 2017-04-02
Total female 08:33:56 Chrissie Wellington 2011-04-10
Swim female 00:47:32 Lucy Charles-Barclay 2018-04-15
Bike female 04:45:23 Chrissie Wellington 2011-04-10
Run female 02:52:54 Chrissie Wellington 2011-04-10

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM South Africa is 03:26.

Race Adjustments for IM South Africa

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2006 01:34 -04:53 02:49 02:41 28 01:34 -03:56 02:49 02:41
2007 01:16 -08:51 06:34 02:52 33 01:25 -06:03 04:41 02:47
2008 15:32 01:12 10:31 03:54 36 06:07 -03:41 06:38 03:10
2009 17:18 02:08 13:35 01:01 28 08:55 -02:05 08:23 02:37
2010 09:38 -00:14 08:23 01:27 34 09:03 -01:42 08:23 02:23
2011 15:30 00:13 13:51 01:33 36 10:08 -01:24 09:17 02:15
2012 -11:58 -08:34 -06:39 02:54 28 06:58 -02:23 07:01 02:21
2013 06:23 -01:16 07:37 00:45 36 of 44 06:54 -02:20 07:05 02:09
2014 -12:12 -01:05 -08:23 -02:47 29 of 40 04:46 -02:11 05:22 01:36
2015 -13:44 -00:46 -11:06 -01:39 49 of 61 02:55 -02:04 03:44 01:16
2016 03:31 -02:43 06:40 00:03 42 of 53 02:59 -02:10 04:00 01:10
2017 08:21 -00:04 07:41 00:57 43 of 63 03:25 -02:01 04:18 01:09
2018 03:34 00:09 01:35 02:06 35 of 47 03:26 -01:52 04:06 01:13

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM South Africa has 4m+4f Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 150.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 11% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 25 Arthur Horseau FRA 07:52:45 07:59:33 00:53:07 04:18:07 05:16:14 02:36:31 34% +19% -47% (6)
2 24 Alistair Brownlee * GBR 07:59:36 08:03:02 00:47:59 04:24:12 05:17:12 02:42:24 83% +17% -0% (3)
3 31 Cameron Wurf AUS 08:04:05 08:09:22 00:51:45 04:13:33 05:10:19 02:53:46 73% +17% -10% (33)
4 28 Kristian Hogenhaug DEN 08:06:41 08:20:48 00:50:23 04:18:02 05:13:26 02:53:15 56% +5% -39% (19)
5 26 Leonard Arnold GER 08:07:00 08:14:24 00:51:16 04:27:41 05:23:57 02:43:03 100% +0% -0% (2)
6 22 Rasmus Svenningsson SWE 08:09:12 08:20:26 00:54:28 04:23:57 05:23:24 02:45:48 49% +21% -29% (8)
7 23 Bart Aernouts BEL 08:09:27 08:15:12 00:55:28 04:23:44 05:24:12 02:45:15 66% +1% -32% (24)
8 21 Mathias Petersen DEN 08:09:39 08:12:23 00:49:40 04:25:35 05:20:16 02:49:23 82% +0% -18% (12)
9 40 Dominik Sowieja GER 08:13:21 08:21:09 00:53:24 04:27:57 05:26:21 02:47:00 87% +13% -0% (6)
10 32 Andreas Dreitz GER 08:14:32 08:17:36 00:52:11 04:24:23 05:21:34 02:52:58 62% +0% -38% (14)
11 27 Josh Amberger AUS 08:15:29 08:24:24 00:48:23 04:25:28 05:18:51 02:56:38 72% +1% -27% (16)
12 20 Matt Trautman ZAF 08:15:36 08:24:27 00:51:50 04:25:15 05:22:05 02:53:31 51% +5% -44% (17)
13 43 Kristian Grue NOR 08:15:40 08:32:23 00:53:48 04:29:07 05:27:55 02:47:45 38% +0% -62% (2)
14 36 Milan Brons NED 08:18:16 08:28:34 00:50:39 04:26:05 05:21:44 02:56:32 62% +27% -11% (10)
15 46 Tim Van Hemel BEL 08:19:13 08:30:50 00:53:07 04:26:33 05:24:39 02:54:34 100% +0% -0% (2)
16 30 Kenneth Vandendriessche BEL 08:20:12 08:31:19 00:56:46 04:31:56 05:33:42 02:46:30 41% +22% -37% (4)
17 48 Evert Scheltinga NED 08:24:17 08:34:39 00:50:14 04:31:40 05:26:54 02:57:23 61% +0% -39% (16)
18 45 Thomas Davis GBR 08:25:26 08:35:25 00:49:52 04:35:51 05:30:43 02:54:43 58% +17% -25% (9)
19 37 Christoph Mattner GER 08:28:52 08:41:13 00:55:37 04:44:16 05:44:54 02:43:58 69% +0% -31% (5)
20 35 Harry Palmer GBR 08:31:41 08:47:56 00:49:10 04:27:39 05:21:49 03:09:52 64% +0% -36% (2)
21 34 Yvan Jarrige FRA 08:33:56 08:46:54 00:51:22 04:38:26 05:34:49 02:59:07 39% +48% -14% (7)
22 47 Yannick Matejicek FRA 08:34:14 08:52:41 01:00:01 04:38:09 05:43:10 02:51:04 44% +0% -56% (2)
23 38 Christopher Dels GER 08:42:49 08:52:02 00:57:51 04:43:06 05:45:56 02:56:53 86% +0% -14% (7)
24 39 Domenico Passuello ITA 08:46:23 09:06:19 00:58:19 04:36:50 05:40:08 03:06:15 24% +2% -74% (14)
25 49 Michael Kalb GER 08:46:38 09:03:46 00:52:32 04:39:50 05:37:22 03:09:16 35% +0% -65% (6)
26 51 Quentin De Vos BEL 08:58:32 09:05:25 01:01:13 04:48:41 05:54:54 03:03:38 39% +0% -61% (6)
27 50 Mathias Tuerk GER 08:59:42 09:16:51 00:57:25 04:45:25 05:47:49 03:11:53 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
28 44 Marcel Bischof GER 09:05:27 09:26:03 01:00:09 04:52:21 05:57:31 03:07:56 19% +4% -77% (17)
  33 Cameron MacNair ZAF n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  41 James McCallum ZAF n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  42 Jonas Weller GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 23% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 1 Daniela Ryf (AQ) SUI 08:41:14 08:48:25 00:54:17 04:40:25 05:39:42 03:01:32 76% +21% -3% (23)
2 4 Susie Cheetham GBR 09:07:52 09:14:49 00:58:02 04:55:42 05:58:44 03:09:08 93% +0% -7% (18)
3 2 Daniela Bleymehl GER 09:07:53 09:15:44 01:00:27 04:47:39 05:53:06 03:14:47 34% +5% -60% (21)
4 12 Laura Jansen GER 09:10:36 09:16:55 01:00:44 04:59:43 06:05:27 03:05:09 100% +0% -0% (2)
5 13 Emma Bilham SUI 09:13:43 09:15:24 00:57:11 05:04:23 06:06:34 03:07:09 65% +11% -24% (10)
6 17 Katrine Graesboell Christensen DEN 09:14:04 09:21:02 01:05:38 05:03:20 06:13:58 03:00:06 100% +0% -0% (3)
7 7 Marlene De Boer (KQ) NED 09:14:23 09:28:25 00:58:22 05:05:25 06:08:47 03:05:36 100% +0% -0% (2)
8 6 Laura Zimmermann GER 09:16:57 09:21:55 01:04:22 04:57:56 06:07:19 03:09:38 75% +16% -9% (9)
9 9 Marta Sanchez ESP 09:21:38 09:39:28 00:54:22 05:04:25 06:03:47 03:17:51 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
10 10 Liesbeth Verbiest BEL 09:24:17 09:48:01 01:06:38 05:06:42 06:18:20 03:05:57 45% +0% -55% (2)
11 14 Katharina Grohmann GER 09:27:39 09:33:04 01:08:13 05:01:30 06:14:42 03:12:57 86% +3% -11% (28)
12 16 Margrit Elfers GER 09:37:04 09:51:34 01:02:24 04:59:41 06:07:05 03:29:59 20% +23% -57% (7)
13 3 Magda Nieuwoudt ZAF 09:37:12 09:45:53 01:00:35 05:07:44 06:13:19 03:23:53 21% +23% -55% (5)
14 11 Lucie Zelenkova CZE 09:47:00 09:53:20 00:54:38 05:24:11 06:23:49 03:23:11 79% +0% -20% (31)
15 15 Carla Dahan FRA 09:51:33 09:53:46 01:01:51 05:18:55 06:25:46 03:25:47 100% +0% -0% (3)
  8 Diede Diederiks NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Arthur Horseau: 40% (1-1)
  • Alistair Brownlee: 33% (2-1)
  • Cameron Wurf: 14% (6-1)
  • Mathias Petersen: 3% (28-1)
  • Kristian Hogenhaug: 3% (28-1)
  • Leonard Arnold: 3% (36-1)
  • Bart Aernouts: 2% (66-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Daniela Ryf: >60% (1-1)
  • Susie Cheetham: 7% (14-1)
  • Daniela Bleymehl: 4% (27-1)
  • Marlene De Boer: 2% (45-1)
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