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Long Distance Trivia Question 4

Christmas Day – by now we’re up to question number four:

Who were the last US athletes to finish on the podium (1-3) in Kona?

  1. Men
  2. Women
  3. Bonus: Who were the last ones (men & women) before that?

Long Distance Trivia Question 3

By now it’s Christmas Eve – which is the day of the big family celebration here in Germany. As I am going to prepare dinner for my wife and our parents, I’ll be short – please let me know your guesses by commenting on the blog or by tweeting @ThRadde.

Here’s question number three:

Australia and Britain seem to have a grip on the Kona titles.

  1. Who was the last non-Aussie to win the men’s title? In which year?
  2. Who was the last non-Brit to win the women’s title? In which year?

Merry Christmas to all readers!

Long Distance Trivia Question 2

In order to give you something different than Christmas presents to think about, I’ll post a few trivia questions over the last days of the year. I’m not offering any prices, but feel free to post your guesses as comments or tweets to @ThRadde. The answers to all questions can be found by searching through the posts on this site, smart googling or in my upcoming 2012 Rating Report. If you want to be notified as soon as it is released, please subscribe to my email-list by using the form in the right hand side column.

Here’s question number two:

Which official Ironman races had such a small number of finishers so that not all price-money spots were filled?

A little hint:  Although it was close, this only applies to the female side.

Long Distance Trivia Questions 1

In order to give you something different than Christmas presents to think about, I’ll post a few trivia questions over the last days of the year. I’m not offering any prices, but feel free to post your guesses as comments or tweets to @ThRadde. The answers to all questions can be found by searching through the posts on this site, smart googling or in my upcoming 2012 Rating Report. If you want to be notified as soon as it is released, please subscribe to my email-list by using the form in the right hand side column.

Here’s the first question:

The fastest long distance times this year are by Craig Alexander (7:57:44 in Melbourne) and Caroline Steffen (8:34:51, also in Melbourne).  Who posted the second fastest Ironman-distance times between January and December 2012? The full answer should contain the athlete’s name, finishing time and the location of the race.

  1. Men
  2. Women

Ironman Western Australia 2012 – Analyzing Results

Western Australia closed the books on the 2012 Ironman races. Race conditions were quote good (adjustment of 15:53 leading to a new course rating of 12:44), even if the day started with a relatively slow swim in choppy conditions and ended with a hot run.

Male Race Results

Jimmy Johnsen from Denmark was the athlete who played his cards best: He was close to the front all day, then took the lead for good after 30k on the run and posted the best marathon time:

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time
1 Jimmy Johnsen DNK 00:51:51 04:38:38 02:54:42 08:29:06 08:27:31
2 Horst Reichel GER 00:48:50 04:39:52 03:01:50 08:34:49 08:53:31
3 Matty White AUS 00:51:49 04:38:29 03:03:57 08:38:05 08:35:42
4 Jason Shortis AUS 00:53:56 04:42:11 02:58:19 08:38:30 08:43:05
5 Petr Vabrousek CZE 00:54:02 04:42:10 03:01:37 08:41:47 08:39:28
6 Johan Borg AUS 00:57:08 04:38:53 03:03:45 08:43:55 09:15:38
7 Ben Cotter CAN 01:00:59 04:35:45 03:07:52 08:48:45 09:08:24
8 Simon Billeau FRA 00:54:03 04:34:30 03:18:55 08:51:18 08:42:21
9 Adam Gordon NZL 00:53:55 04:47:35 03:09:05 08:54:33 n/a
10 Karol Dzalaj SVK 00:54:05 04:36:03 03:20:35 08:55:11 09:10:39
11 Simon Cochrane NZL 00:53:39 04:51:52 03:08:54 08:58:27 08:56:06
12 Joshua Rix AUS 00:51:41 04:38:30 03:25:09 09:00:27 08:53:24
13 Mitchell Anderson AUS 00:53:53 04:30:40 03:38:28 09:07:13 08:35:52
14 Hirotsugu Kuwabara JAP 00:53:52 05:02:54 03:26:12 09:27:52 10:07:21
15 Jon Woods NZL 00:57:12 04:56:19 03:52:27 09:50:18 n/a
16 Kodo Hiramatsu JPN 00:53:59 05:30:23 03:23:56 09:54:28 n/a
17 Yu Shinozaki JPN 00:57:14 04:59:38 05:19:23 11:24:18 09:48:19

Race favorite Timo Bracht is not listed, details are still a bit sketchy, here is what I was able to find: He had two flats on the bike, then took a new wheel from a tech support station and was apparently disqualified for outside assistance. 

Female Race Results

As on the men’s side, pre-race favorite Rebekah Keat wasn’t able to win the race, but at least she finished a respectable second after Britta Martin, who also used the race-best marathon to win the race:

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time
1 Britta Martin NZL 01:02:13 05:00:11 03:06:10 09:13:00 09:24:34
2 Rebekah Keat AUS 00:53:58 05:03:44 03:11:57 09:14:39 09:09:06
3 Rebecca Hoschke AUS 01:02:44 05:03:28 03:09:26 09:19:48 09:35:47
4 Bree Wee USA 00:54:04 04:58:59 03:26:59 09:24:40 09:37:11
5 Mirjam Weerd NLD 00:54:02 05:02:14 03:24:12 09:25:48 09:24:08
6 Nicole Ward AUS 00:54:03 05:22:03 03:23:13 09:43:29 09:44:44
7 Megumi Shigaki JPN 00:58:17 05:22:02 03:33:57 09:58:58 11:39:57
8 Joanna Carritt GBR 01:08:44 05:11:48 03:43:41 10:09:14 10:03:56
9 Dana Wagner GER 01:04:18 05:26:39 05:42:42 12:20:42 09:43:06
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