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Ironman Australia 2023 – Analyzing Results

2023IMAusNice and Kona Qualifying

IM Australia offered two male slots for Nice and two female slots for Kona. These will go to:

  • Tim Van Berkel and Sam Appleton
    and
  • Kylie Simpson and Radka Kahlefeldt.

Male winner Steven McKenna was already qualified. You can find all qualifiers here.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Steven McKenna AUS 00:46:47 (3) 04:29:45 (4) 02:45:15 (1) 08:06:15 -05:38 US$ 12,000
2 Tim Van Berkel AUS 00:49:36 (5) 04:27:15 (3) 02:46:27 (2) 08:07:01 -16:24 US$ 7,000
3 Sam Appleton AUS 00:46:36 (1) 04:29:46 (5) 02:47:23 (3) 08:08:45 -13:09 US$ 4,250
4 Mitchell Kibby AUS 00:49:35 (4) 04:27:12 (2) 03:00:10 (4) 08:20:42 -13:20 US$ 3,500
5 Benjamin Hill AUS 00:53:14 (9) 04:24:19 (1) 03:09:07 (7) 08:31:34 n/a US$ 2,750
6 Matt Lewis AUS 00:51:20 (8) 04:48:57 (9) 03:01:51 (5) 08:46:40 03:01 US$ 2,250
7 Liam Duval AUS 00:59:21 (14) 04:48:20 (8) 03:03:00 (6) 08:55:51 08:02 US$ 2,000
8 Tuan Chun Chang TWN 00:49:37 (6) 04:51:22 (10) 03:13:15 (9) 08:59:31 n/a US$ 1,500
9 Brodie Gardner AUS 00:55:05 (11) 04:46:02 (7) 03:15:54 (10) 09:01:46 02:13 US$ 1,250
10 Tyla Windham AUS 00:58:51 (13) 04:57:15 (11) 03:09:59 (8) 09:10:27 n/a US$ 1,000
11 Scott Harpham NZL 00:57:39 (12) 04:43:24 (6) 03:38:54 (11) 09:24:48 n/a  
  Nick Kastelein AUS 00:46:43 (2) 04:59:25 (12)   DNF    
  Matt Burton AUS 00:51:18 (7) 09:13:45 (13)   DNF    
  Nathan Dortmann FRA 00:55:00 (10)     DNF    

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Kylie Simpson AUS 01:06:16 (7) 04:51:31 (1) 03:14:10 (1) 09:16:44 02:39 US$ 12,000
2 Radka Kahlefeldt AUS 00:52:46 (1) 05:09:53 (2) 03:17:56 (3) 09:25:03 11:06 US$ 7,000
3 Fiona Moriarty IRL 00:57:55 (2) 05:13:17 (3) 03:16:31 (2) 09:33:14 -18:30 US$ 4,250
4 Meredith Hill AUS 00:57:58 (3) 05:14:05 (4) 03:22:45 (6) 09:39:56 14:46 US$ 3,500
5 Chino Iwabuchi JPN 01:01:54 (4) 05:29:29 (5) 03:18:56 (4) 09:56:17 -36:04 US$ 2,750
6 Sarah Thomas AUS 01:03:09 (5) 05:30:54 (6) 03:24:01 (7) 10:02:41 -08:22 US$ 2,250
7 Shannon Sutton AUS 01:05:39 (6) 05:42:38 (7) 03:19:28 (5) 10:13:10 02:39 US$ 2,000

Ironman Australia 2023 (May 7th) – Seedings

2023IMAusPrevious Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Chris McCormack (AUS) 08:25:44 Lisa Bentley (CAN) 09:13:20
2006 Chris McCormack (AUS) 08:20:42 Lisa Bentley (CAN) 09:19:44
2007 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:21:49 Rebekah Keat (AUS) 09:12:59
2008 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:31:32 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 09:03:54
2009 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:24:53 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:57:10
2010 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:23:54 Carrie Lester (AUS) 09:23:46
2011 Pete Jacobs (AUS) 08:29:28 Caroline Steffen (SUI) 09:29:54
2012 Paul Ambrose (AUS) 08:17:38 Michelle Gailey (AUS) 09:34:57
2013 Luke Bell (AUS) 08:30:23 Rebecca Hoschke (AUS) 09:34:55
2014 Elliot Holtham (CAN) 08:35:18 Melissa Hauschildt (AUS) 09:28:43
2015 Paul Ambrose (AUS) 08:35:53 Michelle Bremer (NZL) 09:38:24
2016 Tim Reed (AUS) 08:16:34 Michelle Bremer (NZL) 09:13:34
2017 David Dellow (AUS) 08:15:36 Laura Siddall (GBR) 09:16:39
2018 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:14:37 Laura Siddall (GBR) 09:05:58
2019 Cameron Wurf (AUS) 08:06:17 Laura Siddall (GBR) 09:11:58
2022 Tim Van Berkel (AUS) 08:15:13 Sarah Crowley (AUS) 09:06:03

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Tim Van Berkel AUS 00:52:57 04:32:46 02:45:50 08:15:13
2 Josh Amberger AUS 00:48:55 04:30:38 03:02:13 08:26:13
3 Jack Moody NZL 00:53:10 04:44:28 02:52:29 08:35:39

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Sarah Crowley AUS 00:55:05 04:55:15 03:11:33 09:06:03
2 Rebecca Clarke NZL 00:52:59 04:56:52 03:12:38 09:07:10
3 Courtney Gilfillan AUS 00:55:05 05:11:17 03:19:52 09:30:47

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:06:17 Cameron Wurf 2019-05-05
Swim overall 00:43:47 Josh Amberger 2016-05-01
Swim overall 00:43:47 Clayton Fettell 2016-05-01
Bike overall 04:22:52 Cameron Wurf 2019-05-05
Run overall 02:44:29 Tim Reed 2019-05-05
Total female 08:57:10 Chrissie Wellington 2009-04-05
Swim female 00:48:42 Kelsey Withrow 2018-05-06
Swim female 00:48:42 Melissa Ashton 2006-05-11
Bike female 04:55:15 Sarah Crowley 2022-05-01
Run female 03:01:06 Lisa Bentley 2006-05-11

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Australia is 06:06.

Race Adjustments for IM Australia

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2006 06:15 02:34 -01:10 04:08 30 06:15 03:17 -01:10 04:08
2007 06:51 02:06 00:22 03:44 36 06:33 03:02 -00:24 03:56
2008 03:29 00:32 00:59 01:40 24 05:32 02:18 00:04 03:11
2009 05:55 00:14 01:24 03:30 28 05:37 01:59 00:24 03:15
2010 11:09 05:12 06:08 -00:45 18 06:44 02:44 01:33 02:27
2011 06:25 02:03 00:29 03:21 14 06:41 02:43 01:22 02:36
2012 10:08 02:50 01:27 05:38 9 07:10 02:46 01:23 03:02
2013 12:57 01:42 02:23 08:05 9 07:54 02:44 01:30 03:40
2014 12:29 04:04 -01:46 10:03 15 of 17 08:24 02:53 01:09 04:23
2015 -00:46 03:35 -01:44 -02:29 18 of 24 07:29 02:57 00:51 03:42
2016 -00:50 02:23 -01:02 -01:23 23 of 29 06:44 02:49 00:41 03:14
2017 08:36 01:16 03:52 03:37 14 of 15 06:53 02:41 00:57 03:16
2018 08:58 03:14 04:37 01:16 17 of 21 07:03 02:43 01:13 03:07
2019 02:02 04:23 -01:47 00:13 17 of 18 06:41 02:46 01:01 02:55
2022 -02:07 -02:12 01:43 -01:05 15 06:06 02:25 01:03 02:39

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Australia has 2m+2f Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 75.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 9% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 2 Steven McKenna (KQ) AUS 08:08:45 08:20:39 00:45:53 04:33:01 05:23:54 02:44:51 38% +47% -15% (4)
2 4 Nick Kastelein AUS 08:10:02 08:26:17 00:45:48 04:32:50 05:23:38 02:46:24 17% +30% -54% (9)
3 1 Tim Van Berkel AUS 08:11:57 08:27:14 00:47:28 04:34:16 05:26:43 02:45:14 68% +1% -31% (35)
4 5 Matt Burton AUS 08:13:58 08:32:53 00:49:32 04:26:11 05:20:43 02:53:15 13% +22% -65% (21)
5 3 Sam Appleton AUS 08:19:55 08:25:44 00:44:50 04:28:38 05:18:27 03:01:28 52% +0% -48% (3)
6 6 Mitchell Kibby AUS 08:20:31 08:43:09 00:47:36 04:38:10 05:30:45 02:49:46 13% +63% -24% (5)
7 8 Kaito Tohara JPN 08:29:57 08:39:18 00:52:24 04:44:19 05:41:43 02:48:14 59% +32% -9% (17)
8 7 Cameron Brown NZL 08:39:29 08:46:28 00:52:05 04:43:24 05:40:28 02:59:01 68% +1% -31% (61)
9 16 Matt Lewis AUS 08:44:25 09:03:47 00:51:16 04:44:38 05:40:54 03:03:31 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
10 12 Liam Duval AUS 08:48:38 09:08:08 00:56:54 04:41:02 05:42:57 03:05:41 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
11 9 Brodie Gardner AUS 09:03:05 09:09:14 00:52:35 05:01:08 05:58:43 03:04:22 47% +27% -26% (4)
  10 Tuan Chun Chang TWN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  11 Nathan Dortmann FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  14 Scott Harpham NZL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  15 Benjamin Hill AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  17 Tyla Windham AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 5% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 21 Kylie Simpson AUS 09:08:34 09:18:27 01:09:25 04:58:37 06:13:03 02:55:31 81% +19% -0% (7)
2 22 Radka Kahlefeldt CZE 09:14:49 09:29:36 00:51:25 05:07:19 06:03:44 03:11:05 88% +0% -12% (3)
3 23 Chloe Lane (KQ) AUS 09:23:01 09:38:31 00:52:43 05:11:49 06:09:32 03:13:29 30% +41% -29% (6)
4 24 Meredith Hill AUS 09:25:05 09:35:25 00:55:42 05:10:57 06:11:39 03:13:26 100% +0% -0% (4)
5 26 Fiona Moriarty IRL 09:47:05 10:02:11 01:00:40 05:16:33 06:22:14 03:24:51 56% +19% -25% (8)
6 27 Shannon Sutton AUS 09:56:14 10:21:30 01:02:09 05:25:55 06:33:04 03:23:10 10% +90% -0% (5)
7 25 Sarah Thomas AUS 10:09:34 10:21:56 01:03:59 05:41:22 06:50:21 03:19:13 77% +0% -23% (5)
8 29 Chino Iwabuchi JPN 10:32:59 10:56:20 01:05:27 05:51:22 07:01:49 03:31:10 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  28 Kate Gillespie-Jones AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Tim Van Berkel: 32% (2-1)
  • Steven McKenna: 22% (4-1)
  • Nick Kastelein: 21% (4-1)
  • Matt Burton: 9% (10-1)
  • Mitchell Kibby: 7% (14-1)
  • Sam Appleton: 5% (20-1)
  • Kaito Tohara: 3% (34-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Kylie Simpson: 43% (1-1)
  • Radka Kahlefeldt: 28% (3-1)
  • Chloe Lane: 19% (4-1)
  • Meredith Hill: 9% (10-1)

Ironman Australia 2022 – Analyzing Results

IMAUSKona Qualifying

IM Australia offered 2m + 2f Kona slots, these will go to

  • Sarah Crowley and Rebecca Clarke for the women
    and
  • Tim Van Berkel and Josh Amberger for the men.

The full list of Kona qualifiers can be found here.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Tim Van Berkel AUS 00:52:57 04:32:46 02:45:50 08:15:13 -05:38 US$ 7,500
2 Josh Amberger AUS 00:48:55 04:30:38 03:02:13 08:26:13 -01:21 US$ 5,000
3 Jack Moody NZL 00:53:10 04:44:28 02:52:29 08:35:39 05:00 US$ 3,750
4 Ben Phillips NZL 00:52:59 04:35:51 03:03:41 08:36:35 00:02 US$ 3,000
5 Tim Reed AUS 00:53:02 04:37:34 03:05:04 08:40:19 09:28 US$ 2,000
6 Fraser Walsh AUS 00:53:08 04:48:30 03:00:24 08:46:43 -01:16 US$ 1,500
7 Joel Wooldridge AUS 00:53:05 04:57:46 03:00:03 08:55:04 n/a US$ 1,250
8 Harry Young AUS 01:06:14 04:43:03 03:05:06 09:00:33 n/a US$ 1,000
9 Brodie Gardner AUS 00:57:15 05:57:41 02:58:34 09:59:20 57:13  

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Sarah Crowley AUS 00:55:05 04:55:15 03:11:33 09:06:03 -04:36 US$ 7,500
2 Rebecca Clarke NZL 00:52:59 04:56:52 03:12:38 09:07:10 -40:00 US$ 5,000
3 Courtney Gilfillan AUS 00:55:05 05:11:17 03:19:52 09:30:47 -34:51 US$ 3,750
4 Moya Johansson AUS 00:57:21 05:41:46 03:16:39 10:00:03 n/a US$ 3,000
5 Sarah Thomas AUS 01:09:51 05:40:36 03:23:17 10:18:13 -01:55 US$ 2,000
6 Shannon Sutton AUS 01:05:56 05:35:09 03:36:38 10:23:02 -57:47 US$ 1,500

IM Australia 2022 (May 1st) – Seedings

IMAUSPrevious Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Chris McCormack (AUS) 08:25:44 Lisa Bentley (CAN) 09:13:20
2006 Chris McCormack (AUS) 08:20:42 Lisa Bentley (CAN) 09:19:44
2007 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:21:49 Rebekah Keat (AUS) 09:12:59
2008 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:31:32 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 09:03:54
2009 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:24:53 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:57:10
2010 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:23:54 Carrie Lester (AUS) 09:23:46
2011 Pete Jacobs (AUS) 08:29:28 Caroline Steffen (SUI) 09:29:54
2012 Paul Ambrose (AUS) 08:17:38 Michelle Gailey (AUS) 09:34:57
2013 Luke Bell (AUS) 08:30:23 Rebecca Hoschke (AUS) 09:34:55
2014 Elliot Holtham (CAN) 08:35:18 Melissa Hauschildt (AUS) 09:28:43
2015 Paul Ambrose (AUS) 08:35:53 Michelle Bremer (NZL) 09:38:24
2016 Tim Reed (AUS) 08:16:34 Michelle Bremer (NZL) 09:13:34
2017 David Dellow (AUS) 08:15:36 Laura Siddall (GBR) 09:16:39
2018 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:14:37 Laura Siddall (GBR) 09:05:58
2019 Cameron Wurf (AUS) 08:06:17 Laura Siddall (GBR) 09:11:58

Last Race’s TOP 3

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:06:17 Cameron Wurf 2019-05-05
Swim overall 00:43:47 Josh Amberger 2016-05-01
Swim overall 00:43:47 Clayton Fettell 2016-05-01
Bike overall 04:22:52 Cameron Wurf 2019-05-05
Run overall 02:44:29 Tim Reed 2019-05-05
Total female 08:57:10 Chrissie Wellington 2009-04-05
Swim female 00:48:42 Kelsey Withrow 2018-05-06
Swim female 00:48:42 Melissa Ashton 2006-05-11
Bike female 04:56:12 Laura Siddall 2018-05-06
Run female 03:01:06 Lisa Bentley 2006-05-11

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Australia is 06:41.

Race Adjustments for IM Australia

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2006 06:15 02:34 -01:10 04:08 30 06:15 03:17 -01:10 04:08
2007 06:51 02:06 00:22 03:44 36 06:33 03:02 -00:24 03:56
2008 03:29 00:32 00:59 01:40 24 05:32 02:18 00:04 03:11
2009 05:55 00:14 01:24 03:30 28 05:37 01:59 00:24 03:15
2010 11:09 05:12 06:08 -00:45 18 06:44 02:44 01:33 02:27
2011 06:25 02:03 00:29 03:21 14 06:41 02:43 01:22 02:36
2012 10:08 02:50 01:27 05:38 9 07:10 02:46 01:23 03:02
2013 12:57 01:42 02:23 08:05 9 07:54 02:44 01:30 03:40
2014 12:29 04:04 -01:46 10:03 15 of 17 08:24 02:53 01:09 04:23
2015 -00:46 03:35 -01:44 -02:29 18 of 24 07:29 02:57 00:51 03:42
2016 -00:50 02:23 -01:02 -01:23 23 of 29 06:44 02:49 00:41 03:14
2017 08:36 01:16 03:52 03:37 14 of 15 06:53 02:41 00:57 03:16
2018 08:58 03:14 04:37 01:16 17 of 21 07:03 02:43 01:13 03:07
2019 02:02 04:23 -01:47 00:13 17 of 18 06:41 02:46 01:01 02:55

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Australia has 2m+2f Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 8 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 10% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 12 Tim Van Berkel * AUS 08:11:20 08:23:53 00:46:03 04:34:19 05:25:22 02:45:58 74% +2% -25% (32)
2 14 Tim Reed AUS 08:15:43 08:28:48 00:45:45 04:33:56 05:24:41 02:51:02 84% +12% -4% (14)
3 11 Josh Amberger * AUS 08:17:50 08:25:34 00:43:33 04:31:58 05:20:31 02:57:19 76% +4% -21% (11)
4 16 Jack Moody NZL 08:24:49 08:44:02 00:51:57 04:45:12 05:42:09 02:42:40 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
5 18 Fraser Walsh AUS 08:28:41 08:51:10 00:47:13 04:41:03 05:33:17 02:55:24 17% +83% -0% (3)
6 15 Cameron Brown NZL 08:29:34 08:43:18 00:49:31 04:40:02 05:34:32 02:55:02 37% +2% -61% (57)
7 17 Ben Phillips NZL 08:30:15 08:39:39 00:45:48 04:40:41 05:31:30 02:58:45 100% +0% -0% (3)
8 19 Brodie Gardner AUS 08:55:43 09:16:06 00:52:48 04:51:18 05:49:05 03:06:38 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
9 20 Levi Hauwert AUS 09:26:55 09:48:29 00:51:46 05:02:09 05:58:55 03:28:00 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  21 Harry Young AUS 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 5% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 1 Sarah Crowley * AUS 09:01:23 09:08:30 00:51:02 05:00:02 05:56:04 03:05:19 76% +11% -13% (15)
2 2 Rebecca Clarke NZL 09:32:30 09:50:52 00:47:40 05:13:04 06:05:44 03:26:46 50% +34% -16% (4)
3 5 Courtney Gilfillan AUS 09:58:53 10:21:40 00:50:31 05:42:23 06:37:54 03:20:59 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
4 3 Sarah Thomas AUS 10:10:19 10:30:07 01:05:41 05:40:04 06:50:45 03:19:34 100% +0% -0% (2)
5 4 Shannon Sutton AUS 10:50:50 11:32:00 01:06:36 06:01:19 07:12:55 03:37:55 41% +59% -0% (2)

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

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Tim Van Berkel: 57% (1-1)
  • Tim Reed: 24% (3-1)
  • Josh Amberger: 15% (6-1)
  • Fraser Walsh: 3% (33-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Sarah Crowley: 80% (1-1)
  • Rebecca Clarke: 11% (8-1)
  • Sarah Thomas: 4% (22-1)
  • Courtney Gilfillan: 2% (59-1)
  • Shannon Sutton: 2% (60-1)

Ironman Australia 2021 (May 2nd) – Entry List

Update: IM Australia has been moved from its original date and is now scheduled to take place on September 5th. It is not clear if the Kona slots will be for 2021 or 2022.
Once new information about qualifying and the participants becomes available, I will add a new post.

Kona Slots and Prize Money

IM Australia has 1m+1f +2u Pro Kona slots. It has a total prize purse of 75.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

Name Nation
Leigh Anderson-Voigt AUS
Nick Baldwin SEY
Simon Billeau FRA
Matt Burton (KQ) AUS
Lachlan Kerin AUS
Steven McKenna AUS
Tim Van Berkel AUS
Fraser Walsh AUS

Female Race Participants

Name Nation
Kierra Allen AUS
Renee Kiley AUS
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