IM Malaysia

Race Conditions

Based on the results, this year’s IM Malaysia seemed to have pretty “fast” conditions. But for Malaysia this means that it wasn’t quit as hot as it normally is – and that was caused by rain pouring down on the competitors, not exactly the most comfortable racing conditions!

Still the “less hot” conditions allowed Diana Riesler to post a new overall course record (improving on Belinda Granger’s 2009 time), and Romain Guillaume was able to post the fastest bike and overall times since 2014 when Malaysia became an official Ironman again.

Male Race Results

As is typical for him, Rom Guillaume was part of the leading swim group and then took control of the race on the bike, building a lead of more than ten minutes by T2. In most of his 2017 races he struggled on the run, but in Malaysia he had enough energy for a solid 3:10 marathon, winning by four minutes. Second place went to Jens Petersen-Bach who had the fastest marathon of the day with 3 hours flat. Roman Deisenhofer was third, he was able to have the better marathon after racing most of the bike with Christian Kramer who finished in fourth place.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Romain Guillaume	FRA	00:48:06	04:29:17	03:10:58	08:32:54	-02:39	US$ 8,000	2000
2	Jens Petersen-Bach	DEN	00:52:21	04:40:16	03:00:00	08:36:44	03:13	US$ 4,000	1600
3	Roman Deisenhofer	GER	00:52:19	04:35:49	03:08:16	08:40:45	-03:39	US$ 3,000	1280
4	Christian Kramer	GER	00:48:10	04:39:55	03:14:28	08:46:53	13:27	US$ 2,500	960
5	Nick Baldwin	SEY	00:52:18	04:43:13	03:11:22	08:56:18	-02:07	US$ 1,500	720
6	Michael Smith Larsen	DEN	00:58:12	04:42:51	03:23:41	09:09:05	14:46	US$ 1,000	540
7	Urs Mueller	SUI	00:52:14	04:50:36	03:26:19	09:13:33	08:15		405
8	Carlos Aznar Gallego	ESP	01:01:20	05:03:24	03:07:06	09:16:46	-05:04		305
9	Young Hwan Oh	KOR	01:01:46	05:02:15	03:11:37	09:19:47	-00:24		230
10	Eneko Elosegui	ESP	01:03:17	04:57:35	03:26:42	09:32:08	-01:01		170
11	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	00:52:17	05:22:04	03:13:15	09:32:17	1:01:00		120
12	Freddy Lampret	ZAF	00:55:26	05:01:06	03:40:36	09:42:28	-17:51		85
13	Josef Svoboda	CZE	01:16:42	06:37:27	05:08:48	13:12:55	1:39:08		60
14	Marek Nemcik	SVK	01:16:41	06:21:54	05:58:34	13:46:19	1:07:36		40
	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	00:48:09	04:51:53		DNF
	Balazs Csoke	HUN	00:48:01			DNF
	Philipp Koutny	SUI	00:50:30			DNF
	Esben Hovgaard	DEN	00:53:07			DNF
	Alain Djouad-Guibert	MOR	01:07:59			DNF

Female Race Results

Laurel Wassner was first out of the water, but the IM Taiwan winner didn’t have a good day and quickly lost ground. Pre-race favorites and last year’s top finishers Diana Riesler and Mareen Hufe came out of the water within second of each other, but Diana had the better bike legs and slowly pulled away from Mareen and the rest of the field, building a lead of roughly 8 minutes in T2. Mareen wasn’t able to challenge Diana’s lead on the run, and they once again finished 1-2. Diana claimed her fourth IM Malaysia title in a row, while Mareen claimed her seventh runner-up finish in an Ironman. The last spot on the podium went to Manon Genet in her second pro IM race. She was almost run down by Saleta Castro who had the fastest marathon in the female field.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Diana Riesler	GER	00:57:39	04:57:48	03:19:18	09:19:01	-04:15	US$ 8,000	2000
2	Mareen Hufe	GER	00:57:44	05:05:19	03:19:27	09:27:23	04:36	US$ 4,000	1600
3	Manon Genet	FRA	00:57:47	05:07:59	03:26:33	09:36:14	-20:37	US$ 3,000	1280
4	Saleta Castro Nogueira	ESP	00:56:59	05:20:23	03:16:26	09:38:36	-09:05	US$ 2,500	960
5	Parys Edwards	GBR	01:03:15	05:13:24	04:00:51	10:21:33	40:07	US$ 1,500	720
6	Shiao-yu Li	TWN	01:07:42	05:32:37	03:43:30	10:29:44	28:01	US$ 1,000	540
7	Laurel Wassner	USA	00:55:31	05:32:40	04:07:18	10:40:45	58:41		405
	Danielle Mack	USA	01:03:16	05:33:52		DNF

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2006	Jason Shortis (AUS)	08:36:33	Sonja Tajsich (GER)	10:08:13
2007	Xavier Le Floch (FRA)	08:43:52	Nicole Leder (GER)	09:42:33
2008	Faris Al-Sultan (GER)	08:34:42	Belinda Granger (AUS)	09:29:21
2009	Luke McKenzie (AUS)	08:26:48	Belinda Granger (AUS)	09:21:10
2010	Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)	08:22:31	Belinda Granger (AUS)	09:23:33
2014	Patrik Nilsson (SWE)	08:41:53	Diana Riesler (GER)	09:26:38
2015	Mike Aigroz (SUI)	08:52:02	Diana Riesler (GER)	09:37:06
2016	Fredrik Croneborg (SWE)	08:39:12	Diana Riesler (GER)	09:25:34

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	00:52:36	04:42:02	03:01:22	08:39:12
2	Thiago Vinhal	BRA	00:51:23	04:44:11	02:59:08	08:39:45
3	Kaito Tohara	JPN	00:53:21	04:48:45	02:57:29	08:43:06

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Diana Riesler	GER	00:58:50	05:01:33	03:21:37	09:25:34
2	Mareen Hufe	GER	01:00:37	05:06:25	03:24:30	09:35:24
3	Laura Siddall	GBR	01:00:33	05:05:57	03:27:09	09:37:51

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:10:35	Bryan Rhodes	2002-01-27
Swim	overall	00:46:19	Dylan McNeice	2014-09-27
Bike	overall	04:23:21	Chris Lieto	2006-02-26
Run	overall	02:56:27	Jason Shortis	2006-02-26
Total	female	09:25:34 09:21:10	Diana Riesler Belinda Granger	2016-11-12 2009-02-28
Swim	female	00:53:59 00:53:12	Alison Fitch Maki Nishiuki	2007-02-28 2009-02-28
Bike	female	04:58:44 04:48:08	Diana Riesler Belinda Granger	2014-09-27 2009-02-28
Run	female	03:15:02	Gurutze Frades Larralde	2015-11-14

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Malaysia is – 07:36.

Race Adjustments for IM Malaysia

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2006	-01:01	-00:43	03:54	-13:38	17 of 22	-01:01	-00:43	03:54	-13:38
2007	01:00	-00:55	05:01	-08:01	30 of 37	00:00	-00:49	04:27	-10:50
2008	-06:22	-02:57	03:05	-13:20	21 of 22	-02:07	-01:32	04:00	-11:40
2014	-16:43	-01:34	-00:04	-10:49	21 of 27	-05:46	-01:32	02:59	-11:27
2015	-18:01	-01:10	00:40	-13:06	42 of 55	-08:13	-01:28	02:31	-11:47
2016	-04:28	-00:26	02:20	-04:56	27 of 34	-07:36	-01:17	02:29	-10:38

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Malaysia is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 2% of a typical Kona field.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	4	Jens Petersen-Bach	DEN	08:38:51	08:36:02	00:51:09	04:42:02	05:38:11	03:00:40	41% +13% -46% (20)	65
2	1	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	08:38:55	08:34:05	00:52:00	04:38:12	05:35:12	03:03:43	68% +22% -10% (12)	56
3	7	Peru Alfaro	ESP	08:39:23	08:45:47	00:48:21	04:39:29	05:32:50	03:06:33	48% +0% -52% (4)	(90)
4	6	Christian Kramer	GER	08:41:41	08:36:00	00:49:04	04:36:45	05:30:49	03:10:52	71% +5% -24% (21)	64
5	2	Romain Guillaume	FRA	08:45:55	08:48:28	00:49:49	04:32:56	05:27:46	03:18:09	43% +6% -51% (31)	100
6	21	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	08:48:28	08:54:09	00:49:31	04:47:23	05:41:54	03:06:34	73% +10% -17% (8)	127
7	16	Esben Hovgaard	DEN	08:50:21	08:49:27	00:54:03	04:40:28	05:39:31	03:10:50	65% +23% -13% (13)	103
8	11	Roman Deisenhofer	GER	08:51:06	08:52:12	00:53:02	04:36:11	05:34:13	03:16:53	38% +62% -0% (8)	119
9	17	Philipp Koutny	SUI	08:53:10	08:51:11	00:51:58	04:37:11	05:34:10	03:19:00	47% +17% -36% (7)	114
10	15	Michael Goehner	GER	08:53:50	08:55:37	00:54:46	04:42:18	05:42:04	03:11:46	58% +2% -41% (20)	(134)
11	5	Nick Baldwin	SEY	09:02:44	09:06:26	00:54:45	04:42:30	05:42:15	03:20:29	46% +0% -54% (21)	170
12	23	Michael Smith Larsen	DEN	09:07:28	09:07:48	00:58:41	04:45:02	05:48:43	03:18:45	100% +0% -0% (2)	(174)
13	10	Balazs Csoke	HUN	09:13:15	09:13:07	00:48:54	05:00:22	05:54:16	03:18:59	34% +9% -57% (28)	191
14	22	Pavel Simko	SVK	09:13:45	09:10:50	00:52:26	04:49:02	05:46:27	03:27:18	80% +0% -20% (4)	185
15	18	Urs Mueller	SUI	09:16:22	09:13:29	00:54:20	04:46:03	05:45:22	03:31:00	36% +28% -36% (6)	194
16	9	Allister Caird	AUS	09:16:25	09:24:32	01:00:28	04:44:29	05:49:57	03:26:28	10% +16% -74% (7)	229
17	26	Freddy Lampret	ZAF	09:16:45	10:18:22	00:54:03	04:48:38	05:47:42	03:29:03	0% +11% -89% (12)	303
18	20	Young Hwan Oh	KOR	09:30:58	09:28:33	01:03:44	05:01:07	06:09:51	03:21:07	68% +19% -13% (9)	240
19	8	Carlos Aznar Gallego	ESP	09:35:21	09:47:28	01:04:58	05:06:14	06:16:11	03:19:10	6% +0% -94% (2)	(278)
20	14	Eneko Elosegui	ESP	09:45:01	09:41:42	01:01:06	04:54:45	06:00:51	03:44:10	64% +9% -28% (19)	271
21	12	Alain Djouad-Guibert	MOR	10:42:50	10:58:27	01:14:44	05:13:18	06:33:01	04:09:49	16% +28% -56% (4)	(314)
22	19	Marek Nemcik	SVK	11:25:47	11:49:46	01:14:24	05:32:33	06:51:57	04:33:50	32% +25% -43% (45)	319
23	25	Josef Svoboda	CZE	11:33:36	11:44:37	01:15:06	05:53:34	07:13:39	04:19:57	39% +27% -34% (18)	317
	24	Kyle Sole	ZAF	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 8% of a typical Kona field.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	30	Diana Riesler	GER	09:27:22	09:31:40	00:58:59	04:58:27	06:02:27	03:24:55	48% +5% -46% (24)	35
2	31	Mareen Hufe	GER	09:34:53	09:25:33	01:01:01	05:00:43	06:06:44	03:28:09	82% +12% -6% (25)	24
3	36	Laurel Wassner	USA	09:48:25	09:45:12	00:55:51	05:18:03	06:18:54	03:29:31	76% +10% -14% (12)	59
4	33	Danielle Mack *	USA	09:51:12	09:54:35	01:03:05	05:20:26	06:28:31	03:22:41	51% +9% -41% (12)	78
5	32	Saleta Castro Nogueira	ESP	09:53:28	09:50:30	00:56:18	05:24:14	06:25:32	03:27:56	68% +22% -9% (14)	72
6	34	Parys Edwards	GBR	09:55:39	10:02:11	01:02:35	05:16:29	06:24:04	03:31:35	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(90)
7	35	Shiao-yu Li	TWN	10:08:29	10:04:47	01:06:33	05:22:02	06:33:34	03:34:55	61% +10% -29% (16)	97
8	39	Manon Genet	FRA	10:11:08	10:24:01	00:59:57	05:09:36	06:14:33	03:56:35	44% +0% -56% (2)	(124)
9	38	Caroline Gregory	USA	10:28:51	10:36:38	00:57:37	05:40:04	06:42:41	03:46:10	35% +5% -60% (14)	151
10	37	Annabel Diawuoh	GER	11:27:54	11:35:16	01:30:01	05:39:02	07:14:03	04:13:51	84% +16% -0% (6)	165

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

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Fredrik Croneborg: 51% (1-1)
• Jens Petersen-Bach: 23% (3-1)
• Romain Guillaume: 6% (15-1)
• Daniil Sapunov: 6% (15-1)
• Christian Kramer: 6% (17-1)
• Peru Alfaro: 5% (17-1)
• Roman Deisenhofer: 2% (56-1)

Female Race Participants

• Diana Riesler: 54% (1-1)
• Mareen Hufe: 35% (2-1)
• Laurel Wassner: 5% (19-1)
• Saleta Castro Nogueira: 3% (28-1)
• Danielle Mack: 2% (56-1)

Update Sept 22nd: Added WPRO: Caroline Gregory, Mareen Hufe, Danielle Mack
MPRO: Peru Alfaro, Roman Deisenhofer, Eneko Elosegui, Romain Guillaume, Philipp Koutny, Urs Mueller, Jens Petersen-Bach, Pavel Simko, Michael Smith Larsen

Male Race Participants

Name	Nation
Peru Alfaro	ESP
Carlos Aznar Gallego	ESP
Nick Baldwin	SEY
Malte Bruns	GER
Allister Caird	AUS
Ben Cotter	CAN
Fredrik Croneborg	SWE
Roman Deisenhofer	GER
Alain Djouad-Guibert	MOR
Karol Dzalaj	SVK
Eneko Elosegui	ESP
Michael Goehner	GER
Romain Guillaume	FRA
Esben Hovgaard	DEN
Philipp Koutny	SUI
Jaroslav Kovacic	SLO
Christian Kramer	GER
Urs Mueller	SUI
Jens Petersen-Bach	DEN
Daniil Sapunov	UKR
Pavel Simko	SVK
Michael Smith Larsen	DEN
Kyle Sole
Josef Svoboda	CZE

Female Race Participants

Name	Nation
Saleta Castro Nogueira	ESP
Annabel Diawuoh	GER
Caroline Gregory	USA
Katharina Grohmann	GER
Mareen Hufe	GER
Danielle Mack	USA
Diana Riesler	GER
Lina-Kristin Schink	GER