IM Sweden

Course Conditions

The course in Kalmar has always been fast, this year was no exception. The swim and bike were a little bit quicker than typical, the run maybe a bit slower. Overall, the adjustment of 21:59 was close to the course rating of 19:26. There were no new course records in the individual disciplines, but the top three women were under the 2018 course record from Corinne Abraham. The new mark by winner Marlene De Boer is five and a half minutes quicker.

Nice Qualifying

IM Sweden only had one Nice slot on offer – the last one for the 2024 qualifying season. This slot will be offered to

• Henrike Gueber

The full list of qualifiers can be found here.

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	PTO Points
1	Marlene De Boer	NED	00:52:36 (2)	04:42:10 (5)	03:00:58 (2)	08:39:31	-15:28	US$ 15,000	73.80
2	Katrine Graesboell Christensen	DEN	00:58:22 (4)	04:39:47 (3)	02:59:43 (1)	08:41:27	-10:39	US$ 9,000	70.57
3	Henrike Gueber	GER	00:58:30 (9)	04:35:42 (1)	03:04:42 (3)	08:42:39	-15:50	US$ 7,000	67.80
4	Julia Skala	GER	00:58:25 (6)	04:48:20 (7)	03:09:45 (4)	09:00:32	06:15	US$ 5,000	59.46
5	Line Borsinski	DEN	00:58:22 (4)	04:47:57 (6)	03:14:04 (7)	09:04:38	-23:01	US$ 4,000	56.04
6	Laura Kessler	SUI	01:08:47 (12)	04:41:54 (4)	03:14:02 (6)	09:10:49	n/a	US$ 3,000	52.08
7	Chino Iwabuchi	JPN	00:58:29 (8)	04:55:47 (9)	03:13:29 (5)	09:12:34	-32:59	US$ 2,500	49.79
8	Jenny Nae	SWE	00:58:26 (7)	05:06:22 (10)	03:23:31 (8)	09:32:35	-00:50	US$ 2,000	41.32
9	Kristin Liepold	GER	01:13:08 (13)	04:52:42 (8)	03:28:59 (9)	09:39:54	28:04	US$ 1,500	37.37
10	Jenny Nilsson	SWE	00:59:24 (10)	05:14:01 (11)	03:54:48 (11)	10:13:37	18:49	US$ 1,000	34.58
11	Annika Timm	GER	01:05:56 (11)	05:14:36 (12)	03:51:14 (10)	10:16:20	-05:20		33.38
	Mikaela Holmberg	SWE	00:58:18 (3)	04:36:04 (2)		DNF
	Franzi Reng	GER	00:51:54 (1)			DNF

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2012	Jan Raphael (GER)	08:04:01	Asa Lundstroem (SWE)	09:13:27
2013	Pedro Gomes (POR)	08:19:30	Jodie Cunnama (GBR)	08:54:01
2014	Horst Reichel (GER)	08:13:01	Leanda Cave (GBR)	08:56:50
2015	Patrik Nilsson (SWE)	08:08:05	Astrid Stienen (GER)	09:12:27
2016			Kristin Liepold (GER)	09:14:39
2017	Clemente Alonso McKernan (ESP)	08:07:48
2018			Corinne Abraham (GBR)	08:45:06
2019	Boris Stein (GER)	07:49:14
2022	Alistair Brownlee (GBR)	07:38:47
2023			Lisa Norden (SWE)	08:47:02

Last Race’s TOP 3

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Lisa Norden	SWE	00:56:11	04:36:40	03:10:41	08:47:02
2	Justine Mathieux	FRA	00:56:57	04:45:20	03:08:18	08:54:20
3	Susie Cheetham	GBR	00:57:00	04:46:40	03:08:55	08:56:16

Male Race Results (2022)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Alistair Brownlee	GBR	00:44:38	04:09:53	02:40:46	07:38:47
2	Pieter Heemeryck	BEL	00:44:53	04:09:49	02:47:45	07:46:38
3	Franz Loeschke	GER	00:47:35	04:11:07	02:47:03	07:49:17

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:38:47	Alistair Brownlee	2022-08-20
Swim	overall	00:43:50	Alexander Berggren	2019-08-17
Bike	overall	04:03:08	Boris Stein	2019-08-17
Run	overall	02:40:46	Alistair Brownlee	2022-08-20
Total	female	08:45:06	Corinne Abraham	2018-08-18
Swim	female	00:48:30	Jodie Cunnama	2013-08-17
Bike	female	04:34:32	Corinne Abraham	2018-08-18
Run	female	02:55:09	Kristin Liepold	2016-08-20

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Sweden is 19:11.

Race Adjustments for IM Sweden

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2012	32:30	00:41	22:49	09:03	29	32:30	00:38	22:49	09:03
2013	15:19	00:20	08:13	06:53	30	23:54	00:26	15:31	07:58
2014	15:08	-00:15	08:28	06:31	24 of 27	20:59	00:21	13:10	07:29
2015	03:15	-02:44	03:11	02:48	19 of 21	16:33	-00:26	10:40	06:19
2016	25:15	-00:39	16:51	08:26	5	18:17	-00:21	11:55	06:44
2017	13:11	01:51	11:34	00:05	16 of 21	17:26	-00:02	11:51	05:38
2018	15:04	01:49	15:25	-01:24	10 of 12	17:06	00:07	12:21	04:38
2019	31:04	04:41	23:01	03:51	26 of 37	18:51	00:37	13:41	04:33
2022	23:08	02:49	21:18	-00:10	40 of 51	19:19	00:47	14:31	04:02
2023	17:54	-01:21	17:02	02:30	14 of 19	19:11	00:32	14:46	03:53

Nice slots and Prize Money

IM Sweden has 1 Pro Nice slot. It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

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	8	Katrine Graesboell Christensen (NQ)	DEN	08:54:16	09:18:52	01:02:28	04:49:50	05:57:18	02:56:58	100% +0% -0% (6)
2	3	Susie Cheetham (NQ)	GBR	08:55:34	09:15:56	00:55:20	04:47:41	05:48:01	03:07:33	95% +0% -5% (19)
3	2	Marlene De Boer (NQ)	NED	08:58:09	09:21:41	00:54:44	04:49:40	05:49:24	03:08:45	100% +0% -0% (4)
4	12	Barbara Riveros	CHI	08:58:39	09:26:16	00:52:27	04:53:11	05:50:38	03:08:01	4% +33% -63% (3)
5	4	Henrike Gueber	GER	08:59:48	09:31:01	01:04:22	04:45:27	05:54:49	03:04:59	55% +0% -45% (4)
6	5	Julia Skala	GER	09:00:00	09:27:29	01:02:17	04:55:15	06:02:32	02:57:28	100% +0% -0% (2)
7	19	Alexandra Tondeur	BEL	09:10:14	09:46:19	00:58:37	05:00:20	06:03:58	03:06:16	20% +1% -79% (16)
8	6	Kristin Liepold	GER	09:11:16	09:41:12	01:06:59	04:57:55	06:09:53	03:01:23	57% +11% -32% (35)
9	9	Renee Kiley	AUS	09:18:01	09:42:31	00:56:46	04:47:26	05:49:12	03:28:49	55% +10% -34% (19)
10	21	Line Borsinski	DEN	09:31:31	09:55:44	01:03:07	04:58:27	06:06:34	03:24:57	63% +0% -37% (5)
11	7	Jenny Nae	SWE	09:37:06	10:02:42	01:04:18	05:14:57	06:24:15	03:12:51	100% +0% -0% (9)
12	10	Chino Iwabuchi	JPN	09:41:15	10:14:08	01:03:16	05:10:33	06:18:48	03:22:27	78% +22% -0% (4)
13	11	Franzi Reng	GER	09:42:47	10:25:40	00:54:52	05:04:17	06:04:09	03:38:38	41% +0% -59% (2)
14	15	Melanie Baumann	SUI	09:50:37	10:21:54	01:15:41	05:06:09	06:26:51	03:23:46	37% +21% -42% (11)
15	14	Olivia Dietzel	USA	09:51:55	10:34:10	01:08:50	05:25:56	06:39:47	03:12:08	70% +14% -16% (8)
16	20	Jenny Nilsson	SWE	09:53:28	10:25:59	01:07:01	05:15:25	06:27:26	03:26:02	66% +34% -0% (4)
17	17	Annika Timm	GER	10:26:41	10:53:14	01:10:05	05:15:23	06:30:28	03:56:13	17% +0% -83% (5)
	16	Laura Kessler	SUI	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	22	Mikaela Holmberg	SWE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Female Race Participants

• Susie Cheetham: 35% (2-1)
• Katrine Graesboell Christensen: 23% (3-1)
• Julia Skala: 15% (5-1)
• Marlene De Boer: 10% (9-1)
• Barbara Riveros: 7% (14-1)
• Henrike Gueber: 6% (15-1)

Kona Qualifying

IM Sweden offered two female Kona Pro slots, these will go to 

• Justine Mathieux
  and
• Susie Cheetham

You can find the full list of qualifiers here.

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Lisa Norden	SWE	00:56:11 (1)	04:36:40 (1)	03:10:41 (8)	08:47:02	03:19	US$ 15,000
2	Justine Mathieux	FRA	00:56:57 (2)	04:45:20 (4)	03:08:18 (4)	08:54:20	-08:25	US$ 9,000
3	Susie Cheetham	GBR	00:57:00 (4)	04:46:40 (6)	03:08:55 (5)	08:56:16	-00:42	US$ 7,000
4	Laura Zimmermann	GER	01:05:07 (7)	04:42:14 (2)	03:06:40 (3)	08:58:39	-07:32	US$ 5,000
5	Henrike Gueber	GER	01:06:09 (10)	04:44:18 (3)	03:04:35 (2)	08:59:09	n/a	US$ 4,000
6	Julia Skala	GER	01:06:09 (10)	04:55:11 (10)	02:59:38 (1)	09:05:11	n/a	US$ 3,000
7	Katharina Grohmann	GER	01:06:19 (16)	04:48:21 (7)	03:09:18 (6)	09:07:42	-09:42	US$ 2,500
8	Laura Armstrong	NZL	01:03:09 (6)	05:01:55 (12)	03:10:09 (7)	09:19:47	-27:10	US$ 2,000
9	Jenny Nae	SWE	01:06:11 (13)	05:12:41 (15)	03:15:33 (10)	09:39:03	01:57	US$ 1,500
10	Chino Iwabuchi	JPN	01:06:03 (8)	05:06:17 (14)	03:22:22 (11)	09:39:45	-18:09	US$ 1,000
11	Jamie Albert	SUI	01:12:16 (19)	05:26:54 (18)	03:11:15 (9)	09:54:27	08:26
12	Carolina Sandhofer	AUT	01:06:12 (14)	05:20:00 (16)	03:29:31 (12)	10:01:36	n/a
13	Maja Indermühle	SUI	01:06:06 (9)	04:59:16 (11)	03:54:06 (14)	10:04:19	n/a
14	Mirella Karlsson	SWE	01:06:32 (17)	05:23:39 (17)	03:44:41 (13)	10:24:25	15:34
	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	00:56:57 (2)	04:50:45 (8)		DNF
	Ewa Komander	POL	01:02:10 (5)	04:45:56 (5)		DNF
	Heini Hartikainen	FIN	01:06:10 (12)	04:55:03 (9)		DNF
	Camille Deligny	FRA	01:06:14 (15)	05:01:55 (12)		DNF
	Simone Mitchell	GBR	01:09:27 (18)			DNF

Updates

• An earlier version listed seedtimes for Henrike Gueber that were based on a result that she was DQ’d

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2012	Jan Raphael (GER)	08:04:01	Asa Lundstroem (SWE)	09:13:27
2013	Pedro Gomes (POR)	08:19:30	Jodie Cunnama (GBR)	08:54:01
2014	Horst Reichel (GER)	08:13:01	Leanda Cave (GBR)	08:56:50
2015	Patrik Nilsson (SWE)	08:08:05	Astrid Stienen (GER)	09:12:27
2016			Kristin Liepold (GER)	09:14:39
2017	Clemente Alonso McKernan (ESP)	08:07:48
2018			Corinne Abraham (GBR)	08:45:06
2019	Boris Stein (GER)	07:49:14
2022	Alistair Brownlee (GBR)	07:38:47

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results (2022)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Alistair Brownlee	GBR	00:44:38	04:09:53	02:40:46	07:38:47
2	Pieter Heemeryck	BEL	00:44:53	04:09:49	02:47:45	07:46:38
3	Franz Loeschke	GER	00:47:35	04:11:07	02:47:03	07:49:17

Female Race Results (2018)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Corinne Abraham	GBR	00:57:28	04:34:32	03:09:13	08:45:06
2	Asa Lundstroem	SWE	01:00:12	04:42:17	03:08:49	08:54:35
3	Angela Naeth	CAN	00:57:27	04:42:52	03:16:23	09:01:03

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:38:47	Alistair Brownlee	2022-08-20
Swim	overall	00:43:50	Alexander Berggren	2019-08-17
Bike	overall	04:03:08	Boris Stein	2019-08-17
Run	overall	02:40:46	Alistair Brownlee	2022-08-20
Total	female	08:45:06	Corinne Abraham	2018-08-18
Swim	female	00:48:30	Jodie Cunnama	2013-08-17
Bike	female	04:34:32	Corinne Abraham	2018-08-18
Run	female	02:55:09	Kristin Liepold	2016-08-20

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Sweden is 19:19.

Race Adjustments for IM Sweden

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2012	32:30	00:41	22:49	09:03	29	32:30	00:38	22:49	09:03
2013	15:19	00:20	08:13	06:53	30	23:54	00:26	15:31	07:58
2014	15:08	-00:15	08:28	06:31	24 of 27	20:59	00:21	13:10	07:29
2015	03:15	-02:44	03:11	02:48	19 of 21	16:33	-00:26	10:40	06:19
2016	25:15	-00:39	16:51	08:26	5	18:17	-00:21	11:55	06:44
2017	13:11	01:51	11:34	00:05	16 of 21	17:26	-00:02	11:51	05:38
2018	15:04	01:49	15:25	-01:24	10 of 12	17:06	00:07	12:21	04:38
2019	31:04	04:41	23:01	03:51	26 of 37	18:51	00:37	13:41	04:33
2022	23:08	02:49	21:18	-00:10	40 of 51	19:19	00:47	14:31	04:02

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Sweden has 2 Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Female 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	1	Lisa Norden (KQ)	SWE	08:42:52	09:01:11	00:51:43	04:35:50	05:32:32	03:10:20	100% +0% -0% (6)
2	2	Susie Cheetham	GBR	08:53:21	09:14:45	00:56:08	04:44:32	05:45:40	03:07:41	90% +0% -10% (17)
3	8	Justine Mathieux	FRA	09:00:41	09:20:28	00:56:15	04:51:12	05:52:26	03:08:15	71% +29% -0% (3)
4	5	Laura Zimmermann (KQ)	GER	09:00:52	09:24:03	01:01:23	04:47:19	05:53:42	03:07:10	60% +26% -14% (7)
5	9	Michelle Vesterby (KQ)	DEN	09:05:09	09:24:15	00:55:30	04:46:54	05:47:24	03:17:45	69% +12% -19% (34)
6	4	Heini Hartikainen	FIN	09:09:04	09:34:56	01:02:25	04:50:11	05:57:35	03:11:29	73% +20% -8% (6)
7	3	Simone Mitchell	GBR	09:09:30	09:27:56	00:57:23	05:05:12	06:07:35	03:01:55	63% +0% -37% (5)
8	7	Carolin Lehrieder	GER	09:09:53	09:51:25	00:54:11	04:47:19	05:46:30	03:23:23	16% +6% -78% (23)
9	6	Katharina Grohmann	GER	09:15:42	09:35:34	01:06:28	04:50:18	06:01:45	03:13:57	80% +5% -16% (26)
10	22	Ewa Komander	POL	09:17:30	09:54:20	00:56:18	04:57:08	05:58:26	03:19:04	25% +0% -75% (5)
11	13	Jana Uderstadt	GER	09:21:43	10:03:12	00:58:20	05:07:09	06:10:30	03:11:13	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
12	18	Camille Deligny	FRA	09:32:09	10:14:54	01:02:14	04:54:35	06:01:48	03:30:21	8% +0% -92% (7)
13	16	Jenny Nae	SWE	09:36:25	10:02:16	01:04:55	05:16:00	06:25:55	03:10:30	100% +0% -0% (8)
14	15	Laura Armstrong	NZL	09:42:16	10:17:41	00:58:04	05:06:19	06:09:23	03:32:53	43% +0% -57% (2)
15	21	Jamie Albert	SUI	09:46:58	10:24:05	01:07:43	05:21:11	06:33:54	03:13:04	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
16	23	Chino Iwabuchi	JPN	09:48:21	10:29:31	01:03:23	05:20:56	06:29:19	03:19:02	41% +59% -0% (2)
17	14	Jenny Nilsson	SWE	09:53:18	10:25:59	01:06:44	05:15:42	06:27:26	03:25:52	66% +34% -0% (4)
18	10	Melanie Baumann	SUI	09:55:30	10:28:27	01:16:55	05:11:17	06:33:11	03:22:19	12% +29% -58% (10)
19	17	Mirella Karlsson	SWE	09:59:23	10:39:02	01:01:58	05:17:39	06:24:37	03:34:46	29% +12% -59% (5)
	11	Rebecca Anderbury	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	12	Julie Iemmolo *	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	19	Henrike Gueber	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	20	Carolina Sandhofer	AUT	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	24	Joanna Patterson	IRL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	25	Julia Skala	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	26	Maja Indermühle	SUI	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.

Winning Odds

Female Race Participants

• Lisa Norden: 54% (1-1)
• Susie Cheetham: 25% (3-1)
• Justine Mathieux: 10% (9-1)
• Laura Zimmermann: 3% (31-1)
• Michelle Vesterby: 3% (35-1)
• Carolin Lehrieder: 2% (55-1)