IM Sweden

Race Conditions

Conditions in Sweden sounded decent – not too hot or cold, but probably a bit too windy for really fast times. After a new swim course record (Clemente Alonso’s 47:29 was faster than Andy Boecherer’s time from 2012 by more than a minute) Cameron Wurf posted a new bike course – he improved on the 2012 time (when the bike course was likely a bit short) by KJ Danielsson by more than 10 minutes! Clemente’s 8:07 was the second fastest ever in Sweden (after Jan Raphael’s 2012 winning time on what was a different – and likely shorter – course).

Male Race Results

Clemente Alonso was first out of the water, but it took Cameron Wurf only 60k to make up his three minute difference after the swim. Cam then continued to ride faster than everyone else, posted a new bike course record and entered T2 with an eight minute gap to Clemente and Swedish hopeful KJ Danielsson. Cam ran an even marathon pace, but Clemente was slowly eating into his lead. By 30k Clemente surged past Cam, but was never quite able to clearly gap him. Clemente won his first IM since IM Barcelona in 2014 (and a long time dealing with injuries) in front of Cam who was just over a minute behind at the finish. Third place went to Esben Hovgaard who overtook KJ in the last 4k of the run.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Clemente Alonso McKernan	ESP	00:47:29	04:24:55	02:50:23	08:07:48	-05:40	US$ 15,000	2000
2	Cameron Wurf	AUS	00:50:20	04:14:27	03:00:38	08:08:58	-19:41	US$ 7,500	1600
3	Esben Hovgaard	DEN	00:51:25	04:32:37	02:58:03	08:25:18	-06:56	US$ 5,000	1280
4	Karl-Johan Danielsson	SWE	00:50:13	04:23:13	03:12:05	08:28:32	-13:17	US$ 3,250	960
5	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	00:47:33	04:41:25	03:01:23	08:34:02	03:33	US$ 2,750	720
6	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	00:51:26	04:50:30	02:58:51	08:44:16	-02:15	US$ 2,000	540
7	Michael Smith Larsen	DEN	00:55:25	04:37:29	03:10:00	08:46:09	04:39	US$ 1,500	405
8	Jonas Oerarbaeck	SWE	00:58:43	04:44:01	03:03:01	08:49:21	n/a	US$ 1,250	305
9	Pascal Ramali	GER	00:58:49	04:30:31	03:16:05	08:49:44	01:02	US$ 1,000	230
10	Marcus Hultgren	SWE	00:54:06	04:38:40	03:14:29	08:51:19	-24:14	US$ 750	170
11	Luiz Feliz	ESP	01:01:11	04:38:15	03:09:33	08:53:00	n/a		120
12	Mike Schifferle	SUI	00:58:59	04:41:01	03:09:43	08:55:16	01:58		85
13	Erik Holmberg	SWE	00:51:21	04:32:42	03:29:27	08:56:16	01:11		60
14	Emanuele Ciotti	ITA	00:51:23	04:55:25	03:06:43	08:58:47	-28:20		40
15	Lukas Polan	CZE	00:59:03	05:10:12	03:24:14	09:39:10	06:40		30
16	Marek Nemcik	SVK	01:08:45	05:31:20	04:38:43	11:27:57	-03:44		20
	Andreas Linden	SWE	00:51:20	04:32:41		DNF
	Bekim Christensen	DEN	00:58:53	04:29:25		DNF
	Martin Olsson	SWE	01:01:04	04:41:06		DNF
	Markus Liebelt	GER	00:50:15			DNF
	Rasmus Fitzner	DEN	00:55:19			DNF

Kona Qualifying Implications

As Sweden is one of the last races before the August cutoff, a few Kona Qualifying decisions have been determined:

• Cameron Wurf finished second, exactly the minimum result he needed to be secure for a Kona slot. Congratulations!
• Giulio Molinari and Denis Chevrot were on the start list but decided not to race, but even without adding points this weekend they are also safe for a slot.
• Esben Hovgaard and Daniil Sapunov were also in the running for a slot, but they finished one rank behind what they would have needed to make it into the bubble. They are now 14th and 17th in the August KPR (before IM Mont Tremblant), so don’t have a chance for a slot without a massive number of rolldowns.

Update Aug 16th: A few potential qualifiers have indicated that they won’t be racing, I have crossed them out in the list below.

Update Aug 18th: A few more DNS after the Pro Meeting sign-in.

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 Moeller (GER)	09:14:39

Last Year’s TOP 3

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Kristin Moeller	GER	01:02:48	05:12:09	02:55:09	09:14:39
2	Lucie Reed	CZE	00:54:03	05:11:35	03:11:11	09:21:31
3	Carolin Lehrieder	GER	00:57:47	05:01:25	03:22:15	09:24:30

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:04:01	Jan Raphael	2012-08-18
Swim	overall	00:48:15	Andi Boecherer	2012-08-18
Bike	overall	04:24:20	Karl-Johan Danielsson	2012-08-18
Run	overall	02:44:18	Viktor Zyemtsev	2014-08-16
Total	female	08:54:01	Jodie Cunnama	2013-08-17
Swim	female	00:48:30	Jodie Cunnama	2013-08-17
Bike	female	04:48:42	Helene Malmkvist	2012-08-18
Run	female	02:55:09	Kristin Moeller	2016-08-20

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Sweden is 18:18.

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	00:42	23:32	09:15	29	32:30	00:42	23:32	09:15
2013	15:19	00:21	08:58	07:16	30	23:55	00:31	16:15	08:16
2014	15:09	-00:15	06:26	05:07	24 of 27	21:00	00:16	12:59	07:13
2015	03:15	-02:45	03:10	02:45	19 of 21	16:34	-00:29	10:32	06:06
2016	25:15	-00:40	14:00	06:23	5	18:18	-00:31	11:13	06:09

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Sweden is a P-2000 race. It is an MPRO-only race and has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 12% of a typical Kona field.

There is a number of athletes that probably planned to do IM Sweden in case they missed qualifying (such as Thiago Vinhal, David Plese, Mark Duelsen or Daniel Fontana). As indicated by the “*” a lot of athletes have also registered for other Ironman races a week before or even on the same weekend. It is quite likely that there will be some changes before race day.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	18	Clemente Alonso McKernan	ESP	08:06:33	08:40:41	00:47:57	04:28:34	05:21:31	02:45:02	31% +7% -62% (16)	(74)
2	36	Giulio Molinari *	ITA	08:11:54	08:31:54	00:49:10	04:21:36	05:15:47	02:56:07	100% +0% -0% (3)	43
3	15	Michael Weiss *	AUT	08:12:10	08:34:12	00:54:26	04:19:35	05:19:01	02:53:09	94% +5% -1% (18)	51
4	20	David Plese	SLO	08:14:50	08:33:49	00:53:16	04:27:46	05:26:01	02:48:49	86% +9% -5% (22)	48
5	27	Denis Chevrot	FRA	08:15:32	08:31:44	00:47:45	04:33:24	05:26:08	02:49:24	72% +5% -23% (12)	42
6	38	Marc Duelsen	GER	08:18:39	08:41:09	00:51:38	04:31:16	05:27:55	02:50:44	86% +0% -14% (10)	76
7	30	Daniel Fontana	ITA	08:18:40	08:35:48	00:49:26	04:32:27	05:26:53	02:51:47	74% +0% -26% (16)	55
8	25	Markus Fachbach *	GER	08:19:44	08:35:48	00:50:56	04:30:09	05:26:05	02:53:39	69% +1% -31% (20)	55
9	22	Alberto Casadei *	ITA	08:20:23	08:49:52	00:48:23	04:37:22	05:30:45	02:49:38	28% +22% -49% (11)	101
10	26	Cameron Wurf	AUS	08:20:41	08:45:48	00:49:56	04:16:52	05:11:48	03:08:53	31% +49% -20% (6)	90
11	21	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	08:22:47	08:48:15	00:48:54	04:38:28	05:32:23	02:50:24	85% +15% -0% (6)	96
12	4	Justin Daerr	USA	08:23:00	08:41:20	00:53:06	04:34:38	05:32:44	02:50:16	65% +5% -30% (32)	77
13	17	Esben Hovgaard *	DEN	08:24:44	08:49:49	00:53:14	04:31:14	05:29:28	02:55:16	56% +29% -16% (12)	100
14	10	Andreas Linden	SWE	08:27:19	09:10:31	00:59:12	04:17:40	05:21:52	03:05:27	21% +0% -79% (3)	(174)
15	24	Thiago Vinhal *	BRA	08:29:12	08:57:06	00:49:56	04:42:08	05:37:04	02:52:08	58% +34% -8% (13)	134
16	1	Karl-Johan Danielsson	SWE	08:29:53	08:59:35	00:50:39	04:27:08	05:22:47	03:07:06	38% +24% -38% (14)	141
17	32	Harry Wiltshire *	GBR	08:31:48	09:08:10	00:48:06	04:40:27	05:33:33	02:58:15	22% +15% -63% (23)	167
18	39	Nick Baldwin *	SEY	08:35:39	09:10:53	00:54:03	04:34:58	05:34:01	03:01:38	53% +0% -47% (20)	175
19	8	Markus Liebelt *	GER	08:37:29	09:09:07	00:55:34	04:31:24	05:31:58	03:05:31	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(171)
20	19	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	08:38:02	08:59:19	00:50:33	04:43:49	05:39:22	02:58:40	90% +3% -7% (29)	139
21	2	Michael Smith Larsen	DEN	08:38:49	09:10:32	00:58:36	04:35:35	05:39:10	02:59:39	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(175)
22	31	Cedric Lassonde	FRA	08:40:44	09:05:19	00:55:37	04:40:15	05:40:52	02:59:52	73% +0% -27% (10)	160
23	33	Pascal Ramali	GER	08:42:42	09:12:31	01:00:12	04:32:52	05:38:04	03:04:38	34% +0% -66% (5)	180
24	16	Mike Schifferle *	SUI	08:47:12	09:06:06	01:00:54	04:40:30	05:46:25	03:00:47	89% +9% -2% (66)	162
25	11	Erik Holmberg	SWE	08:52:15	09:24:48	00:53:40	04:48:07	05:46:47	03:05:28	42% +0% -58% (2)	(212)
26	5	Olivier Esser	BEL	09:01:48	09:34:56	00:55:20	04:50:51	05:51:11	03:10:37	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(242)
27	3	Antony Costes *	FRA	09:03:10	09:41:02	00:49:14	04:28:27	05:22:42	03:40:28	28% +0% -72% (7)	254
28	37	Marcus Hultgren	SWE	09:05:20	09:34:12	00:58:29	04:48:28	05:51:57	03:13:23	18% +29% -53% (6)	239
29	23	Bekim Christensen	DEN	09:05:50	09:50:51	01:05:10	04:47:03	05:57:13	03:08:37	11% +0% -89% (3)	(269)
30	7	Lukas Polan *	CZE	09:17:24	09:57:42	01:03:15	04:56:24	06:04:39	03:12:45	19% +31% -50% (15)	282
31	9	Emanuele Ciotti	ITA	09:18:10	09:46:04	00:53:18	04:48:40	05:46:58	03:31:12	44% +0% -56% (6)	261
32	34	Michal Ivanco *	SVK	09:44:21	10:26:54	01:19:35	05:02:14	06:26:49	03:17:32	50% +0% -50% (2)	(297)
33	35	Marek Nemcik *	SVK	10:58:33	11:57:35	01:12:03	05:30:20	06:47:23	04:11:10	25% +24% -50% (41)	308
	6	Vincent Morizot	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	12	Rasmus Fitzner	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	13	Jonas Oerarbaeck	SWE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	14	Luiz Feliz	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	28	Martin Olsson	SWE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	29	Fredrik Baeckson	SWE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)

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

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• David Plese: 32% (2-1)
• Clemente Alonso McKernan: 27% (3-1)
• Michael Weiss: 15% (6-1)
• Cameron Wurf: 5% (21-1)
• Giulio Molinari: 4% (24-1)
• Marc Duelsen: 3% (31-1)
• Denis Chevrot: 3% (33-1)
• Markus Fachbach: 3% (33-1)
• Alberto Casadei: 3% (34-1)
• Harry Wiltshire: 3% (39-1)
• Daniel Fontana: 2% (49-1)

Kona Qualifying

There are a few athletes that still have a chance to qualify for Kona with a good result in Sweden:

• Giulio Molinari, Denis Chevrot and Harry Wiltshire already have a good number of points, a fifth place or better should be enough for them to get an August slot.
• Daniil Sapunov, Michael Weiss, Cameron Wurf, Markus Fachbach, Justin Daerr and Nick Baldwin need at least a podium, probably even a second place.

Among the field, Thiago Vinhal, David Plese, Marc Duelsen and Daniel Fontana have already qualified in July.

Updated July 26th: Added Clemente Alonso McKernan, Nick Baldwin, Antony Costes, Marc Duelsen, Esben Hovgaard, Marcus Hultgren, Michal Ivanco, Giulio Molinari, Marek Nemcik,, Michael Smith Larsen, Thiago Vinhal and Michael Weiss

Male Race Participants

Name	Nation	KPR points	KPR races
David Plese	SLO	3775	3+1 (960/785)
Marc Duelsen	GER	3765	3+1 (540/540)
Thiago Vinhal	BRA	3740	2+1
Giulio Molinari	ITA	3395	3+1 (720/750)
Daniil Sapunov	UKR	2710	3+1 (685/345)
Michael Weiss	AUT	2665	3+1 (235/750)
Nick Baldwin	SEY	2095	2+2 (405/90)
Esben Hovgaard	DEN	1565	3+1 (290/195)
Antony Costes	FRA	1170	2+2 (20/500)
Karl-Johan Danielsson	SWE	905	3+0 (60/0)
Mike Schifferle	SUI	755	3+0 (120/0)
Markus Liebelt	GER	615	0+2 (0/180)
Alberto Casadei	ITA	230	1+0
Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	200	3+0 (30/0)
Lukas Polan	CZE	180	2+2 (10/5)
Erik Holmberg	SWE	130	1+1
Vincent Morizot	FRA	94	0+2 (0/9)
Olivier Esser	BEL	65	1+1
Michal Ivanco	SVK	28	2+1
Emanuele Ciotti	ITA	27	2+0
Marek Nemcik	SVK	19	3+1 (3/3)
Rasmus Fitzner	DEN	10	0+1
Marcus Hultgren	SWE	10	1+0
Jonas Oerarbaeck	SWE	5	0+1
Clemente Alonso McKernan	ESP
Bekim Christensen	DEN
Luiz Feliz
Andreas Linden	SWE
Jonas Oerarbaeck
Michael Smith Larsen	DEN