Course Conditions
This year’s race in Port Macquarie had pretty slow conditions, especially on the run. A low adjustment of -2:35 (mainly caused by a -1:16 run) leads to a new course rating of 4:15. After a few year’s of smaller fields (9 athletes in 2012 and 8 in 2013), this year had a larger field with 16 Pros.
Male Race Results
Paul Ambrose took the lead in the second half of the bike, building a lead of almost 7 minutes into T2. Luke Bell was working hard to close the gap and whittled it down to about a minute with 5k to go. Paul was then able to find another gear and won by just over two minutes while Luke Bell had to settle for second. Brian Fuller finished third, resulting in an all-Australian podium.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected | Prize Money |
| 1 | Paul Ambrose | AUS | 00:47:34 | 04:39:24 | 03:05:22 | 08:35:53 | -12:50 | US$ 10000 |
| 2 | Luke Bell | AUS | 00:44:58 | 04:49:01 | 03:01:01 | 08:38:34 | -14:46 | US$ 5000 |
| 3 | Brian Fuller | AUS | 00:48:28 | 04:49:53 | 03:08:30 | 08:49:39 | -14:36 | US$ 3250 |
| 4 | Luke Martin | AUS | 00:50:30 | 04:54:20 | 03:08:13 | 08:56:19 | 00:32 | US$ 2500 |
| 5 | Nick Baldwin | SEY | 00:48:24 | 04:46:59 | 03:21:11 | 08:59:44 | 06:07 | US$ 1750 |
| 6 | Carl Read | NZL | 00:50:28 | 05:07:47 | 02:58:47 | 09:02:08 | 04:31 | US$ 1250 |
| 7 | Petr Vabrousek | CZE | 00:52:43 | 05:01:17 | 03:18:07 | 09:16:07 | 14:01 | US$ 750 |
| 8 | Dan McGuigan | AUS | 00:58:38 | 04:51:16 | 03:23:50 | 09:18:50 | -40:59 | US$ 500 |
| 9 | Pete Jacobs | AUS | 00:44:59 | 04:57:28 | 03:53:06 | 09:38:34 | 49:52 | |
| 10 | Graham O’Grady | NZL | 00:44:56 | 04:59:05 | 03:51:24 | 09:38:34 | 08:22 | |
| 11 | Matt Randall | NZL | 00:55:20 | 04:59:21 | 03:54:28 | 09:52:35 | 00:28 | |
| 12 | Josef Svoboda | CZE | 01:09:27 | 06:07:50 | 04:16:34 | 11:42:28 | -15:48 | |
| Matt Burton | AUS | 00:52:37 | 04:56:32 | DNF | ||||
| Peter Robertson | AUS | 00:48:27 | 05:05:48 | DNF | ||||
| Lachlan Kerin | AUS | 00:48:21 | DNF |
Both Luke Bell (3.665) and Paul Ambrose (2.875) will some more Kona points for a safe July slot. However, Pete Jacobs validated his Automatic Qualifier slot with a 9th place finish in 9:38. He was in the lead until 120k on the bike, but said on Twitter after the race that he ran out of gas at that point.
Female Race Results
Lisa Marangon was leading the race into T2, but had to end her race early in the run. At that point, Jessica Fleming took the lead, but she was run down by Michelle Bremer who won the race with the fastest marathon. Jessica finished second, while Michelle Gailey took the third place in her come-back race.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected | Prize Money |
| 1 | Michelle Bremer | NZL | 00:53:13 | 05:18:15 | 03:23:17 | 09:38:24 | -07:28 | US$ 10000 |
| 2 | Jessica Fleming | AUS | 00:56:26 | 05:11:50 | 03:30:35 | 09:42:18 | -10:34 | US$ 5000 |
| 3 | Michelle Gailey | AUS | 00:52:54 | 05:24:59 | 03:28:56 | 09:50:51 | 00:01 | US$ 3250 |
| 4 | Marie Sorrell | NZL | 00:55:52 | 05:24:53 | 03:32:24 | 09:57:06 | n/a | US$ 2500 |
| 5 | Caroline Gregory | USA | 00:53:15 | 05:44:45 | 03:35:35 | 10:16:56 | -03:13 | US$ 1750 |
| 6 | Michelle Wu | AUS | 00:53:18 | 05:54:08 | 03:31:52 | 10:24:49 | 19:30 | US$ 1250 |
| Lisa Marangon | AUS | 00:51:59 | 05:13:34 | DNF | ||||
| Christie Sym | AUS | 00:53:01 | 05:16:57 | DNF | ||||
| Marina Jurjevic | AUS | 01:00:14 | DNF |
At this point, it seems unlikely that any of the female Pro athletes from IM Australia will be able to get a Kona slot.