Ironman Australia 2017 (May 7th) – Seedings

Update May 4th: Pedro Gomes announced on Twitter he’s focusing on IM Brasil.

Previous 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	Beth Gerdes (USA) Michelle Bremer (NZL)	09:10:28 09:13:34

Beth Gerdes was DQ’d a couple of months after the 2016 race because of increased levels of Ostarine, possibly caused by tainted salt tablet. For more details, please check out her blog post about this incident.

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Tim Reed	AUS	00:47:00	04:34:30	02:51:32	08:16:34
2	David Dellow	AUS	00:44:42	04:36:48	02:57:23	08:22:18
3	Clayton Fettell	AUS	00:43:47	04:29:14	03:07:02	08:23:22

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Beth Gerdes	USA	00:56:47	05:13:54	02:56:10	09:10:28
2 1	Michelle Bremer	NZL	00:54:28	05:03:54	03:11:46	09:13:34
3 2	Dimity-Lee Duke	AUS	00:56:51	05:17:25	03:24:17	09:42:16
4 3	Melanie Burke	NZL	01:01:31	05:24:27	03:26:54	09:56:54

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:16:34	Tim Reed	2016-05-01
Swim	overall	00:43:47	Clayton Fettell	2016-05-01
Swim	overall	00:43:47	Josh Amberger	2016-05-01
Bike	overall	04:27:51	Dougal Allan	2016-05-01
Run	overall	02:47:20	Tim Van Berkel	2012-04-29
Total	female	08:57:10	Chrissie Wellington	2009-04-05
Swim	female	00:48:42	Melissa Ashton	2006-05-11
Bike	female	05:00:57	Carrie Lester	2010-03-28
Run	female	02:56:10 03:01:06	Beth Gerdes Lisa Bentley	2016-05-01 2006-05-11

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Australia is 06:44.

Race Adjustments for IM Australia

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2006	06:16	02:34	-05:19	01:33	30	06:16	02:34	-05:19	01:33
2007	06:51	02:07	-03:18	01:24	36	06:34	02:20	-04:18	01:29
2008	03:29	00:33	-00:35	00:38	24	05:32	01:45	-03:04	01:12
2009	05:55	00:15	-02:50	00:47	28	05:38	01:22	-03:00	01:06
2010	11:09	05:12	03:02	-02:52	18	06:44	02:08	-01:48	00:18
2011	06:26	02:03	-02:30	01:27	14	06:41	02:07	-01:55	00:30
2012	10:09	02:50	00:15	04:52	9	07:11	02:14	-01:36	01:07
2013	12:58	01:43	-01:55	05:23	9	07:54	02:10	-01:39	01:39
2014	12:30	04:04	-02:38	09:33	15 of 17	08:25	02:22	-01:45	02:32
2015	-00:46	03:36	-00:50	-01:52	18 of 24	07:30	02:30	-01:40	02:05
2016	-00:50	02:24	03:31	01:35	23 of 29	06:44	02:29	-01:11	02:03

KPR points and Prize Money

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

Male 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. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	1	Tim Reed	AUS	08:13:55	08:34:05	00:45:53	04:33:57	02:49:04	9% +37% -53% (5)	(40)
2	3	David Dellow	AUS	08:18:53	08:25:23	00:44:21	04:37:04	02:52:28	76% +2% -23% (15)	19
3	5	Michael Fox	AUS	08:24:20	08:40:35	00:43:54	04:39:41	02:55:46	66% +34% -0% (3)	70
4	7	Brad Kahlefeldt	AUS	08:24:51	08:30:57	00:43:53	04:44:11	02:51:47	68% +0% -32% (3)	(29)
5	4	Clayton Fettell	AUS	08:25:00	08:42:35	00:43:03	04:31:58	03:04:59	41% +14% -45% (10)	74
6	2	Paul Ambrose	AUS	08:32:57	08:42:17	00:47:39	04:38:56	03:01:21	49% +3% -48% (21)	73
7	8	Pedro Gomes	POR	08:33:06	08:35:16	00:49:45	04:44:56	02:53:25	67% +1% -31% (25)	51
8	6	Chris McDonald	AUS	08:35:32	08:43:39	00:50:26	04:39:50	03:00:16	65% +15% -20% (44)	78
9	9	Nick Baldwin	SEY	08:47:48	09:00:02	00:50:18	04:45:48	03:06:42	69% +0% -31% (18)	137
10	12	Levi Maxwell	AUS	08:49:21	09:04:50	00:51:28	04:56:04	02:56:49	48% +52% -0% (2)	(153)
11	10	Carl Read	NZL	08:55:34	09:08:04	00:50:59	05:01:24	02:58:11	74% +8% -18% (11)	160
12	11	Daniel Brown	AUS	10:47:36	11:30:42	01:01:09	05:37:06	04:04:21	45% +0% -55% (2)	(295)
	13	Nathan Shearer	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 1% of a typical Kona field.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	21	Laura Siddall	GBR	09:19:33	09:32:32	00:54:50	05:05:37	03:14:06	63% +30% -7% (10)	33
2	20	Michelle Gailey	AUS	09:41:10	09:54:58	00:52:46	05:24:26	03:18:58	70% +0% -30% (10)	(70)
3	25	Karen Thibodeau	CAN	09:48:05	09:57:46	00:51:27	05:29:28	03:22:10	81% +0% -19% (12)	73
4	22	Jessica Mitchell	AUS	10:21:32	10:39:35	01:02:22	05:36:59	03:37:12	100% +0% -0% (2)	(141)
5	24	Jessica Richards	AUS	10:38:28	11:02:49	01:05:40	05:25:39	04:02:09	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(147)
	23	Lauren Parker	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	0% +0% -100% (3)	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

2016 Champion Tim Reed is back to defend his title. He faces a number of strong Australian athletes that can easily win the race on a good day:

• Tim Reed: 47% (1-1)
• David Dellow: 29% (2-1)
• Michael Fox: 9% (10-1)
• Clayton Fettell: 8% (12-1)
• Chris McDonald: 2% (39-1)
• Brad Kahlefeldt: 2% (40-1)
• Paul Ambrose: 2% (61-1)

Female Race Participants

Laura Siddall has already raced two IM distance races in February (2nd at Challenge Wanaka) and March (2nd at IM New Zealand), but she needs a couple more Kona points to qualify (probably xth or better). She’s the clear favorite to win her first IM-distance race, especially as her second place at Challenge Melbourne in April showed that she has recovered well from the racing at the start of the year:

• Laura Siddall: 73% (1-1)
• Michelle Gailey: 16% (5-1)
• Karen Thibodeau: 9% (10-1)