Course Conditions
This year’s IM Germany was very slow (adjustment of 2:21 with a course rating of 14:27), it’s probably because of a bike course that was announced to be around 185k. The bike times are roughly eight minutes slower than the previous bike course rating for Frankfurt, so that seems about right (5k in eight minutes corresponds to an average speed of 37,5 km/h or a bike split of 4:48h).
Even so, we’ve seen a couple of new course records – mainly on the female side. Daniela Ryf made a huge improvement on her own course record from three years ago (8:51:00), mainly with a new bike course record (4:40:55 – beating the old course record set by Natascha Badmann in 2014 by four minutes even with the long course!). We’ve also seen new run course records by Jan Frodeno and Sarah True. Sarah also posted the fastest marathon by an IM rookie.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money | KPR Points |
| 1 | Jan Frodeno | GER | 00:48:42 | 04:28:36 | 02:39:06 | 08:00:58 | -07:04 | US$ 30,000 | 4000 |
| 2 | Patrik Nilsson | SWE | 00:48:46 | 04:28:45 | 02:46:02 | 08:08:15 | -00:53 | US$ 15,000 | 3400 |
| 3 | Patrick Lange | GER | 00:48:43 | 04:29:01 | 02:47:15 | 08:09:26 | 09:18 | US$ 8,000 | 2890 |
| 4 | Nick Kastelein | AUS | 00:48:43 | 04:32:44 | 02:52:33 | 08:18:45 | 01:27 | US$ 6,500 | 2455 |
| 5 | Josh Amberger | AUS | 00:46:53 | 04:29:53 | 03:04:40 | 08:26:16 | -02:14 | US$ 5,000 | 2090 |
| 6 | Philipp Koutny | SUI | 00:52:50 | 04:34:33 | 02:59:29 | 08:32:13 | -08:06 | US$ 3,500 | 1670 |
| 7 | Tyler Butterfield | BMU | 00:49:34 | 04:33:30 | 03:02:53 | 08:38:58 | -03:06 | US$ 2,500 | 1335 |
| 8 | Mark Bowstead | NZL | 00:52:50 | 04:44:31 | 02:57:58 | 08:40:31 | 11:28 | US$ 2,000 | 1070 |
| 9 | David Berthou | FRA | 00:55:35 | 04:49:31 | 02:57:37 | 08:48:13 | -34:07 | US$ 1,500 | 855 |
| 10 | Philipp Mock | GER | 01:00:48 | 04:35:52 | 03:06:04 | 08:48:42 | -15:57 | US$ 1,000 | 685 |
| 11 | Lucas Amirault | FRA | 00:55:43 | 04:49:47 | 02:59:14 | 08:51:14 | -06:27 | 515 | |
| 12 | Damien Collins | AUS | 00:56:18 | 04:58:03 | 03:00:19 | 09:01:03 | n/a | 385 | |
| 13 | Andrey Lyatskiy | RUS | 00:55:44 | 04:58:38 | 03:06:03 | 09:06:51 | 13:25 | 290 | |
| 14 | Christian Brader | GER | 01:00:30 | 05:02:26 | 03:03:59 | 09:12:15 | 27:49 | 215 | |
| 15 | Marek Nemcik | SVK | 01:13:00 | 06:18:28 | 05:03:54 | 12:45:01 | 1:05:12 | 160 | |
| Wouter Monchy | BEL | 00:52:56 | 04:56:06 | DNF | |||||
| Felix Hentschel | GER | 00:57:44 | 04:53:11 | DNF | |||||
| Frederic Limousin | FRA | 00:56:21 | 05:00:01 | DNF | |||||
| Andi Boecherer | GER | 00:49:33 | DNF | ||||||
| Urs Mueller | SUI | 00:55:41 | DNF | ||||||
| Gregory Close | USA | 01:01:08 | DNF |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money | KPR Points |
| 1 | Daniela Ryf | SUI | 00:53:11 | 04:40:55 | 02:58:53 | 08:38:44 | -08:37 | US$ 30,000 | 4000 |
| 2 | Sarah True | USA | 00:53:09 | 05:10:56 | 02:54:58 | 09:05:19 | n/a | US$ 15,000 | 3400 |
| 3 | Sarah Crowley | AUS | 00:55:35 | 05:05:37 | 03:04:36 | 09:11:31 | -03:18 | US$ 8,000 | 2890 |
| 4 | Anne Haug | GER | 00:56:28 | 05:08:08 | 03:04:32 | 09:14:06 | n/a | US$ 6,500 | 2455 |
| 5 | Katja Konschak | GER | 00:55:28 | 05:28:31 | 03:05:52 | 09:36:11 | -05:40 | US$ 5,000 | 2090 |
| 6 | Rachel McBride | CAN | 00:55:31 | 05:13:32 | 03:26:45 | 09:42:11 | 12:44 | US$ 3,500 | 1670 |
| 7 | Skye Moench | USA | 00:58:48 | 05:14:01 | 03:23:29 | 09:42:26 | -40:52 | US$ 2,500 | 1335 |
| 8 | Bruna Mahn | BRA | 01:00:51 | 05:24:33 | 03:11:32 | 09:43:14 | -02:56 | US$ 2,000 | 1070 |
| 9 | Saleta Castro Nogueira | ESP | 00:59:57 | 05:31:53 | 03:06:17 | 09:44:22 | 01:09 | US$ 1,500 | 855 |
| 10 | Marta Bernardi | ITA | 01:00:59 | 05:26:29 | 03:22:12 | 09:55:33 | 25:14 | US$ 1,000 | 685 |
| Dimity-Lee Duke | AUS | 01:03:35 | 05:27:29 | DNF | |||||
| Ewa Bugdol | POL | 00:55:30 | 05:36:36 | DNF | |||||
| Steph Corker | CAN | 01:00:56 | DNF |
Kona Qualifying
As a Regional Championship, IM Germany is a P-4000 race and a lot of athletes were able to improve their positions for a Kona slot:
- Daniela Ryf, Jan Frodeno and Patrick Lange validated their AQ slots as Kona winners (and Daniela and Jan also claimed the AQ slots for Frankfurt).
- Sarah Crowley, Sarah True, Rachel McBride, Patrik Nilsson are now “safe” for a July slot.
(Josh Amberger was already safe before Frankfurt.) - Anne Haug and Nick Kastelein have moved up “into the bubble” – but it’s unlikely their points will be enough for a slot. At this point they are among the final points slots (Anne #26 of 28, Nick in the last men’s slot) but both have a few unvalidated athletes in front of them.
- Katja Konschak, Marta Bernardi, Bruna Mahn and Saleta Castro are “close” but will need more points. The same applies to Philip Koutny, Ty Butterfield and Mark Bowstead on the male side.