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Updates:
- Nov 14: Cameron Wurf and Per Bittner have indicated that they won’t be racing in Malaysia.
- Nov 12: The latest startlist from Ironman no longer shows Manon Genet, Amelia Watkinson (WPRO), Philipp Koutny and Frederic Croneburg (MPRO) racing.
Previous Winners
Year |
Male Winner |
Time |
Female Winner |
Time |
2006 |
Jason Shortis (AUS) |
08:36:33 |
Sonja Tajsich (GER) |
10:08:13 |
2007 |
Xavier Le Floch (FRA) |
08:43:52 |
Nicole Leder (GER) |
09:42:33 |
2008 |
Faris Al-Sultan (GER) |
08:34:42 |
Belinda Granger (AUS) |
09:29:21 |
2009 |
Luke McKenzie (AUS) |
08:26:48 |
Belinda Granger (AUS) |
09:21:10 |
2010 |
Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) |
08:22:31 |
Belinda Granger (AUS) |
09:23:33 |
2014 |
Patrik Nilsson (SWE) |
08:41:53 |
Diana Riesler (GER) |
09:26:38 |
2015 |
Mike Aigroz (SUI) |
08:52:02 |
Diana Riesler (GER) |
09:37:06 |
2016 |
Fredrik Croneborg (SWE) |
08:39:12 |
Diana Riesler (GER) |
09:25:34 |
2017 |
Romain Guillaume (FRA) |
08:32:54 |
Diana Riesler (GER) |
09:19:01 |
Last Race’s TOP 3
Here’s the full analysis of last year’s results.
Male Race Results
Rank |
Name |
Nation |
Swim |
Bike |
Run |
Time |
1 |
Romain Guillaume |
FRA |
00:48:06 |
04:29:17 |
03:10:58 |
08:32:54 |
2 |
Jens Petersen-Bach |
DEN |
00:52:21 |
04:40:16 |
03:00:00 |
08:36:44 |
3 |
Roman Deisenhofer |
GER |
00:52:19 |
04:35:49 |
03:08:16 |
08:40:45 |
Female Race Results
Rank |
Name |
Nation |
Swim |
Bike |
Run |
Time |
1 |
Diana Riesler |
GER |
00:57:39 |
04:57:48 |
03:19:18 |
09:19:01 |
2 |
Mareen Hufe |
GER |
00:57:44 |
05:05:19 |
03:19:27 |
09:27:23 |
3 |
Manon Genet |
FRA |
00:57:47 |
05:07:59 |
03:26:33 |
09:36:14 |
Course Records
Leg |
Gender |
Record |
Athlete |
Date |
Total |
overall |
08:10:35 |
Bryan Rhodes |
2002-01-27 |
Swim |
overall |
00:46:19 |
Dylan McNeice |
2014-09-27 |
Bike |
overall |
04:21:01 |
Marino Vanhoenacker |
2010-02-27 |
Run |
overall |
02:56:27 |
Jason Shortis |
2006-02-26 |
Total |
female |
09:19:01 |
Diana Riesler |
2017-11-11 |
Swim |
female |
00:53:12 |
Maki Nishiuchi |
2009-02-28 |
Bike |
female |
04:48:08 |
Belinda Granger |
2009-02-28 |
Run |
female |
03:15:02 |
Gurutze Frades Larralde |
2015-11-14 |
Course Rating
The Course Rating for IM Malaysia is – 06:08.
Race Adjustments for IM Malaysia
Year |
Adjustment |
Swim Adj. |
Bike Adj. |
Run Adj. |
# of Finishers |
Rating |
Swim Rating |
Bike Rating |
Run Rating |
2006 |
-01:01 |
-00:43 |
03:54 |
-13:38 |
17 of 22 |
-01:01 |
-00:43 |
03:54 |
-13:38 |
2007 |
01:00 |
-00:55 |
05:01 |
-08:01 |
30 of 37 |
00:00 |
-00:49 |
04:27 |
-10:50 |
2008 |
-06:22 |
-02:57 |
03:05 |
-13:20 |
21 of 22 |
-02:07 |
-01:32 |
04:00 |
-11:40 |
2014 |
-16:43 |
-01:34 |
-00:04 |
-10:49 |
21 of 27 |
-05:46 |
-01:32 |
02:59 |
-11:27 |
2015 |
-18:01 |
-01:10 |
00:40 |
-13:06 |
42 of 55 |
-08:13 |
-01:28 |
02:31 |
-11:47 |
2016 |
-04:28 |
-00:26 |
02:20 |
-04:56 |
27 of 34 |
-07:36 |
-01:17 |
02:29 |
-10:38 |
2017 |
02:38 |
-00:10 |
05:25 |
-00:47 |
21 of 27 |
-06:08 |
-01:08 |
02:55 |
-09:14 |
Kona slots and Prize Money
IM Malaysia has 1m+1f Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 25.000 US$, paying 6 deep.
Male Race Participants
The strength of the field is 9% of a typical Kona field.
# |
Bib |
Name |
Nat |
Expected |
Rating |
ESwim |
EBike |
ET2 |
ERun |
Consistency |
Overall |
1 |
34 |
Cameron Wurf |
AUS |
08:29:53 |
08:24:39 |
00:52:03 |
04:18:54 |
05:15:57 |
03:13:56 |
77% +18% -5% (16) |
27 |
2 |
28 |
Andreas Giglmayr |
AUT |
08:36:19 |
08:53:54 |
00:48:19 |
04:28:15 |
05:21:33 |
03:14:46 |
10% +0% -90% (3) |
(130) |
3 |
24 |
Philipp Koutny |
SUI |
08:36:37 |
08:35:30 |
00:51:07 |
04:34:26 |
05:30:34 |
03:06:03 |
41% +25% -34% (12) |
63 |
4 |
22 |
Jens Petersen-Bach |
DEN |
08:41:12 |
08:37:23 |
00:52:06 |
04:42:16 |
05:39:23 |
03:01:49 |
55% +8% -38% (24) |
74 |
5 |
23 |
Fredrik Croneborg |
SWE |
08:42:20 |
08:37:09 |
00:51:52 |
04:42:03 |
05:38:55 |
03:03:25 |
64% +14% -22% (14) |
72 |
6 |
21 |
Romain Guillaume |
FRA |
08:42:27 |
08:38:56 |
00:49:12 |
04:31:34 |
05:25:46 |
03:16:41 |
44% +3% -53% (36) |
79 |
7 |
35 |
Gustavo Rodriguez Iglesias |
ESP |
08:43:14 |
08:44:45 |
00:55:40 |
04:38:09 |
05:38:49 |
03:04:25 |
44% +34% -22% (6) |
95 |
8 |
36 |
Daniil Sapunov |
UKR |
08:48:28 |
08:53:53 |
00:49:30 |
04:46:28 |
05:40:58 |
03:07:30 |
67% +5% -28% (13) |
129 |
9 |
39 |
Per Van Vlerken |
GER |
08:48:55 |
08:43:02 |
00:50:29 |
04:39:33 |
05:35:03 |
03:13:52 |
56% +4% -40% (28) |
90 |
10 |
38 |
Kaito Tohara |
JPN |
08:50:04 |
08:58:13 |
00:53:58 |
04:49:33 |
05:48:30 |
03:01:34 |
17% +41% -41% (11) |
(142) |
11 |
25 |
Balazs Csoke |
HUN |
09:12:54 |
09:09:25 |
00:48:59 |
04:59:35 |
05:53:34 |
03:19:20 |
43% +5% -52% (32) |
174 |
12 |
32 |
Urs Mueller |
SUI |
09:14:31 |
09:12:46 |
00:53:25 |
04:49:08 |
05:47:33 |
03:26:58 |
60% +11% -30% (10) |
184 |
13 |
31 |
Freddy Lampret |
ZAF |
09:32:46 |
10:03:05 |
00:54:50 |
04:54:17 |
05:54:07 |
03:38:39 |
31% +6% -64% (15) |
255 |
14 |
30 |
Josef Krivanek |
CZE |
09:37:10 |
09:35:15 |
00:58:51 |
05:01:51 |
06:05:41 |
03:31:29 |
93% +7% -0% (9) |
233 |
15 |
27 |
Eneko Elosegui |
ESP |
09:40:13 |
09:39:40 |
01:01:53 |
04:56:11 |
06:03:04 |
03:37:09 |
81% +4% -14% (22) |
237 |
16 |
26 |
Alain Djouad-Guibert |
MOR |
10:40:14 |
10:42:24 |
01:11:09 |
05:11:32 |
06:27:41 |
04:12:33 |
28% +13% -59% (7) |
266 |
17 |
37 |
Josef Svoboda |
CZE |
11:30:39 |
11:38:00 |
01:15:35 |
05:48:40 |
07:09:15 |
04:21:24 |
28% +36% -36% (20) |
269 |
18 |
33 |
Marek Nemcik |
SVK |
11:32:24 |
11:55:52 |
01:13:58 |
05:35:57 |
06:54:56 |
04:37:28 |
42% +16% -43% (50) |
271 |
|
29 |
Nathan Groch |
NZL |
n/a |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
n/a (no IM Pro race) |
(n/a) |
|
40 |
Mihai Baractaru |
ROM |
n/a |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
0% +0% -100% (2) |
(n/a) |
Female Race Participants
The strength of the field is 10% of a typical Kona field.
# |
Bib |
Name |
Nat |
Expected |
Rating |
ESwim |
EBike |
ET2 |
ERun |
Consistency |
Overall |
1 |
1 |
Mareen Hufe |
GER |
09:27:17 |
09:20:43 |
00:59:18 |
04:57:55 |
06:02:13 |
03:25:04 |
76% +20% -4% (28) |
18 |
2 |
12 |
Jocelyn McCauley |
USA |
09:30:28 |
09:31:12 |
00:55:28 |
05:05:06 |
06:05:34 |
03:24:54 |
29% +27% -44% (11) |
39 |
3 |
4 |
Els Visser |
NED |
09:42:06 |
09:47:24 |
00:58:17 |
04:59:48 |
06:03:05 |
03:39:01 |
66% +34% -0% (3) |
61 |
4 |
2 |
Manon Genet |
FRA |
09:42:10 |
09:39:44 |
00:58:20 |
05:05:10 |
06:08:30 |
03:33:40 |
11% +52% -37% (6) |
49 |
5 |
5 |
Simona Krivankova |
CZE |
09:51:06 |
09:51:38 |
01:07:29 |
05:13:45 |
06:26:14 |
03:24:52 |
93% +7% -0% (8) |
72 |
6 |
6 |
Federica De Nicola |
ITA |
09:52:05 |
09:55:50 |
01:01:32 |
05:11:06 |
06:17:39 |
03:34:26 |
69% +0% -31% (3) |
(80) |
7 |
10 |
Helena Kotopulu |
CZE |
10:01:59 |
09:58:41 |
01:12:01 |
05:21:43 |
06:38:44 |
03:23:15 |
100% +0% -0% (3) |
82 |
8 |
8 |
Brooke Brown |
CAN |
10:04:30 |
10:02:53 |
01:03:15 |
05:16:48 |
06:25:03 |
03:39:27 |
52% +0% -48% (17) |
90 |
9 |
3 |
Parys Edwards |
GBR |
10:15:08 |
10:17:11 |
01:03:14 |
05:14:45 |
06:22:59 |
03:52:09 |
48% +0% -52% (2) |
(113) |
|
7 |
Isabelle Boyer |
THA |
n/a |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
n/a (no IM Pro race) |
(n/a) |
|
9 |
Shannon Chapman |
AUS |
n/a |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
n/a (no IM Pro race) |
(n/a) |
|
11 |
Amelia Watkinson |
NZL |
n/a |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
unrated |
n/a (no IM Pro race) |
(n/a) |
Winning Odds
Male Race Participants
Cameron Wurf: 49% (1-1)
- Philipp Koutny: 20% (4-1)
- Fredrik Croneborg: 11% (8-1)
- Jens Petersen-Bach: 9% (11-1)
- Romain Guillaume: 7% (14-1)
- Andreas Giglmayr: 2% (57-1)
Female Race Participants
- Mareen Hufe: 59% (1-1)
- Jocelyn McCauley: 15% (6-1)
- Els Visser: 12% (7-1)
Manon Genet: 11% (8-1)
- Simona Krivankova: 2% (58-1)