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Ironman South Africa 2023 (March 5th) – Seedings

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Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2006 Gerrit Schellens (BEL) 08:36:06 Natascha Badmann (SUI) 09:46:38
2007 Gerrit Schellens (BEL) 08:33:05 Natascha Badmann (SUI) 09:22:01
2008 Stephen Bayliss (GBR) 08:18:23 Bella Bayliss (GBR) 09:27:48
2009 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:17:32 Lucie Zelenkova (CZE) 09:16:32
2010 Raynard Tissink (ZAF) 08:23:28 Sonja Tajsich (GER) 09:16:55
2011 Raynard Tissink (ZAF) 08:05:36 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:33:56
2012 Clemente Alonso McKernan (ESP) 08:34:45 Natascha Badmann (SUI) 09:47:10
2013 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:11:24 Jessie Donavan (USA) 09:10:58
2014 Nils Frommhold (GER) 08:26:07 Simone Braendli (SUI) 09:31:54
2015 Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 08:16:35 Jodie Cunnama (GBR) 09:26:56
2016 Ben Hoffman (USA) 08:12:37 Kaisa Sali (FIN) 09:06:50
2017 Ben Hoffman (USA) 07:58:40 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 08:47:02
2018 Kyle Buckingham (ZAF) 08:13:00 Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR) 08:56:06
2019 Ben Hoffman (USA) 07:34:19 Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR) 08:35:31
2021 Maurice Clavel (GER) 07:30:29 Ruth Astle (GBR) 08:38:50
2022 Kyle Buckingham (ZAF) 07:16:30 Daniela Bleymehl (GER) 08:22:33

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Kyle Buckingham ZAF 00:08:07 04:22:51 02:41:34 07:16:30
2 Bradley Weiss ZAF 00:08:22 04:22:34 02:41:50 07:16:49
3 Matt Trautman ZAF 00:08:22 04:22:27 02:42:39 07:17:36

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Daniela Bleymehl GER 00:09:59 04:56:23 03:11:40 08:22:33
2 Elena Illeditsch GER 00:11:01 05:07:39 03:09:47 08:33:58
3 Magda Nieuwoudt ZAF 00:09:56 05:10:58 03:12:19 08:37:44

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:58:40 Ben Hoffman 2017-04-02
Swim overall 00:45:22 Anton Storm 2009-04-05
Bike overall 04:19:41 Raynard Tissink 2011-04-10
Run overall 02:42:52 Ben Hoffman 2017-04-02
Total female 08:33:56 Chrissie Wellington 2011-04-10
Swim female 00:47:32 Lucy Charles-Barclay 2018-04-15
Bike female 04:45:23 Chrissie Wellington 2011-04-10
Run female 02:52:54 Chrissie Wellington 2011-04-10

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM South Africa is 03:26.

Race Adjustments for IM South Africa

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2006 01:34 -04:53 02:49 02:41 28 01:34 -03:56 02:49 02:41
2007 01:16 -08:51 06:34 02:52 33 01:25 -06:03 04:41 02:47
2008 15:32 01:12 10:31 03:54 36 06:07 -03:41 06:38 03:10
2009 17:18 02:08 13:35 01:01 28 08:55 -02:05 08:23 02:37
2010 09:38 -00:14 08:23 01:27 34 09:03 -01:42 08:23 02:23
2011 15:30 00:13 13:51 01:33 36 10:08 -01:24 09:17 02:15
2012 -11:58 -08:34 -06:39 02:54 28 06:58 -02:23 07:01 02:21
2013 06:23 -01:16 07:37 00:45 36 of 44 06:54 -02:20 07:05 02:09
2014 -12:12 -01:05 -08:23 -02:47 29 of 40 04:46 -02:11 05:22 01:36
2015 -13:44 -00:46 -11:06 -01:39 49 of 61 02:55 -02:04 03:44 01:16
2016 03:31 -02:43 06:40 00:03 42 of 53 02:59 -02:10 04:00 01:10
2017 08:21 -00:04 07:41 00:57 43 of 63 03:25 -02:01 04:18 01:09
2018 03:34 00:09 01:35 02:06 35 of 47 03:26 -01:52 04:06 01:13
2019 03:17 -03:48 01:06 06:26 32 of 40 03:25 -02:02 03:53 01:35
2021 22:40 02:10 -21:32 -18:40 26 of 34 03:26 -01:52 04:06 01:13

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM South Africa has 4m+4f Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 150.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 17% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 1 Alistair Brownlee GBR 07:59:36 08:03:02 00:47:59 04:24:12 05:17:12 02:42:24 83% +17% -0% (3)
2 5 Clement Mignon FRA 08:00:05 08:06:01 00:50:06 04:20:26 05:15:32 02:44:33 100% +0% -0% (2)
3 4 Leon Chevalier FRA 08:04:59 08:10:25 00:53:28 04:18:53 05:17:22 02:47:37 35% +42% -23% (5)
4 2 Bradley Weiss ZAF 08:06:54 08:12:27 00:50:02 04:27:06 05:22:08 02:44:46 68% +0% -32% (3)
5 8 Cameron Wurf AUS 08:07:40 08:14:43 00:52:20 04:14:17 05:11:37 02:56:03 64% +15% -21% (28)
6 6 Rasmus Svenningsson SWE 08:11:05 08:24:32 00:52:29 04:25:23 05:22:52 02:48:13 30% +29% -41% (7)
7 15 Paul Schuster GER 08:11:24 08:20:58 00:49:48 04:26:49 05:21:36 02:49:48 78% +17% -6% (8)
8 7 Mathias Lyngsoe Petersen DEN 08:13:00 08:16:55 00:49:35 04:28:20 05:22:55 02:50:05 96% +0% -4% (9)
9 9 Michael Weiss AUT 08:14:59 08:24:38 00:55:31 04:24:00 05:24:32 02:50:27 62% +10% -28% (39)
10 3 Matt Trautman ZAF 08:15:36 08:19:27 00:51:50 04:25:15 05:22:05 02:53:31 68% +7% -26% (16)
11 14 Dylan Magnien FRA 08:24:03 08:33:05 00:51:02 04:37:49 05:33:51 02:50:12 59% +0% -41% (3)
12 11 Arnaud Guilloux FRA 08:24:42 08:32:09 00:50:42 04:26:36 05:22:18 03:02:24 47% +29% -24% (10)
13 22 Christoph Mattner GER 08:30:23 08:43:09 00:53:58 04:43:30 05:42:28 02:47:55 100% +0% -0% (3)
14 13 Joao Ferreira POR 08:30:56 08:43:54 00:50:51 04:40:49 05:36:39 02:54:17 33% +39% -28% (6)
15 21 Marcus Herbst GER 08:34:54 08:49:38 00:52:05 04:30:34 05:27:38 03:07:16 56% +0% -44% (4)
16 23 Jason Pohl CAN 08:35:50 08:52:51 00:55:06 04:37:29 05:37:35 02:58:15 32% +13% -55% (11)
17 12 Antony Costes FRA 08:42:04 08:54:52 00:49:48 04:30:05 05:24:52 03:17:12 33% +8% -59% (18)
18 19 Balazs Csoke HUN 08:52:18 09:04:44 00:50:02 04:49:36 05:44:38 03:07:40 46% +11% -42% (40)
19 16 Marcel Bischof GER 09:05:27 09:20:27 01:00:09 04:52:21 05:57:31 03:07:56 75% +16% -10% (16)
20 18 Vinicius Canhedo BRA 09:12:11 09:39:19 00:55:34 04:51:29 05:52:03 03:20:08 3% +12% -86% (9)
21 20 Eneko Elosegui ESP 09:13:41 09:29:49 01:02:19 04:51:56 05:59:15 03:14:26 36% +16% -48% (30)
22 24 Gerhard De Bruin ZAF 09:15:45 09:29:23 00:57:01 04:59:21 06:01:22 03:14:23 84% +16% -0% (7)
  10 Andrea Salvisberg SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  17 Jon Saeveras Breivold NOR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 8% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 25 Laura Philipp GER 08:45:02 08:47:05 00:57:24 04:49:40 05:52:03 02:52:59 100% +0% -0% (6)
2 27 Fenella Langridge GBR 08:55:10 09:01:58 00:52:02 04:50:00 05:47:02 03:08:08 61% +23% -16% (5)
3 37 Justine Mathieux FRA 09:17:11 09:20:28 00:58:58 05:02:09 06:06:08 03:11:03 71% +29% -0% (3)
4 29 Jade Nicole ZAF 09:18:15 09:35:58 00:59:22 05:02:16 06:06:37 03:11:38 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
5 34 Leonie Konczalla GER 09:21:56 09:45:34 01:04:47 04:56:39 06:06:27 03:15:29 35% +0% -65% (2)
6 31 Laura Zimmermann GER 09:22:54 09:27:46 01:03:58 05:00:40 06:09:38 03:13:16 81% +0% -19% (6)
7 35 Carolin Lehrieder GER 09:24:44 09:45:34 00:56:38 04:57:10 05:58:48 03:25:56 21% +8% -71% (22)
8 30 Penny Slater AUS 09:31:51 09:38:12 00:59:25 05:02:24 06:06:48 03:25:03 68% +0% -32% (4)
9 26 Magda Nieuwoudt ZAF 09:41:39 10:00:56 01:00:08 05:10:07 06:15:14 03:26:25 21% +23% -55% (5)
10 36 Janien Lubben NED 10:01:49 10:16:11 01:10:40 05:18:27 06:34:08 03:27:41 77% +23% -0% (7)
  28 Giorgia Priarone ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  32 Laura Addie GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  33 Marlene De Boer NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  38 Mariella Sawyer ZAF n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Alistair Brownlee: 65% (1-1)
  • Cameron Wurf: 13% (7-1)
  • Clement Mignon: 8% (12-1)
  • Leon Chevalier: 7% (13-1)
  • Rasmus Svenningsson: 2% (45-1)
  • Michael Weiss: 2% (52-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Laura Philipp: 71% (1-1)
  • Fenella Langridge: 20% (4-1)
  • Justine Mathieux: 4% (27-1)
  • Laura Zimmermann: 3% (36-1)
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