Ironman South Africa 2024 (April 21st) – Seedings

Previous Winners

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
2023	Leon Chevalier (FRA)	07:11:43	Laura Philipp (GER)	08:01:58

For the last four races (2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023), the swim course had to be shortened.

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Leon Chevalier	FRA	00:10:10	04:10:38	02:46:59	07:11:43
2	Bradley Weiss	ZAF	00:09:42	04:15:09	02:47:06	07:16:02
3	Mathias Petersen	DEN	00:09:52	04:20:38	02:45:56	07:20:54

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Laura Philipp	GER	00:11:11	04:44:11	03:02:25	08:01:58
2	Fenella Langridge	GBR	00:10:58	04:52:05	03:06:04	08:13:16
3	Penny Slater	AUS	00:11:54	04:49:24	03:11:27	08:17:24

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

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 11% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	25	Arthur Horseau	FRA	07:52:45	07:59:33	00:53:07	04:18:07	05:16:14	02:36:31	34% +19% -47% (6)
2	24	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)
3	31	Cameron Wurf	AUS	08:04:05	08:09:22	00:51:45	04:13:33	05:10:19	02:53:46	73% +17% -10% (33)
4	28	Kristian Hogenhaug	DEN	08:06:41	08:20:48	00:50:23	04:18:02	05:13:26	02:53:15	56% +5% -39% (19)
5	26	Leonard Arnold	GER	08:07:00	08:14:24	00:51:16	04:27:41	05:23:57	02:43:03	100% +0% -0% (2)
6	22	Rasmus Svenningsson	SWE	08:09:12	08:20:26	00:54:28	04:23:57	05:23:24	02:45:48	49% +21% -29% (8)
7	23	Bart Aernouts	BEL	08:09:27	08:15:12	00:55:28	04:23:44	05:24:12	02:45:15	66% +1% -32% (24)
8	21	Mathias Petersen	DEN	08:09:39	08:12:23	00:49:40	04:25:35	05:20:16	02:49:23	82% +0% -18% (12)
9	40	Dominik Sowieja	GER	08:13:21	08:21:09	00:53:24	04:27:57	05:26:21	02:47:00	87% +13% -0% (6)
10	32	Andreas Dreitz	GER	08:14:32	08:17:36	00:52:11	04:24:23	05:21:34	02:52:58	62% +0% -38% (14)
11	27	Josh Amberger	AUS	08:15:29	08:24:24	00:48:23	04:25:28	05:18:51	02:56:38	72% +1% -27% (16)
12	20	Matt Trautman	ZAF	08:15:36	08:24:27	00:51:50	04:25:15	05:22:05	02:53:31	51% +5% -44% (17)
13	43	Kristian Grue	NOR	08:15:40	08:32:23	00:53:48	04:29:07	05:27:55	02:47:45	38% +0% -62% (2)
14	36	Milan Brons	NED	08:18:16	08:28:34	00:50:39	04:26:05	05:21:44	02:56:32	62% +27% -11% (10)
15	46	Tim Van Hemel	BEL	08:19:13	08:30:50	00:53:07	04:26:33	05:24:39	02:54:34	100% +0% -0% (2)
16	30	Kenneth Vandendriessche	BEL	08:20:12	08:31:19	00:56:46	04:31:56	05:33:42	02:46:30	41% +22% -37% (4)
17	48	Evert Scheltinga	NED	08:24:17	08:34:39	00:50:14	04:31:40	05:26:54	02:57:23	61% +0% -39% (16)
18	45	Thomas Davis	GBR	08:25:26	08:35:25	00:49:52	04:35:51	05:30:43	02:54:43	58% +17% -25% (9)
19	37	Christoph Mattner	GER	08:28:52	08:41:13	00:55:37	04:44:16	05:44:54	02:43:58	69% +0% -31% (5)
20	35	Harry Palmer	GBR	08:31:41	08:47:56	00:49:10	04:27:39	05:21:49	03:09:52	64% +0% -36% (2)
21	34	Yvan Jarrige	FRA	08:33:56	08:46:54	00:51:22	04:38:26	05:34:49	02:59:07	39% +48% -14% (7)
22	47	Yannick Matejicek	FRA	08:34:14	08:52:41	01:00:01	04:38:09	05:43:10	02:51:04	44% +0% -56% (2)
23	38	Christopher Dels	GER	08:42:49	08:52:02	00:57:51	04:43:06	05:45:56	02:56:53	86% +0% -14% (7)
24	39	Domenico Passuello	ITA	08:46:23	09:06:19	00:58:19	04:36:50	05:40:08	03:06:15	24% +2% -74% (14)
25	49	Michael Kalb	GER	08:46:38	09:03:46	00:52:32	04:39:50	05:37:22	03:09:16	35% +0% -65% (6)
26	51	Quentin De Vos	BEL	08:58:32	09:05:25	01:01:13	04:48:41	05:54:54	03:03:38	39% +0% -61% (6)
27	50	Mathias Tuerk	GER	08:59:42	09:16:51	00:57:25	04:45:25	05:47:49	03:11:53	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
28	44	Marcel Bischof	GER	09:05:27	09:26:03	01:00:09	04:52:21	05:57:31	03:07:56	19% +4% -77% (17)
	33	Cameron MacNair	ZAF	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	41	James McCallum	ZAF	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	42	Jonas Weller	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 23% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	1	Daniela Ryf (AQ)	SUI	08:41:14	08:48:25	00:54:17	04:40:25	05:39:42	03:01:32	76% +21% -3% (23)
2	4	Susie Cheetham	GBR	09:07:52	09:14:49	00:58:02	04:55:42	05:58:44	03:09:08	93% +0% -7% (18)
3	2	Daniela Bleymehl	GER	09:07:53	09:15:44	01:00:27	04:47:39	05:53:06	03:14:47	34% +5% -60% (21)
4	12	Laura Jansen	GER	09:10:36	09:16:55	01:00:44	04:59:43	06:05:27	03:05:09	100% +0% -0% (2)
5	13	Emma Bilham	SUI	09:13:43	09:15:24	00:57:11	05:04:23	06:06:34	03:07:09	65% +11% -24% (10)
6	17	Katrine Graesboell Christensen	DEN	09:14:04	09:21:02	01:05:38	05:03:20	06:13:58	03:00:06	100% +0% -0% (3)
7	7	Marlene De Boer (KQ)	NED	09:14:23	09:28:25	00:58:22	05:05:25	06:08:47	03:05:36	100% +0% -0% (2)
8	6	Laura Zimmermann	GER	09:16:57	09:21:55	01:04:22	04:57:56	06:07:19	03:09:38	75% +16% -9% (9)
9	9	Marta Sanchez	ESP	09:21:38	09:39:28	00:54:22	05:04:25	06:03:47	03:17:51	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
10	10	Liesbeth Verbiest	BEL	09:24:17	09:48:01	01:06:38	05:06:42	06:18:20	03:05:57	45% +0% -55% (2)
11	14	Katharina Grohmann	GER	09:27:39	09:33:04	01:08:13	05:01:30	06:14:42	03:12:57	86% +3% -11% (28)
12	16	Margrit Elfers	GER	09:37:04	09:51:34	01:02:24	04:59:41	06:07:05	03:29:59	20% +23% -57% (7)
13	3	Magda Nieuwoudt	ZAF	09:37:12	09:45:53	01:00:35	05:07:44	06:13:19	03:23:53	21% +23% -55% (5)
14	11	Lucie Zelenkova	CZE	09:47:00	09:53:20	00:54:38	05:24:11	06:23:49	03:23:11	79% +0% -20% (31)
15	15	Carla Dahan	FRA	09:51:33	09:53:46	01:01:51	05:18:55	06:25:46	03:25:47	100% +0% -0% (3)
	8	Diede Diederiks	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Arthur Horseau: 40% (1-1)
• Alistair Brownlee: 33% (2-1)
• Cameron Wurf: 14% (6-1)
• Mathias Petersen: 3% (28-1)
• Kristian Hogenhaug: 3% (28-1)
• Leonard Arnold: 3% (36-1)
• Bart Aernouts: 2% (66-1)

Female Race Participants

• Daniela Ryf: >60% (1-1)
• Susie Cheetham: 7% (14-1)
• Daniela Bleymehl: 4% (27-1)
• Marlene De Boer: 2% (45-1)