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Ironman South Africa 2026 (April 19th) – 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
2023 Leon Chevalier (FRA) 07:11:43 Laura Philipp (GER) 08:01:58
2024 Rasmus Svenningsson (SWE) 08:03:11 Marta Sanchez (ESP) 09:15:36
2025 Magnus Ditlev (DEN) 07:44:55 Anne Reischmann (GER) 08:51:41

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Magnus Ditlev DEN 00:52:51 04:07:22 02:40:38 07:44:55
2 Marten Van Riel BEL 00:50:16 04:16:30 02:38:40 07:49:27
3 Jonas Schomburg GER 00:50:27 04:16:50 02:41:44 07:52:19

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Anne Reischmann GER 01:05:27 04:43:31 02:59:14 08:51:41
2 Marta Sanchez ESP 00:57:28 04:51:22 03:01:54 08:54:57
3 Katrine Graesboell Christensen DEN 01:07:48 04:45:44 03:01:09 08:58:41

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:44:55 Magnus Ditlev 2025-03-30
Swim overall 00:45:22 Anton Storm 2009-04-05
Bike overall 04:07:22 Magnus Ditlev 2025-03-30
Run overall 02:38:40 Marten Van Riel 2025-03-30
Total female 08:33:56 Chrissie Wellington 2011-04-10
Swim female 00:47:32 Lucy Charles-Barclay 2018-04-15
Bike female 04:43:31 Anne Reischmann 2025-03-30
Run female 02:52:54 Chrissie Wellington 2011-04-10

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM South Africa is 02:36.

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 -03:56 02:49 02:41 28 01:34 -03:56 02:49 02:41
2007 01:16 -08:10 06:34 02:52 33 01:25 -06:03 04:41 02:47
2008 15:32 01:07 10:31 03:54 36 06:07 -03:41 06:38 03:10
2009 17:18 02:43 13:35 01:01 28 08:55 -02:05 08:23 02:37
2010 09:38 -00:12 08:23 01:27 34 09:03 -01:42 08:23 02:23
2011 15:30 00:07 13:51 01:33 36 10:08 -01:24 09:17 02:15
2012 -11:58 -08:14 -06:39 02:54 28 06:58 -02:23 07:01 02:21
2013 06:23 -01:59 07:37 00:45 36 of 44 06:54 -02:20 07:05 02:09
2014 -12:12 -01:03 -08:23 -02:47 29 of 40 04:46 -02:11 05:22 01:36
2015 -13:44 -00:59 -11:06 -01:39 49 of 61 02:55 -02:04 03:44 01:16
2016 03:31 -03:11 06:40 00:03 42 of 53 02:59 -02:10 04:00 01:10
2017 08:21 -00:16 07:41 00:57 43 of 63 03:25 -02:01 04:18 01:09
2018 03:34 -00:07 01:35 02:06 35 of 47 03:26 -01:52 04:06 01:13
2019 03:17 -04:14 01:06 06:26 32 of 40 03:25 -02:02 03:53 01:35
2024 -05:03 -00:51 -04:05 -00:08 27 of 38 02:50 -01:48 03:31 01:07
2025 -00:29 -05:04 03:14 01:20 47 of 65 02:36 -02:01 03:30 01:08

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 1 Matthew Marquardt USA 07:54:43 07:56:17 00:48:54 04:16:46 05:10:40 02:44:03 95% +0% -5% (11)
2 5 Gregory Barnaby * ITA 07:54:55 07:56:25 00:48:28 04:19:06 05:12:34 02:42:21 57% +0% -43% (5)
3 4 Frederic Funk GER 07:57:25 08:12:18 00:51:06 04:18:19 05:14:25 02:43:00 60% +0% -40% (3)
4 7 Bradley Weiss ZAF 08:00:20 08:06:24 00:50:12 04:20:00 05:15:12 02:45:08 62% +0% -38% (10)
5 3 Rasmus Svenningsson (KQ) SWE 08:03:03 08:12:54 00:53:50 04:15:13 05:14:03 02:49:00 28% +26% -46% (14)
6 2 Jamie Riddle ZAF 08:03:09 08:07:21 00:47:53 04:23:29 05:16:23 02:46:46 100% +0% -0% (3)
7 6 Joe Skipper GBR 08:03:54 08:11:36 00:54:35 04:19:17 05:18:52 02:45:02 52% +0% -48% (49)
8 13 Tristan Olij NED 08:06:33 08:13:26 00:52:24 04:21:50 05:19:14 02:47:19 66% +4% -30% (10)
9 17 Pieter Heemeryck * BEL 08:06:51 08:19:43 00:49:21 04:23:49 05:18:09 02:48:42 6% +15% -79% (15)
10 8 Michael Weiss AUT 08:08:45 08:28:27 00:54:29 04:20:43 05:20:13 02:48:32 54% +3% -43% (50)
11 9 Dominik Sowieja GER 08:09:04 08:16:49 00:54:10 04:22:42 05:21:53 02:47:11 96% +4% -0% (11)
12 16 Mikel Ugarte Ramos ESP 08:11:08 08:17:54 00:51:42 04:26:51 05:23:34 02:47:34 82% +18% -0% (8)
13 35 Wojciech Kopycinski POL 08:11:42 08:26:32 00:53:00 04:21:35 05:19:35 02:52:07 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
14 11 Mattia Ceccarelli ITA 08:11:55 08:27:44 00:49:16 04:26:02 05:20:18 02:51:37 47% +7% -46% (11)
15 14 Stenn Goetstouwers BEL 08:12:12 08:22:04 00:52:20 04:26:20 05:23:39 02:48:33 50% +16% -34% (17)
16 12 Matt Burton AUS 08:12:15 08:30:44 00:52:53 04:19:23 05:17:16 02:54:59 7% +17% -76% (30)
17 10 Benjamin Hill AUS 08:13:16 08:21:45 00:53:38 04:21:25 05:20:03 02:53:13 69% +8% -23% (7)
18 18 Florian Angert GER 08:15:19 08:17:03 00:49:19 04:27:26 05:21:44 02:53:35 74% +0% -26% (13)
19 15 Andreas Dreitz GER 08:18:49 08:25:18 00:52:17 04:27:30 05:24:48 02:54:01 58% +0% -42% (19)
20 25 Marc Eggeling GER 08:22:33 08:32:05 00:51:47 04:25:44 05:22:31 03:00:02 32% +13% -55% (6)
21 19 Louis Richard FRA 08:24:54 08:36:13 01:12:10 04:26:31 05:43:42 02:41:12 100% +0% -0% (2)
22 20 Ollie Turner GBR 08:25:09 08:40:23 00:49:26 04:26:36 05:21:02 03:04:07 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
23 22 Pim Van Diemen NED 08:25:33 08:36:56 00:52:34 04:24:24 05:21:57 03:03:36 56% +0% -44% (8)
24 27 Paul Loiseaux FRA 08:26:45 08:47:15 00:52:33 04:29:46 05:27:19 02:59:26 47% +0% -53% (2)
25 21 Andrew Horsfall-Turner GBR 08:30:20 08:44:27 00:47:54 04:25:00 05:17:54 03:12:26 40% +13% -47% (13)
26 24 Keegan Cooke ZAF 08:42:18 08:59:24 00:50:25 04:51:10 05:46:35 02:55:43 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
27 28 Pascal Franken NED 08:47:46 08:58:18 01:00:05 04:33:49 05:38:54 03:08:52 100% +0% -0% (2)
28 23 Cameron MacNair ZAF 08:49:54 09:07:54 00:53:19 04:38:23 05:36:42 03:13:12 38% +0% -62% (2)
29 30 Adam Lennell SWE 08:56:13 09:08:38 00:59:09 04:30:36 05:34:45 03:21:28 100% +0% -0% (2)
30 26 Zoran Nikolics HUN 09:10:37 09:32:57 00:56:37 04:54:17 05:55:54 03:14:43 17% +43% -40% (3)
  29 Tim Gosnjak SLO n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  31 Matthew Ralphs ZAF n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  32 Giel Meesen NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  33 Jacob Lind Knudsen DEN 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 25% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 16 Daisy Davies GBR 08:53:00 09:09:05 00:55:12 04:50:20 05:50:32 03:02:28 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
2 1 Katrine Graesboell Christensen DEN 09:00:24 09:06:03 01:03:19 04:52:38 06:00:57 02:59:27 100% +0% -0% (11)
3 5 Penny Slater AUS 09:01:47 09:13:28 00:58:23 04:54:15 05:57:38 03:04:09 39% +30% -31% (12)
4 4 Anna Pabinger (KQ) AUT 09:03:18 09:25:18 01:05:20 04:58:06 06:08:26 02:54:52 48% +0% -52% (2)
5 6 Daniela Bleymehl GER 09:04:29 09:09:35 00:59:29 04:47:11 05:51:40 03:12:49 59% +2% -39% (25)
6 3 Laura Jansen GER 09:06:12 09:08:02 00:58:50 04:55:49 05:59:39 03:06:33 78% +0% -22% (8)
7 2 Merle Brunnee GER 09:09:32 09:11:59 01:08:13 04:50:02 06:03:15 03:06:17 74% +0% -26% (5)
8 9 Henrike Gueber GER 09:18:31 09:19:22 01:07:11 04:56:54 06:09:05 03:09:26 87% +0% -13% (9)
9 8 Julia Skala GER 09:19:45 09:20:19 01:03:29 05:06:24 06:14:54 03:04:51 100% +0% -0% (6)
10 7 Rebecca Anderbury GBR 09:20:48 09:43:59 01:02:44 04:55:10 06:02:54 03:17:54 10% +48% -43% (6)
11 15 Antonia Milowsky GER 09:26:12 09:38:00 00:59:32 05:05:18 06:09:50 03:16:22 100% +0% -0% (2)
12 10 Fiona Moriarty IRL 09:31:51 09:36:06 01:02:27 05:05:09 06:12:37 03:19:14 51% +28% -21% (16)
13 12 Kyra Meulenberg NED 09:41:17 09:48:09 01:10:12 05:10:11 06:25:24 03:15:53 77% +0% -23% (4)
14 11 Katie Colville USA 09:57:34 10:01:36 01:04:37 05:30:13 06:39:50 03:17:44 84% +16% -0% (9)
15 13 Clarice Chastang USA 10:01:58 10:15:46 01:07:19 05:26:57 06:39:16 03:22:42 35% +55% -10% (9)
  14 Marit Lindemann GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  17 Claire Hann GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  18 Michelle Krebs SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Matthew Marquardt: 30% (2-1)
  • Rasmus Svenningsson: 22% (3-1)
  • Gregory Barnaby: 12% (7-1)
  • Joe Skipper: 9% (10-1)
  • Jamie Riddle: 9% (11-1)
  • Frederic Funk: 5% (21-1)
  • Bradley Weiss: 4% (23-1)
  • Matt Burton: 4% (26-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Katrine Graesboell Christensen: 42% (1-1)
  • Daisy Davies: 17% (5-1)
  • Penny Slater: 12% (7-1)
  • Daniela Bleymehl: 11% (8-1)
  • Anna Pabinger: 8% (11-1)
  • Laura Jansen: 7% (13-1)
  • Merle Brunnee: 2% (62-1)

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  3. Ironman South Africa 2019 (April 7th) – Seedings
  4. Ironman South Africa 2019 (April 7th) – Entry List
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  6. Ironman South Africa 2017 (April 2nd) – Seedings

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