Course Conditions
Conditions in Kalmar have been blazing fast this year (adjustment of 31:04), resulting in a completely new set of course records.
In the swim, Alexander Berggren posted the fastest time of 43:50, but there were six athletes faster than the old record by Clemente Alonso from 2017. The 2017 bike time by Cam Wurf (4:14) is also no longer a course record: Boris Stein posted a 4:03:08 – only Andy Starykowicz has ever ridden a faster time in an Ironman. Denis Chevrot improved the run course record, even if “only” by 12 seconds.
The overall course record was broken as well – in fact we saw the first seven sub-8 finishes ever in Sweden! Boris Stein’s 7:49:14 is now the new course record and also the fastest IM finish in 2019. Mathias Peterson’s 7:52:29 finish in third place is now the fastest Ironman debut (the old record was held by Brent McMahon with a 7:55 at Arizona 2014). He also broke the Danish national record, which was set by Rasmus Henning when he won Challenge Roth 2010 in 7:52:36
Kona Qualifying
The single Kona Pro slot in Kalmar goes to race winner Boris Stein. The full list of Kona Pro qualifiers can be found here.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Boris Stein | GER | 00:49:07 | 04:03:08 | 02:53:37 | 07:49:14 | -07:39 | US$ 15,000 |
| 2 | Denis Chevrot | FRA | 00:45:36 | 04:17:35 | 02:44:06 | 07:51:00 | -11:31 | US$ 7,500 |
| 3 | Mathias Lyngsoe Petersen | DEN | 00:45:27 | 04:16:24 | 02:47:32 | 07:52:29 | n/a | US$ 5,000 |
| 4 | Morten Brammer Olesen | DEN | 00:49:05 | 04:14:30 | 02:45:34 | 07:53:02 | -12:48 | US$ 3,250 |
| 5 | Tomas Renc | CZE | 00:45:33 | 04:17:53 | 02:46:50 | 07:54:05 | -13:44 | US$ 2,750 |
| 6 | Gustavo Rodriguez Iglesias | ESP | 00:48:50 | 04:15:01 | 02:51:48 | 07:59:25 | -14:05 | US$ 2,000 |
| 7 | Pedro Jose Andujar | ESP | 00:48:35 | 04:12:49 | 02:54:11 | 07:59:48 | -08:42 | US$ 1,500 |
| 8 | Markus Liebelt | GER | 00:48:43 | 04:09:49 | 03:00:02 | 08:03:15 | -13:42 | US$ 1,250 |
| 9 | Kirill Kotshegarov | EST | 00:48:52 | 04:12:54 | 02:58:14 | 08:05:11 | 01:03 | US$ 1,000 |
| 10 | Karl-Johan Danielsson | SWE | 00:45:51 | 04:11:41 | 03:09:31 | 08:10:41 | -19:59 | US$ 750 |
| 11 | Denis Sketako | SLO | 00:49:20 | 04:24:11 | 02:54:34 | 08:11:49 | -10:51 | |
| 12 | Kristian Hindkjaer | DEN | 00:48:36 | 04:15:08 | 03:09:25 | 08:17:13 | -08:46 | |
| 13 | Bjoern Laibacher | GER | 00:50:16 | 04:25:03 | 03:03:16 | 08:24:24 | n/a | |
| 14 | Erik Holmberg | SWE | 00:49:01 | 04:28:14 | 03:03:45 | 08:24:24 | -30:42 | |
| 15 | Vicenc Castella Serra | ESP | 00:53:42 | 04:35:58 | 02:51:47 | 08:26:12 | -06:01 | |
| 16 | Giulio Molinari | ITA | 00:45:30 | 04:17:55 | 03:20:28 | 08:27:42 | 25:57 | |
| 17 | Morgan Bjoerkqvist | SWE | 00:55:43 | 04:27:40 | 03:02:51 | 08:29:43 | n/a | |
| 18 | Jonas Oerarbaeck | SWE | 00:55:48 | 04:29:03 | 03:04:07 | 08:32:35 | -09:41 | |
| 19 | Jean-Claude Besse | SUI | 00:48:41 | 04:42:01 | 02:58:42 | 08:32:52 | -08:58 | |
| 20 | Eneko Elosegui | ESP | 00:55:46 | 04:32:59 | 03:12:46 | 08:45:40 | -10:29 | |
| 21 | Andrey Lyatskiy | RUS | 00:49:25 | 04:49:11 | 03:03:25 | 08:46:16 | 16:42 | |
| 22 | Jan Sneberger | CZE | 00:50:20 | 04:49:10 | 03:06:24 | 08:49:54 | -00:43 | |
| 23 | Bekim Christensen | DEN | 00:53:44 | 04:26:42 | 03:26:45 | 08:53:00 | -07:57 | |
| 24 | Alexander Berggren | SWE | 00:43:50 | 04:44:11 | 03:30:55 | 09:02:24 | -46:31 | |
| 25 | Dennis Matzen | DEN | 00:49:10 | 04:43:12 | 03:58:32 | 09:34:31 | 48:53 | |
| 26 | Lukas Polan | CZE | 01:00:02 | 05:08:13 | 03:25:56 | 09:41:30 | 07:32 | |
| Clemente Alonso McKernan | ESP | 00:45:37 | 04:20:54 | DNF | ||||
| Matt Burton | AUS | 00:48:45 | 04:20:30 | DNF | ||||
| Domenico Passuello | ITA | 00:49:06 | 04:22:05 | DNF | ||||
| Rasmus Svenningsson | SWE | 00:48:30 | 04:23:41 | DNF | ||||
| Daniel Besse | SUI | 00:45:25 | 04:32:04 | DNF | ||||
| Andreas Borch | DEN | 00:45:37 | 04:33:04 | DNF | ||||
| Gergo Badar | HUN | 00:48:56 | 04:33:37 | DNF | ||||
| Christian Haupt | GER | 00:51:44 | 04:52:50 | DNF | ||||
| Harry Wiltshire | GBR | 00:45:29 | DNF | |||||
| Igor Amorelli | BRA | 00:45:32 | DNF | |||||
| Johannes Moldan | GER | 00:49:14 | DNF |