Previous Winners
| Year | Male Winner | Time | Female Winner | Time |
| 2005 | Christoph Mauch (SUI) | 08:21:48 | Karin Thuerig (SUI) | 09:10:51 |
| 2006 | Stefan Riesen (SUI) | 08:16:50 | Rebecca Preston (AUS) | 09:24:18 |
| 2007 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:24:58 | Rebecca Preston (AUS) | 09:20:40 |
| 2008 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:16:05 | Sibylle Matter (SUI) | 09:30:12 |
| 2009 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:20:00 | Sibylle Matter (SUI) | 09:14:35 |
| 2010 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:12:40 | Karin Thuerig (SUI) | 09:00:04 |
| 2011 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:19:51 | Karin Thuerig (SUI) | 09:03:26 |
| 2012 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:17:13 | Erika Csomor (HUN) | 09:20:16 |
| 2013 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:33:39 | Anja Beranek (GER) | 09:21:31 |
| 2014 | Boris Stein (GER) | 08:33:02 | Daniela Ryf (SUI) | 09:13:30 |
| 2015 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:21:19 | Beth Gerdes (USA) | 09:21:05 |
| 2016 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:17:04 | Daniela Ryf (SUI) | 08:51:50 |
Last Year’s TOP 3
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Ronnie Schildknecht | SUI | 00:55:39 | 04:31:01 | 02:47:07 | 08:17:04 |
| 2 | Timo Bracht | GER | 00:53:17 | 04:33:02 | 02:54:34 | 08:24:13 |
| 3 | Jan Van Berkel | SUI | 00:52:56 | 04:33:37 | 02:59:23 | 08:29:12 |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Daniela Ryf | SUI | 00:53:16 | 04:46:30 | 03:07:31 | 08:51:50 |
| 2 | Emma Bilham | SUI | 00:57:41 | 05:03:58 | 03:16:36 | 09:21:48 |
| 3 | Michaela Herlbauer | AUT | 01:01:05 | 05:07:02 | 03:15:37 | 09:28:12 |
Course Records
| Leg | Gender | Record | Athlete | Date |
| Total | overall | 08:12:40 | Ronnie Schildknecht | 2010-07-25 |
| Swim | overall | 00:45:29 | Benjamin Sanson | 2005-07-15 |
| Bike | overall | 04:23:58 | Stefan Riesen | 2006-07-02 |
| Run | overall | 02:41:58 | Clemente Alonso McKernan | 2011-07-10 |
| Total | female | 08:51:50 | Daniela Ryf | 2016-07-24 |
| Swim | female | 00:51:23 | Celine Schaerer | 2014-07-27 |
| Bike | female | 04:43:53 | Karin Thuerig | 2010-07-25 |
| Run | female | 03:00:27 | Kristin Moeller | 2014-07-27 |
Course Rating
The Course Rating for IM Switzerland is 05:58.
Race Adjustments for IM Switzerland
| Year | Adjustment | Swim Adj. | Bike Adj. | Run Adj. | # of Finishers | Rating | Swim Rating | Bike Rating | Run Rating |
| 2005 | -06:34 | 01:11 | 03:25 | -09:12 | 42 | -06:34 | 01:11 | 03:25 | -09:12 |
| 2006 | 13:38 | 01:59 | 06:01 | 02:44 | 35 | 03:32 | 01:35 | 04:43 | -03:14 |
| 2007 | 19:39 | -00:21 | 12:47 | 01:55 | 35 | 08:54 | 00:56 | 07:24 | -01:31 |
| 2008 | 12:22 | 00:12 | 03:08 | 02:39 | 30 of 40 | 09:46 | 00:45 | 06:20 | -00:29 |
| 2009 | 16:32 | -00:11 | 08:33 | 04:06 | 37 | 11:07 | 00:34 | 06:47 | 00:26 |
| 2010 | 08:54 | -00:32 | 06:45 | 03:19 | 30 of 38 | 10:45 | 00:23 | 06:47 | 00:55 |
| 2011 | 10:56 | -01:55 | 02:05 | 06:03 | 20 | 10:47 | 00:03 | 06:06 | 01:39 |
| 2012 | 08:20 | -02:34 | 03:50 | 01:39 | 31 | 10:28 | -00:16 | 05:49 | 01:39 |
| 2013 | -08:16 | -04:44 | 03:28 | -06:20 | 38 | 08:23 | -00:46 | 05:34 | 00:46 |
| 2014 | -02:13 | -03:17 | 06:06 | -01:38 | 28 of 36 | 07:20 | -01:01 | 05:37 | 00:32 |
| 2015 | -03:55 | -02:25 | 01:59 | -04:06 | 24 of 38 | 06:18 | -01:09 | 05:17 | 00:06 |
| 2016 | 02:18 | -03:20 | 06:56 | -01:03 | 30 of 46 | 05:58 | -01:20 | 05:25 | 00:01 |
KPR points and Prize Money
IM Switzerland is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$.
Male Race Participants
The strength of the field is 15% of a typical Kona field.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Expected Time | Rating | Exp. Swim | Exp. Bike | Exp. T2 | Exp. Run | Consistency | Overall |
| 1 | 1 | Ronnie Schildknecht | SUI | 08:15:30 | 08:25:01 | 00:53:23 | 04:29:15 | 05:27:38 | 02:47:52 | 83% +1% -16% (32) | 21 |
| 2 | 31 | Will Clarke | GBR | 08:16:16 | 08:31:03 | 00:49:54 | 04:35:27 | 05:30:21 | 02:45:55 | 9% +57% -34% (6) | 39 |
| 3 | 29 | Nick Kastelein | AUS | 08:18:14 | 08:31:28 | 00:48:24 | 04:29:23 | 05:22:48 | 02:55:26 | 100% +0% -0% (2) | (42) |
| 4 | 35 | Alessandro Degasperi * | ITA | 08:22:39 | 08:28:21 | 00:52:25 | 04:37:58 | 05:35:23 | 02:47:16 | 78% +0% -22% (10) | 30 |
| 5 | 2 | Jan Van Berkel | SUI | 08:25:20 | 08:37:57 | 00:50:01 | 04:32:12 | 05:27:14 | 02:58:06 | 46% +25% -29% (14) | 64 |
| 6 | 3 | Ruedi Wild | SUI | 08:26:33 | 08:30:00 | 00:50:00 | 04:35:40 | 05:30:40 | 02:55:53 | 43% +32% -25% (4) | 37 |
| 7 | 32 | David Plese | SLO | 08:27:36 | 08:33:49 | 00:53:49 | 04:34:48 | 05:33:37 | 02:53:59 | 86% +9% -5% (22) | 47 |
| 8 | 25 | Daniel Fontana * | ITA | 08:28:20 | 08:34:26 | 00:50:24 | 04:36:51 | 05:32:15 | 02:56:05 | 66% +0% -34% (15) | 52 |
| 9 | 18 | Cameron Wurf * | AUS | 08:29:41 | 08:45:13 | 00:50:03 | 04:20:40 | 05:15:43 | 03:13:58 | 18% +82% -0% (4) | 86 |
| 10 | 17 | Daniil Sapunov | UKR | 08:33:42 | 08:48:48 | 00:49:39 | 04:45:06 | 05:39:45 | 02:53:57 | 80% +20% -0% (5) | 100 |
| 11 | 30 | Philipp Koutny | SUI | 08:36:24 | 08:49:57 | 00:52:11 | 04:32:51 | 05:30:03 | 03:06:21 | 35% +21% -44% (6) | 103 |
| 12 | 15 | Esben Hovgaard | DEN | 08:36:40 | 08:49:49 | 00:53:59 | 04:36:39 | 05:35:38 | 03:01:02 | 56% +29% -16% (12) | 101 |
| 13 | 8 | Trevor Delsaut | FRA | 08:39:06 | 08:51:30 | 00:54:05 | 04:41:45 | 05:40:50 | 02:58:16 | 35% +5% -60% (28) | 111 |
| 14 | 24 | Anton Blokhin | UKR | 08:39:20 | 08:53:38 | 00:51:37 | 04:40:41 | 05:37:18 | 03:02:02 | 50% +25% -25% (22) | 118 |
| 15 | 13 | Samuel Huerzeler | SUI | 08:44:46 | 08:59:30 | 00:54:00 | 04:45:16 | 05:44:15 | 03:00:31 | 56% +44% -0% (8) | 144 |
| 16 | 5 | Harry Wiltshire | GBR | 08:45:23 | 08:57:22 | 00:48:40 | 04:47:06 | 05:40:45 | 03:04:38 | 27% +18% -55% (21) | 136 |
| 17 | 16 | Fellipe Santos | BRA | 08:48:40 | 09:06:12 | 00:49:04 | 04:49:46 | 05:43:50 | 03:04:50 | 38% +62% -0% (2) | (167) |
| 18 | 36 | Daniel Niederreiter | AUT | 08:50:41 | 08:57:55 | 00:52:38 | 04:47:26 | 05:45:03 | 03:05:38 | 67% +0% -33% (15) | 138 |
| 19 | 6 | Philip Graves | GBR | 08:51:34 | 08:55:32 | 00:50:13 | 04:31:12 | 05:26:25 | 03:25:09 | 100% +0% -0% (8) | 127 |
| 20 | 4 | Mike Schifferle | SUI | 08:53:31 | 09:05:03 | 01:01:13 | 04:43:51 | 05:50:05 | 03:03:26 | 89% +10% -2% (65) | 162 |
| 21 | 26 | Allister Caird | AUS | 08:55:55 | 09:24:41 | 01:01:03 | 04:39:33 | 05:45:36 | 03:10:19 | 12% +20% -67% (6) | 216 |
| 22 | 22 | John Manuel Galindo Rooney | ESP | 09:12:13 | 09:42:51 | 00:52:28 | 05:01:59 | 05:59:27 | 03:12:46 | 4% +37% -58% (5) | 263 |
| 23 | 28 | Hendrik-Jan Verhaegen | BEL | 09:12:21 | 09:32:23 | 00:56:45 | 04:54:29 | 05:56:15 | 03:16:06 | 44% +0% -56% (8) | 243 |
| 24 | 11 | Urs Mueller | SUI | 09:15:26 | 09:25:29 | 00:55:51 | 04:52:54 | 05:53:45 | 03:21:41 | 79% +0% -21% (4) | 223 |
| 25 | 14 | David Jilek * | CZE | 09:27:52 | 09:37:46 | 00:59:29 | 04:56:03 | 06:00:33 | 03:27:19 | 79% +12% -9% (9) | 255 |
| 26 | 7 | Lukas Polan | CZE | 09:32:34 | 09:51:47 | 01:04:09 | 05:03:43 | 06:12:53 | 03:19:41 | 22% +36% -42% (14) | 276 |
| 27 | 21 | Sebastian Pedraza | ITA | 09:45:57 | 09:54:30 | 00:58:21 | 05:02:04 | 06:05:25 | 03:40:32 | 56% +2% -42% (15) | 280 |
| 28 | 19 | Gergely Nagy | HUN | 09:50:40 | 10:04:32 | 00:54:44 | 04:57:03 | 05:56:47 | 03:53:53 | 60% +6% -34% (9) | 293 |
| 29 | 34 | Michal Ivanco | SVK | 09:58:09 | 10:26:54 | 01:20:43 | 05:08:21 | 06:34:04 | 03:24:05 | 50% +0% -50% (2) | (303) |
| 30 | 9 | Charles Martin | FRA | 10:10:20 | 10:29:53 | 00:54:03 | 05:09:49 | 06:08:52 | 04:01:28 | 26% +0% -74% (3) | (306) |
| 31 | 33 | Marek Nemcik | SVK | 11:10:30 | 11:57:35 | 01:12:43 | 05:36:58 | 06:54:41 | 04:15:49 | 25% +24% -50% (41) | 315 |
| 10 | Thomas Kaiser | GER | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | 0% +0% -100% (3) | (n/a) | |
| 12 | Alexander Chikin | RUS | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 23 | Alexander Polizzi | AUS | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 27 | Lubos Truhlar | CZE | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) |
Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.
Female Race Participants
The strength of the field is 11% of a typical Kona field.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Expected Time | Rating | Exp. Swim | Exp. Bike | Exp. T2 | Exp. Run | Consistency | Overall |
| 3 | 42 | Celine Schaerer | SUI | 09:29:39 | 09:50:17 | 00:51:09 | 05:12:55 | 06:09:05 | 03:20:34 | 72% +0% -28% (9) | 65 |
| 4 | 55 | Laurel Wassner | USA | 09:33:18 | 09:44:50 | 00:55:41 | 05:18:26 | 06:19:06 | 03:14:12 | 63% +16% -21% (10) | 57 |
| 5 | 47 | Tine Holst | DEN | 09:41:05 | 09:48:28 | 01:05:54 | 05:10:21 | 06:21:15 | 03:19:50 | 76% +9% -15% (15) | 63 |
| 6 | 45 | Regula Rohrbach | SUI | 09:49:06 | 09:59:20 | 00:58:45 | 05:03:05 | 06:06:50 | 03:42:16 | 45% +10% -46% (12) | (77) |
| 7 | 53 | Shiao-yu Li | TWN | 09:50:35 | 10:02:26 | 01:07:04 | 05:18:03 | 06:30:07 | 03:20:28 | 55% +12% -33% (15) | 85 |
| 46 | Nina Derron | SUI | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) | |
| 49 | Martina Kunz | SUI | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | n/a (no IM Pro race) | (n/a) |
Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.
Winning Odds
Male Race Participants
- Ronnie Schildknecht: 51% (1-1)
- Will Clarke: 16% (5-1)
- Alessandro Degasperi: 12% (7-1)
- Jan Van Berkel: 8% (11-1)
- Nick Kastelein: 6% (16-1)
- David Plese: 5% (18-1)
Female Race Participants
- Carrie Lester: 55% (1-1)
- Emma Bilham: 22% (4-1)
- Celine Schaerer: 10% (9-1)
- Laurel Wassner: 8% (11-1)
- Tine Holst: 4% (27-1)
Kona Qualifying
A lot of male athletes are still in need of “just a few more” points to qualify for Kona:
- Ronnie Schildknecht is already safe, his main goal will be his tenth (!!) win at IM Switzerland.
- David Please and Nick Kastelein are also well placed, I would be surprised to see them race. (If they decide to race, they won’t need the points anyways. Any finish by Nick would improve his total.)
- 8th (305 points) or better: Rudi Wild
- 5th (720 points) or better: Harry Wiltshire, Daniel Fontana
- 4th (960 points) or better: Alessandro Degasperi, Jan Van Berkel
- 3rd (1.280 points) or better: Daniil Sapunov
Will Clarke is also on the startlist, but highly unlikely to race after his second place at IM UK. A few others have a chance to secure a Kona slot with an unlikely win in Zürich (Philip Graves, Philipp Koutny, Esben Hovgard, Fellipe Santos)
There are also three females that want to make it to Kona by placing well in Zürich: Celine Schärer (3.000), Tine Holst (3.035) and Shiao-Yu Li (3.145) already have four races in their current total, so they will all need to finish in second place (1.600 points) or better. (Clearly, no more than two of them will be able to). Carrie Lester is on the start list as well and could secure a slot with a third or maybe even a fourth place, but she probably only registered as a back up for France one week before. (She won’t be racing after winning IM France.)