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Ironman Switzerland 2018 (July 29th) – Seedings

IMSUI_LogoUpdate July 24th: Removed a few athletes who have withdrawn (Andi Böcherer, Ruedi Wild, Andreas Giglmayr, Mitchell Kibby, and Barbara Riveros)

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 McKenzie (USA) 09:21:05
2016 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:17:04 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 08:51:50
2017 Nick Kastelein (AUS) 08:13:28 Celine Schaerer (SUI) 09:23:02

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Nick Kastelein AUS 00:48:18 04:31:13 02:50:24 08:13:28
2 Ruedi Wild SUI 00:48:43 04:38:52 02:49:21 08:20:37
3 Jan van Berkel SUI 00:48:45 04:36:42 02:58:01 08:26:51

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Celine Schaerer SUI 00:51:45 05:11:00 03:15:36 09:23:02
2 Tine Holst DEN 01:05:52 05:11:05 03:16:50 09:37:44
3 Martina Kunz SUI 01:02:05 05:09:58 03:23:40 09:40:08

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 05:46.

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
2017 03:15 -00:10 05:34 00:33 22 of 27 05:46 -01:14 05:26 00:03

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Switzerland is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 6 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 14% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 32 Andi Boecherer GER 08:04:17 08:17:30 00:48:14 04:18:58 05:12:12 02:52:05 34% +26% -41% (16) (8)
2 38 Mike Phillips NZL 08:16:42 08:32:25 00:50:31 04:27:18 05:22:50 02:53:52 45% +23% -32% (4) 60
3 1 Ronnie Schildknecht SUI 08:17:49 08:27:27 00:53:30 04:29:45 05:28:16 02:49:33 67% +0% -33% (35) 34
4 4 Ruedi Wild SUI 08:18:13 08:23:16 00:49:30 04:34:58 05:29:28 02:48:45 82% +10% -8% (7) 21
5 2 Jan van Berkel SUI 08:21:17 08:27:58 00:49:37 04:32:31 05:27:08 02:54:09 58% +27% -14% (18) 36
6 3 Cameron Wurf AUS 08:22:25 08:27:35 00:51:35 04:17:06 05:13:41 03:08:44 69% +24% -7% (13) 35
7 5 Andreas Giglmayr AUT 08:25:04 08:53:54 00:48:25 04:25:57 05:19:21 03:05:43 10% +0% -90% (3) (133)
8 30 David Plese SLO 08:25:11 08:29:22 00:54:00 04:33:46 05:32:46 02:52:25 84% +5% -11% (26) 44
9 8 Johann Ackermann * GER 08:27:40 08:38:32 00:49:16 04:28:12 05:22:28 03:05:12 80% +0% -20% (11) 83
10 37 Jeremy Jurkiewicz FRA 08:28:04 08:34:58 00:49:22 04:37:01 05:31:23 02:56:41 89% +0% -11% (16) 65
11 28 Miquel Blanchart Tinto * ESP 08:30:39 08:35:19 00:50:27 04:44:34 05:40:01 02:50:38 89% +2% -9% (20) 68
12 7 Samuel Huerzeler SUI 08:33:20 08:48:33 00:53:56 04:36:51 05:35:47 02:57:33 71% +29% -0% (12) 106
13 40 Philipp Koutny SUI 08:34:22 08:46:18 00:51:59 04:34:31 05:31:29 03:02:53 64% +0% -36% (9) 98
14 27 Daniil Sapunov UKR 08:37:13 08:50:03 00:49:24 04:42:10 05:36:34 03:00:39 73% +6% -21% (11) 112
15 10 Trevor Delsaut FRA 08:37:31 08:48:56 00:53:27 04:42:20 05:40:46 02:56:45 25% +13% -61% (30) 107
16 36 Sven Riederer SUI 08:46:22 09:10:53 00:50:22 04:33:30 05:28:52 03:17:30 41% +0% -59% (2) (193)
17 31 Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE 08:46:39 09:01:03 00:52:33 04:35:04 05:32:37 03:14:02 48% +16% -36% (17) 159
18 35 Daniel Niederreiter AUT 08:47:12 08:54:50 00:53:09 04:42:14 05:40:23 03:06:49 64% +0% -36% (17) 136
19 14 Felipe Santos BRA 08:48:53 09:06:12 00:49:02 04:49:57 05:43:59 03:04:54 38% +62% -0% (2) (175)
20 24 Simon Schwarz GER 08:52:17 09:11:34 00:54:54 04:47:26 05:47:20 03:04:57 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (194)
21 39 Mitchell Kibby AUS 08:56:14 09:15:40 00:49:48 04:56:10 05:50:58 03:05:16 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (203)
22 26 Balazs Csoke HUN 08:56:25 09:05:10 00:49:04 04:53:33 05:47:37 03:08:48 41% +6% -53% (30) 172
23 23 Julian Mutterer GER 08:56:50 09:07:57 00:53:20 04:52:34 05:50:54 03:05:56 47% +0% -53% (4) 181
24 25 Alexander Chikin RUS 08:57:40 09:10:35 00:56:20 04:42:59 05:44:20 03:13:20 100% +0% -0% (2) (191)
25 6 Mike Schifferle SUI 08:59:05 09:19:47 01:01:14 04:45:57 05:52:10 03:06:55 78% +6% -16% (74) 207
26 19 Julian Beuchert GER 08:59:32 09:19:05 00:50:44 04:50:27 05:46:11 03:13:21 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (206)
27 11 Urs Mueller SUI 09:01:11 09:21:38 00:53:59 04:41:31 05:40:30 03:20:41 38% +16% -45% (8) 218
28 33 Bekim Christensen DEN 09:13:41 09:26:06 01:03:06 04:45:43 05:53:49 03:19:52 25% +24% -51% (6) 233
29 18 Marco Iseli SUI 09:15:04 09:29:20 00:56:28 04:55:30 05:56:58 03:18:06 75% +25% -0% (4) (240)
30 41 Oliver Gonzalez Miranda MEX 09:20:54 09:31:01 00:52:19 05:12:45 06:10:04 03:10:50 100% +0% -0% (7) 242
31 17 Freddy Lampret ZAF 09:32:30 10:03:05 00:55:32 04:55:48 05:56:20 03:36:10 31% +6% -64% (15) 278
32 16 Lukas Polan CZE 09:37:44 09:53:51 01:03:08 05:08:45 06:16:53 03:20:51 50% +13% -36% (17) 273
33 13 Cyril Pochon FRA 10:16:08 10:32:08 00:57:13 05:15:35 06:17:49 03:58:19 78% +0% -22% (3) (292)
34 34 Marek Nemcik * SVK 11:10:47 11:59:59 01:13:48 05:30:37 06:49:24 04:21:23 35% +20% -45% (47) 302
12 Daniel Besse SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
15 Anthony Cadario FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
20 Romain Garcin FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (2) (n/a)
21 Jean-Claude Besse SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
22 Davide Rossetti ITA 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 13% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 70 Kaisa Sali FIN 09:00:32 09:04:32 00:57:49 04:56:07 05:58:56 03:01:36 100% +0% -0% (7) 2
2 52 Annabel Luxford AUS 09:18:41 09:30:55 00:52:38 04:58:51 05:56:29 03:22:12 66% +0% -34% (8) 38
3 64 Lisa Roberts USA 09:21:01 09:25:49 01:04:56 05:09:12 06:19:07 03:01:54 83% +3% -15% (23) 29
4 63 Sara Svensk * SWE 09:21:21 09:33:21 00:59:03 05:02:36 06:06:40 03:14:41 47% +30% -23% (4) 41
5 69 Elisabeth Gruber AUT 09:26:58 09:42:31 01:01:53 05:13:07 06:20:00 03:06:58 74% +3% -23% (11) 56
6 9 Nikki Bartlett GBR 09:30:38 09:37:37 01:01:33 05:05:20 06:11:53 03:18:45 78% +0% -22% (5) 48
7 65 Melanie Burke NZL 09:33:00 09:41:20 01:04:22 05:07:54 06:17:16 03:15:44 63% +32% -4% (13) 55
8 53 Martina Kunz SUI 09:38:09 09:54:21 01:03:11 05:08:57 06:17:07 03:21:02 70% +0% -30% (4) 81
9 68 Jenny Schulz GER 09:42:51 10:05:17 01:03:25 05:25:47 06:34:12 03:08:39 12% +77% -11% (3) (101)
10 71 Pamela Tastets CHI 09:42:51 09:53:22 00:58:38 05:14:34 06:18:13 03:24:38 100% +0% -0% (4) 78
11 55 Skye Moench USA 09:46:19 10:05:07 00:58:58 05:11:28 06:15:26 03:30:53 21% +48% -32% (3) 100
12 57 Corina Hengartner SUI 09:47:17 10:02:58 01:03:20 05:16:12 06:24:31 03:22:46 51% +24% -26% (8) 95
13 54 Regula Rohrbach SUI 09:50:27 09:59:42 00:59:53 05:05:23 06:10:16 03:40:11 60% +7% -33% (13) 88
14 58 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 09:56:24 10:21:18 01:11:31 05:19:50 06:36:21 03:20:03 46% +15% -39% (11) 127
15 56 Anne Basso FRA 10:02:48 10:21:00 00:58:43 05:24:49 06:28:32 03:34:16 48% +4% -48% (20) 126
16 61 Carla Van Rooijen NED 10:10:22 10:27:36 01:16:16 05:23:38 06:44:55 03:25:27 63% +9% -27% (9) 136
59 Nina Derron SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
60 Karen Schultheiss SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
62 Irene Coletto ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
66 Federica De Nicola ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
67 Barbara Riveros CHI 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

  • Andi Boecherer: 53% (1-1)
  • Ronnie Schildknecht: 11% (8-1)
  • Ruedi Wild: 11% (8-1)
  • Cameron Wurf: 8% (11-1)
  • Mike Phillips: 8% (12-1)
  • Jan van Berkel: 7% (13-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Kaisa Sali: 77% (1-1)
  • Lisa Roberts: 9% (10-1)
  • Annabel Luxford: 6% (15-1)
  • Sara Svensk: 3% (30-1)

Kona Qualifying

There is a couple of athletes on the start lists that are already safe for Kona: Cameron Wurf, Ruedi Wild, Kaisa Sali, and Lisa Roberts. At least some of them will still toe the line in Zürich.

A number of other athletes look for points to secure their slot, here is what they’ll need to get above the projected cutoffs:

  • Just finish: Annabel Luxford
  • 7th or better: Melanie Burke
  • 6th or better: Mike Phillips, Jan van Berkel, Philipp Koutny
  • 4th or better: Jeremy Jurkiewicz, Ronnie Schildknecht, Sara Svensk
  • 2nd or better: David Plese, Miguel Blanchard
  • Win: Johann Ackermann, Sven Riederer

The final slot allocation will be getting close with the last few races, with the results above the athletes at least have a chance (even if not a guarantee) for a slot. For more details, check my blog post analyzing July qualifying.

Related posts:

  1. Ironman Switzerland/Thun 2022 (July 10, WPRO-only) – Seedings
  2. Ironman Switzerland 2019 (MPRO-only, July 21st) – Seedings
  3. Ironman Hamburg 2018 (July 29th) – Seedings
  4. Ironman Canada (Whistler) 2018 (July 29th) – Seedings
  5. Ironman Switzerland 2018 (July 29th) – Entry List
  6. Ironman Switzerland 2017 (July 30th) – Seedings
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