Course Conditions
There are two interesting “comparison points” for this year’s IM World Champs.
First of all, the comparison to the course in Kona. Overall, the Nice course was about 27 minutes slower, mainly because of the hilly bike course which was nearly 28 minutes slower. If you apply this to Sam Laidlow’s times, he raced the equivalent of a 7:40 overall (Gustav’s win in 2022: 7:40:23) and a 4:04 bike split (his 2022 Kona course record: 4:04:35). The swim was about a minute quicker than in Kona, the run only by a few seconds – indicating that Patrick could have run a 2:33 in Kona!
The second comparison can be made to the course of IM France. Even with the lengthened bike course (estimated to be 8k longer than the 2022 and 2023 bike course), the World Championship field raced almost the same time as the June 2023 field (fastest bike in the summer: Cameron Wurf’s 4:31:51). The run course was reported to be slightly lengthened as well, still Patrick’s 2:32 blew away the old course record of 2:37 by Bart Aernouts from 2013.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Sam Laidlow | FRA | 00:47:50 (5) | 04:31:28 (1) | 02:41:46 (6) | 08:06:22 | -26:44 | US$ 125,000 |
| 2 | Patrick Lange | GER | 00:49:01 (13) | 04:43:24 (10) | 02:32:41 (1) | 08:10:17 | -10:04 | US$ 65,000 |
| 3 | Magnus Ditlev | DEN | 00:49:14 (19) | 04:35:54 (2) | 02:41:07 (5) | 08:11:43 | -07:30 | US$ 45,000 |
| 4 | Rudy Von Berg | USA | 00:47:50 (5) | 04:37:23 (4) | 02:42:44 (7) | 08:12:57 | -19:35 | US$ 25,000 |
| 5 | Leon Chevalier | FRA | 00:51:11 (31) | 04:39:30 (5) | 02:39:26 (4) | 08:15:07 | -21:08 | US$ 20,000 |
| 6 | Arthur Horseau | FRA | 00:53:19 (36) | 04:42:19 (6) | 02:37:17 (3) | 08:18:36 | -11:16 | US$ 18,000 |
| 7 | Bradley Weiss | ZAF | 00:47:55 (11) | 04:44:23 (11) | 02:43:22 (8) | 08:20:54 | -12:06 | US$ 15,000 |
| 8 | Gregory Barnaby | ITA | 00:47:51 (7) | 04:44:23 (11) | 02:44:04 (11) | 08:21:15 | 03:05 | US$ 13,000 |
| 9 | Robert Wilkowiecki | POL | 00:47:48 (4) | 04:44:36 (13) | 02:43:45 (10) | 08:21:23 | -16:40 | US$ 12,000 |
| 10 | Clement Mignon | FRA | 00:47:59 (12) | 04:43:03 (9) | 02:47:55 (12) | 08:24:10 | -04:41 | US$ 11,000 |
| 11 | Matthew Marquardt | USA | 00:47:46 (1) | 04:49:11 (17) | 02:43:44 (9) | 08:26:17 | -03:30 | US$ 8,000 |
| 12 | Arnaud Guilloux | FRA | 00:49:57 (25) | 04:42:47 (8) | 02:50:39 (16) | 08:28:53 | -23:15 | US$ 6,000 |
| 13 | Benjamin Hill | AUS | 00:53:11 (35) | 04:42:31 (7) | 02:48:39 (14) | 08:29:41 | -32:30 | US$ 5,000 |
| 14 | Cameron Wurf | AUS | 00:51:07 (28) | 04:36:03 (3) | 02:58:40 (22) | 08:30:42 | -07:37 | US$ 4,000 |
| 15 | Niek Heldoorn | NED | 00:47:53 (8) | 04:45:32 (15) | 02:54:27 (17) | 08:32:33 | -09:42 | US$ 3,000 |
| 16 | Braden Currie | NZL | 00:47:46 (1) | 04:46:37 (16) | 02:58:01 (21) | 08:38:50 | 08:38 | |
| 17 | Mathias Petersen | DEN | 00:47:54 (10) | 04:49:21 (19) | 02:57:28 (20) | 08:40:11 | -00:20 | |
| 18 | Remi Conte | FRA | 00:53:10 (34) | 04:56:18 (24) | 02:48:35 (13) | 08:43:38 | 04:36 | |
| 19 | Leonard Arnold | GER | 00:49:19 (24) | 04:54:19 (22) | 02:55:09 (19) | 08:44:44 | 16:06 | |
| 20 | Jonas Hoffmann | GER | 00:50:10 (26) | 04:58:57 (29) | 02:50:14 (15) | 08:44:54 | 03:21 | |
| 21 | Matt Hanson | USA | 00:53:06 (33) | 05:10:01 (35) | 02:36:29 (2) | 08:45:55 | 08:55 | |
| 22 | Andre Lopes | BRA | 00:49:08 (15) | 04:56:49 (25) | 02:54:39 (18) | 08:46:15 | 00:18 | |
| 23 | Ben Phillips | NZL | 00:49:11 (18) | 04:49:59 (20) | 03:03:22 (24) | 08:48:00 | -12:36 | |
| 24 | Jan Frodeno | GER | 00:47:47 (3) | 04:44:59 (14) | 03:08:12 (26) | 08:48:42 | 22:04 | |
| 25 | Franz Loeschke | GER | 00:49:14 (19) | 05:00:35 (31) | 03:02:05 (23) | 08:57:34 | 18:40 | |
| 26 | Georg Enzenberger | AUT | 00:51:10 (30) | 05:00:03 (30) | 03:03:25 (25) | 09:00:29 | 18:49 | |
| 27 | Fernando Toldi | BRA | 00:49:14 (19) | 04:57:10 (26) | 03:15:18 (27) | 09:06:54 | 18:56 | |
| 28 | Maximilian Hammerle | AUT | 00:53:21 (38) | 04:53:35 (21) | 03:26:51 (28) | 09:20:37 | 21:03 | |
| 29 | Adam Feigh | USA | 00:53:21 (38) | 05:03:20 (32) | 03:27:35 (29) | 09:32:16 | 27:28 | |
| 30 | Joe Skipper | GBR | 00:53:19 (36) | 04:58:50 (28) | 03:42:03 (31) | 09:40:13 | 1:05:57 | |
| 31 | Tuan Chun Chang | TWN | 00:49:08 (15) | 05:30:11 (37) | 03:38:45 (30) | 10:04:28 | 40:21 | |
| 32 | Brent McMahon | CAN | 00:49:04 (14) | 04:54:27 (23) | 05:31:55 (32) | 11:21:14 | ||
| Kristian Hogenhaug | DEN | 00:49:18 (23) | 04:49:14 (18) | DNF | ||||
| Mike Phillips | NZL | 00:51:04 (27) | 04:58:02 (27) | DNF | ||||
| Pieter Heemeryck | BEL | 00:49:10 (17) | 05:06:22 (34) | DNF | ||||
| Kristian Grue | NOR | 00:53:04 (32) | 05:03:41 (33) | DNF | ||||
| Reinaldo Colucci | BRA | 00:49:15 (22) | 05:28:47 (36) | DNF | ||||
| Denis Chevrot | FRA | 00:47:53 (8) | DNF | |||||
| Chris Leiferman | USA | 00:51:08 (29) | DNF | |||||
| Nathan Dortmann | FRA | 01:00:30 (40) | DNF |
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Brent McMahon finished in 11h21’14”
Thanks – updated!
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