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Ironman Hamburg 2024 – Analyzing Results

2023 Hamburg.Course Conditions

As you can tell from the finishing times, conditions have been favorable in Hamburg: Warm but not hot, some wind but probably from a directions that helped a bit (nothing usual so far) – and a bike course that was slightly short (officially acknowledged as 178k). On average, the course was even faster than last year’s chaotic race – especially on the bike, and about 13 minutes faster than the already fast 2022 which was the last female-only race. On balance, I will add the fast Hamburg times to my “records page” but with a “*” and another new explanation. 

Based on a quick analysis right after the race, here are a few new entries for the records page:

  • Jackie Herings’s 8:19 is faster than Skye Moench’s US record (8:22 from Florida 2023)
  • Maja Stage’s finish in 8:21 was faster than her won Danish record (8:34 from Texas 2022)
  • Daniela Bleymehl’s 4:20 bike split is lower than Lisa Norden’s fastest Ironman bike time (4:21 from Western Australia 2023) – but on a course that is slightly short
  • Julie Iemmolo was faster than the current French record (8:34 vs. Manon Genet’s time from Challenge Almere 2021)
  • Elisabetta Curridori was a few seconds faster than her own Italian record from Challenge Almere 2021
  • Erin Schenkels’ 8:41 was faster than her own Canadian record from Florida 2023 (8:47)

The number of potential new records shows that it’s very doubtful that Hamburg 2024 was fully comparable to other races.

Nice Slots

As the European Championships, IM Hamburg had six slots for the women’s Ironman World Championship in Nice. These will be offered to 

  • Jackie Hering,
  • Daniela Bleymehl,
  • Julie Iemmolo,
  • Laura Jansen,
  • Katrine Graesboell Christensen
    and
  • Elisabetta Curridori

Among the finishers Maja Stage Nielsen, Fenella Langridge, Els Visser and Erin Schenkels have already been qualified before IM Hamburg.

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Jackie Hering USA 00:53:32 (5) 04:25:48 (3) 02:52:32 (2) 08:19:14 -57:51 US$ 28,000
2 Maja Stage Nielsen DEN 00:53:26 (3) 04:25:40 (2) 02:55:45 (4) 08:21:54 -12:16 US$ 17,000
3 Daniela Bleymehl GER 00:56:48 (12) 04:20:47 (1) 03:03:24 (8) 08:28:09 -12:30 US$ 11,000
4 Fenella Langridge GBR 00:50:40 (2) 04:26:50 (4) 03:05:24 (11) 08:29:36 00:14 US$ 8,500
5 Els Visser NED 00:56:30 (10) 04:32:18 (9) 02:57:08 (5) 08:32:45 -03:43 US$ 6,500
6 Julie Iemmolo FRA 00:50:38 (1) 04:28:27 (5) 03:08:15 (12) 08:34:03 n/a US$ 5,000
7 Laura Jansen GER 00:55:39 (7) 04:33:57 (10) 02:58:21 (6) 08:35:33 -00:15 US$ 4,000
8 Katrine Graesboell Christensen DEN 01:02:14 (19) 04:36:10 (13) 02:50:37 (1) 08:36:13 -05:30 US$ 3,000
9 Elisabetta Curridori ITA 00:55:42 (8) 04:38:58 (15) 02:58:33 (7) 08:40:03 -21:47 US$ 2,500
10 Erin Schenkels CAN 00:59:21 (13) 04:38:31 (14) 02:55:32 (3) 08:41:59 -12:08 US$ 2,000
11 Katharina Wolff GER 00:56:44 (11) 04:35:21 (12) 03:05:11 (10) 08:44:13 -19:51  
12 Henrike Gueber GER 01:05:04 (23) 04:29:33 (6) 03:03:36 (9) 08:45:39 04:55  
13 Rebecca Anderbury GBR 00:59:48 (15) 04:34:49 (11) 03:11:26 (13) 08:53:18 -48:22  
14 Stephanie Wunderle GER 01:02:39 (22) 04:29:51 (7) 03:16:41 (15) 08:57:35 n/a  
15 Sabrina Roth GER 00:53:31 (4) 04:40:29 (17) 03:17:50 (16) 08:59:14 n/a  
16 Line Borsinski DEN 01:02:12 (18) 04:42:36 (18) 03:18:06 (17) 09:11:06 -01:19  
17 Sabrina Exenberger AUT 01:09:41 (25) 04:47:40 (19) 03:15:49 (14) 09:21:31 -10:07  
18 Margrit Elfers GER 00:59:28 (14) 04:40:21 (16) 03:34:34 (20) 09:23:18 12:18  
19 Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 00:59:50 (16) 04:56:14 (22) 03:21:39 (18) 09:25:41 36:13  
20 Maria Florencia Diaz Philippi ESP 01:02:15 (21) 05:05:54 (24) 03:24:07 (19) 09:41:19 -14:26  
21 Fabia Maramotti ITA 00:53:37 (6) 04:50:38 (20) 03:56:16 (22) 09:49:58 00:27  
22 Annika Timm GER 01:07:52 (24) 05:09:47 (25) 03:50:34 (21) 10:17:47 24:23  
  Sara Svensk SWE 00:55:45 (9) 04:31:53 (8)   DNF    
  Hannah Arlom GER 01:02:10 (17) 04:55:32 (21)   DNF    
  Cathrine Sand DEN 01:02:14 (19) 05:04:22 (23)   DNF    
  Kristin Liepold GER 01:16:53 (26)     DNF    

Challenge Gunsan 2024 – Analyzing Results

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Jack Moody NZL 00:55:59 (5) 04:08:19 (1) 02:41:19 (1) 07:50:59 -25:10 US$ 6,000
2 Jesper Svensson SWE 00:51:04 (1) 04:08:36 (2) 02:51:41 (2) 07:56:45 -02:21 US$ 3,900
3 Liam Duval AUS 01:07:36 (9) 04:13:41 (4) 02:59:05 (3) 08:26:48 -08:44 US$ 2,700
4 Vicenc Castella Serra ESP 01:04:12 (8) 04:18:31 (6) 02:59:08 (4) 08:28:37 -02:04 US$ 1,900
5 Scott Haeberle USA 00:52:04 (4) 04:26:17 (7) 03:42:13 (8) 09:07:21 n/a US$ 1,500
6 Mike Tong NZL 01:02:32 (6) 04:28:33 (8) 03:37:51 (7) 09:14:12 21:32 US$ 1,200
7 Eneko Elosegui ESP 01:17:10 (11) 04:34:05 (9) 03:21:23 (5) 09:20:21 12:39 US$ 1,000
8 Guy Crawford NZL 00:51:22 (2) 04:12:38 (3) 04:30:08 (9) 09:41:42 42:59 US$ 800
9 Kaito Tohara JPN 01:09:29 (10) 05:12:36 (10) 03:37:27 (6) 10:12:55 1:51:15  
  Filipe Azevedo POR 00:51:23 (3) 04:15:30 (5)   DNF    
  Ben Stern USA 01:02:48 (7) 06:51:54 (11)   DNF    

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Regan Hollioake AUS 00:57:51 (1) 04:27:37 (1) 03:08:21 (1) 08:39:52 -11:05 US$ 6,000
2 Marlene De Boer NED 00:59:27 (2) 04:35:27 (2) 03:15:19 (2) 08:56:58 -02:19 US$ 3,900
3 Kate Bevilaqua AUS 01:07:07 (3) 04:59:00 (3) 03:37:21 (4) 09:52:26 -04:29 US$ 2,700
4 Akiko Tohara JPN 01:13:47 (4) 05:10:14 (4) 03:44:10 (5) 10:16:07 n/a US$ 1,900
5 Amy Vantassel USA 01:23:12 (6) 05:23:28 (6) 03:25:52 (3) 10:20:46 -01:14 US$ 1,500
6 Joeanna Nielsen DEN 01:15:21 (5) 05:13:57 (5) 04:36:06 (7) 11:12:19 n/a US$ 1,200
7 Jiho Hwang KOR 01:24:54 (7) 05:57:02 (7) 04:20:18 (6) 11:51:26 59:44 US$ 1,000

70.3 Boulder 2024 (June 8th) – Seedings

IM703Boulder secondary large.Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2014 Joe Gambles (AUS) 03:42:13 Jodie Cunnama (GBR) 04:07:37
2015 Callum Millward (NZL) 03:46:47 Alicia Kaye (USA) 04:13:10
2016 Joe Gambles (AUS) 03:41:37 Ellie Salthouse (AUS) 04:11:43
2017 Tim Don (GBR) 03:41:32 Jeanni Metzler (ZAF) 04:07:54
2018 Callum Millward (NZL) 03:47:04 Ellie Salthouse (AUS) 04:03:57
2019 Chris Leiferman (USA) 03:44:32 Skye Moench (USA) 04:09:42
2021 Sam Long (USA) 03:37:34 Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR) 03:59:53
2022 Matthew Sharpe (CAN) 03:49:55 Rach McBride (CAN) 04:12:52
2023 Sam Long (USA) 03:33:22 Taylor Knibb (USA) 03:56:33

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Sam Long USA 00:25:47 01:53:10 01:11:49 03:33:22
2 Lionel Sanders CAN 00:25:50 01:56:59 01:12:41 03:38:12
3 Chris Leiferman USA 00:25:48 01:56:49 01:12:45 03:38:13

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Taylor Knibb USA 00:24:52 02:06:07 01:22:23 03:56:33
2 Holly Lawrence GBR 00:26:41 02:11:05 01:23:33 04:04:38
3 Jeanni Metzler ZAF 00:26:59 02:14:56 01:20:27 04:05:25

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 03:33:22 Sam Long 2023-06-10
Swim overall 00:23:06 James Seear 2014-06-15
Bike overall 01:53:10 Sam Long 2023-06-10
Run overall 01:09:26 Tomas Rodriguez Hernandez 2023-06-10
Total female 03:56:33 Taylor Knibb 2023-06-10
Swim female 00:23:59 Jodie Cunnama 2014-06-15
Bike female 02:06:07 Taylor Knibb 2023-06-10
Run female 01:16:50 Tamara Jewett 2021-08-07

Course Rating

The Course Rating for 70.3 Boulder is 08:08.

Race Adjustments for 70.3 Boulder

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2014 11:55 00:58 09:32 00:47 27 of 31 11:55 00:58 09:32 00:47
2015 06:10 00:26 09:28 -01:42 35 of 39 09:03 00:42 09:30 -00:27
2016 09:07 -00:42 16:29 -02:06 48 of 52 09:04 00:13 11:50 -01:00
2017 09:59 -00:47 17:02 -01:22 44 of 53 09:18 -00:01 13:08 -01:06
2018 06:16 00:13 12:26 -03:53 42 of 46 08:42 00:01 12:59 -01:39
2019 04:42 -01:04 09:58 -02:21 45 of 53 08:02 -00:09 12:29 -01:46
2021 09:50 -00:53 12:03 00:47 51 of 56 08:17 -00:15 12:25 -01:24
2022 03:32 -01:14 11:08 -02:16 35 of 39 07:42 -00:23 12:16 -01:31
2023 11:40 -00:06 13:08 01:11 50 of 56 08:08 -00:21 12:22 -01:12

Slots for 70.3 Worlds and Prize Money

70.3 Boulder has 2m+2f Pro slot(s) for 70.3 Worlds. It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 8 deep.

Male Race Participants

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun
1 2 Chris Leiferman USA 03:43:30 03:52:39 00:26:21 01:58:39 02:28:00 01:15:30
2 3 Trevor Foley (TQ) USA 03:44:06 03:51:16 00:28:09 01:57:26 02:28:35 01:15:31
3 8 Sam Appleton AUS 03:44:51 03:52:13 00:24:03 02:00:36 02:27:40 01:17:11
4 1 Matt Hanson (TQ) USA 03:46:29 03:53:25 00:25:58 02:03:18 02:32:16 01:14:13
5 5 Matthew Sharpe (TQ) CAN 03:46:31 03:56:07 00:23:54 02:02:28 02:29:23 01:17:08
6 9 Nicholas Quenet (TQ) ZAF 03:46:39 03:55:38 00:23:17 02:01:58 02:28:15 01:18:24
7 4 Tomas Rodriguez Hernandez (TQ) MEX 03:47:45 03:59:54 00:24:53 02:04:51 02:32:44 01:15:01
8 10 Justin Metzler USA 03:49:42 03:58:03 00:25:01 02:02:34 02:30:35 01:19:07
9 14 Jason Pohl CAN 03:50:04 04:07:11 00:26:40 02:02:17 02:31:57 01:18:07
10 13 Robbie Deckard USA 03:50:24 04:01:05 00:26:31 02:02:56 02:32:27 01:17:57
11 18 Marty Andrie (TQ) USA 03:50:32 04:00:42 00:25:05 02:04:49 02:32:54 01:17:38
12 6 Andre Lopes (TQ) BRA 03:50:51 03:58:31 00:25:35 02:02:54 02:31:28 01:19:23
13 34 Miguel Mattox USA 03:51:34 03:59:12 00:25:07 02:03:09 02:31:16 01:20:18
14 11 Cameron Wurf AUS 03:51:45 03:58:03 00:26:10 02:01:15 02:30:24 01:21:21
15 15 Sam Osborne (TQ) NZL 03:52:44 04:01:05 00:25:01 02:04:18 02:32:18 01:20:26
16 7 Colin Szuch (TQ) USA 03:52:45 04:01:03 00:26:19 02:03:24 02:32:42 01:20:03
17 23 Adam Feigh USA 03:53:14 04:04:50 00:26:36 02:02:07 02:31:44 01:21:30
18 71 Josiah Middaugh USA 03:54:01 04:00:26 00:28:44 02:02:26 02:34:10 01:19:51
19 26 Danilo Pimentel BRA 03:54:38 04:02:05 00:24:57 02:03:58 02:31:54 01:22:44
20 25 Benjamin Deal USA 03:55:19 04:02:51 00:26:12 02:06:03 02:35:15 01:20:04
21 19 Eduardo Perez Sandi Garcia (TQ) MEX 03:55:38 04:02:47 00:27:50 02:08:17 02:39:07 01:16:31
22 22 Devin Volk USA 03:55:47 04:03:45 00:27:08 02:05:48 02:35:57 01:19:50
23 21 Nicholas Chase USA 03:56:04 04:03:03 00:26:07 02:03:56 02:33:03 01:23:01
24 78 Lukas Stahl GER 03:56:18 04:02:53 00:28:18 02:07:44 02:39:02 01:17:16
25 28 Kennett Peterson USA 03:56:30 04:07:04 00:27:26 01:58:54 02:29:20 01:27:10
26 77 Connor Weaver USA 03:56:51 04:04:58 00:27:34 02:13:48 02:44:22 01:12:29
27 50 Tom Robey USA 03:57:09 04:03:45 00:27:07 02:07:00 02:37:07 01:20:02
28 29 Nicholas Scott CAN 03:58:04 04:06:14 00:28:57 02:05:56 02:37:54 01:20:10
29 31 Greg Harper USA 03:58:53 04:05:43 00:23:58 02:08:54 02:35:52 01:23:01
30 24 Robby Webster USA 03:59:01 04:07:55 00:27:58 02:09:04 02:40:01 01:19:00
31 30 Jose Cordova Perez MEX 04:00:11 04:06:56 00:26:27 02:13:42 02:43:09 01:17:02
32 32 Steven Zawaski USA 04:00:13 04:10:57 00:26:51 02:07:30 02:37:20 01:22:53
33 53 Blair Fullarton-loggie GBR 04:00:16 04:09:26 00:28:20 02:08:09 02:39:28 01:20:48
34 27 Nicolas Saez CHI 04:01:27 04:10:01 00:26:26 02:04:29 02:33:54 01:27:33
35 35 Travis Wood USA 04:01:37 04:10:27 00:27:37 02:04:20 02:34:58 01:26:39
36 45 Matthew Guenter USA 04:02:25 04:09:22 00:24:51 02:10:09 02:38:00 01:24:25
37 33 Emmett Gross USA 04:02:34 04:11:15 00:34:46 02:03:58 02:41:44 01:20:50
38 75 John Reed USA 04:02:43 04:09:27 00:26:10 02:11:48 02:40:58 01:21:45
39 46 Yu Hsiao TWN 04:03:57 04:11:39 00:29:27 02:08:51 02:41:18 01:22:39
40 56 Alejandro Guzman Medina COL 04:04:15 04:10:39 00:28:47 02:05:33 02:37:19 01:26:56
41 39 Rodrigo Acevedo COL 04:04:26 04:13:00 00:29:07 02:06:18 02:38:25 01:26:01
42 37 Todd Suttor USA 04:04:42 04:11:13 00:26:28 02:06:52 02:36:21 01:28:21
43 36 Branden Scheel USA 04:07:05 04:19:06 00:30:49 02:10:55 02:44:43 01:22:22
44 51 Ryan Sedivec USA 04:07:54 04:14:59 00:29:42 02:09:12 02:41:54 01:26:00
45 76 Anthony Didion USA 04:08:02 04:14:57 00:30:22 02:12:03 02:45:25 01:22:37
46 38 Jonathan Fecik USA 04:08:16 04:18:52 00:28:32 02:07:52 02:39:24 01:28:52
47 40 Braxton Bokos USA 04:09:58 04:26:50 00:23:59 02:03:31 02:30:29 01:39:29
48 48 Jacob Burgener USA 04:10:32 04:17:33 00:26:55 02:11:33 02:41:28 01:29:04
49 42 Yang Pan USA 04:11:18 04:18:49 00:30:27 02:12:29 02:45:56 01:25:22
50 41 Kevin Bishop USA 04:11:45 04:20:41 00:27:10 02:14:13 02:44:23 01:27:22
51 65 Jaron Piercy CAN 04:12:51 04:19:54 00:28:47 02:11:13 02:42:59 01:29:52
52 43 Benjamin Ford USA 04:13:15 04:20:08 00:25:55 02:10:33 02:39:28 01:33:47
53 47 Levente Lukacs HUN 04:13:25 04:21:15 00:24:59 02:13:05 02:41:04 01:32:21
54 61 Thomas Inigo USA 04:14:20 04:22:07 00:29:38 02:15:48 02:48:25 01:25:55
55 44 Kyle Warrick USA 04:17:39 04:28:16 00:29:02 02:15:20 02:47:22 01:30:17
56 49 Max Kohll USA 04:18:31 04:27:27 00:31:34 02:19:12 02:53:46 01:24:45
57 52 Steven Parker USA 04:18:40 04:28:56 00:29:11 02:23:08 02:55:19 01:23:21
58 60 Jake Bamforth USA 04:21:20 04:28:51 00:26:54 02:17:16 02:47:11 01:34:09
59 63 Zach Aldrich USA 04:21:26 04:28:43 00:30:26 02:21:47 02:55:12 01:26:14
60 67 Brian Folts USA 04:25:11 04:34:42 00:32:30 02:21:13 02:56:43 01:28:28
61 73 Anthony Aguilera USA 04:27:36 04:35:03 00:32:35 02:16:36 02:52:10 01:35:26
62 68 Jacob Deysher USA 04:29:06 04:36:36 00:31:16 02:27:26 03:01:42 01:27:24
63 62 Denis Pyryev USA 04:30:15 04:46:17 00:26:27 02:15:59 02:45:27 01:44:48
64 55 Roee Zoarets ISR 04:34:57 04:42:47 00:26:17 02:26:47 02:56:03 01:38:54
65 64 David Guenthardt USA 04:59:21 05:07:41 00:34:28 02:51:35 03:29:04 01:30:17
  54 Bryce Williams USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated
  66 Zachary Harner USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated
  69 Benjamin Randall USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated
  70 Erik Mahoney USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated
  72 Connor Ford USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated
  74 Chase McQueen USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated
  79 Brad Bischoff USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated

Female Race Participants

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun
1 2 Ellie Salthouse (TQ) AUS 04:09:38 04:18:35 00:26:45 02:15:01 02:44:45 01:24:53
2 1 Lesley Smith (TQ) USA 04:16:08 04:25:39 00:28:42 02:18:52 02:50:33 01:25:35
3 5 Jodie Stimpson GBR 04:18:07 04:25:17 00:26:26 02:17:42 02:47:09 01:30:58
4 16 Sif Bendix Madsen (TQ) DEN 04:19:24 04:26:39 00:26:59 02:15:34 02:45:32 01:33:52
5 3 Batya Beard USA 04:21:47 04:31:13 00:30:58 02:21:53 02:55:51 01:25:56
6 8 Nicole Falcaro USA 04:23:54 04:36:14 00:31:45 02:20:19 02:55:04 01:28:50
7 11 Alycia Hill USA 04:24:14 04:34:00 00:30:18 02:24:39 02:57:56 01:26:18
8 9 Samantha Kingsford NZL 04:24:52 04:36:11 00:28:28 02:21:10 02:52:38 01:32:14
9 12 Tyler Hudacek USA 04:25:33 04:36:58 00:31:19 02:23:03 02:57:22 01:28:11
10 4 Erin Schenkels * CAN 04:26:01 04:35:19 00:32:21 02:20:31 02:55:52 01:30:09
11 32 Ansley Queen USA 04:27:47 04:35:15 00:31:39 02:26:08 03:00:47 01:27:00
12 18 Simone Mitchell GBR 04:28:43 04:36:31 00:29:42 02:23:03 02:55:45 01:32:58
13 10 Rachel Olson (TQ) USA 04:29:12 04:38:37 00:26:39 02:23:28 02:53:07 01:36:05
14 13 Fiona Moriarty (TQ) IRL 04:33:31 04:41:22 00:31:46 02:23:20 02:58:06 01:35:25
15 14 Arlette Mariana Gonzalez Hurtado MEX 04:34:39 04:45:41 00:32:44 02:30:27 03:06:12 01:28:27
16 15 Kayla Bowker USA 04:35:32 04:43:19 00:32:14 02:28:06 03:03:20 01:32:12
17 27 Alayna Szuch USA 04:42:40 04:51:54 00:35:59 02:29:08 03:08:07 01:34:33
18 21 Angharad Llewellyn NZL 04:43:50 04:53:31 00:28:54 02:33:30 03:05:23 01:38:27
19 17 Olivia Dietzel USA 04:44:01 04:55:01 00:34:54 02:34:05 03:11:59 01:32:02
20 30 Pietra Picolo Meneghini BRA 04:45:00 04:53:30 00:35:18 02:24:07 03:02:24 01:42:36
21 29 Christine Massey USA 04:47:25 05:00:28 00:31:46 02:29:18 03:04:04 01:43:21
22 20 Gabrielle Suver USA 04:48:37 04:56:39 00:33:39 02:36:25 03:13:05 01:35:32
23 24 Anna Guzman USA 04:49:04 04:57:07 00:35:11 02:34:04 03:12:15 01:36:49
24 28 Freya Mckinley USA 04:52:18 05:00:27 00:29:30 02:36:01 03:08:31 01:43:47
25 25 Nicole Levenson USA 04:54:44 05:02:58 00:34:53 02:33:00 03:10:53 01:43:51
26 19 Melanie Baumann SUI 04:59:59 05:11:37 00:40:32 02:32:44 03:16:16 01:43:43
27 26 Liz Licea USA 05:03:54 05:12:22 00:39:25 02:34:47 03:17:11 01:46:43
28 23 Meghan Dirito USA 05:14:40 05:23:26 00:31:47 02:46:15 03:21:02 01:53:38
  31 Erika Ackerlund USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated
  33 Valerie Barthelemy BEL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated
  34 Kayla Pokorny USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Trevor Foley: 23% (3-1)
  • Chris Leiferman: 18% (4-1)
  • Tomas Rodriguez Hernandez: 16% (5-1)
  • Sam Appleton: 15% (6-1)
  • Matt Hanson: 14% (6-1)
  • Matthew Sharpe: 6% (16-1)
  • Sam Osborne: 2% (45-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Ellie Salthouse: >60% (1-1)
  • Lesley Smith: 11% (8-1)
  • Jodie Stimpson: 4% (22-1)

Challenge Gunsan/Korea 2024 (June 2nd) – Seedings

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2023 Caleb Noble (AUS) 08:01:12 Magda Nieuwoudt (ZAF) 09:00:51

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Caleb Noble AUS 00:47:01 04:21:52 02:46:33 08:01:12
2 Kevin Portmann FRA 00:53:55 04:14:49 02:48:21 08:02:56
3 Ben Hamilton NZL 00:53:25 04:21:42 02:54:05 08:15:51

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Magda Nieuwoudt ZAF 00:56:47 04:41:19 03:15:40 09:00:51
2 Kate Bevilaqua AUS 00:57:01 05:03:56 03:38:23 09:47:41
3 Jiho Hwang KOR 01:08:21 05:38:05 03:43:30 10:36:42

Prize Money

Challenge Gunsan Full has a total prize purse of 43.000 US$, paying 8 deep.

Male Race Participants

# Bib Name Nat Expected ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 8 Jesper Svensson SWE 08:14:25 00:47:27 04:26:03 05:18:31 02:55:54 70% +5% -25% (16)
2 11 Filipe Azevedo POR 08:24:35 00:47:24 04:31:29 05:23:53 03:00:42 31% +40% -29% (3)
3 7 Jack Moody NZL 08:34:17 00:52:18 04:47:13 05:44:31 02:49:46 57% +0% -43% (3)
4 5 Kaito Tohara JPN 08:40:20 00:55:37 04:46:27 05:47:05 02:53:15 78% +17% -5% (19)
5 4 Vicenc Castella Serra ESP 08:43:41 00:56:49 04:46:54 05:48:42 02:54:59 78% +19% -3% (10)
6 10 Liam Duval AUS 08:53:00 00:57:57 04:46:00 05:48:57 03:04:03 100% +0% -0% (3)
7 3 Mike Tong NZL 09:06:31 00:56:29 04:55:06 05:56:36 03:09:55 26% +74% -0% (3)
8 1 Guy Crawford NZL 09:20:25 00:48:52 04:46:45 05:40:37 03:39:48 60% +18% -22% (17)
9 2 Eneko Elosegui ESP 09:21:50 01:02:28 04:56:41 06:04:09 03:17:41 28% +12% -59% (31)
10 6 Ben Stern USA 09:23:41 00:54:55 04:58:05 05:58:00 03:25:41 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  9 Scott Haeberle USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

Female Race Participants

# Bib Name Nat Expected ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 6 Regan Hollioake (KQ) AUS 09:10:29 00:52:28 05:05:46 06:03:14 03:07:15 100% +0% -0% (2)
2 1 Marlene De Boer (KQ) NED 09:18:20 00:56:18 05:07:42 06:09:00 03:09:20 100% +0% -0% (3)
3 2 Kate Bevilaqua AUS 10:18:49 00:59:03 05:31:26 06:35:29 03:43:20 54% +17% -29% (36)
4 3 Amy Vantassel USA 10:40:06 01:06:36 05:54:26 07:06:02 03:34:04 63% +1% -36% (16)
5 7 Jiho Hwang KOR 11:16:34 01:10:48 06:10:27 07:26:15 03:50:19 n/a (no IM Pro race)
  4 Akiko Tohara JPN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  5 Joeanna Nielsen DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Jesper Svensson: 63% (1-1)
  • Filipe Azevedo: 16% (5-1)
  • Jack Moody: 8% (12-1)
  • Kaito Tohara: 6% (15-1)
  • Vicenc Castella Serra: 6% (16-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Regan Hollioake: 59% (1-1)
  • Marlene De Boer: 29% (2-1)
  • Kate Bevilaqua: 8% (11-1)
  • Amy Vantassel: 3% (37-1)

Ironman Hamburg 2024 (June 2nd) – Seedings

2023 Hamburg.Looking Back To What Occurred Last Year

With Ironman Hamburg coming up in 2024, I can’t help but to think back to the accident that happened last year and to the motorbike driver who died while following the race. If you want to refresh your memory, I refer you back to Tim Heming’s in-depth look for Triathlete Magazine and a closer look at how I experienced last year’s race.

Following the accident, Ironman has made a number of changes to make a similar accident much less likely, among them

  • reduction of the number of press motorbike on the course
  • more scrutiny and better education of motorbike drivers
  • course changes to avoid traffic going in both directions

Some of these changes were already implemented in the races immediately after IM Hamburg last year (e.g. at Ironman Frankfurt), and some more will be visible this year. For example, a new bike course was only announced four weeks before the race and is apparently not without its own challenges – see this German article by triathlon Magazine. Another issue that is making me a bit uneasy: A few of the early Ironman Pro Series events had huge Pro fields, leading to a lot of athletes in close proximity. For example, the startlist for 70.3 Oceanside had 80 men and 37 women. This potentially makes drafting again a much bigger issue, and it also creates problems for the fairness and integrity of the female Pro race when a small gap between the starts makes the fastest women overtake many Pro men already in the swim. Hopefully, this concern is unlikely to be a factor in this year’s women’s Pro European Championship as no Pro men are racing in Hamburg and the startlist only has 30 females.

I hope that the changes that have been implemented will help to create a safe and fair race in Hamburg 2024!

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2017 James Cunnama (ZAF) 08:00:36 Daniela Bleymehl (GER) 09:07:49
2018 Bart Aernouts (BEL) 07:05:26 Sarah Crowley (AUS) 08:08:21
2019 Kristian Hogenhaug (DEN) 08:11:26 Susie Cheetham (GBR) 08:58:02
2021     Laura Zimmermann (GER) 08:54:30
2022     Laura Philipp (GER) 08:18:20
2023 Denis Chevrot (FRA) 07:26:20    

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results (2023)

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Denis Chevrot FRA 00:46:40 04:01:37 02:31:38 07:26:20
2 Pieter Heemeryck BEL 00:46:43 04:00:24 02:37:36 07:31:00
3 Kristian Hogenhaug DEN 00:46:46 03:57:00 02:40:01 07:31:11

Female Race Results (2022)

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Laura Philipp GER 00:54:38 04:31:14 02:45:38 08:18:20
2 Chelsea Sodaro USA 00:54:38 04:35:09 03:00:20 08:36:41
3 Manon Genet FRA 00:54:40 04:47:52 03:02:43 08:52:01

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:00:36 James Cunnama 2017-08-13
Swim overall 00:47:38 Carlos Lopez Diaz 2017-08-13
Bike overall 04:17:29 Kristian Hogenhaug 2019-07-28
Run overall 02:40:58 James Cunnama 2017-08-13
Total female 08:18:20 Laura Philipp 2022-06-05
Swim female 00:47:45 Lauren Brandon 2021-08-29
Bike female 04:31:14 Laura Philipp 2022-06-05
Run female 02:45:38 Laura Philipp 2022-06-05

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Hamburg is 17:29.

Race Adjustments for IM Hamburg

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2017 05:17 00:18 00:45 04:54 18 of 20 05:17 -00:21 00:45 04:54
2019 07:49 -02:09 09:50 00:31 21 of 35 06:33 -01:27 05:18 02:42
2021 18:21 01:12 14:51 03:31 10 of 13 10:29 -00:58 08:29 02:59
2022 23:58 00:54 17:43 05:49 10 of 12 13:52 -00:37 10:47 03:41
2023 31:57 01:28 24:22 07:19 36 of 43 17:29 -00:26 13:30 04:25

Nice slots and Prize Money

IM Hamburg has 6 Pro Nice slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 87.500 US$, paying 10 deep.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 20% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 1 Katrina Matthews (KQ) GBR 08:34:04 08:50:15 00:55:02 04:42:09 05:42:11 02:51:53 78% +0% -22% (8)
2 2 Fenella Langridge (KQ) GBR 08:45:09 09:04:33 00:50:56 04:42:15 05:38:12 03:06:57 71% +8% -21% (9)
3 4 Maja Stage Nielsen (KQ) DEN 08:49:33 09:08:49 00:54:56 04:46:08 05:46:04 03:03:29 80% +11% -8% (17)
4 3 Daniela Bleymehl GER 08:52:21 09:21:17 00:58:42 04:37:41 05:41:23 03:10:58 26% +4% -70% (22)
5 9 Els Visser (KQ) NED 08:54:22 09:11:52 00:58:11 04:43:40 05:46:51 03:07:31 91% +9% -0% (15)
6 8 Laura Jansen * GER 08:56:11 09:22:29 00:59:12 04:49:56 05:54:08 03:02:03 59% +0% -41% (3)
7 7 Sara Svensk SWE 08:57:13 09:14:35 00:58:56 04:41:23 05:45:20 03:11:53 27% +14% -59% (11)
8 25 Katrine Graesboell Christensen DEN 09:01:33 09:22:57 01:03:49 04:54:45 06:03:35 02:57:58 100% +0% -0% (4)
9 20 Henrike Gueber GER 09:01:41 09:39:39 01:05:00 04:48:11 05:58:11 03:03:30 33% +0% -67% (3)
10 31 Erin Schenkels (KQ) CAN 09:02:53 09:35:52 01:00:59 04:54:28 06:00:28 03:02:25 44% +56% -0% (4)
11 21 Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 09:11:39 09:39:58 01:00:14 04:58:40 06:03:54 03:07:45 43% +1% -56% (23)
12 13 Alexandra Tondeur BEL 09:12:01 09:34:46 00:59:39 05:01:41 06:06:19 03:05:42 37% +2% -61% (14)
13 12 Carolin Lehrieder GER 09:12:34 09:57:20 00:56:08 04:45:26 05:46:34 03:26:00 13% +5% -83% (24)
14 5 Joanna Ryter SUI 09:12:56 09:37:09 01:05:43 05:03:10 06:13:52 02:59:04 69% +4% -27% (14)
15 14 Kristin Liepold GER 09:13:12 09:35:27 01:08:07 04:59:18 06:12:26 03:00:46 83% +15% -2% (34)
16 10 Elisabetta Curridori ITA 09:14:02 09:37:45 00:57:37 04:59:10 06:01:47 03:12:15 45% +0% -55% (6)
17 17 Katharina Wolff GER 09:16:06 09:51:56 00:59:10 05:01:07 06:05:17 03:10:49 35% +22% -43% (7)
18 15 Margrit Elfers * GER 09:26:36 09:55:48 01:01:22 04:50:34 05:56:56 03:29:40 38% +18% -45% (8)
19 6 Jackie Hering USA 09:27:35 09:51:33 00:56:14 05:13:21 06:14:35 03:13:00 64% +16% -20% (15)
20 22 Line Borsinski DEN 09:34:11 10:08:21 01:03:33 05:00:39 06:09:13 03:24:58 42% +0% -58% (4)
21 16 Rebecca Anderbury GBR 09:41:02 10:30:55 01:05:29 04:50:15 06:00:44 03:40:18 48% +52% -0% (2)
22 29 Cathrine Sand DEN 09:43:01 10:10:57 01:01:41 05:05:57 06:12:38 03:30:23 100% +0% -0% (4)
23 28 Hannah Arlom GER 09:46:22 10:21:14 01:02:11 05:09:06 06:16:17 03:30:05 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
24 30 Sabrina Exenberger * AUT 09:52:27 10:22:40 01:12:20 05:07:17 06:24:37 03:27:50 100% +0% -0% (2)
25 23 Fabia Maramotti ITA 10:12:53 10:49:21 00:55:04 05:03:59 06:04:02 04:08:51 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
26 27 Annika Timm GER 10:17:53 10:48:49 01:11:40 05:06:48 06:23:28 03:54:25 35% +0% -65% (4)
27 19 Maria Florencia Diaz Philippi ESP 10:18:22 10:55:09 01:11:24 05:34:16 06:50:40 03:27:42 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  11 Julie Iemmolo FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  18 Stephanie Wunderle GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  24 Lisa Gerss GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  26 Sabrina Roth GER 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.

Winning Odds

Female Race Participants

  • Katrina Matthews: 57% (1-1)
  • Fenella Langridge: 14% (6-1)
  • Maja Stage Nielsen: 10% (9-1)
  • Els Visser: 8% (12-1)
  • Daniela Bleymehl: 5% (18-1)
  • Erin Schenkels: 2% (62-1)
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