<strong>2009</strong> Ford Ironman World Championship R<strong>esults</strong> <strong>2009</strong> Ford Ironman World Championship R<strong>esults</strong> Almanac KAILUA-KONA OCTOBeR Rainfall: .59 inches Sunrise: 6:18 a.m. Sunset: 6:06 p.m. Avg water temperature: 79 F (26C) More than half the swim course is approximately 20 Feet. Some depths reach up to 90 Feet. Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous Moon on October 10, <strong>2009</strong> Average Humidity: High: 85 percent Low: 40 percent Average Temperature: Avg High: 86F (30C) Avg Low: 72F (22C) Record Temperature: High: 94F (34C) Low: 57F (14C) Stats A record breaking year. Chrissie Wellington broke Paula Newby-Fraser’s long standing course record in winning her third straight title at the Ford Ironman World Championship, while mirinda Carfrae set a new run course record in her first Ironman, running to a second place finish. Craig Alexander joined some exclusive company, becoming only the fourth man to successfully defend a title in Kona, joining Dave Scott, Mark Allen and Tim DeBoom as a back-to-back winner. Top Splits Top Splits Top Splits <strong>2009</strong> SWIm PRO MEN 47:42 Flanagan III, John 34 HI USA 47:45 Potts, Andy 33 CO USA 50:03 Jacobs, Pete 28 NSW AUS PRO WOMEN 50:58 Zelenkova, Lucie 35 GAU ZAF 53:27 Cave, Leanda 31 AZ USA 53:29 Macel, Tereza 35 ON CAN AGE GROUP MEN 53:05 Nastic, Igor 31 TIC SWI 53:14 Hola, Tim 35 CO USA 53:16 Skipworth, Todd 24 WAA AUS AGE GROUP WOMEN 53:33 Chura, Haley 24 GA USA 54:20 Ljone, Tracy 33 NM USA 55:23 Browne, Meghan 24 TX USA <strong>2009</strong> BIKe PRO MEN 4:25:11 Lieto, Chris 37 CA USA 4:28:34 Twelsiek, Maik 29 NRW GER 4:30:05 Weiss, Michael 28 NOE AUT PRO WOMEN 4:52:07 Wellington, Chrissie 32 NOR GBR 5:01:42 Berasategui, Virginia 34 BIZ ESP 5:04:17 Macel, Tereza 35 ON CAN AGE GROUP MEN 4:40:27 Werner, Stefan 33 NRW GER 4:42:48 Schifferle, Mike 36 LUC SWI 4:46:59 Schuler, Brido 36 AAR SWI AGE GROUP WOMEN 5:15:51 Shaw, Rhae 34 WA USA 5:15:53 Nichols, Renee 27 QLD AUS 5:16:13 Calkins, Kathleen 34 CA USA <strong>2009</strong> RUN PRO MEN 2:48:05 Alexander, Craig 36 NSW AUS 2:51:05 Raelert, Andreas 33 NS GER 2:51:32 Morales, Ezequiel 36 BUE ARG PRO WOMEN 2:56:51 Carfrae, Mirinda 28 QLD AUS 3:03:06 Wellington, Chrissie 32 NOR GBR 3:04:32 Keat, Rebekah 31 QLD AUS AGE GROUP MEN 2:51:19 Thorne, Joe 25 TX USA 2:55:24 Kuwabara, Hirotsugu 29 OKI JPN 3:01:02 Stilgenbauer, Juergen 27 PFA GER AGE GROUP WOMEN 3:18:36 Wlad, Kerrie 38 CO USA 3:22:14 Balbach, Silvia 32 GER 3:23:50 Toebe, Svenja 31 BAD GER Records in Kona Many of the records at the Ford Ironman World Championship have stood the test of time, no-doubt a tribute to the athletes who dominated the sport in it’s early years. <strong>2009</strong> will be remembered as the year that Chrissie Wellington and Craig Alexander put their names in the record books next to those of Paula Newby-Fraser, Dave Scott, Mark Allen and Luc Van Lierde. Age group wonder Cherie Gruenfeld also added her name to the record books in <strong>2009</strong> as she broke another of Sister Madonna Buder’s age group records. Fun Facts Top Ten Top Ten Top Ten DID yOU KNOW? Did You Know? • 1,779 athletes started, 1,778 came out of the Water and 1 did not finish the swim. • 1,774 athletes started the bike • 1,653 athletes were o<strong>fficial</strong> finishers • Finisher Rate: 92.9% • Last O<strong>fficial</strong> Finisher: Richard Decker 16:59:12 • Fastest Transitions: Terenzo Bozzone T1: 1:43 T2: 1:57, (T) TOTAL 0:03:40 • Longest time spent in transitions: (T) TOTAL 1:01:37 • Slowest transition time: T2: 57:37 • Finishers by Gender: SEX = F 453 27.4% SEX = M 1,200 72.6% ALL-TIMe SWImS MEN 46:41 Lars Jorgensen USA 98 46:44 Lars Jorgensen USA 95 46:50 Jan Sibbersen GER 03 47:01 Noa Sakamoto USA 08 47:02 John Flanagan USA 08 47:04 Jan Sibbersen GER 04 47:15 Hiroki Hikida JPN 03 47:39 Bradford Hinshaw USA 86 47:41 John Weston USA 03 47:42 John Flanagan III USA 09 WOMEN 48:43 Jodi Jackson USA 99 49:11 Wendy Ingraham USA 98 49:51 Barb Lindquist USA 00 49:52 Wendy Ingraham USA 99 49:57 Ute Mueckel GER 97 50:28 Wendy Ingraham USA 99 50:28 Monica Caplan USA 03 50:29 Linda Gallo USA 03 50:30 Raleigh Tennant AUS 99 50:31 Jennifer Hinshaw USA 84 ALL-TIMe BIKeS MEN 4:18:23 Normann Stadler GER 06 4:21:36 Torbjorn Sindballe DNK 05 4:24:50 Thomas Hellriegel GER 96 4:25:11 Chris Lieto USA 09 4:25:24 Faris Al-Sultan GER 05 4:25:26 Torbjorn Sindballe DNK 07 4:25:35 Chris Lieto USA 06 4:26:15 Ain Alar Juhanson EST 08 4:27:23 Chris Lieto USA 05 4:27:25 Mitchell Anderson AUS 05 WOMEN 4:48:30 Paula Newby-Fraser ZIM 93 4:50:16Erin Baker NZL 93 4:50:16 Karin Thuerig DUI 05 4:50:41 Karin Thuerig DUI 03 4:52:00 Natascha Badmann SUI 05 4:52:07 Wellington, Chrissie GBR 09 4:52:26 Natascha Badmann SUI 02 4:53:47 Natascha Badmann SUI 96 4:54:13 Michellie Jones USA 05 4:55:32 Karin Thuerig SUI 02 4:56:34 Paula Newby-Fraser ZIM 92 *until 98, bike splits included both T1 and T2. ALL-TIMe RUNS MEN 2:40:04 Mark Allen USA 89 2:41:03 Dave Scott USA 89 2:41:48 Luc Van Lierde BEL 96 2:41:57 Olivier Bernhard SUI 99 2:42:02 Chris McCormack AUS 07 2:42:09 Mark Allen USA 95 2:42:09 Mark Allen USA 91 2:42:18 Mark Allen USA 92 2:42:46 Luc Van Lierde BEL 99 2:43:55 Sergio Marques PRT 06 WOMEN 2:56:51 Mirinda Carfrae AUS 09 2:57:44 Chrissie Wellington GBR 08 2:58:36 Sandra Wallenhorst GER 08 2:59:16 Lori Bowden CAN 99 2:59:58 Chrissie Wellington GBR 07 3:00:52 Samantha McGlone CAN 07 3:01:25 Erika Csomor HUN 07 3:02:10 Lori Bowden CAN 03 3:02:19 Kate Major AUS 05 3:03:06 Chrissie Wellington GBR 09