2016 Ironman 70.3 World Championship

Ironman 70.3 World Championship
LocationMooloolaba, Queensland
DateSeptember 4, 2016
Champions
Men Timothy Reed
Women Holly Lawrence

The 2016 Ironman 70.3 World Championship was a triathlon competition held in Mooloolaba, Queensland, of Australia's Sunshine Coast on September 4, 2016. It was won by Tim Reed of Australia and Holly Lawrence of Great Britain. The championship was organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) and was the culmination of the Ironman 70.3 series of events that occurred from July 19, 2015 through July 3, 2016. Athletes, both professional and amateur, earned a spot in the championship race by qualifying in races throughout the 70.3 series.[1] A prize purse of $250,000 was distributed to the top 10 male and female professional athletes.[2] The championship location marked the first time the event was held in the southern hemisphere.[3]

Championship results

Men

Pos. Time
(h:mm:ss)		 Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss)
Swim T1 Bike T2 Run
3:44:14 Timothy Reed  Australia 22:53 2:14 2:06:12 1:52 1:11:03
3:44:16 Sebastian Kienle  Germany 24:14 2:11 2:04:45 1:48 1:11:18
3:44:40 Ruedi Wild  Switzerland 22:47 2:21 2:06:28 1:57 1:11:07
4 3:45:52 Terenzo Bozzone  New Zealand 22:44 2:11 2:06:20 1:53 1:12:44
5 3:46:02 Sam Appleton  Australia 22:40 2:17 2:06:23 1:51 1:12:51
6 3:46:21 Nicholas Kastelein  Australia 22:43 2:15 2:06:41 1:56 1:12:46
7 3:46:32 Tim Don  United Kingdom 22:51 2:10 2:06:37 1:57 1:12:57
8 3:46:47 Maurice Clavel  Germany 22:53 2:11 2:06:18 1:46 1:13:39
9 3:47:14 Lionel Sanders  Canada 25:41 2:15 2:06:42 2:02 1:10:34
10 3:47:28 Craig Alexander  Australia 22:49 2:05 2:06:39 1:52 1:14:03
Source:[4]

Women

Pos. Time
(h:mm:ss)		 Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss)
Swim T1 Bike T2 Run
4:09:12 Holly Lawrence  United Kingdom 23:24 2:17 2:19:28 2:15 1:21:48
4:11:09 Melissa Hauschildt  Australia 26:46 2:33 2:21:06 2:01 1:18:43
4:13:36 Heather Wurtele  Canada 25:05 2:29 2:22:26 1:58 1:21:38
4 4:14:09 Daniela Ryf  Switzerland 24:12 2:34 2:23:47 2:17 1:21:19
5 4:17:16 Caroline Steffen  Switzerland 24:13 2:41 2:23:09 2:03 1:25:10
6 4:17:26 Annabel Luxford  Australia 24:11 2:31 2:23:44 2:02 1:24:58
7 4:17:40 Laura Philipp  Germany 27:16 2:30 2:24:46 2:08 1:21:00
8 4:17:53 Alicia Kaye  United States 24:17 2:22 2:23:31 2:08 1:25:35
9 4:18:17 Radka Vodičková  Czech Republic 24:10 2:35 2:26:51 2:04 1:22:37
10 4:18:19 Magali Tisseyre  Canada 24:16 2:30 2:23:49 2:08 1:25:36
Source:[4]

Qualification

The 2016 Ironman 70.3 Series featured 87 events that enabled qualification to the 2015 World Championship event. Professional triathletes qualified for the championship race by competing in races during the qualifying period, earning points towards their pro rankings. For the 2016 championship race that period was August 2, 2015 to July 3, 2016. An athlete's five highest scoring races were counted toward their pro rankings. The top 50 males and top 35 females in the pro rankings qualified for the championship race. The previous five 70.3 champions received an automatic qualifying spot provided they validate their entry by competitively finishing one qualifying race. Winners of the five regional 70.3 championships also automatically qualified for the championship race. These winners did not count towards the final 50 and 35 qualifiers[1] Professional athletes were also eligible for prize purses at each qualifying event, which ranged in total size from $75,000 to $100,000.[1][5]

Amateur triathletes could qualify for the championship race by earning a qualifying slot at one of the qualifying events. At qualifying events, slots were allocated to each age group category, male and female, with the number of slots given out based on that category's proportional representation of the overall field. Each age group category was tentatively allocated one qualifying spot in each qualifying event. Some 70.3 events also served as qualifiers for the military and handcycle divisions into the full Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.[6]

Qualifying Ironman 70.3 events

Date Event Location[7]
Jul 19, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Racine Racine, Wisconsin
Jul 26, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Aug 2, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Philippines Cebu, Philippines
Aug 2, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Durban Durban, South Africa
Aug 9, 2015 Ironman 70.3 European Regional Championshipm Wiesbaden, Germany
Aug 9, 2015 Ironman 70.3 SteelheadX Benton Harbor, Michigan
Aug 9, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Gdynia Gdynia, Poland
Aug 9, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Dublin Dublin, Ireland
Aug 9, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Ecuador Manta, Ecuador
Aug 16, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Lake StevensX Lake Stevens, Washington
Aug 16, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Timberman Gilford, New Hampshire
Aug 22, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Budapest Budapest, Hungary
Aug 23, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Bintan Bintan, Indonesia
Aug 29, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Vichy Vichy, France
Aug 29, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Brasil-Paraguay Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
Aug 29, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Zell Am See Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria
Sep 13, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Sep 13, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Santa CruzX Santa Cruz, California
Sep 13, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Rugen Binz, Germany
Sep 13, 2015 Ironman 70.3 AarhusX Aarhus, Denmark
Sep 19, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote Lanzarote, Spain
Sep 20, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Incheon Incheon, Korea
Sep 20, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Cozumel Cozumel, Mexico
Sep 20, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Lake TahoeX Lake Tahoe, California
Sep 20, 2015 Ironman 70.3 PulaX Pula, Croatia
Sep 27, 2015 Ironman 70.3 AugustaX Augusta, Georgia
Sep 27, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Superfrogm X Coronado, California
Oct 4, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Gurye Gurye, South Korea
Oct 4, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Oct 4, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Silverman Henderson, Nevada
Oct 18, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie Port Macquarie, New South Wales
Oct 18, 2015 Ironman 70.3 TempeX Tempe, Arizona
Oct 25, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Turkey Belek, Turkey
Oct 25, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Miami Miami, Florida
Oct 25, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Los Cabos Los Cabos, Mexico
Nov 1, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Taiwan Hengchun, Taiwan
Nov 8, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Mandurah Mandurah, Western Australia
Nov 8, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Austin Austin, Texas
Nov 29, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Western Sydney Sydney, New South Wales
Nov 29, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Punta del Este Punta del Este, Uruguay
Dec 5, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Middle East Championship Manama, Bahrain
Dec 12, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Taupo Taupō, New Zealand
Dec 13, 2015 Ironman 70.3 Ballarat Ballarat, Victoria
Jan 10, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Pucon Pucón, Chile
Jan 24, 2016 Ironman 70.3 South Africa Buffalo City, South Africa
Jan 29, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Dubai Dubai, UAE
Jan 31, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Pan American Pro Championship Panama City, Panama
Feb 7, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Geelong Geelong, Victoria
Mar 6, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Subic Bay Subic Bay, Philippines
Mar 6, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mar 20, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mar 20, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Monterrey Monterrey, Mexico
Mar 27, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Taiwan Hengchun, Taiwan
Apr 2, 2016 Ironman 70.3 California Oceanside, California
Apr 3, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Malaysia Putrajaya, Malaysia
Apr 10, 2016 Ironman 70.3 South American Championship Palmas, Brazil
Apr 10, 2016 Ironman 70.3 FloridaX Haines City, Florida
Apr 10, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Texas Galveston, Texas
Apr 17, 2016 Ironman 70.3 New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana
May 1, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Busselton Busselton, Western Australia
May 1, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Aix En Provence Aix-en-Provence, France
May 1, 2016 Ironman 70.3 St. CroixX Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
May 7, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Mallorca Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain
May 7, 2016 Ironman 70.3 North American Championship St. George, Utah
May 8, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Vietnam Da Nang, Vietnam
May 22, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Barcelona Barcelona, Spain
May 22, 2016 Ironman 70.3 St. Polten St. Pölten/Vienna, Austria
May 22, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jun 4, 2016 Ironman 70.3 HawaiiX Kohala, Hawaii
Jun 5, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina
Jun 5, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Kraichgau Kraichgau, Germany
Jun 5, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
Jun 11, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Boulder Boulder, Colorado
Jun 12, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Cairns* ‡ X Cairns, Queensland
Jun 12, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Japan Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
Jun 12, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Eagleman Cambridge, Maryland
Jun 12, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Victoria Victoria, British Columbia
Jun 12, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire Staffordshire, England
Jun 12, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Italy Pescara,Italy
Jun 18, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg* ‡ Luxembourg
Jun 19, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Busan Busan, South Korea
Jun 19, 2016 Ironman 70.3 SyracuseX Syracuse, New York
Jun 19, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Durban Durban, South Africa
Jun 19, 2016 Ironman 70.3 KronbergX Helsingør, Denmark
Jun 26, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Mont-Tremblant Mont-Tremblant, Quebec
Jun 26, 2016 Ironman 70.3 UKX Wimbleball, Exmoor, UK
Jun 26, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Coeur D'Alene Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Jun 26, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake* ‡ X Lubbock, Texas
Jul 3, 2016 Ironman 70.3 Norway Haugesund, Norway

*Serves as a 2016 Ironman 70.3 World Championship handcycle qualifier.
‡Serves as a 2016 Ironman World Championship handcycle qualifier
mServes as a military division 2016 Ironman World Championship qualifier
XNo professional points awarded.

References

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  2. ^ "2016 Prize Money Distribution". World Triathlon Corporation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  3. ^ Carraap, Delly (26 July 2014). "70.3 Worlds Internationalizes". sunshinecoastdaily.com.au. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b "2016 Results: World Championship". World Triathlon Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  5. ^ Polloreno, Julia (3 August 2014). "Ironman Announces Redistribution of Prize Purse Money for 2015". Competitor, Inc. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Qualification FAQ". World Triathlon Corporation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
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