Leaderboard of the triathletes on the Ironman distance

Jan Frodeno at Ironman Germany in Frankfurt am Main (2015)

The best list of triathletes on the Ironman distance includes all times recorded by male triathletes (amateurs and professionals) worldwide in a triathlon over the long or Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running ) were achieved. ^{(As of March 28, 2020)}

Times under 8:00 hours

This list contains all results of athletes who finished the race with a time under 8:00 hours. Multiple answers are therefore also possible.

World records are generally not held in triathlon because of the variability of the route profiles, and there is no mandatory official measurement of the competition distances. Even the running routes of the major long-distance races are not measured with the Jones counter . Therefore, the following best times should always be assessed with an uncertainty about the length of the route.

In general, different routes are difficult to compare, even with the same route length, as local conditions such as weather conditions, climate, winds, (ocean) currents and the elevation profile can have a much stronger influence. The routes in Hawaii and Lanzarote are very demanding, which can also be seen from the best times there. Despite the high performance density of the athletes, these are always above the best times on the continental routes.
The route of the Challenge Roth in the Franconian Roth , however, has proven over the years as the world's fastest race at this distance. Competitions in which only one duathlon was held due to weather conditions or partial distances had to be shortened are not taken into account here.

World best times for men

In 2016, the German Jan Frodeno set the men's long-distance world best time of 7:35:39 hours at the Challenge Roth (long distance not part of the Ironman series). The American Matt Hanson with his time of 7:39:25 h has been the record holder within the Ironman series since April 2018. The Belgian Marino Vanhoenacker and the Australian Chris McCormack have already entered four times with a time below 8:00 h. The results of the women can be found in the best list of the triathletes on the Ironman distance .

This list includes all races and results of the Ironman and Challenge world series with times of less than eight hours. Results for shortened routes are not taken into account:

	date	athlete	competition	venue	time	comment
1	17th July 2016	Jan Frodeno	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:35:39	Current world best track record at Challenge Roth; fastest German athlete
2	May 28, 2017	Tim Don	Ironman Brazil	Florianópolis	07:40:23	Current world record of the Ironman series; Course record at the Ironman Brasil; fastest British athlete
3	0July 9, 2017	Sebastian Kienle	Ironman Germany	Frankfurt am Main	07:41:24	Track record at Ironman Germany (Ironman European Championship)
4th	July 10, 2011	Andreas Raelert	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:41:33
5	Nov 20, 2016	Tyler Butterfield	Ironman Mexico	Cozumel	07:44:01	Track record at Ironman Mexico
6th	Nov 20, 2016	Lionel Sanders	Ironman Arizona	Tempe	07:44:29	Track record at Ironman Arizona
7th	0Dec. 1, 2019	Alistair Brownlee	Ironman Western Australia	Busselton	07:45:21	Course record at Ironman Western Australia; fastest time in australia
8th	0July 3, 2011	Marino Vanhoenacker	Ironman Austria	Klagenfurt	07:45:58	Track record at Ironman Austria
9	0July 9, 2017	Andreas Böcherer	Ironman Germany	Frankfurt am Main	07:46:07
10	May 29, 2016	Brent McMahon	Ironman Brazil	Florianópolis	07:46:10
11	Nov 24, 2019	Michael Weiss	Ironman Mexico	Cozumel	07:47:12	Fastest Austrian athlete
12	Nov 26, 2017	Sebastian Kienle	Ironman Mexico	Cozumel	07:48:11
13	June 29, 2014	Iván Raña	Ironman Austria	Klagenfurt	07:48:43	Fastest Spanish athlete
14th	June 28, 2015	Marino Vanhoenacker -2-	Ironman Austria	Klagenfurt	07:48:45
15th	Aug 21, 2016	Patrik Nilsson	Ironman Copenhagen	Copenhagen	07:49:18	Track record at Ironman Copenhagen
16	Sep 30 2017	Antony Costes	Ironman Barcelona	Calella	07:49:19	Track record at the Ironman Barcelona
17th	05th July 2015	Jan Frodeno -2-	Ironman Germany	Frankfurt am Main	07:49:48
18th	Nov 20, 2016	Brent McMahon -2-	Ironman Arizona	Tempe	07:50:15
19th	0July 9, 2017	Patrik Nilsson -2-	Ironman Germany	Frankfurt am Main	07:50:16
20th	July 13, 1997	Luc van Lierde	Ironman Europe	Roth	07:50:27	Track record at Ironman Europe
21st	0July 9, 2017	James Cunnama	Ironman Germany	Frankfurt am Main	07:51:02
22nd	Oct 12, 2019	Jan Frodeno -3-	Ironman Hawaii	Hawaii	07:51:13	Track record at Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships)
23	04th Dec 2016	Terenzo Bozzone	Ironman Western Australia	Busselton	07:51:26
24	July 12, 2015	Nils Frommhold	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:51:28
25th	July 13, 1997	Jürgen Zäck	Ironman Europe	Roth	07:51:42
26th	0July 9, 2017	Ivan Vladimirovich Tutukin	Ironman Germany	Frankfurt am Main	07:51:56
27	July 14, 1999	Peter Reid	Ironman Austria	Klagenfurt	07:51:56
28	July 14, 2013	Dirk Bockel	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:52:01
29	Nov 24, 2019	Mario de Elias	Ironman Mexico	Cozumel	07:52:02
30th	04th July 2010	Marino Vanhoenacker -3-	Ironman Austria	Klagenfurt	07:52:05
31	0July 9, 2017	Patrick Lange	Ironman Germany	Frankfurt am Main	07:52:06
32	July 18, 2010	Rasmus Henning	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:52:36
33	Oct 13, 2018	Patrick Lange -2-	Ironman Hawaii	Hawaii	07:52:39	first athlete under 8 hours in Hawaii
34	Apr 22, 2017	Matt Hanson	Ironman Texas	The Woodlands	07:52:44	Track record at the Ironman Texas Fastest US American
35	Sep 30 2017	Mike Phillips	Ironman Barcelona	Calella	07:52:50
36	0Nov 2, 2013	Victor Del Corral Morales	Ironman Florida	Panama City	07:53:12	Course record at the Ironman Florida
37	Nov 16, 2017	Michael Weiss	Ironman Mexico	Cozumel	07:53:27
38	May 31, 2015	Marino Vanhoenacker -4-	Ironman Brazil	Florianópolis	07:53:44
39	June 24, 2007	Chris McCormack	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:54:23
40	0July 6, 2014	Christian Kramer	Ironman Austria	Klagenfurt	07:54:31
41	June 10, 2018	Braden Currie	Ironman Cairns	Cairns	07:54:58
42	04th Dec 2016	Andy Potts	Ironman Western Australia	Busselton	07:55:12
43	0July 6, 2014	Sebastian Kienle -2-	Ironman Germany	Frankfurt am Main	07:55:14
44	0Dec. 1, 2013	Michael Weiss	Ironman Mexico	Cozumel	07:55:23
45	0Oct 2, 2016	Patrik Nilsson -3-	Ironman Barcelona	Calella	07:55:28
46	Nov 16, 2014	Brent McMahon -3-	Ironman Arizona	Tempe	07:55:38	At his first start on the Ironman distance
47	0Dec. 1, 2019	Matt Burton	Ironman Western Australia	Busselton	07:55:40
48	08 Sep 2018	Jaroslav Kovačič	Challenge Almere-Amsterdam	Almere	07:55:44	Track record at the Challenge Almere-Amsterdam
49	July 12, 2009	Michael Göhner	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:55:53
50	0Dec 6, 2015	Luke Jarrod McKenzie	Ironman Western Australia	Busselton	07:55:58
51	20th July 2014	Timo Bracht	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:56:00
52	June 27, 1999	Jürgen Zäck -2-	Ironman Europe	Roth	07:56:00
53	Apr 22, 2011	Ronnie Schildknecht	Ironman Texas	The Woodlands	07:56:21	Fastest Swiss athlete
54	0July 9, 2016	Joe Skipper	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:56:23
55	July 12, 2015	Timo Bracht -2-	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:56:31
56	June 10, 2018	Javier Gomez	Ironman Cairns	Cairns	07:56:38
57	July 13, 1997	Lothar leather	Ironman Europe	Roth	07:56:39
58	Oct 13, 2018	Bart Aernouts -2-	Ironman Hawaii	Hawaii	07:56:41
59	July 14, 1996	Lothar leather -2-	Ironman Europe	Roth	07:57:02	First athlete in the world under 8 hours
60	July 10, 2011	Sebastian Kienle -3-	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:57:06
61	02nd July 2017	Jan Frodeno -4-	Ironman Austria	Klagenfurt	07:57:20
62	July 13, 1997	Thomas Hellriegel	Ironman Europe	Roth	07:57:21
63	25th Mar 2012	Craig Alexander	Ironman Melbourne	Melbourne	07:57:44	Track record at Ironman Melbourne
64	June 27, 1999	Thomas Hellriegel -2-	Ironman Europe	Roth	07:57:50
65	04th July 2004	Chris McCormack -2-	Ironman Europe	Roth	07:57:50
66	0Oct 2, 2016	Viktor Zyemtsev	Ironman Barcelona	Calella	07:58:03
67	04th July 2004	Faris Al-Sultan	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:58:05
68	Nov 15, 2015	Lionel Sanders -2-	Ironman Arizona	Tempe	07:58:22
69	Apr 22, 2011	Tyler Butterfield	Ironman Texas	The Woodlands	07:58:29	Fastest athlete from Bermuda
70	18 Aug 2019	Cody Beals	Ironman Mont-Tremblant	Mont-Tremblant	07:58:34	Track record at the Ironman Mont-Tremblant
71	June 29, 2014	Iván Raña -2-	Ironman Mexico	Cozumel	07:58:39
72	0Apr 2, 2017	Ben Hoffman	Ironman South Africa	Port Elizabeth	07:58:40
73	0Nov 2, 2013	Filip Ospalý	Ironman Florida	Panama City	07:58:44
74	0July 3, 2005	Chris McCormack -3-	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:58:45
75	July 18, 2010	Sebastian Kienle -4-	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:59:06
76	0July 9, 2017	Bart Aernouts	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:59:07
77	0July 5, 2009	Timo Bracht -3-	Ironman Germany	Frankfurt am Main	07:59:16
78	July 12, 2015	David Dellow	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:59:28
79	0July 5, 2009	Eneko Llanos	Ironman Arizona	Tempe	07:59:38
80	Nov 26, 2017	Stefan Schmid	Ironman Mexico	Cozumel	07:59:44
81	30th of June 2013	Andreas Raelert -2-	Ironman Austria	Klagenfurt	07:59:51
82	0July 6, 2008	Chris McCormack -4-	Ironman Germany	Frankfurt am Main	07:59:55
83	0July 7, 2013	Eneko Llanos -2-	Ironman Germany	Frankfurt am Main	07:59:58
84	0July 8, 2012	James Cunnama -2-	Challenge Roth	Roth	07:59:59

Discipline Records

Swimming (3.86 km):

• 1. Jarrod Shoemaker 39:17 min (Ironman Mexico, 2017)
• 2. Iván Raña 39:19 min (Ironman Mexico, 2017)
• 3. Christof Wandratsch 41:26 min (Ironman Austria, 2006)
• 4. Stefan Schmid 41:33 min (Ironman Mexico, 2017)
• 5. Sebastian Kienle 41:36 min (Ironman Mexico, 2017)
• 6. Jan Sibbersen 42:17 min (Ironman Germany, 2004)
• 7. Michael Prüfert 43:35 min (Challenge Roth, 1997)

Cycling (180.2 km):

• 1. Andrew Starykowicz 4:02:17 h (Ironman Florida, 2013)
• 2. Boris Stein 4:03:08 h (Ironman Kalmar, 2019)
• 3. Lionel Sanders 4:04:38 h (Ironman Arizona, 2016)
• 4. Andrew Starykowicz 4:04:39 h (Ironman Florida, 2012)
• 5. Cameron Litter 4:05:36 h (Challenge Roth, 2018)
• 6. Cameron Litter 4:05:45 h (Ironman Arizona, 2016)
• 7. Tim Don 4:06:56 h (Ironman Brasil, 2017)
• 8. Georg Swoboda 4:07:43 h ( Austria Triathlon , 2013)

Running (42.195 km):

• 1. Matt Hanson 2:34:40 h (Ironman Texas, 2018)
• 2. Ivan Wladimirowitsch Tutukin 2:35:20 h (Ironman Texas, 2018)
• 3. Luc van Lierde 2:36:49 h (Ironman Europe, 1997)
• 4. Bart Aernouts 2:37:01 h (Ironman France, 2013)
• 5. Victor Del Corral Morales 2:37:29 h (Ironman Florida, 2013)
• 6. Joe Skipper 2:38:52 h (Challenge Roth, 2016)
• 7. Jan Frodeno 2:39:18 h (Challenge Roth, 2016)

See also

• Triathlon leaderboard

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DAY OF RECORDS AT CHALLENGE ALMERE (September 8, 2018)
2. ↑ THE MOST AMAZING SWIM COURSE OF IRONMAN BECOMES FASTER ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ pentek-timing.at . Archived from the original on August 25, 2013.