Best list of triathletes on the Ironman distance

Chrissie Wellington , the "fastest female athlete in the world" at Ironman Germany in Frankfurt (2008)

The best list of triathletes on the Ironman distance includes all times under 8:45 hours, those of triathletes (amateurs and professionals) worldwide in a triathlon over the long distance or Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km run). ^{(As of March 28, 2020)}

Times under 8:45 hours

This list contains all results of athletes who finished the race with a time under 8:45 hours. Multiple answers are therefore also possible. The results of the men can be found in the best list of the triathletes on the Ironman distance .

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 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 were greatly shortened are not taken into account.

World best times for women

Paula Newby-Fraser set a new long-distance record at Ironman Europe in Roth in 1994 with 8:50:53 h and was the world record holder in the Ironman series for over 14 years.
A new world best time of the Ironman series for women with 8:33:56 h was set in 2011 at the Ironman South Africa by the British Chrissie Wellington . She also set the record in the long distance in Roth ( Challenge Roth ) , which is not part of the Ironman series, in 2009, which she improved to 8:18:13 in July 2010 (08:19:13 h) and 2011.

Chrissie Wellington, the world record holder, is currently five times among the 50 fastest times among women with her results. The Dutch, Yvonne van Vlerken , who lives in Austria , managed this seven times, the Austrian Eva Wutti and the British Rachel Joyce four times each and the Swiss Daniela Ryf five times.

The races of the Ironman and Challenge world series are included in this list . Results for shortened routes are not taken into account (as of March 28, 2020):

	date	athlete	competition	venue	time	Remarks
1	July 10, 2011	Chrissie Wellington	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:18:13	Current world record on the long distance; Course record at Challenge Roth; fastest British athlete
2	July 18, 2010	Chrissie Wellington -2-	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:19:13
3	17th July 2016	Daniela Ryf	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:22:04	fastest Swiss athlete
4th	Oct 13, 2018	Daniela Ryf -2-	Ironman Hawaii	Hawaii	08:26:16	Current world record of the Ironman series; Track record at Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championship)
5	07th July 2019	Lucy Charles-Barclay	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:31:09
6th	18 Aug 2019	Anne Haug	Ironman Copenhagen	Copenhagen	08:31:32	fastest German athlete; Track record at Ironman Copenhagen
7th	July 12, 2009	Chrissie Wellington -3-	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:31:59
8th	Apr 10, 2011	Chrissie Wellington -4-	Ironman South Africa	Port Elizabeth	08:33:56	Track record at the Ironman South Africa
9	0Oct 6, 2019	Sara Svensk	Ironman Barcelona	Calella	08:34:10	fastest Swedish athlete; Track record at the Ironman Barcelona
10	25th Mar 2012	Caroline Steffen	Ironman Melbourne	Melbourne	08:34:51	Track record at Ironman Melbourne
11	0Oct 7, 2018	Laura Philipp	Ironman Barcelona	Calella	08:34:57	fastest time for an Ironman debut
12	Nov 21, 2010	Chrissie Wellington -5-	Ironman Arizona	Tempe	08:36:13	Track record at Ironman Arizona
13	Oct 13, 2018	Lucy Charles	Ironman Hawaii	Hawaii	08:36:34
14th	Aug 18, 2013	Eva Wutti	Ironman Copenhagen	Copenhagen	08:37:36	Fastest Austrian athlete;
15th	27 Apr 2019	Daniela Ryf -3-	Ironman Texas	The Woodlands	08:37:48
16	07th July 2019	Sarah Crowley	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:38:11
17th	Nov 24, 2019	Carrie Lester	Ironman Mexico	Cozumel	08:38:41	Fastest Australian Athlete; Track record at Ironman Mexico
18th	0July 8, 2018	Daniela Ryf `` -4- ''	Ironman Europe	Frankfurt	08:38:44	Track record at Ironman Europe (bike distance 185 km)
19th	20th July 2014	Mirinda Carfrae	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:38:53
20th	July 12, 2009	Rebekah Keat	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:39:24
21st	27 Apr 2019	Jocelyn McCauley	Ironman Texas	The Woodlands	08:39:41	Fastest American female athlete
22nd	0July 9, 2017	Daniela Ryf -5-	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:40:03
23	Oct 12, 2019	Anne Haug -2-	Ironman Hawaii	Hawaii	08:40:10	First German Ironman Hawaii victory in the women
24	July 14, 2013	Caroline Steffen -2-	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:40:35
25th	May 26, 2019	Sarah Piampiano	Ironman Brazil	Florianópolis	08:40:49	Track record at the Ironman Brasil
26th	June 26, 2016	Mirinda Carfrae -2-	Ironman Austria	Klagenfurt	08:41:17	Track record at Ironman Austria
27	Oct 13, 2018	Anne Haug -3-	Ironman Hawaii	Hawaii	08:41:58
28	17th July 2016	Carrie Lester -2-	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:42:13
29	20th July 2014	Rachel Joyce	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:42:25
30th	June 29, 2014	Linsey Corbin	Ironman Austria	Klagenfurt	08:42:42
31	0Nov 2, 2013	Yvonne van Vlerken	Ironman Florida	Panama City	08:43:07	Fastest Dutch athlete; Course record at the Ironman Florida
32	07th July 2019	Daniela Bleymehl	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:43:17
33	0July 3, 2011	Mary Beth Ellis	Ironman Austria	Klagenfurt	08:43:34	Second American woman under nine hours
34	01st July 2018	Daniela Bleymehl	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:43:42
35	Oct 13, 2018	Sarah True	Ironman Hawaii	Hawaii	08:43:42
36	01st July 2018	Lucy Charles -2-	Challenge Roth	Roth	08:43:51

Discipline records

Swimming (3.86 km):

• 1. Alicia Kaye 41:49 min ( Ironman Mexico , 2017)
• 2. Anja Beranek 41:50 min (Ironman Mexico, 2017)
• 3. Rachel McBride 41:52 min (Ironman Mexico, 2017)
• 4. Christine Hammond 44:49 min ( Ironman Mexico , 2017)
• 5. Kirsty Jahn 44:53 min ( Ironman Mexico , 2017)
• 6. Steph Corker 44:58 min ( Ironman Mexico , 2017)
• 7. Anne Basso 45:05 min ( Ironman Mexico , 2017)
• 8. Carrie Lester 45:35 ( Ironman Mexico , 2019)
• 9. Simone Brändli 45:51 min ( Ironman Austria , 2014)
• 10. Lucy Charles 46:48 min ( Challenge Roth , 2018)

Cycling (180.2 km):

• 1. Daniela Ryf 4:26:07 h ( Ironman Hawaii , 2018)
• 2. Daniela Ryf 4:33:48 h ( Challenge Roth , 2016)
• 3. Caroline Steffen 4:35:29 h ( Ironman Melbourne , 2012)
• 4. Yvonne van Vlerken 4:35:49 h ( Ironman Florida , 2013)
• 5. Daniela Bleymehl 4:36:17 h (Challenge Roth, 2019)
• 6. Laura Zimmermann 4:36:28 h ( Ironman Barcelona , 2019)
• 7. Chrissie Wellington 4:36:33 h (Challenge Roth, 2010)
• 8. Sara Svensk 4:36:50 h (Ironman Barcelona 2019)
• 9. Anne Haug 4:37:28 h ( Ironman Copenhagen , 2019)
• 10. Dimity-Lee Duke 4:38:11 h (Ironman Barcelona 2019)

Running (42.195 km):

• 1. Kristin Möller 2:41:56 h ( Ironman UK , 2011)
• 2. Mirinda Carfrae 2:49:06 h ( Ironman Austria , 2016)
• 3. Mirinda Carfrae 2:50:26 h ( Ironman Hawaii , 2014)
• 4. Mirinda Carfrae 2:50:35 h (Ironman Hawaii, 2013)
• 5. Anne Haug 2:51:07 h ( Ironman Hawaii , 2019)
• 6. Laura Philipp 2:52:00 h ( Ironman Barcelona , 2018)
• 7. Mirinda Carfrae 2:52:09 h (Ironman Hawaii, 2010)
• 8. Sarah Piampiano 2:53:18 h ( Ironman Brasil , 2019)
• 9. Eva Wutti 2:54:42 h (Ironman Austria, 2015)
• 10. Anne Haug 2:55:22 h ( Ironman Hawaii , 2018)

See also

• Overview of the triathlon leaderboards

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mary Beth Ellis Joins the Sub-Nine Club ( Memento July 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ LAURA PHILIPP WINS IRONMAN BARCELONA (October 7, 2018)
3. ↑ 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.  
4. ↑ Memorable double victory: Möller ahead of Riesler