Ironman Barcelona
 Ironman Barcelona
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| venue | Calella Spain
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| First run | 2014 |
| organizer | World Triathlon Corporation |
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| distance |
 3.86 km
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| track record | Men: 7:45:05 h, 2019 Florian Angert Women: 8:34:10 h, 2019 Sara Svensk 
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| Website | Official website |
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The Ironman Barcelona is an annual triathlon - sporting event over the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) in Calella , Spain, near Barcelona .
organization
This race on the Catalan Costa del Maresme was held for the first time on October 5, 2014 - after the organizer of the event, which has been organized here since 2009 under the name Challenge Barcelona-Maresme , Tritlon Spain SL, was taken over by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) .
It was the tenth European race over the long distance within the Ironman World Series of the World Triathlon Corporation.Amateurs were able to qualify for the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona over fifty qualifying places, distributed over the individual age groups . In 2016, due to the meanwhile increased number of qualification competitions in Barcelona, only forty starting places (slots) will be allocated for the Ironman Hawaii.
Professional triathletes competing for the $ 50,000 prize money in Barcelona can qualify for the $ 650,000 competition in Hawaii via the Kona Pro Ranking System (KPR). In Barcelona, the winner and the winner will each receive 2000 points, and those placed will receive a correspondingly reduced number of points. For comparison: the winner in Hawaii receives 8,000 points, the winners in Frankfurt , Texas , Florianópolis , Melbourne and Port Elizabeth each receive 4,000, and in the other Ironman races either 1,000 or 2,000 points.
A competition over half the Ironman distance has also been held here every year in May since 2014 with the Ironman 70.3 Barcelona . In September 2017, a new course record was set for both men and women, and in October 2018, the course record for women was again improved by the German Laura Philipp .
The sixth edition of the Ironman Barcelona was here on October 6, 2019 and the German Florian Angert improved the course record here at his first start on the Ironman distance to 7:45:05 h and the Swede Sara Svensk also set her winning time of 8 : 34: 10 hours a new course record.
Route
- The 3.8 km swim is a lengthways lap in front of the shore of Calella.
- The 180 km cycling distance stretches over a flat stretch to be completed twice along the coast towards Barcelona .
- The marathon route runs along the coast in front of Calella on a course that is run three times.
Winners list
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From 2009 to 2013, the Barcelona-Maresme Challenge was held here on the long distance as the previous event:
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ironman Announces Barcelona Events . World Triathlon Corporation. April 15, 2014.
- ↑ a b Distribution of points and prize money for professional triathletes ( memento from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Professional Athlete Qualification & Validation . In: ironman.com .
- ↑ IRONMAN BARCELONA: VICTORS TO COSTES AND VAN VLERKEN, SÄMMLER THIRD (September 30, 2017)