Ironman Mar del Plata

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Triathlon Ironman Mar del Plata
venue Mar del Plata Argentina
ArgentinaArgentina 
First run 2017
organizer World Triathlon Corporation
Records
distance Swimming pictogram.svg 3.86 km

Cycling (road) pictogram.svg180.2 km
Athletics pictogram.svg42.195 km

track record Men: 8:19:57 h, 2017 Matt Chrabot
United StatesUnited States 
Women: 9:11:03 h, 2017 Sarah Piampiano
United StatesUnited States 
Website Official website

The Ironman Mar del Plata is a first time in 2017 in Argentina in the southeast of the province of Buenos Aires in Mar del Plata on the Ironman as distance (km 3.86 swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) discharged Triathlon - sporting event .

organization

The Ironman Mar del Plata is part of the Ironman world series of the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), a subsidiary of the Chinese Wanda Group .

With the "Half-ISS-Triathlon" (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running) and the "Triathlon de Mar del Plata" (since 1998) two of the most famous races in South America have already been held here. The race first took place on December 3, 2017.

Beach in the center of Mar del Plata

Amateurs have the opportunity to qualify for a starting place at the Ironman Hawaii , for which 75 qualification places are available. Professional triathletes competing for the $ 80,000 prize money in Mar del Plata can qualify for the $ 650,000 competition in Hawaii via the Kona Pro Ranking System (KPR).

In Mar del Plata, the winner and the winner will each receive 2000 points, further places receive a correspondingly reduced number of points. For comparison: the winner in Hawaii receives 8,000 points, the winners in Frankfurt , Texas , Florianópolis , Cairns and Port Elizabeth each receive 4,000, and in the other Ironman races either 1,000 or 2,000 points.

On December 2, 2018, the South American Championships were held as part of the race . The swim had to be shortened to 1.9 km due to the cold temperatures and 75 starting places for the Ironman Hawaii were allocated in the various classes.

The last race here was at the third edition on December 1st, 2019. The swimming distance had to be shortened by 800 meters.

Winners list

Men Women
N ° Date / year First place Second place third place
3 0Dec. 1, 2019 ArgentinaArgentina Tomás Galíndez BrazilBrazil Peter Pichnoff BrazilBrazil Bruno Da Rocha Berger
2 0Dec 2, 2018 AustriaAustria Michael Weiss United StatesUnited States Matt Hanson ArgentinaArgentina Mario De Elias
1 03rd Dec 2017 United StatesUnited States Matt Chrabot (SR) HungaryHungary József Major BrazilBrazil Igor Amorelli
  South American Championship  
year First place Second place third place
2019 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Elizabeth Duncombe BrazilBrazil Ana Paula Lima Soares Barbosa ChileChile Pierangela Dezerega
2018 AustraliaAustralia Sarah Crowley United KingdomUnited Kingdom Susie Cheetham FinlandFinland Minna Koistinen
2017 United StatesUnited States Sarah Piampiano (SR) BelgiumBelgium Tine Deckers CanadaCanada Magali Tisseyre

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. a b Distribution of points and prize money for professional triathletes In: ironman.com
  3. Professional Athlete Qualification & Validation . In: ironman.com .