Ironman South Africa
 Ironman South Africa
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Port Elizabeth South Africa
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| First run | 2004 |
| organizer | World Triathlon Corporation |
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| distance |
 3.86 km
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| track record | Men: 7:58:40 h, 2017 Ben Hoffman Women: 8:33:57, 2011 Chrissie Wellington 
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| Website | Official website |
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The Ironman South Africa is since 2004 held annually in March or April Triathlon -Sportveranstaltung about the Ironman as distance (3.86 km swim, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) in Port Elizabeth in South Africa .
organization
In 2000 and 2001, EventPro, as a license partner of the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), the owner of the rights to the Ironman brand, organized a triathlon under the name "Ironman South Africa" in Cape Town . In 2000 the event was also advertised for relay teams. In 2002 the event was canceled - the official reason was financing problems due to the exchange rate in South Africa: license fees to the WTC as well as prize money had to be paid by the organizer in US dollars.
Ironman South Africa venues |
In 2004, Triangle show & sports promotion GmbH , founded in 1998, was also responsible for hosting Ironman France , Ironman Austria , Ironman 70.3 Austria in St. Pölten and the Ironman 70.3 Monaco in Monte Carlo , which is no longer held today New license partner of the WTC of Half-Ironman South Africa 800 km east of Cape Town in Port Elisabeth over a distance of 1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running with 30 qualification places for the Ironman Hawaii . In 2005 the length of the route was doubled to the full Ironman distance. After Providence Equity Partners bought the WTC as the owner of the rights to the Ironman brand and licensor of Triangle in 2008 , the WTC again bought Triangle in 2009 and has since acted as an organizer and no longer just as a licensor.
In 2010 there were over 1800 athletes at the start. There have been 75 starting places for the Ironman Hawaii since 2015 - until 2014 there were 50 qualifying places. Even if the event is the only one in Africa organized under the trademark “Ironman”, it has also been promoted by the WTC since 2015 with the name “Ironman African Championship”.
The American Ben Hoffman was able to successfully defend his victory from the previous year on April 2, 2017 and he improved Raynard Tissink's course record (2011: 8:05:37 h) to 7:58:40 h. The last race took place here on April 7, 2019. The swim had to be shortened due to adverse conditions.
The event planned for March 29, 2020 was postponed to November at the beginning of March as the coronavirus spread .
Route
- The swimming distance is two laps at Hobie Beach . The records for the 3.8 km swim are held here by the South African Anton Storm (45:22 min) and the Czech Lucie Zelenková (47:40 min). Both best times were achieved in 2009.
- The 180.2 km long bike course consisted of one lap to be completed three times until 2013. The bike route was changed for 2014 and since then has been a two-way loop with approx. 1600 m altitude. The records are held here by the South African Raynard Tissink (2011: 4:19:42 h) and the British Chrissie Wellington (2011: 4:45:23 h).
- The best time on the running track was also set by Chrissie Wellington in 2011 - with her time for the marathon of 2:52:54 h. The American Ben Hoffman ran the 2016 marathon in 2:45:50 hours.
Course records
- Men: 7:58:40 h, Ben Hoffman , 2017
- Women: 8:33:57 h, Chrissie Wellington , 2011
Winners list
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literature
- The Heart of an Ironman South Africa , Elzabe Boshoff, Marietjie VanDerMerwe. 2nd Edition. Meyer & Meyer, 2012, ISBN 978-1841263632
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ironman South Africa off for now, sort of . In: slowtwitch.com . January 15, 2002. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ironman South Africa: In March again over the full distance . In: tri2b.com . December 20, 2004.
- ↑ Ironman South Africa Preview ( Memento from June 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Herbert Krabel: Ironman South Africa steps up . In: slowtwitch.com . 5th September 2014.
- ↑ Coronavirus: IRONMAN South Africa 2020 canceled for the time being (March 13, 2020)
- ↑ Day of Records: Tissink and Wellington win Ironman in South Africa
