The 2012 Ironman World Championship was a long distance triathlon competition held on October 13, 2012 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The championship won by Pete Jacobs of Australia and Leanda Cave of England. It was the 36th such Ironman Triathlon World Championship, which has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978, with an additional race in 1982. The championship is organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC).

Championship results

Men Pos. Time(h:mm:ss) Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss)Swim     T1     Bike     T2     Run 8:18:37 Pete Jacobs 0:51:28 1:49 4:35:15 2:02 2:48:06 8:23:40 Andreas Raelert 0:55:17 1:53 4:36:34 2:33 2:47:24 8:24:09 Frederik Van Lierde 0:51:36 2:01 4:35:25 2:19 2:52:5048:27:08 Sebastian Kienle 0:55:21 1:56 4:33:23 2:05 2:54:2558:28:33 Faris Al-Sultan 0:51:39 1:45 4:35:53 2:27 2:56:5068:30:57 Timo Bracht 0:53:45 2:05 4:37:17 2:15 2:55:3778:31:45 Andy Potts 0:50:32 1:41 4:43:52 2:22 2:53:1888:33:28 Timothy O'Donnell 0:51:37 1:34 4:44:16 2:04 2:53:5998:35:02 David Dellow 0:51:33 1:44 4:40:28 2:16 2:59:03108:36:21 Dirk Bockel 0:52:30 1:48 4:34:17 2:01 3:05:48 Source:

Women Pos. Time(h:mm:ss) Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss)Swim     T1     Bike     T2     Run 9:15:54 Leanda Cave 0:56:03 2:09 5:12:06 2:25 3:03:13 9:16:58 Caroline Steffen 0:57:37 1:48 5:06:49 2:37 3:08:09 9:21:41 Mirinda Carfrae 1:00:06 1:56 5:12:18 2:19 3:05:0449:22:45 Sonja Tajsich 1:10:36 2:03 5:07:55 2:43 2:59:2759:22:57 Mary Beth Ellis 0:56:06 1:59 5:08:06 6:18 3:10:3069:26:25 Natascha Badmann 1:06:21 2:24 5:06:07 2:15 3:09:1979:28:54 Gina Crawford 0:55:59 2:45 5:21:31 2:25 3:06:1689:32:18 Linsey Corbin 1:02:53 2:06 5:16:55 2:31 3:07:5599:36:18 Caitlin Snow 0:57:43 2:14 5:30:48 2:28 3:03:07109:38:15 Amy Marsh 0:56:08 1:53 5:16:37 3:12 3:20:27 Source:

Qualification For entry into the 2012 World Championship race, amateur athletes were required to qualify through a performance at an Ironman or selected Ironman 70.3 race. Entry into the championship race could also be obtained through a random allocation lottery or through the Ironman’s charitable eBay auction. The division of athletes was divided into professional, age group, physically challenged, and hand cycle divisions.

For professional triathletes, the 2012 championship season marked the second year of a point system that determined which professional triathletes would qualify for the championship race. To qualify, points were earned by competing in WTC sanctioned Ironman and Ironman 70.3 events throughout the qualifying year. For the 2012 championship race that period was September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012. The top 50 male and top 30 female pros in points at the end of the qualifying year qualified to race in Kona. An athlete's five highest scoring races were counted in the point totals. At least one Ironman race must have been completed and only three Ironman 70.3 races could count towards an athlete's overall point total. Prior champions receive an automatic entry for the Championship race for a period of five years after their last championship performance provided that they competed in at least one full-distance Ironman race during the qualifying year. Their entry does not count toward the number of available qualifying spots.

The Ironman 2012 series consisted of 28 Ironman races plus the 2011 Ironman World Championship which was itself a qualifier for the 2012 Championship.

Qualifying Ironmans Date Event Location Ironman Wales Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales Ironman Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Ironman World Championship Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Ironman Florida Panama City Beach, Florida Ironman Arizona Tempe, Arizona Ironman Cozumel Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico Ironman Western Australia Busselton, Western Australia Ironman New Zealand Taupō, New Zealand Ironman Asia Pacific Championship Melbourne, Australia Ironman South Africa Port Elizabeth, South Africa Ironman St.George St. George, Utah Ironman Australia Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia Ironman Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, Spain Ironman Texas The Woodlands Township, Texas Ironman Brazil Florianópolis Island, Brazil Ironman Cairns Cairns, Australia Ironman Regensburg Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany Ironman France Nice, France Ironman Coeur d'Alene Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Ironman Austria Klagenfurt, Austria Ironman European Championship Frankfurt, Germany Ironman Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland Ironman UK Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Ironman Lake Placid Lake Placid, New York Ironman US Championship New York City, New York Ironman Sweden Kalmar, Sweden Ironman Mont-Tremblant Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada Ironman Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Ironman Canada Penticton, British Columbia, Canada

2012 Ironman Series results

Men Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time ReferenceWales 9:04:20 9:04:25 9:07:59Wisconsin 8:45:18 8:57:51 9:08:14World Champs 2011 8:03:56 8:09:11 8:11:07Florida 7:59:42 8:10:43 8:18:02Arizona 7:59:38 8:01:29 8:14:36Cozumel 8:23:52 8:30:36 8:32:50Western Australia8:12:398:19:028:27:31New Zealand*3:55:033:55:513:56:38Asia Pacific7:57:448:00:128:01:26South Africa8:34:458:41:488:46:04St. George9:07:049:25:589:35:33Australia8:17:388:21:118:40:02Lanzarote8:44:398:53:379:02:58Texas8:10:448:22:158:22:58Brazil8:22:408:25:318:27:56Cairns8:15:048:22:218:29:36Regensburg8:11:598:18:538:36:53France8:21:518:42:488:45:23Coeur d'Alene 8:32:298:41:368:52:00Austria 8:11:418:20:288:26:30European 8:03:318:09:558:14:04Switzerland 8:17:138:32:278:42:08UK 8:55:119:07:009:10:50Lake Placid 8:25:078:56:499:08:57United States 8:11:188:24:328:27:00Sweden 8:04:018:08:068:10:12Mont-Tremblant 8:40:488:46:588:48:12Louisville 8:42:448:52:599:02:42Canada 8:48:308:54:178:58:59 * Event shortened to 70.3 distance.

Women

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time ReferenceWales Wisconsin World Champs 2011 Florida Arizona Cozumel Western Australia New Zealand* Asia Pacific South Africa St. George Australia Lanzarote Texas Brazil Cairns Regensburg France Coeur d'Alene Austria European Switzerland UK Lake Placid New York Sweden Mont-Tremblant Louisville Canada * Event shortened to 70.3 distance.

References

External links Ironman website Professional Triathlete Qualifying Rules