2007 Ironman 70.3 World Championship

The 2007 Ironman 70.3 World Championship was a triathlon competition held in Clearwater, Florida on November 10, 2007.[1] The championship was sponsored by Ford and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC). The championship was the culmination of the Ironman 70.3 series of events that occurred from November 2006 through September 2007. Athletes, both professional and amateur, earned a spot in the championship race by qualifying in races throughout the 70.3 series.

Medallists

Men

Pos. Time
(h:mm:ss)		 Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss)
Swim T1 Bike T2 Run
3:42:33 Andy Potts  United States 22:57 1:49 2:04:29 1:46 1:11:33
3:42:37 Oscar Galíndez  Argentina 25:07 2:02 2:00:28 1:58 1:13:02
3:43:11 Andrew Johns  Great Britain 23:30 1:50 2:04:11 1:37 1:12:05
4 3:44:10 Craig Alexander  Australia 23:30 1:52 2:04:05 1:39 1:13:04
5 3:45:05 Richie Cunningham  Australia 23:18 1:47 2:04:23 1:46 1:13:51
6 3:46:03 Stéphan Bignet  France 23:10 2:02 2:04:19 1:50 1:14:42
7 3:49:03 Fraser Cartmell  United Kingdom 23:09 1:52 2:04:28 2:19 1:17:15
8 3:49:39 T. J. Tollakson  United States 24:27 2:05 2:02:54 1:50 1:18:23
9 3:50:10 Terenzo Bozzone  New Zealand 23:08 1:51 2:02:51 1:36 1:20:44
10 3:51:45 Santiago Ascenço  Brazil 25:23 1:56 2:08:27 1:34 1:14:25
*Source:[2][3]

Women

Pos. Time
(h:mm:ss)		 Name Country Split times (h:mm:ss)
Swim T1 Bike T2 Run
4:07:25 Mirinda Carfrae  Australia 26:33 2:01 2:18:32 1:39 1:18:40
4:11:29 Samantha McGlone  Canada 27:46 1:59 2:19:00 1:53 1:20:51
4:12:29 Leanda Cave  Great Britain 25:16 2:07 2:17:12 1:59 1:25:55
4 4:12:53 Julie Dibens  United Kingdom 24:45 2:08 2:13:16 1:48 1:30:56
5 4:14:40 Catriona Morrison  United Kingdom 27:46 2:07 2:17:21 1:56 1:25:30
6 4:16:35 Sibylle Matter  Switzerland 26:06 2:13 2:18:51 1:59 1:27:26
7 4:16:59 Becky Lavelle  United States 25:23 2:00 2:17:07 1:57 1:30:32
8 4:18:20 Kate Major  Australia 28:58 2:18 2:20:47 1:45 1:24:32
9 4:18:31 Monika Lehmann  Switzerland 29:21 2:34 2:18:55 2:06 1:25:35
10 4:19:08 Michelle Lee  United Kingdom 29:23 2:49 2:20:16 2:13 1:24:27
Source:[2][3]

Qualification

The 2007 Ironman 70.3 Series featured 23 events that enabled qualification to the 2007 World Championship event.[4] In the second year of WTC's 70.3 race series the number of races increased as the series expanded outside of North America with new events such as those in Austria, Germany, Monaco, Singapore, and Switzerland.

Qualifying for the 2007 Ironman 70.3 Championship was based on allocated slots available at each qualifying event, usually 50, though could vary from race to race. Slots were allocated to amateur triathletes in each age group category, male and female, with the number of slots given out based on that category's proportional representation of the overall field. Each age group category would be tentatively allocated one qualifying spot in each qualifying event. Professional athletes could qualify for the championships by obtaining one of the 10% of the available qualifying spots at that event. Thus, if 50 available spots were allocated, 45 slots would be distributed among the amateur athletes and 5 were available to pro athletes.

Qualifying Ironman 70.3s

Date Event Location
Nov 5, 2006 Ironman 70.3 Australia Australia Port Macquarie, New South Wales
Nov 11, 2006 Ironman 70.3 World Championship United States Clearwater, Florida
Mar 31, 2007 Ironman 70.3 California† United States Oceanside, California
May 6, 2007 Ironman 70.3 St Croix† United States Virgin Islands Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
May 20, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Florida United States Haines City, Florida
Jun 2, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Austria Austria St. Pölten/Vienna, Austria
Jun 2, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Hawaii† United States Kohala, Hawaii
Jun 3, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona, Lake Zurich, Switzerland
Jun 10, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Eagleman† United States Cambridge, Maryland
Jun 10, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Baja Mexico Ensenada, Baja California
Jun 17, 2007 Ironman 70.3 U.K. United Kingdom Wimbleball, Exmoor
Jun 24, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake† United States Lubbock, Texas
Jul 8, 2007 North Ironman 70.3 United States Lake Stevens, Washington
Jul 22, 2012 Ironman 70.3 Vineman† United States Sonoma County, California
Jul 29, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Newfoundland Canada Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
Aug 4, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Steelhead United States Benton Harbor, Michigan
Aug 5, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Antwerp Belgium Antwerp, Belgium
Aug 19, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Germany† Germany Wiesbaden, Germany
Aug 19, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Timberman United States Gilford, New Hampshire
Sep 2, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Singapore Singapore Singapore
Sep 2, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Monaco† Monaco Monaco
Sep 16, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Brazil Brazil Brasília, Brazil
Sep 23, 2007 Ironman 70.3 Cancún Mexico Cancún, Mexico

†Also served as a 2007 Ironman World Championship qualifier.

2007 Ironman 70.3 Series results

Men

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Reference
Australia  Torbjørn Sindballe (DEN) 4:03:31  Jason Shortis (AUS) 4:05:23  Joshua Rix (AUS) 4:06:45 [5]
Clearwater  Craig Alexander (AUS) 3:45:37  Simon Lessing (GBR) 3:47:25  Richie Cunningham (AUS) 3:49:17 [6]
California  Andy Potts (USA) 3:59:59  Jens Koefoed (DEN) 4:03:43  Elliot Lewis (USA) 4:03:53 [7]
St. Croix  Craig Alexander (AUS) 4:04:52  Richie Cunningham (AUS) 4:08:56  Chris McCormack (AUS) 4:09:51 [8]
Florida  Craig Alexander (AUS) 3:50:27  Simon Lessing (GBR) 3:53:47  Luke Bell (AUS) 3:54:18 [9]
Austria  Michael Göhner (GER) 3:54:49  Gerrit Schellens (BEL) 4:00:05  Hans Mühlbauer (GER) 4:00:13 [10]
Hawaii  Chris McCormack (AUS) 3:57:18  Patrick Vernay (NCL) 4:01:59  Timothy Marr (USA) 4:11:08 [11]
Switzerland  Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 3:46:39  Christoph Mauch (SUI) 3:51:23  Jimmy Johnsen (DEN) 3:52:16 [12]
Eagleman  T. J. Tollakson (USA) 3:46:28  Richie Cunningham (AUS) 3:52:48  Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR) 3:54:06 [13]
Baja  Chris McCormack (AUS) 3:53:53  Craig Walton (AUS) 3:54:38  Luke McKenzie (AUS) 3:58:43 [14]
UK  Fraser Cartmell (GBR) 4:24:32  James Gilfillan (GBR) 4:26:12  Paul Ambrose (AUS) 4:26:36 [15]
Buffalo Springs  Chris Leigh (USA) 3:55:03  Paul Matthews (AUS) 3:57:53  Tim DeBoom (USA) 3:58:24 [16]
Lake Stevens  Chris Leigh (USA) 3:56:26  Paul Matthews (AUS) 3:57:08  Luke Mckenzie (USA) 3:5733 [17]
Vineman  Craig Alexander (AUS) 3:50:49  Luke Bell (AUS) 3:51:01  T. J. Tollakson (USA) 3:53:02 [18]
Newfoundland  Craig Alexander (AUS) 3:58:26  Richie Cunningham (AUS) 3:58:54  Marcel Vifian (USA) 4:03:38 [19]
Steelhead  Guembel Wolfgang (CAN) 4:04:42  Jason Glowney (USA) 4:13:59  Eric Fernando (USA) 4:14:55 [20]
Antwerp  Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 3:50:06  Andrew Johns (SUI) 3:57:29  Stijn Demeulemeester (BEL) 4:00:29 [21]
Germany  Stéphan Bignet (FRA) 4:06:53  Alessandro Degasperi (ITA) 4:11:04  Nils Goerke (GER) 4:13:59 [22]
Timberman  Simon Lessing (GBR) 4:00:00  Björn Andersson (SWE) 4:02:52  Michael Lovato (USA) 4:05:59 [23]
Singapore  Reinaldo Colucci (BRA) 3:49:59  Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 3:50:39  Stephen Bayliss (GBR) 3:54:37 [24]
Monaco  Marcel Zamora Pérez (ESP) 4:14:14  Paul Amey (GBR) 4:16:06  Nicolas Lebrun (FRA) 4:16:32 [25]
Brazil  Paulo Miyasiro (BRA) 4:06:34  Santiago Ascenço (BRA) 4:09:07  Henrique Siqueira (BRA) 4:09:53 [26]
Cancún  Oscar Galíndez (ARG) 3:49:10  David Thompson (USA) 3:51:19  Luke McKenzie (AUS) 3:51:49 [27]

Women

Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Reference
Australia  Belinda Granger (AUS) 4:35:55  Lisa Marangon (AUS) 4:36:26  Angela Sharp (AUS) 4:40:00 [5]
Clearwater  Samantha McGlone (CAN) 4:12:58  Lisa Bentley (CAN) 4:14:30  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 4:16:44 [6]
California  Kate Major (AUS) 4:26:15  Dede Griesbauer (USA) 4:31:46  Becky Lavelle (USA) 4:33:03 [7]
St. Croix  Julie Dibens (GBR) 4:29:11  Catriona Morrison (GBR) 4:33:09  Samantha McGlone (CAN) 4:39:52 [8]
Florida  Katja Schumacher (GER) 4:28:28  Karen Smyers (USA) 4:34:06  Tine Deckers (BEL) 4:36:31 [9]
Austria  Erika Csomor (HUN) 4:24:39  Charlotte Kolters (DEN) 4:28:00  Edith Niederfriniger (ITA) 4:31:26 [10]
Hawaii  Samantha McGlone (CAN) 4:31:42  Michellie Jones (AUS) 4:33:08  Bree Wee (USA) 4:47:08 [11]
Switzerland  Nicola Spirig (SUI) 4:15:33  Cornelia Elmer (SUI) 4:18:12  Karin Thürig (SUI) 4:19:57 [12]
Eagleman  Karen Laface (USA) 4:06:53  Natascha Badmann (SUI) 4:08:17  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 4:13:18 [13]
Baja  Linsey Corbin (USA) 4:32:35  Justine Whipple (USA) 4:34:12  Lara Brown (USA) 4:43:50 [14]
UK  Julie Dibens (GBR) 4:49:28  Katja Schumacher (GER) 4:57:09  Michelle Lee (GBR) 4:59:23 [15]
Buffalo Springs  Natascha Badmann (SUI) 4:19:07  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 4:20:10  Rebekah Keat (AUS) 4:28:08 [16]
Lake Stevens  Rebekah Keat (AUS) 4:28:05  Melissa Ashton (AUS) 4:31:11  Heather Gollnick (USA) 4:34:02 [17]
Vineman  Samantha McGlone (CAN) 4:16:36  Michellie Jones (AUS) 4:21:29  Melissa Ashton (AUS) 4:24:12 [18]
Newfoundland  Melissa Ashton (AUS) 4:32:22  Magali Tisseyre (CAN) 4:39:50  Nicole Guembel (CAN) 4:51:30 [19]
Steelhead  Andrea Fisher (USA) 4:35:05  Tara Norton (CAN) 4:40:24  Elizabeth Fedofsky (USA) 4:40:54 [20]
Antwerp  Rebecca Preston (AUS) 4:19:14  Yvonne van Vlerken (NED) 4:21:28  Cora Vlot (NED) 4:29:34 [21]
Germany  Virginia Berasategui (ESP) 4:44:29  Wenke Kujala (GER) 4:47:27  Andrea Brede (GER) 4:48:54 [22]
Timberman  Desiree Ficker (USA) 4:25:54  Kate Major (AUS) 4:28:48  Dede Griesbauer (USA) 4:41:11 [23]
Singapore  Belinda Granger (AUS) 4:11:23  Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 4:17:17  Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 4:19:18 [28]
Monaco  Alexandra Louison (FRA) 4:49:43  Sibylle Matter (SUI) 4:51:30  Christel Robin (FRA) 4:52:46 [25]
Brazil  Carla Moreno (BRA) 4:38:13  Fernanda Keller (BRA) 4:42:50  Ana Lídia Borba (BRA) 4:48:56 [26]
Cancún  Tyler Stewart (USA) 4:26:37  Abigail Bayley (GBR) 4:33:51  Laura Tingle (USA) 4:40:23 [27]

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