title: 2017 Ironman World Championship
text: # 2017 Ironman World Championship
  
  The 2017 Ironman World Championship was a long distance triathlon competition held on October 14, 2017, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii that was won by Patrick Lange of Germany and Daniela Ryf of Switzerland. It was the 41st edition of the Ironman World Championship, which has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978. The championship was organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC). For Ryf it was her third consecutive Ironman World Championship win. This was Lange's first championship win and in doing so he set a new overall course record previously set by Craig Alexander in 2011.
  
  ## Championship results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Rank | Time (h:mm:ss) | Name | Country | Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss) |
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  | Rank | Time (h:mm:ss) | Name | Country | Swim | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run |
  | | 8:01:40 | Patrick Lange | Germany | 48:45 | 1:49 | 4:28:53 | 2:14 | 2:39:59 |
  | | 8:04:07 | Lionel Sanders | Canada | 53:41 | 1:58 | 4:14:19 | 2:16 | 2:51:53 |
  | | 8:07:11 | David McNamee | United Kingdom | 48:40 | 2:03 | 4:28:55 | 2:03 | 2:45:30 |
  | 4 | 8:09:59 | Sebastian Kienle | Germany | 53:44 | 1:58 | 4:14:57 | 2:09 | 2:57:11 |
  | 5 | 8:11:24 | James Cunnama | South Africa | 49:09 | 2:03 | 4:21:02 | 2:16 | 2:56:46 |
  | 6 | 8:13:06 | Terenzo Bozzone | New Zealand | 48:41 | 1:58 | 4:26:20 | 2:20 | 2:53:47 |
  | 7 | 8:14:43 | Andy Potts | United States | 49:01 | 2:04 | 4:31:02 | 2:10 | 2:50:26 |
  | 8 | 8:18:21 | Patrik Nilsson | Sweden | 48:34 | 1:57 | 4:29:02 | 2:57 | 2:55:51 |
  | 9 | 8:19:26 | Ben Hoffman | United States | 48:52 | 1:57 | 4:22:00 | 2:21 | 3:04:16 |
  | 10 | 8:22:24 | Boris Stein | Germany | 53:48 | 1:43 | 4:23:59 | 2:12 | 3:00:42 |
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  ### Women
  
  | Rank | Time (h:mm:ss) | Name | Country | Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss / m:ss) |
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  | Rank | Time (h:mm:ss) | Name | Country | Swim | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run |
  | | 8:50:47 | Daniela Ryf | Switzerland | 53:10 | 2:14 | 4:53:10 | 2:11 | 3:00:02 |
  | | 8:59:38 | Lucy Charles | United Kingdom | 48:48 | 2:16 | 4:58:19 | 2:16 | 3:08:09 |
  | | 9:01:38 | Sarah Crowley | Australia | 53:07 | 2:10 | 4:57:51 | 2:54 | 3:05:36 |
  | 4 | 9:02:29 | Heather Jackson | United States | 57:58 | 2:11 | 4:53:54 | 2:07 | 3:06:19 |
  | 5 | 9:04:40 | Kaisa Sali | Finland | 57:53 | 2:18 | 4:59:50 | 3:06 | 3:01:33 |
  | 6 | 9:16:00 | Susie Cheetham | United Kingdom | 57:54 | 2:04 | 5:03:27 | 3:10 | 3:09:25 |
  | 7 | 9:19:49 | Carrie Lester | Australia | 57:51 | 2:22 | 5:00:31 | 2:30 | 3:16:35 |
  | 8 | 9:20:31 | Liz Lyles | United States | 1:00:08 | 2:15 | 5:04:10 | 2:37 | 3:11:21 |
  | 9 | 9:20:58 | Annabel Luxford | Australia | 53:02 | 2:12 | 4:59:15 | 2:23 | 3:24:06 |
  | 10 | 9:21:08 | Jocelyn McCauley | United States | 54:31 | 2:22 | 5:04:34 | 3:00 | 3:16:41 |
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