title: 2018 Ironman World Championship
text: # 2018 Ironman World Championship
  
  The 2018 Ironman World Championship was a long distance triathlon competition held on October 13, 2018, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii that was won by Patrick Lange of Germany and Daniela Ryf of Switzerland. It was the 42nd 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 fourth consecutive Ironman World Championship win. For Lange it was his second consecutive. They set a new overall course record previously set by them in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
  
  ## 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 |
  | | 7:52:39 | Patrick Lange | Germany | 50:37 | 2:05 | 4:16:05 | 2:21 | 2:41:32 |
  | | 7:56:41 | Bart Aernouts | Belgium | 54:07 | 2:07 | 4:12:26 | 2:20 | 2:45:42 |
  | | 8:01:09 | David McNamee | United Kingdom | 49:31 | 2:06 | 4:21:19 | 2:13 | 2:46:03 |
  | 4 | 8:03:17 | Tim O'Donnell | United States | 47:45 | 2:15 | 4:18:46 | 2:00 | 2:52:34 |
  | 5 | 8:04:41 | Braden Currie | New Zealand | 49:28 | 2:04 | 4:17:18 | 2:15 | 2:53:39 |
  | 6 | 8:04:45 | Matt Russell | United States | 54:02 | 1:55 | 4:12:58 | 2:54 | 2:52:57 |
  | 7 | 8:05:54 | Joe Skipper | United Kingdom | 50:53 | 2:25 | 4:15:41 | 2:42 | 2:54:16 |
  | 8 | 8:09:34 | Andy Potts | United States | 49:33 | 2:05 | 4:18:51 | 2:40 | 2:56:27 |
  | 9 | 8:10:32 | Cameron Wurf | Australia | 50:51 | 2:05 | 4:09:06 | 2:14 | 3:06:19 |
  | 10 | 8:11:04 | Michael Weiss | Austria | 54:14 | 2:50 | 4:11:28 | 2:32 | 3:00:03 |
  | Source: IMWC results 2018 |||||||||
  
  ### 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 |
  | | 8:26:18 | Daniela Ryf | Switzerland | 57:26 | 3:22 | 4:26:07 | 2:18 | 2:57:05 |
  | | 8:36:34 | Lucy Charles | United Kingdom | 48:13 | 2:10 | 4:38:11 | 2:10 | 3:05:50 |
  | | 8:41:58 | Anne Haug | Germany | 54:19 | 2:04 | 4:47:45 | 2:29 | 2:55:22 |
  | 4 | 8:43:43 | Sarah True | United States | 52:04 | 2:24 | 4:49:19 | 2:18 | 2:57:38 |
  | 5 | 8:50:45 | Mirinda Carfrae | Australia | 58:16 | 2:00 | 4:46:05 | 2:43 | 3:01:41 |
  | 6 | 8:52:30 | Sarah Crowley | Australia | 54:17 | 2:13 | 4:43:09 | 2:22 | 3:10:30 |
  | 7 | 8:54:28 | Kaisa Sali | Finland | 58:21 | 2:32 | 4:44:32 | 2:58 | 3:06:06 |
  | 8 | 8:57:36 | Angela Naeth | Canada | 58:27 | 2:52 | 4:42:26 | 2:39 | 3:11:13 |
  | 9 | 8:57:55 | Corinne Abraham | United Kingdom | 58:42 | 2:25 | 4:38:16 | 2:05 | 3:16:27 |
  | 10 | 8:58:58 | Linsey Corbin | United States | 58:22 | 2:15 | 4:48:30 | 2:36 | 3:07:15 |
  | Source: IMWC results 2018 |||||||||
  