2008 Ironman World Championship
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The 2008 Ford Ironman World Championship was held on October 11, 2008, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. It was the 32nd such Ironman Triathlon World Championship, which has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978. The champions were Craig Alexander and Chrissie Wellington. The championship was organised by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC).
Men
| Pos. | Time (h:mm:ss) | Name | Country | Split times (h:mm:ss) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swim | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run | ||||
 | 8:17:45 | Craig Alexander |  Australia | 51:43 | 1:41 | 4:37:19 | 2:04 | 2:45:01 |
 | 8:20:50 | Eneko Llanos |  Spain | 51:39 | 1:48 | 4:33:27 | 2:10 | 2:51:49 |
 | 8:21:23 | Rutger Beke |  Belgium | 54:44 | 1:50 | 4:34:45 | 2:16 | 2:47:49 |
| 4 | 8:21:46 | Ronnie Schildknecht |  Switzerland | 54:56 | 1:58 | 4:34:26 | 2:08 | 2:48:20 |
| 5 | 8:26:17 | Cameron Brown |  New Zealand | 51:50 | 2:04 | 4:36:47 | 1:59 | 2:53:39 |
| 6 | 8:30:23 | Patrick Vernay |  New Caledonia | 51:58 | 1:52 | 4:42:49 | 2:06 | 2:51:40 |
| 7 | 8:33:50 | Andy Potts |  United States | 48:40 | 1:48 | 4:46:00 | 2:51 | 2:54:31 |
| 8 | 8:34:02 | Mathias Hecht | Switzerland | 51:42 | 1:46 | 4:36:55 | 2:28 | 3:01:13 |
| 9 | 8:34:47 | Michael Lovato | United States | 52:58 | 1:52 | 4:45:21 | 2:27 | 2:52:12 |
| 10 | 8:36:53 | Eduardo Sturla |  Argentina | 54:47 | 2:02 | 4:34:27 | 2:20 | 3:03:19 |
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Women
| Pos. | Time (h:mm:ss) | Name | Country | Split times (h:mm:ss) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swim | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run | ||||
| 9:06:23 | Chrissie Wellington |  Great Britain | 56:20 | 2:06 | 5:08:16 | 1:59 | 2:57:44 |
| 9:21:20 | Yvonne van Vlerken |  Netherlands | 1:06:49 | 1:50 | 5:05:34 | 2:42 | 3:04:27 |
| 9:22:52 | Sandra Wallenhorst |  Germany | 1:03:21 | 2:33 | 5:14:57 | 3:28 | 2:58:36 |
| 4 | 9:24:49 | Erika Csomor |  Hungary | 59:09 | 2:19 | 5:18:12 | 2:06 | 3:03:05 |
| 5 | 9:28:51 | Linsey Corbin | United States | 1:00:35 | 2:22 | 5:14:33 | 2:07 | 3:09:16 |
| 6 | 9:29:15 | Virginia Berasategui | Spain | 58:50 | 2:10 | 5:22:17 | 2:12 | 3:03:48 |
| 7 | 9:34:08 | Bella Comerford | Great Britain | 59:02 | 2:27 | 5:21:46 | 2:25 | 3:08:31 |
| 8 | 9:36:53 | Gina Ferguson | New Zealand | 54:45 | 2:15 | 5:26:29 | 2:07 | 3:11:19 |
| 9 | 9:37:06 | Gina Kehr | United States | 54:45 | 2:00 | 5:21:46 | 4:02 | 3:14:36 |
| 10 | 9:39:53 | Dede Griesbauer | United States | 54:52 | 2:06 | 5:20:52 | 2:48 | 3:19:17 |
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The championship race had a total of 1,731 athletes competing (1,256 men and 475 women) from 51 countries started the race with 1,634 finished, 94 did not finish and 3 were disqualified.[2] A maximum temperature of 81.6 °F (27.6 °C) made for warm racing conditions with wind gusts reaching 13.0 mph (20.9 km/h).
