Ironman Sweden Ironman Sweden Ironman Sweden, also known as Ironman Kalmar or the Kalmar Triathlon, is an Ironman triathlon held in Kalmar, Sweden. It is the only iron distance event in Sweden and also serves as the Swedish national championship. The distance is the same as other Ironman triathlons races: open water swimming, cycling and a marathon. The start, transition and finish is located in the city of Kalmar. The swimming has two laps and takes place in the Kalmar Strait, Baltic Sea. The bike course consists of two loops; the first loop goes on Öland and is and the second loop
Ironman World Championship in 1982. The most recent Ironman World Championship took place on October 13, 2018. Qualifying for the World Championship is achieved through placement in one of the other Ironman races or some Ironman 70.3 races. For the 2017 event there were 40 qualifying Ironman races and 4 at the 70.3 distance . The current Ironman Hawaii course record was set in 2018 by Patrick Lange (Germany), whose winning time was 7 hrs 52 min 39 sec. The women's course record is 8 hrs 26 mins 18 sec, set in 2018 by Daniela Ryf (Switzerland). Athletes with disabilities compete in the