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Ironman Championship

Contested in Hawaii since 1978, the Ironman Triathlon Championship consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run. The race begins at 7 A.M. and continues all day until the course is closed at midnight.

Men

Multiple winners: Mark Allen and Dave Scott (6); Peter Reid (3); Tim DeBoom, Luc Van Lierde and Scott Tinley (2).

Year	Date	Winner	Time	Runner-up	Margin	Start	Finish	Location
I	2/18/78	Gordon Haller	11:46	John Dunbar	34:00	15	12	Waikiki Beach
II	1/14/79	Tom Warren	11:15:56	John Dunbar	48:00	15	12	Waikiki Beach
III	1/10/80	Dave Scott	9:24:33	Chuck Neumann	1:08	108	95	Ala Moana Park
IV	2/14/81	John Howard	9:38:29	Tom Warren	26:00	326	299	Kailua-Kona
V	2/6/82	Scott Tinley	9:19:41	Dave Scott	17:16	580	541	Kailua-Kona
VI	10/9/82	Dave Scott	9:08:23	Scott Tinley	20:05	850	775	Kailua-Kona
VII	10/22/83	Dave Scott	9:05:57	Scott Tinley	0:33	964	835	Kailua-Kona
VIII	10/6/84	Dave Scott	8:54:20	Scott Tinley	24:25	1036	903	Kailua-Kona
IX	10/25/85	Scott Tinley	8:50:54	Chris Hinshaw	25:46	1018	965	Kailua-Kona
X	10/18/86	Dave Scott	8:28:37	Mark Allen	9:47	1039	951	Kailua-Kona
XI	10/10/87	Dave Scott	8:34:13	Mark Allen	11:06	1380	1284	Kailua-Kona
XII	10/22/88	Scott Molina	8:31:00	Mike Pigg	2:11	1277	1189	Kailua-Kona
XIII	10/15/89	Mark Allen	8:09:15	Dave Scott	0:58	1285	1231	Kailua-Kona
XIV	10/6/90	Mark Allen	8:28:17	Scott Tinley	9:23	1386	1255	Kailua-Kona
XV	10/19/91	Mark Allen	8:18:32	Greg Welch	6:01	1386	1235	Kailua-Kona
XVI	10/10/92	Mark Allen	8:09:08	Cristian Bustos	7:21	1364	1298	Kailua-Kona
XVII	10/30/93	Mark Allen	8:07:45	Paulli Kiuru	6:37	1438	1353	Kailua-Kona
XVIII	10/15/94	Greg Welch	8:20:27	Dave Scott	4:05	1405	1290	Kailua-Kona
XIX	10/7/95	Mark Allen	8:20:34	Thomas Hellriegel	2:25	1487	1323	Kailua-Kona
XX	10/26/96	Luc Van Lierde	8:04:08	Thomas Hellriegel	1:59	1420	1288	Kailua-Kona
XXI	10/18/97	Thomas Hellriegel	8:33:01	Jurgen Zack	6:17	1534	1365	Kailua-Kona
XXII	10/3/98	Peter Reid	8:24:20	Luc Van Lierde	7:37	1487	1379	Kailua-Kona
XXIII	10/23/99	Luc Van Lierde	8:17:17	Peter Reid	5:37	1471	1419	Kailua-Kona
XXIV	10/14/00	Peter Reid	8:21:01	Tim DeBoom	2:09	1525	1426	Kailua-Kona
XXV	10/6/01	Tim DeBoom	8:31:18	Cameron Brown	14:52	1558	1364	Kailua-Kona
XXVI	10/19/02	Tim DeBoom	8:29:56	Peter Reid	3:10	1540	1457	Kailua-Kona
XXVII	10/18/03	Peter Reid	8:22:35	Rutger Beke	5:51	1647	1569	Kailua-Kona
XXVIII	10/16/04	Normann Stadler	8:33:29	Peter Reid	10:11	1728	1579	Kailua-Kona

Women

Multiple winners: Paula Newby-Fraser (8); Natascha Badmann (4); Erin Baker, Lori Bowden and Sylviane Puntous (2).

Year	Winner	Time	Runner-up
1978	No finishers
1979	Lyn Lemaire	12:55.00	None

1980	Robin Beck	11:21:24	Eve Anderson
1981	Linda Sweeney	12:00:32	Sally Edwards
1982	Kathleen McCartney	11:09:40	Julie Moss
1982	Julie Leach	10:54:08	Joann Dahlkoetter
1983	Sylviane Puntous	10:43:36	Patricia Puntous
1984	Sylviane Puntous	10:25:13	Patricia Puntous
1985	Joanne Ernst	10:25:22	Liz Bulman
1986	Paula Newby-Fraser	9:49:14	Sylviane Puntous
1987	Erin Baker	9:35:25	Sylviane Puntous
1988	Paula Newby-Fraser	9:01:01	Erin Baker
1989	Paula Newby-Fraser	9:00:56	Sylviane Puntous

1990	Erin Baker	9:13:42	P. Newby-Fraser
1991	Paula Newby-Fraser	9:07:52	Erin Baker
1992	Paula Newby-Fraser	8:55:28	Julie Anne White
1993	Paula Newby-Fraser	8:58:23	Erin Baker
1994	Paula Newby-Fraser	9:20:14	Karen Smyers
1995	Karen Smyers	9:16:46	Isabelle Mouthon
1996	Paula Newby-Fraser	9:06:49	Natascha Badmann
1997	Heather Fuhr	9:31:43	Lori Bowden
1998	Natascha Badmann	9:24:16	Lori Bowden
1999	Lori Bowden	9:13:02	Karen Smyers

2000	Natascha Badmann	9:26:17	Lori Bowden
2001	Natascha Badmann	9:28:37	Lori Bowden
2002	Natascha Badmann	9:07:54	Nina Kraft
2003	Lori Bowden	9:11:55	Natascha Badmann
2004	Nina Kraft	9:33:25	Natascha Badmann

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