2007 Ironman 70.3 World Championship
# 2007 Ironman 70.3 World Championship

The 2007 Ironman 70.3 World Championship was a triathlon competition held in Clearwater, Florida on November 10, 2007. The championship was sponsored by Ford and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC). The championship was the culmination of the Ironman 70.3 series of events that occurred from November 2006 through September 2007. Athletes, both professional and amateur, earned a spot in the championship race by qualifying in races throughout the 70.3 series.

## Medallists

### Men

| Pos. | Time (h:mm:ss) | Name | Country | Split times (h:mm:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos. | Time (h:mm:ss) | Name | Country | Swim | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run |
| | 3:42:33 | Andy Potts | United States | 22:57 | 1:49 | 2:04:29 | 1:46 | 1:11:33 |
| | 3:42:37 | Oscar Galíndez | Argentina | 25:07 | 2:02 | 2:00:28 | 1:58 | 1:13:02 |
| | 3:43:11 | Andrew Johns | Great Britain | 23:30 | 1:50 | 2:04:11 | 1:37 | 1:12:05 |
| 4 | 3:44:10 | Craig Alexander | Australia | 23:30 | 1:52 | 2:04:05 | 1:39 | 1:13:04 |
| 5 | 3:45:05 | Richie Cunningham | Australia | 23:18 | 1:47 | 2:04:23 | 1:46 | 1:13:51 |
| 6 | 3:46:03 | Stéphan Bignet | France | 23:10 | 2:02 | 2:04:19 | 1:50 | 1:14:42 |
| 7 | 3:49:03 | Fraser Cartmell | United Kingdom | 23:09 | 1:52 | 2:04:28 | 2:19 | 1:17:15 |
| 8 | 3:49:39 | T. J. Tollakson | United States | 24:27 | 2:05 | 2:02:54 | 1:50 | 1:18:23 |
| 9 | 3:50:10 | Terenzo Bozzone | New Zealand | 23:08 | 1:51 | 2:02:51 | 1:36 | 1:20:44 |
| 10 | 3:51:45 | Santiago Ascenço | Brazil | 25:23 | 1:56 | 2:08:27 | 1:34 | 1:14:25 |
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### Women

| Pos. | Time (h:mm:ss) | Name | Country | Split times (h:mm:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss) | Split times (h:mm:ss) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos. | Time (h:mm:ss) | Name | Country | Swim | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run |
| | 4:07:25 | Mirinda Carfrae | Australia | 26:33 | 2:01 | 2:18:32 | 1:39 | 1:18:40 |
| | 4:11:29 | Samantha McGlone | Canada | 27:46 | 1:59 | 2:19:00 | 1:53 | 1:20:51 |
| | 4:12:29 | Leanda Cave | Great Britain | 25:16 | 2:07 | 2:17:12 | 1:59 | 1:25:55 |
| 4 | 4:12:53 | Julie Dibens | United Kingdom | 24:45 | 2:08 | 2:13:16 | 1:48 | 1:30:56 |
| 5 | 4:14:40 | Catriona Morrison | United Kingdom | 27:46 | 2:07 | 2:17:21 | 1:56 | 1:25:30 |
| 6 | 4:16:35 | Sibylle Matter | Switzerland | 26:06 | 2:13 | 2:18:51 | 1:59 | 1:27:26 |
| 7 | 4:16:59 | Becky Lavelle | United States | 25:23 | 2:00 | 2:17:07 | 1:57 | 1:30:32 |
| 8 | 4:18:20 | Kate Major | Australia | 28:58 | 2:18 | 2:20:47 | 1:45 | 1:24:32 |
| 9 | 4:18:31 | Monika Lehmann | Switzerland | 29:21 | 2:34 | 2:18:55 | 2:06 | 1:25:35 |
| 10 | 4:19:08 | Michelle Lee | United Kingdom | 29:23 | 2:49 | 2:20:16 | 2:13 | 1:24:27 |
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## Qualification

The 2007 Ironman 70.3 Series featured 23 events that enabled qualification to the 2007 World Championship event. In the second year of WTC's 70.3 race series the number of races increased as the series expanded outside of North America with new events such as those in Austria, Germany, Monaco, Singapore, and Switzerland.

Qualifying for the 2007 Ironman 70.3 Championship was based on allocated slots available at each qualifying event, usually 50, though could vary from race to race. Slots were allocated to amateur triathletes in each age group category, male and female, with the number of slots given out based on that category's proportional representation of the overall field. Each age group category would be tentatively allocated one qualifying spot in each qualifying event. Professional athletes could qualify for the championships by obtaining one of the 10% of the available qualifying spots at that event. Thus, if 50 available spots were allocated, 45 slots would be distributed among the amateur athletes and 5 were available to pro athletes.

### Qualifying Ironman 70.3s

| Date | Event | Location |
| - | - | - |
| Nov 5, 2006 | Ironman 70.3 Australia | Port Macquarie, New South Wales |
| Nov 11, 2006 | Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Clearwater, Florida |
| Mar 31, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 $California^†$ | Oceanside, California |
| May 6, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 St $Croix^†$ | Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| May 20, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 Florida | Haines City, Florida |
| Jun 2, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 Austria | St. Pölten/Vienna, Austria |
| Jun 2, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 $Hawaii^†$ | Kohala, Hawaii |
| Jun 3, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 Switzerland | Rapperswil-Jona, Lake Zurich, Switzerland |
| Jun 10, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 $Eagleman^†$ | Cambridge, Maryland |
| Jun 10, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 Baja | Ensenada, Baja California |
| Jun 17, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 U.K. | Wimbleball, Exmoor |
| Jun 24, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs $Lake^†$ | Lubbock, Texas |
| Jul 8, 2007 | North Ironman 70.3 | Lake Stevens, Washington |
| Jul 22, 2012 | Ironman 70.3 $Vineman^†$ | Sonoma County, California |
| Jul 29, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 Newfoundland | Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Aug 4, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 Steelhead | Benton Harbor, Michigan |
| Aug 5, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 Antwerp | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Aug 19, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 $Germany^†$ | Wiesbaden, Germany |
| Aug 19, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 Timberman | Gilford, New Hampshire |
| Sep 2, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 Singapore | Singapore |
| Sep 2, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 $Monaco^†$ | Monaco |
| Sep 16, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 Brazil | Brasília, Brazil |
| Sep 23, 2007 | Ironman 70.3 Cancún | Cancún, Mexico |

$^†Also$ served as a 2007 Ironman World Championship qualifier.

### 2007 Ironman 70.3 Series results

**Men**

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australia | Torbjørn Sindballe (DEN) | 4:03:31 | Jason Shortis (AUS) | 4:05:23 | Joshua Rix (AUS) | 4:06:45 |
| Clearwater | Craig Alexander (AUS) | 3:45:37 | Simon Lessing (GBR) | 3:47:25 | Richie Cunningham (AUS) | 3:49:17 |
| California | Andy Potts (USA) | 3:59:59 | Jens Koefoed (DEN) | 4:03:43 | Elliot Lewis (USA) | 4:03:53 |
| St. Croix | Craig Alexander (AUS) | 4:04:52 | Richie Cunningham (AUS) | 4:08:56 | Chris McCormack (AUS) | 4:09:51 |
| Florida | Craig Alexander (AUS) | 3:50:27 | Simon Lessing (GBR) | 3:53:47 | Luke Bell (AUS) | 3:54:18 |
| Austria | Michael Göhner (GER) | 3:54:49 | Gerrit Schellens (BEL) | 4:00:05 | Hans Mühlbauer (GER) | 4:00:13 |
| Hawaii | Chris McCormack (AUS) | 3:57:18 | Patrick Vernay (NCL) | 4:01:59 | Timothy Marr (USA) | 4:11:08 |
| Switzerland | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 3:46:39 | Christoph Mauch (SUI) | 3:51:23 | Jimmy Johnsen (DEN) | 3:52:16 |
| Eagleman | T. J. Tollakson (USA) | 3:46:28 | Richie Cunningham (AUS) | 3:52:48 | Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR) | 3:54:06 |
| Baja | Chris McCormack (AUS) | 3:53:53 | Craig Walton (AUS) | 3:54:38 | Luke McKenzie (AUS) | 3:58:43 |
| UK | Fraser Cartmell (GBR) | 4:24:32 | James Gilfillan (GBR) | 4:26:12 | Paul Ambrose (AUS) | 4:26:36 |
| Buffalo Springs | Chris Leigh (USA) | 3:55:03 | Paul Matthews (AUS) | 3:57:53 | Tim DeBoom (USA) | 3:58:24 |
| Lake Stevens | Chris Leigh (USA) | 3:56:26 | Paul Matthews (AUS) | 3:57:08 | Luke Mckenzie (USA) | 3:5733 |
| Vineman | Craig Alexander (AUS) | 3:50:49 | Luke Bell (AUS) | 3:51:01 | T. J. Tollakson (USA) | 3:53:02 |
| Newfoundland | Craig Alexander (AUS) | 3:58:26 | Richie Cunningham (AUS) | 3:58:54 | Marcel Vifian (USA) | 4:03:38 |
| Steelhead | Guembel Wolfgang (CAN) | 4:04:42 | Jason Glowney (USA) | 4:13:59 | Eric Fernando (USA) | 4:14:55 |
| Antwerp | Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) | 3:50:06 | Andrew Johns (SUI) | 3:57:29 | Stijn Demeulemeester (BEL) | 4:00:29 |
| Germany | Stéphan Bignet (FRA) | 4:06:53 | Alessandro Degasperi (ITA) | 4:11:04 | Nils Goerke (GER) | 4:13:59 |
| Timberman | Simon Lessing (GBR) | 4:00:00 | Björn Andersson (SWE) | 4:02:52 | Michael Lovato (USA) | 4:05:59 |
| Singapore | Reinaldo Colucci (BRA) | 3:49:59 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 3:50:39 | Stephen Bayliss (GBR) | 3:54:37 |
| Monaco | Marcel Zamora Pérez (ESP) | 4:14:14 | Paul Amey (GBR) | 4:16:06 | Nicolas Lebrun (FRA) | 4:16:32 |
| Brazil | Paulo Miyasiro (BRA) | 4:06:34 | Santiago Ascenço (BRA) | 4:09:07 | Henrique Siqueira (BRA) | 4:09:53 |
| Cancún | Oscar Galíndez (ARG) | 3:49:10 | David Thompson (USA) | 3:51:19 | Luke McKenzie (AUS) | 3:51:49 |

**Women**

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australia | Belinda Granger (AUS) | 4:35:55 | Lisa Marangon (AUS) | 4:36:26 | Angela Sharp (AUS) | 4:40:00 |
| Clearwater | Samantha McGlone (CAN) | 4:12:58 | Lisa Bentley (CAN) | 4:14:30 | Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) | 4:16:44 |
| California | Kate Major (AUS) | 4:26:15 | Dede Griesbauer (USA) | 4:31:46 | Becky Lavelle (USA) | 4:33:03 |
| St. Croix | Julie Dibens (GBR) | 4:29:11 | Catriona Morrison (GBR) | 4:33:09 | Samantha McGlone (CAN) | 4:39:52 |
| Florida | Katja Schumacher (GER) | 4:28:28 | Karen Smyers (USA) | 4:34:06 | Tine Deckers (BEL) | 4:36:31 |
| Austria | Erika Csomor (HUN) | 4:24:39 | Charlotte Kolters (DEN) | 4:28:00 | Edith Niederfriniger (ITA) | 4:31:26 |
| Hawaii | Samantha McGlone (CAN) | 4:31:42 | Michellie Jones (AUS) | 4:33:08 | Bree Wee (USA) | 4:47:08 |
| Switzerland | Nicola Spirig (SUI) | 4:15:33 | Cornelia Elmer (SUI) | 4:18:12 | Karin Thürig (SUI) | 4:19:57 |
| Eagleman | Karen Laface (USA) | 4:06:53 | Natascha Badmann (SUI) | 4:08:17 | Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) | 4:13:18 |
| Baja | Linsey Corbin (USA) | 4:32:35 | Justine Whipple (USA) | 4:34:12 | Lara Brown (USA) | 4:43:50 |
| UK | Julie Dibens (GBR) | 4:49:28 | Katja Schumacher (GER) | 4:57:09 | Michelle Lee (GBR) | 4:59:23 |
| Buffalo Springs | Natascha Badmann (SUI) | 4:19:07 | Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) | 4:20:10 | Rebekah Keat (AUS) | 4:28:08 |
| Lake Stevens | Rebekah Keat (AUS) | 4:28:05 | Melissa Ashton (AUS) | 4:31:11 | Heather Gollnick (USA) | 4:34:02 |
| Vineman | Samantha McGlone (CAN) | 4:16:36 | Michellie Jones (AUS) | 4:21:29 | Melissa Ashton (AUS) | 4:24:12 |
| Newfoundland | Melissa Ashton (AUS) | 4:32:22 | Magali Tisseyre (CAN) | 4:39:50 | Nicole Guembel (CAN) | 4:51:30 |
| Steelhead | Andrea Fisher (USA) | 4:35:05 | Tara Norton (CAN) | 4:40:24 | Elizabeth Fedofsky (USA) | 4:40:54 |
| Antwerp | Rebecca Preston (AUS) | 4:19:14 | Yvonne van Vlerken (NED) | 4:21:28 | Cora Vlot (NED) | 4:29:34 |
| Germany | Virginia Berasategui (ESP) | 4:44:29 | Wenke Kujala (GER) | 4:47:27 | Andrea Brede (GER) | 4:48:54 |
| Timberman | Desiree Ficker (USA) | 4:25:54 | Kate Major (AUS) | 4:28:48 | Dede Griesbauer (USA) | 4:41:11 |
| Singapore | Belinda Granger (AUS) | 4:11:23 | Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) | 4:17:17 | Chrissie Wellington (GBR) | 4:19:18 |
| Monaco | Alexandra Louison (FRA) | 4:49:43 | Sibylle Matter (SUI) | 4:51:30 | Christel Robin (FRA) | 4:52:46 |
| Brazil | Carla Moreno (BRA) | 4:38:13 | Fernanda Keller (BRA) | 4:42:50 | Ana Lídia Borba (BRA) | 4:48:56 |
| Cancún | Tyler Stewart (USA) | 4:26:37 | Abigail Bayley (GBR) | 4:33:51 | Laura Tingle (USA) | 4:40:23 |
