2005 Ironman World Championship
# 2005 Ironman World Championship

The 2005 Ironman World Championship was a long distance triathlon competition held on October 15, 2005 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii that was won by Faris Al-Sultan and Natascha Badmann. It was the 29th 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).

## Championship results

### Men

| Pos. | 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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| Pos. | Time (h:mm:ss) | Name | Country | Swim | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run |
| | 8:14:17 | Faris Al-Sultan | Germany | 49:54 | 1:52 | 4:25:24 | 2:16 | 2:54:51 |
| | 8:19:36 | Cameron Brown | New Zealand | 52:23 | 1:54 | 4:33:08 | 1:58 | 2:50:13 |
| | 8:20:04 | Peter Reid | Canada | 52:23 | 1:43 | 4:27:51 | 2:08 | 2:55:59 |
| 4 | 8:22:30 | Rutger Beke | Belgium | 55:01 | 1:55 | 4:30:30 | 2:23 | 2:52:41 |
| 5 | 8:23:01 | Cameron Widoff | United States | 52:16 | 1:56 | 4:28:44 | 2:18 | 2:57:47 |
| 6 | 8:23:52 | Chris McCormack | Australia | 53:06 | 1:57 | 4:37:06 | 2:33 | 2:49:10 |
| 7 | 8:25:52 | Raynard Tissink | South Africa | 54:48 | 1:55 | 4:31:37 | 2:21 | 2:55:11 |
| 8 | 8:25:57 | Tom Söderdahl | Finland | 52:19 | 1:59 | 4:35:23 | 1:59 | 2:54:17 |
| 9 | 8:27:24 | Francisco Pontano | Spain | 49:56 | 1:47 | 4:35:45 | 1:49 | 2:58:07 |
| 10 | 8:29:35 | Stephan Vuckovic | Germany | 52:11 | 1:43 | 4:36:56 | 2:06 | 2:56:39 |
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### Women

| Pos. | 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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| Pos. | Time (h:mm:ss) | Name | Country | Swim | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run |
| | 9:09:30 | Natascha Badmann | Switzerland | 1:02:30 | 2:13 | 4:52:00 | 6:22 | 3:06:25 |
| | 9:11:51 | Michellie Jones | Australia | 54:55 | 1:52 | 4:54:13 | 2:38 | 3:18:13 |
| | 9:12:39 | Kate Major | Australia | 1:00:07 | 2:22 | 5:06:13 | 1:38 | 3:02:19 |
| 4 | 9:14:53 | Joanna Lawn | New Zealand | 55:09 | 2:25 | 5:05:06 | 2:11 | 3:10:02 |
| 5 | 9:22:08 | Kate Allen | Austria | 1:00:15 | 2:10 | 5:11:57 | 2:46 | 3:05:00 |
| 6 | 9:27:54 | Katja Schumacher | Germany | 58:49 | 2:20 | 5:12:18 | 2:31 | 3:11:56 |
| 7 | 9:28:16 | Belinda Granger | Australia | 1:00:05 | 2:26 | 5:02:01 | 2:19 | 3:21:25 |
| 8 | 9:30:18 | Kim Loeffler | United States | 1:02:28 | 2:27 | 5:10:48 | 2:29 | 3:12:06 |
| 9 | 9:30:47 | Karen Smyers | United States | 1:00:12 | 2:23 | 5:02:24 | 3:21 | 3:22:27 |
| 10 | 9:32:20 | Melissa Ashton | Australia | 55:35 | 2:11 | 5:14:49 | 2:23 | 3:17:22 |
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