IM Qualifying
III. IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING
Definitions
“Kona Qualifying” means qualification to the Ironman World Championship held in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii each year.
“Kona” means the Ironman World Championship held in Kona, Hawaii each year.
“Races” means Ironman branded full-distance and 70.3 events worldwide that are authorized by the World Triathlon Corporation.
“Qualifying Year” means the period between September 1 and August 31.
“Kona Pro Rankings” (KPR) means the ranking system to determine pro athlete eligibility to compete at the Ironman World Championship.
Outline:
Beginning with Ironman 70.3 Ireland on September 2, 2012, professional athletes will earn points for Kona Qualifying correlating to their finish position. The top 50 male and top 35 female pros in the KPR at the end of each Qualifying Year will qualify to race in Kona.
KPR scoring:
- Athlete’s five highest scoring Races will count toward their KPR.
- Athletes may accumulate points from any combination of Races PROVIDED that each athlete completes at least one full-distance Ironman race during the Qualifying Year.
- Includes no more than three Ironman 70.3 races during the Qualifying Year.
- Scoring points in Kona DOES NOT fulfill the requirement that each ranked athlete must score in a full-distance Ironman during the Qualifying Year.
- Athletes are not required to do more than one full-distance Ironman race in the Qualifying Year to be ranked. Athletes may score with five full-distance Ironman races, if they choose.
- Athletes finishing Kona will be awarded points that are retained during that Qualifying Year and can be included as one of the athlete’s five highest scoring races.
- Points do not carry forward from one Qualifying Year to the next.
Qualifying Cut-offs
- The top 40 male and top 28 female pros in the KPR as of July 28, 2013 (July Qualifiers) will be qualified to race in Kona 2013.
- The July Qualifiers are assured of a slot in Kona provided they enter the event according to registration procedures. Any slots not claimed will roll down to next highest qualifier.
- Once a slot has been declined there is no recourse to reclaim it back.
- Ties resulting in more than 40 male or 28 female July Qualifiers will be broken by the Tiebreakers
- The highest scoring 10 male and 7 female pros in the KPR, not including the July Qualifiers, as of August 25, 2013 will qualify to race in Kona.
- No more than 10 male and 7 female pros may be August Qualifiers.
- Ties resulting in more than 10 male or 7 female August Qualifiers will be broken by the Tiebreakers.
Tiebreakers
Ties will be broken as follows:
- 1st Tiebreaker — The total of each athlete’s (up to) five highest scoring full-distance Ironman events
- 2nd Tiebreaker – The athlete’s highest scoring race
- 3rd Tiebreaker – The athlete’s second highest scoring race
- 4th Tiebreaker – The athlete’s third highest scoring race
- In the event that two or more athletes remain tied after the 4th tiebreaker, all tied athletes will qualify.
Final Entry & Roll-Down
- The final KPR will be published as soon as possible after the last Race on August 25, 2013.
- Qualified athletes will have until September 1, 2013 to complete on-line registration for Kona. A roll-down will be held for any unclaimed slots with entries rolling down to the next highest ranked athlete.
- Once a slot has been declined there is no recourse to then reclaim it back.
Automatic Qualifiers
- Past Kona champions will receive an invitation/exemption to enter the pro division in Kona for a period of five years after their last championship.
- Past champions will not be required to qualify in the KPR during this five-year period.
- Past champions entering as pros will be required to validate their entry by completing one full-distance Ironman race, excluding Kona, during the Qualifying Year.
- Automatic Qualifiers will be accepted into Kona in addition to the 85 pro slots. If, for example, a returning champion is ranked in the top 30 women, the 36th ranked woman will qualify for Kona.
- The 2012 Hy-Vee Champions and 2012 Ironman 70.3 Champions will receive an automatic invitation to the 2013 event, provided they validate their slot by completing and scoring in at least one full-distance series event during the qualifying period (excluding the 2012 Ironman World Championship event).
IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING POINTS TABLE
| IRONMAN RACES | 70.3 RACES | |||||||
| Place | P-6000 | P-4000 | P-2000 | P-1000 | P-3000 | P-1500 | P-750 | P-500 |
| 1 | 6000 | 4000 | 2000 | 1000 | 3000 | 1500 | 750 | 500 |
| 2 | 5400 | 3520 | 1760 | 880 | 2000 | 1200 | 660 | 440 |
| 3 | 4900 | 3120 | 1560 | 780 | 1500 | 1000 | 585 | 390 |
| 4 | 4450 | 2800 | 1400 | 700 | 1200 | 700 | 525 | 350 |
| 5 | 4000 | 2400 | 1200 | 600 | 1000 | 600 | 450 | 300 |
| 6 | 3300 | 2240 | 1120 | 560 | 900 | 560 | 420 | 280 |
| 7 | 3100 | 2080 | 1040 | 520 | 800 | 520 | 390 | 260 |
| 8 | 2900 | 1920 | 960 | 480 | 750 | 480 | 360 | 240 |
| 9 | 2700 | 1760 | 880 | 440 | 650 | 440 | 330 | 220 |
| 10 | 2500 | 1600 | 800 | 400 | 600 | 400 | 300 | 200 |
| 11 | 2300 | 1440 | 720 | 360 | 540 | 360 | 270 | 180 |
| 12 | 2100 | 1280 | 640 | 320 | 475 | 320 | 240 | 160 |
| 13 | 1900 | 1120 | 560 | 280 | 420 | 280 | 210 | 140 |
| 14 | 1700 | 960 | 480 | 240 | 360 | 240 | 180 | 120 |
| 15 | 1500 | 800 | 400 | 200 | 300 | 200 | 150 | 100 |
| 16 | 900 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 75 | 50 | 38 | 25 |
| 17 | 800 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 75 | 50 | 38 | 25 |
| 18 | 700 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 75 | 50 | 38 | 25 |
| 19 | 600 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 75 | 50 | 38 | 25 |
| 20 | 500 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 75 | 50 | 38 | 25 |
| 21-30 | 400 | 100 | 50 | 20 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 10 |
| 31-40 | 300 | 100 | 50 | 20 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 10 |
| 41+ | 200 | 100 | 50 | 20 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 10 |
IRONMAN/ IRONMAN.70.3 EVENTS POINTS & PRIZE MONEY LISTING
| 1/13/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Pucon | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 1/20/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Asia Pacific Championship – Auckland | P-1500 | $75,000 |
| 1/20/2013 | Ironman 70.3 South Africa | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 2/3/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Latin American Championship – Panama | P-1500 | $75,000 |
| 2/10/2013 | Geelong Long Course Tri | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 3/2/2013 | Ironman New Zealand | P-2000 | $50,000 |
| 3/17/2013 | Ironman 70.3 San Juan | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 3/17/2013 | Ironman Los Cabos | P-2000 | $75,000 |
| 3/24/2013 | Ironman Asia Pacific Championship – Melbourne | P-4000 | $125,000 |
| 3/30/2013 | Ironman 70.3 California | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 4/7/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Texas | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 4/14/2013 | Ironman South Africa | P-2000 | $75,000 |
| 4/21/2013 | Ironman 70.3 New Orleans | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 5/4/2013 | Ironman 70.3 U.S. Pro Championship – St. George | P-1500 | $75,000 |
| 5/5/2013 | Ironman 70.3 St. Croix | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 5/5/2013 | Ironman Australia | P-1000 | $25,000 |
| 5/11/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Busselton | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 5/11/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Mallorca | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 5/18/2013 | Ironman Texas | P-2000 | $75,000 |
| 5/18/2013 | Ironman Lanzarote | P-1000 | $25,000 |
| 5/19/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Florida | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 5/26/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Austria | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 5/26/2013 | Ironman Brazil | P-2000 | $75,000 |
| 6/1/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Hawaii | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 6/2/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Switzerland | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 6/2/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Raleigh | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 6/8/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Boise | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 6/9/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Japan | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 6/9/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Pescara | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 6/9/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Cairns | P-500 | $25,000 |
| 6/9/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Kansas | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 6/9/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Eagleman | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 6/9/2013 | Ironman Cairns | P-2000 | $75,000 |
| 6/16/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Berlin | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 6/16/2013 | Ironman 70.3 UK | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 6/23/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Syracuse | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 6/23/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Mont Tremblant | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 6/23/2013 | Ironman Coeur d’Alene | P-2000 | $75,000 |
| 6/23/2013 | Ironman France | P-2000 | $75,000 |
| 6/30/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 6/30/2013 | Ironman Austria | P-2000 | $75,000 |
| 7/7/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Norway | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 7/7/2013 | Ironman European Championship – Frankfurt | P-4000 | $125,000 |
| 7/13/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Muncie | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 7/14/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Vineman | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 7/21/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 7/21/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Racine | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 7/28/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Calgary | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 7/28/2013 | Ironman Switzerland | P-2000 | $25,000 |
| 7/28/2013 | Ironman Lake Placid | P-1000 | $25,000 |
| 8/4/2013 | Ironman UK | P-1000 | $25,000 |
| 8/4/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Philippines | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 8/4/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Steelhead | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 8/4/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Boulder | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 8/11/2013 | Ironman 70.3 European Championship – Wiesbaden | P-1500 | $75,000 |
| 8/17/2013 | Ironman Sweden | P-2000 | $75,000 |
| 8/18/2013 | Ironman North America Championship – Mont Tremblant | P-4000 | $125,000 |
| 8/18/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Timberman | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 8/18/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Yeppoon | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 8/24/2013 | Ironman 70.3 Brazil | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 8/25/2013 | Ironman Canada – Whistler | P-2000 | $75,000 |
| 8/25/2013 | Ironman Louisville | P-1000 | $25,000 |
| 8/31/2013** | Ironman Japan | P-1000 | $25,000 |
| 9/1/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Salzburg | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 9/8/2013** | Ironman Wisconsin | P-1000 | $25,000 |
| 9/8/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Muskoka | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 9/8/2013** | Ironman 70.3 World Championship – Las Vegas | P-3000 | $200,000 |
| 9/8/2013** | Ironman Wales | P-1000 | $25,000 |
| 9/8/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 9/15/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Sunshine Coast | P-750 | $25,000 |
| 9/22/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Cozumel | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 9/22/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Pays d’Aix | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 9/22/2013** | Ironman Lake Tahoe | P-2000 | $75,000 |
| 9/29/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Augusta | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 10/12/2013** | Ironman World Championship – Kailua-Kona, HI | P-6000 | $650,000 |
| 10/20/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Port MacQuarie | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 10/27/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Austin | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 10/27/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Miami | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 11/2/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Taiwan | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 11/2/2013** | Ironman Florida | P-1000 | $25,000 |
| 11/10/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Australian Pro Championship – Mandurah | P-750 | $50,000 |
| 11/17/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Shepparton | P-500 | $15,000 |
| 11/17/2013** | Ironman Arizona | P-2000 | $75,000 |
| 12/1/2013** | Ironman Cozumel | P-2000 | $75,000 |
| 12/8/2013** | Ironman Western Australia | P-2000 | $40,000 |
| 12/15/2013** | Ironman 70.3 Canberra | P-500 | $15,000 |
**Qualifying event for the 2014 KPR
PRIZE MONEY DISTRIBUTION
| $650,000 | $200,000 | $125,000 | E100,000 |
$75,000 | $65,000* | $50,000 | $40,000 | $30,000 |
$25,000 | $15,000 | |
| 1 | $120,000 | $35,000 | $25,000 | E20,000 | $15,000 | $12,000 | $10,000 | $8,000 | $6,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 |
| 2 | $60,000 | $17,500 | $12,500 | E10,000 | $7,500 | $6,000 | $5,500 | $4,000 | $3,000 | $2,750 | $2,000 |
| 3 | $40,000 | $11,500 | $7,500 | E 6,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $3,500 | $3,000 | $2,250 | $1,750 | $1,250 |
| 4 | $22,500 | $8,500 | $5,500 | E 4,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $1,500 | $1,250 | $750 |
| 5 | $19,000 | $7,000 | $4,500 | E 3,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,000 | $1,500 | $1,250 | $1,000 | $500 |
| 6 | $16,000 | $5,500 | $3,000 | E 2,000 | $2,000 | $1,750 | $1,500 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $750 | |
| 7 | $14,000 | $4,500 | $2,500 | E 1,000 | $1,500 | $1,250 | |||||
| 8 | $12,500 | $4,000 | $2,000 | E 900 | $1,000 | $1,000 | |||||
| 9 | $11,000 | $3,500 | E 800 | ||||||||
| 10 | $10,000 | $3,000 | E 700 | ||||||||
| M/F | $325,000 | $100,000 | $62,500 | E50,000 | $37,500 | $32,500 | $25,000 | $20,000 | $15,000 | $12,500 | $7,500 |