Nation related participation and performance trends in ‘Ironman Hawaii’ from 1985 to 2012 The ‘Ironman Hawaii’ is the ultimate Ironman triathlon in the world and the World Cup of the Ironman Triathlen.For this competition, every starter has to qualify and the question arises where the best Ironman triathlets in the world. We have analyzed all finishers from 1985 to 2012 on the ‘Ironman Hawaii’ due to their origin.Most finishers come from the US (47.5%), followed by Finishers from Germany (11.7%), Japan (7.9%), Australia (6.7%), Canada (5.2%), Switzerland (2.9%), France (2.3%), England (2.0%), New Zealand (1.9%), and Austria (1.5%). For women, the number of finishers from Germany increased the most fastest, followed by athletes from Australia, Canada and the USA.The men showed the greatest increase in athletes from France, Austria, Australia, Brazil, England, Germany, USA and Switzerland.In 2012, the fastest times were achieved by women by participants from the United States, with men by participants from Germany.
If you look at the fastest times over the whole period, the fastest women from the USA came, followed by participants from England and Switzerland.The men come from the fastest times of finishers from USA, Germany and Australia. All numbers can be found under https://bmcsportscimedrehabil.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2052-1847-6-16