Medal Standings World Championship Ironman 2016

The dominance of Europe is overwhelming with 40 medals

In this article we want to make a simile of the great championships of the sport like the JJ.OO or world-wide of athletics, and we have elaborated a picture of honor with the top3 of all the categories and the medals, as much by sexes as the general medals of the competition.

Recall that last year the United States with 25 medals (11 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze) was the great dominator of the medal table, followed by Germany with 10 (4-2-4) and Australia with 9 (3-3-3) but this year the Americans have fallen to third place. Germany it is confirmed as the great world power of triathlon in distance Ironman, when winning 12 medals in Kona 2016 (6 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze), the second position has been for Australia with 10 (4-2-4) and the third one for U.S. with 14 but with less number of golds (2-4-8).

Subsequently, three countries with 2 oros each stand out, from central and northern Europe (Switzerland, Norway and Belgium). The rest of the countries with at least one gold have been Belgium, Great Britain, New Zealand, Italy, Venezuela and the Netherlands. Spain returned to the medals table thanks to the silver Carlos Aznar and the bronze of David Corredor.

Continents the dominance of Europe is overwhelming with 40 medals which gives us an idea of ​​the huge level of the triathletes of the old continent, the second position is for America with 21, third for Oceania with 13 and fourth for Asia with one.

The "Gordos" awards, like last year, have been for Germany and Switzerland, winners in the PROS categories with Frodeno y Ryf. In addition Germany got the first European triplet in Hawaiian lands with the victory of Frodeno, the second position of Kienle and the third one Swaddle.

In addition the fifth silver was also for a triathlete born in Germany Andi Boecherer but who is registered as an athlete of Afghanistan.