The world's best Ironman 2016 brands

19 December, 2016Updated on December 19, 2016

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In this 2016 13 has been lowered times of 8 hours in Ironman distance in men, the year that more, whereas in women the barrier of the 9h has broken 17 times.

In the men's category for the second year in a row, the "sub8h" record in the triathlon's queen distance has been broken. Up to 2014 the 6 and 2011 had been the 2013 times, but last year 11 was downloaded from the 8h and this year they have been 13.

In addition, we must highlight above all the time he did Jan Frodeno in the Roth Challenge where the chrono stopped 7:35:39 what supposes the best world-wide mark of the Ironman distance. For its partLionel Sandersachieved the best record in the Ironman franchise with a time of 7: 44: 29 in Arizona.

In the top10 of the best Ironman world brands in this 2016 have been cast 5 triathletes, in addition to Frodeno (1º) and Sanders (3º), we found Brent McMahon in 5ª position thanks to its 7 time: 46: 10 achieved in Brazil, a Patrick Nilsson 7ª with 7: 49: 18 achieved in Copenhagen already Terenzo Bozzone with 7: 51: 26 achieved in Busslton.

In the top10 of the best world brands you will find Ivan Raña in 6ª position with 7: 48: 43, time achieved in Austria in 2014 and the only one that "survives" in the 20th century is Luc Van Lierde with 7: 50: 27 achieved in Roth 19 ago.

To put an end to the men, to mention that for the first time he left 8h on Spanish soil, in Ironman Barcelona Swedish Patrick Nilsson took to victory with a time of 7: 55: 28.

Best times Women Ironman 2016

As far as women are concerned, as we have previously mentioned, 17 have been the times that women have come down from 9hours. There has been a small setback in this aspect since the previous three years had been achieved by 20 or more times.

The great protagonist has been the Hawaii world champion Daniela Ryf who broke the Kona record leaving the mark in 8: 46: 46. Also in Roth with a time of 8: 22: 04 the Swiss got the third best world record in the distance ... and not content with that, 7 days later came back down from 9 hours in Zurich, where he took the victory with a 8 time: 51: 50.

The other great protagonist of this 2016 has been the Dutch Yvonee van Vlerken who managed to lose 2 times of 9horas ... being the triathlete that more times has achieved it throughout history with 12 times.