Kona qualifying times · 2026

Kona qualifying times for F45-49

Women 45-49: what it took to earn a IRONMAN World Championship slot at every IRONMAN race of 2026 and 2025.

10:51:28median finish needed, 2026
13:54:36most accessible · IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines
10:00:51fastest cutoff · IRONMAN Copenhagen
58F45-49 slots at 35 races

What time do I need to qualify for Kona in F45-49?

  • F45-49 athletes earned 58 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 35 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2026 results.
  • The median finish time needed for a slot was 10:51:28; it ranged from 10:00:51 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 13:54:36 at 2026 IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines.
  • 2026 IRONMAN Frankfurt, 2026 IRONMAN UK Leeds were raced on a shortened course and are left out of the comparison.
  • Slots went deepest at 2026 IRONMAN South Africa: 4 F45-49 qualifiers, the last in 4th place.
  • In 2025: a median 11:14:31 across 35 races (9:39:44 to 13:19:31).
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Where F45-49 qualified with the slowest times in 2026

Races where the last F45-49 slot needed the slowest finish — a rough guide to where a slot is most within reach. Course, weather and the field change year to year, so check the race’s own history too.

#1 · 7 Jun

IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines

13:54:36 needed · 1 slot

#2 · 13 Sept

IRONMAN Wales

12:42:06 needed · 2 slots

#3 · 19 Apr

IRONMAN South Africa

11:45:07 needed · 4 slots

#4 · 12 Apr

IRONMAN Penghu

11:42:34 needed · 1 slot

#5 · 23 May

IRONMAN Lanzarote

11:38:55 needed · 1 slot

F45-49 at every 2026 IRONMAN qualifier

F45-49 athletes earned 58 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 35 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2026 results. The median finish time needed for a slot was 10:51:28; it ranged from 10:00:51 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 13:54:36 at 2026 IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines. 2026 IRONMAN Frankfurt, 2026 IRONMAN UK Leeds were raced on a shortened course and are left out of the comparison. Slots went deepest at 2026 IRONMAN South Africa: 4 F45-49 qualifiers, the last in 4th place.

F45-49 qualifying times, 2026
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN New Zealand7 Mar1winner10:48:241st10:52:25
IRONMAN Penghu12 Apr1winner11:38:081st11:42:34
IRONMAN Texas18 Apr310:19:053rd10:20:52
IRONMAN South Africa19 Apr411:34:254th11:45:07
IRONMAN Vietnam10 May211:07:212nd11:12:37
IRONMAN Jacksonville16 May1winner10:38:191st10:44:46
IRONMAN Lanzarote23 May1winner11:39:131st11:38:55
IRONMAN Brazil31 May29:46:472nd10:00:55
IRONMAN Subic Bay Philippines7 Jun1winner14:47:301st13:54:36
IRONMAN Hamburg7 Jun210:24:582nd10:27:06
IRONMAN Tours Metropole - Loire Valley14 Jun1winner10:14:431st10:23:12
IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria14 Jun1winner10:10:111st10:21:22
IRONMAN Cairns14 Jun1winner11:06:551st10:58:17
IRONMAN Frankfurtshortened course — not comparable28 Jun1winner6:46:141st6:45:54
IRONMAN Switzerland Thun6 Jul210:37:372nd10:37:37
IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz12 Jul1winner11:04:491st10:53:00
IRONMAN Lake Placid19 Jul311:15:003rd11:22:09
IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa2 Aug29:54:082nd10:34:33
IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden15 Aug39:56:443rd10:10:47
IRONMAN UK Leedsshortened course — not comparable16 Aug1winner9:47:591st10:21:01
IRONMAN Copenhagen16 Aug1winner9:43:591st10:00:51
IRONMAN Tallinn22 Aug1winner9:01:241st10:27:57
IRONMAN Vichy23 Aug211:18:272nd11:24:17
IRONMAN Wisconsin13 Sept311:28:363rd11:29:09
IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido13 Sept1winner10:12:221st11:13:45
IRONMAN Wales13 Sept212:39:352nd12:42:06
IRONMAN Italy Emilia Romagna19 Sept1winner11:00:471st10:19:28
IRONMAN Maryland19 Sept1winner9:57:291st10:29:35
IRONMAN Chattanooga27 Sept210:46:542nd10:51:28
IRONMAN Gurye Korea4 Oct1winner10:03:131st10:30:00
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais17 Oct210:54:412nd10:54:41
IRONMAN California18 Oct1winner9:26:501st10:08:58
IRONMAN Australia18 Oct311:03:273rd11:03:27
IRONMAN San Juan1 Nov211:14:122nd11:18:20
IRONMAN Florida7 Nov1winner10:10:421st10:48:52
Last slot: the slowest F45-49 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for F45-49 at that race — any faster finish earned a slot. Age-group winners qualify whatever their time. Before any rolldown.

F45-49 at every 2025 IRONMAN qualifier

F45-49 athletes earned 125 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 35 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2025 results. The median finish time needed for a slot was 11:14:31; it ranged from 9:39:44 at 2025 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 13:19:31 at 2025 IRONMAN South Africa. 2025 IRONMAN Australia was raced on a shortened course and is left out of the comparison. Slots went deepest at 2025 IRONMAN South Africa: 10 F45-49 qualifiers, the last in 10th place.

F45-49 qualifying times, 2025
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN South Africa30 Mar1013:07:5010th13:19:31
IRONMAN Taiwan13 Apr311:57:313rd11:57:31
IRONMAN Texas26 Apr811:22:448th11:23:49
IRONMAN Australiashortened course — not comparable4 May310:38:153rd10:50:10
IRONMAN Lanzarote17 May713:11:297th13:19:07
IRONMAN Hamburg1 Jun810:56:018th10:57:09
IRONMAN Brazil1 Jun710:53:167th10:57:23
IRONMAN Cairns15 Jun411:55:404th12:07:01
IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria15 Jun511:30:305th11:30:30
IRONMAN Les Sables d'Olonne-Vendee22 Jun510:48:065th10:51:21
IRONMAN Frankfurt29 Jun711:15:597th11:21:19
IRONMAN France Nice29 Jun612:53:366th13:06:36
IRONMAN Vitoria-Gasteiz13 Jul511:14:375th11:14:37
IRONMAN Lake Placid20 Jul511:30:285th11:34:27
IRONMAN Leeds29 Jul413:12:214th13:15:48
IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa3 Aug511:15:455th11:16:20
IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden16 Aug1winner10:01:301st10:13:35
IRONMAN Copenhagen17 Aug1winner9:49:171st9:39:44
IRONMAN Tallinn23 Aug210:23:132nd10:23:13
IRONMAN Switzerland Thun24 Aug1winner10:00:031st10:44:22
IRONMAN Wisconsin7 Sept1winner10:46:051st11:23:38
IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido14 Sept1winner12:01:281st11:02:22
IRONMAN Emilia Romagna20 Sept1winner9:50:411st10:09:29
IRONMAN Maryland20 Sept311:21:473rd11:27:43
IRONMAN Wales21 Sept1winner11:29:091st12:23:29
IRONMAN Gurye Korea28 Sept1winner10:28:571st10:53:00
IRONMAN Chattanooga28 Sept1winner11:37:541st11:26:35
IRONMAN Calella-Barcelona5 Oct1winner10:58:361st10:41:00
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais18 Oct1winner11:43:441st10:38:54
IRONMAN California19 Oct310:26:313rd10:26:31
IRONMAN Florida1 Nov211:10:122nd11:14:26
IRONMAN Malaysia1 Nov212:12:342nd12:12:33
IRONMAN Arizona16 Nov210:19:492nd10:21:17
IRONMAN Cozumel23 Nov610:47:476th10:47:47
IRONMAN Western Australia7 Dec211:06:212nd11:08:03
Last slot: the slowest F45-49 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for F45-49 at that race — any faster finish earned a slot. Age-group winners qualify whatever their time. Before any rolldown.

How Kona qualifying works

Every age-group winner gets a slot. The rest of a race’s slots go by age-graded time: each finish time is multiplied by IRONMAN’s factor for the athlete’s age group, and the fastest adjusted times take the remaining slots — from 2026, in separate women’s and men’s pools. So the “needed” time differs by age group even within one race. Each race page models the allocation athlete by athlete, including rolldown.

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Modelled from the official results with IRONMAN’s published age-group factors; always confirm with the official race-day allocation. Plain-text version: /ironmanwc/kona-qualifying-times/f45-49.md. Not affiliated with the IRONMAN Group.