Kona qualifying times · 2026

Kona qualifying times for F75-79

Women 75-79: what it took to earn a IRONMAN World Championship slot at every IRONMAN race of 2026 and 2025.

15:47:13median finish needed, 2026
15:56:46most accessible · IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria
15:37:40fastest cutoff · IRONMAN California
2F75-79 slots at 2 races

What time do I need to qualify for Kona in F75-79?

  • F75-79 athletes earned 2 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 2 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2026 results.
  • The median finish time needed for a slot was 15:47:13; it ranged from 15:37:40 at 2026 IRONMAN California to 15:56:46 at 2026 IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria.
  • 2026 IRONMAN Frankfurt, 2026 IRONMAN UK Leeds were raced on a shortened course and are left out of the comparison.
  • In 2025: a median 16:23:46 across 1 races (16:23:46 to 16:23:46).

Where F75-79 qualified with the slowest times in 2026

Races where the last F75-79 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.

F75-79 at every 2026 IRONMAN qualifier

F75-79 athletes earned 2 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 2 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2026 results. The median finish time needed for a slot was 15:47:13; it ranged from 15:37:40 at 2026 IRONMAN California to 15:56:46 at 2026 IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria. 2026 IRONMAN Frankfurt, 2026 IRONMAN UK Leeds were raced on a shortened course and are left out of the comparison.

F75-79 qualifying times, 2026
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria14 Jun1winner16:18:041st15:56:46
IRONMAN California18 Oct1winner14:34:461st15:37:40
Last slot: the slowest F75-79 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for F75-79 at that race — any faster finish earned a slot. Age-group winners qualify whatever their time. Before any rolldown.

F75-79 at every 2025 IRONMAN qualifier

F75-79 athletes earned 1 IRONMAN World Championship slot at 1 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2025 results. The median finish time needed for a slot was 16:23:46; it ranged from 16:23:46 at 2025 IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais to 16:23:46 at 2025 IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais. 2025 IRONMAN Australia was raced on a shortened course and is left out of the comparison.

F75-79 qualifying times, 2025
RaceDateSlotsLast slotNeeded
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais18 Oct1winner15:28:571st16:23:46
Last slot: the slowest F75-79 qualifier’s finish time and age-group place. Needed: the finish time that equalled the pool’s age-graded cutoff for F75-79 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/f75-79.md. Not affiliated with the IRONMAN Group.