# Kona qualifying times for M75-79 (Men 75-79)

Source: https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/kona-qualifying-times/m75-79 · official results, IRONMAN World Championship slot allocation modelled with IRONMAN's age-group multipliers · updated 2026-11-12.

## 2026 season

M75-79 athletes earned 16 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 16 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2026 results. The median finish time needed for a slot was 13:06:57; it ranged from 12:19:23 at 2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen to 14:17:35 at 2026 IRONMAN Penghu. 2026 IRONMAN Frankfurt, 2026 IRONMAN UK Leeds were raced on a shortened course and are left out of the comparison.

| Race | Date | Slots | Last slot (finish, place) | Needed finish |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [2026 IRONMAN Penghu](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-penghu) | 2026-04-12 | 1 (winner) | 15:41:45, 1st | 14:17:35 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Texas](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-texas) | 2026-04-18 | 1 (winner) | 12:31:16, 1st | 13:09:54 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Jacksonville](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-jacksonville) | 2026-05-16 | 1 (winner) | 12:34:50, 1st | 13:19:53 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Tours Metropole - Loire Valley](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-tours-metropole-loire-valley) | 2026-06-14 | 1 (winner) | 15:25:10, 1st | 12:47:42 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-kaernten-klagenfurt-austria) | 2026-06-14 | 1 (winner) | 16:20:28, 1st | 12:41:45 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Cairns](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-cairns) | 2026-06-14 | 1 (winner) | 16:08:12, 1st | 13:22:54 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Switzerland Thun](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-switzerland-thun) | 2026-07-06 | 1 (winner) | 13:52:36, 1st | 13:09:43 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Lake Placid](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-lake-placid) | 2026-07-19 | 1 (winner) | 14:45:54, 1st | 14:00:00 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-canada-ottawa) | 2026-08-02 | 1 (winner) | 14:25:53, 1st | 12:59:53 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-kalmar-sweden) | 2026-08-15 | 1 (winner) | 14:02:58, 1st | 12:45:11 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Copenhagen](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-copenhagen) | 2026-08-16 | 1 (winner) | 13:49:58, 1st | 12:19:23 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-japan-south-hokkaido) | 2026-09-13 | 1 (winner) | 14:51:29, 1st | 13:42:28 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Maryland](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-maryland) | 2026-09-19 | 1 (winner) | 13:36:44, 1st | 12:56:49 |
| [2026 IRONMAN California](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-california) | 2026-10-18 | 1 (winner) | 15:29:49, 1st | 12:54:41 |
| [2026 IRONMAN San Juan](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-san-juan) | 2026-11-01 | 1 (winner) | 15:34:06, 1st | 13:29:22 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Florida](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-florida) | 2026-11-07 | 1 (winner) | 15:49:36, 1st | 13:04:11 |

## 2025 season

M75-79 athletes earned 18 IRONMAN World Championship slots at 17 of the 35 full-distance IRONMAN qualifiers in our 2025 results. The median finish time needed for a slot was 13:29:23; it ranged from 12:37:27 at 2025 IRONMAN California to 15:43:06 at 2025 IRONMAN France Nice. 2025 IRONMAN Australia was raced on a shortened course and is left out of the comparison. Slots went deepest at 2025 IRONMAN Chattanooga: 2 M75-79 qualifiers, the last in 2nd place.

| Race | Date | Slots | Last slot (finish, place) | Needed finish |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [2025 IRONMAN Texas](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-texas) | 2025-04-26 | 1 (winner) | 15:41:39, 1st | 15:13:29 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Lanzarote](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-lanzarote) | 2025-05-17 | 1 (winner) | 15:46:16, 1st | 14:54:35 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Hamburg](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-hamburg) | 2025-06-01 | 1 (winner) | 12:29:20, 1st | 13:06:21 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Kaernten-Klagenfurt, Austria](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-kaerntenklagenfurt-austria) | 2025-06-15 | 1 (winner) | 14:37:05, 1st | 13:54:53 |
| [2025 IRONMAN France Nice](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-france-nice) | 2025-06-29 | 1 (winner) | 14:28:16, 1st | 15:43:06 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Canada-Ottawa](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-canada-ottawa) | 2025-08-03 | 1 (winner) | 16:55:13, 1st | 14:25:29 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-kalmar-sweden) | 2025-08-16 | 1 (winner) | 15:56:17, 1st | 12:45:19 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Switzerland Thun](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-switzerland-thun) | 2025-08-24 | 1 (winner) | 16:54:01, 1st | 13:21:24 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-japan-south-hokkaido) | 2025-09-14 | 1 (winner) | 14:42:39, 1st | 13:55:32 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Emilia Romagna](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-emilia-romagna) | 2025-09-20 | 1 (winner) | 13:53:06, 1st | 12:38:50 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Maryland](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-maryland) | 2025-09-20 | 1 (winner) | 13:27:24, 1st | 13:18:27 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Gurye Korea](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-gurye-korea) | 2025-09-28 | 1 (winner) | 16:56:12, 1st | 13:29:23 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Chattanooga](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-chattanooga) | 2025-09-28 | 2 | 13:22:40, 2nd | 13:30:35 |
| [2025 IRONMAN California](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-california) | 2025-10-19 | 1 (winner) | 14:02:42, 1st | 12:37:27 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Florida](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-florida) | 2025-11-01 | 1 (winner) | 12:13:27, 1st | 13:23:14 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Cozumel](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-cozumel) | 2025-11-23 | 1 (winner) | 16:12:15, 1st | 13:21:01 |
| [2025 IRONMAN Western Australia](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-western-australia) | 2025-12-07 | 1 (winner) | 15:25:55, 1st | 13:38:58 |

"Needed finish" is the finish time that equalled the pool's age-graded cutoff for this age group at that race (cutoff ÷ age-group multiplier); any faster finish earned a slot. Age-group winners qualify whatever their time. Rolldown is not modelled.