# Kona qualifying times for M80-84 (Men 80-84)

Source: https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/kona-qualifying-times/m80-84 · official results, IRONMAN World Championship slot allocation modelled with IRONMAN's age-group multipliers · updated 2026-11-12.

## 2026 season

M80-84 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 16:42:04; it ranged from 16:42:04 at 2026 IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido to 16:42:04 at 2026 IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido. 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 Frankfurt](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-frankfurt) (shortened course) | 2026-06-28 | 1 (winner) | 9:12:38, 1st | 10:10:07 |
| [2026 IRONMAN Japan South Hokkaido](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2026-ironman-japan-south-hokkaido) | 2026-09-13 | 1 (winner) | 15:19:11, 1st | 16:42:04 |

## 2025 season

M80-84 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 15:22:51; it ranged from 15:22:51 at 2025 IRONMAN California to 15:22:51 at 2025 IRONMAN California. 2025 IRONMAN Australia was raced on a shortened course and is left out of the comparison.

| Race | Date | Slots | Last slot (finish, place) | Needed finish |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [2025 IRONMAN California](https://www.metrica.fit/ironmanwc/2025-ironman-california) | 2025-10-19 | 1 (winner) | 16:20:11, 1st | 15:22:51 |

"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.