2012 Ironman Hawaii

October 12, 2012 · Kona, HI, United States

Data: Ironman™ · Updated 7/4/2025 · Quality: unknownHow data works

Race editions

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Distance

Iron (140.6 miles)

Middle Distance

Field size

83

52 men · 31 women

Men SOF

Unavailable

Women SOF

Unavailable

Race story in the data

Men: Pete Jacobs won in 8:18:37 with a +5:03 margin. Bart Aernouts had the fastest run (2:47:10).

Women: Leanda Cave won in 9:15:54 with a +1:04 margin. Sonja Tajsich had the fastest run (2:59:26).

Men race summary

39 finishers from 52 starters

Winner

Pete Jacobs

8:18:37

Winning margin

+5:03

Gap to second place

Fastest swim

Andy Potts · 50:32

Fastest bike

Sebastian Kienle · 4:33:23

Fastest run

Bart Aernouts · 2:47:10

Top points

Pete Jacobs

97.94 pts

Women race summary

26 finishers from 31 starters

Winner

Leanda Cave

9:15:54

Winning margin

+1:04

Gap to second place

Fastest swim

Amanda Stevens · 55:09

Fastest bike

Natascha Badmann · 5:06:07

Fastest run

Sonja Tajsich · 2:59:26

Top points

Leanda Cave

100.18 pts

Men split podiums

Fastest stored segment times. These are segment rankings, not cumulative race-position order.

Swim

1
Andy Potts
Finish 7
50:32
2
Marko Albert
Finish 31
50:47
3
Andi Boecherer
Finish 21
51:27

T1

Split unavailable.

Bike

1
Sebastian Kienle
Finish 4
4:33:23
2
Dirk Bockel
Finish 10
4:34:17
3
Pete Jacobs
Finish 1
4:35:15

T2

Split unavailable.

Run

1
Bart Aernouts
Finish 11
2:47:10
2
Andreas Raelert
Finish 2
2:47:23
3
Pete Jacobs
Finish 1
2:48:05

Off-bike and off-run position order needs cumulative split-position data. ProTriStats currently stores segment times and segment ranks, so this page reports the fastest bike split rather than who entered T2 first.

Women split podiums

Fastest stored segment times. These are segment rankings, not cumulative race-position order.

Swim

1
Amanda Stevens
Finish 18
55:09
2
Gina Crawford
Finish 7
55:59
3
Leanda Cave
Finish 1
56:03

T1

Split unavailable.

Bike

1
Natascha Badmann
Finish 6
5:06:07
2
Caroline Steffen
Finish 2
5:06:49
3
Sonja Tajsich
Finish 4
5:07:57

T2

Split unavailable.

Run

1
Sonja Tajsich
Finish 4
2:59:26
2
Caitlin Snow
Finish 9
3:03:06
3
Leanda Cave
Finish 1
3:03:13

Off-bike and off-run position order needs cumulative split-position data. ProTriStats currently stores segment times and segment ranks, so this page reports the fastest bike split rather than who entered T2 first.

PodiumMen

Winner time: 8:18:37

🥇#1

AU

Pete Jacobs

8:18:37

97.94 pts

🥈#2

DE

Andreas Raelert

8:23:40

91.17 pts

🥉#3

BE

Frederik Van Lierde

8:24:09

90.52 pts

🥈#2

DE

Andreas Raelert

8:23:40

91.17 pts

🥇#1

AU

Pete Jacobs

8:18:37

97.94 pts

🥉#3

BE

Frederik Van Lierde

8:24:09

90.52 pts

PodiumWomen

Winner time: 9:15:54

🥇#1

GB

Leanda Cave

9:15:54

100.18 pts

🥈#2

CH

Caroline Steffen

9:16:58

98.90 pts

🥉#3

AU

Mirinda Carfrae

9:21:41

93.25 pts

🥈#2

CH

Caroline Steffen

9:16:58

98.90 pts

🥇#1

GB

Leanda Cave

9:15:54

100.18 pts

🥉#3

AU

Mirinda Carfrae

9:21:41

93.25 pts

Men · Split Rank Flow

Top finishers by stored split rank. Lower lines are worse ranks; this is not cumulative race position at each checkpoint.

Top 8

Pete Jacobs1 Andreas Raelert2 Frederik Van Lierde3 Sebastian Kienle4 Faris Al-Sultan5 Timo Bracht6 Andy Potts7 Timothy O'Donnell8

Women · Split Rank Flow

Top finishers by stored split rank. Lower lines are worse ranks; this is not cumulative race position at each checkpoint.

Top 8

Leanda Cave1 Caroline Steffen2 Mirinda Carfrae3 Sonja Tajsich4 Mary Beth Ellis5 Natascha Badmann6 Gina Crawford7 Linsey Corbin8

Men · Finish Time Distribution

Women · Finish Time Distribution

Male Pro Results

52 participants

1

AU

8:18:37

Swim

51:28

Bike

4:35:15

Run

2:48:05

2

Andreas Raelert

DE

8:23:40

Swim

55:17

Bike

4:36:34

Run

2:47:23

3

Frederik Van Lierde

BE

8:24:09

Swim

51:36

Bike

4:35:25

Run

2:52:49

4

Sebastian Kienle

DE

8:27:08

Swim

55:21

Bike

4:33:23

Run

2:54:24

5

Faris Al-Sultan

DE

8:28:33

Swim

51:39

Bike

4:35:53

Run

2:56:49

6

DE

8:30:57

Swim

53:45

Bike

4:37:16

Run

2:55:36

7

US

8:31:45

Swim

50:32

Bike

4:43:52

Run

2:53:18

8

Timothy O'Donnell

US

8:33:28

Swim

51:37

Bike

4:44:15

Run

2:53:59

9

AU

8:35:02

Swim

51:33

Bike

4:40:27

Run

2:59:02

10

LU

8:36:21

Swim

52:30

Bike

4:34:17

Run

3:05:47

Pos	Athlete	Time	Gap	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Points
1	Pete JacobsAU	8:18:37	Winner	51:28	—	4:35:15	—	2:48:05	97.94
2	Andreas RaelertDE	8:23:40	—	55:17	—	4:36:34	—	2:47:23	91.17
3	Frederik Van LierdeBE	8:24:09	—	51:36	—	4:35:25	—	2:52:49	90.52
4	Sebastian KienleDE	8:27:08	—	55:21	—	4:33:23	—	2:54:24	86.52
5	Faris Al-SultanDE	8:28:33	—	51:39	—	4:35:53	—	2:56:49	84.62
6	Timo BrachtDE	8:30:57	—	53:45	—	4:37:16	—	2:55:36	81.40
7	Andy PottsUS	8:31:45	—	50:32	—	4:43:52	—	2:53:18	80.33
8	Timothy O'DonnellUS	8:33:28	—	51:37	—	4:44:15	—	2:53:59	78.03
9	David DellowAU	8:35:02	—	51:33	—	4:40:27	—	2:59:02	75.93
10	Dirk BockelLU	8:36:21	—	52:30	—	4:34:17	—	3:05:47	74.16
11	Bart AernoutsBE	8:37:31	—	1:00:15	—	4:45:11	—	2:47:10	72.60
12	Craig AlexanderAU	8:40:49	—	51:35	—	4:44:44	—	3:00:29	68.17
13	Jordan RappUS	8:42:49	—	59:07	—	4:40:02	—	2:59:27	65.49
14	Jeremy JurkiewiczFR	8:44:45	—	51:31	—	4:52:26	—	2:56:39	62.89
15	Axel ZeebroekBE	8:45:12	—	51:41	—	4:42:09	—	3:07:00	62.29
16	Bruno ClerboutBE	8:46:44	—	55:22	—	4:55:32	—	2:51:54	60.23
17	Romain GuillaumeFR	8:47:54	—	51:41	—	4:36:10	—	3:15:32	58.67
18	Cyril ViennotFR	8:48:45	—	55:23	—	4:48:25	—	3:00:51	57.53
19	Ronnie SchildknechtCH	8:50:18	—	55:23	—	4:38:57	—	3:11:22	55.45
20	Matthew RussellUS	8:50:21	—	1:08:01	—	4:46:35	—	2:51:23	55.38
21	Andi BoechererDE	8:51:57	—	51:27	—	4:43:17	—	3:12:25	53.24
22	Rasmus HenningDK	8:53:39	—	51:35	—	4:42:36	—	3:15:02	50.96
23	Tom LoweGB	8:53:42	—	1:01:43	—	4:50:24	—	2:57:00	50.89
24	Luke McKenzieAU	8:54:58	—	51:29	—	4:39:09	—	3:20:32	49.19
25	Michael LovatoUS	8:56:04	—	55:22	—	4:51:59	—	3:03:13	47.72
26	Pedro GomesPT	8:56:10	—	55:14	—	4:54:29	—	3:02:23	47.58
27	Trevor DelsautFR	8:56:41	—	1:01:32	—	4:54:19	—	2:56:08	46.89
28	Jozsef MajorHU	8:59:38	—	1:01:41	—	4:42:57	—	3:10:16	42.93
29	Mike SchifferleCH	9:06:47	—	1:07:58	—	4:56:08	—	2:56:09	33.34
30	Viktor ZyemtsevUA	9:19:23	—	55:16	—	4:56:52	—	3:22:34	16.45
31	Marko AlbertEE	9:22:02	—	50:47	—	5:14:53	—	3:10:56	12.89
32	Michael RaelertDE	9:22:02	—	51:37	—	5:14:41	—	3:11:20	12.89
33	Greg BennettAU	9:22:31	—	51:39	—	4:55:41	—	3:30:40	12.24
34	Petr VabrousekCZ	9:26:46	—	1:01:38	—	5:07:08	—	3:11:55	6.54
35	Andrey LyatskiyRU	9:31:34	—	51:42	—	5:18:15	—	3:16:43	0.11
36	Christian BraderDE	9:35:22	—	1:04:32	—	5:09:43	—	3:16:53	—
37	Sergio MarquesPT	9:38:58	—	1:01:29	—	5:27:24	—	3:05:10	—
38	Trevor WurteleCA	9:45:07	—	1:00:03	—	4:59:09	—	3:41:11	—
39	Joshua RixAU	9:58:44	—	53:45	—	4:51:07	—	4:09:17	—
DNF	Joe GamblesAU	DNF	—	52:35	—	4:58:07	—	—	—
DNF	Clemente Alonso McKernanES	DNF	—	51:38	—	4:53:13	—	—	—
DNF	Chris McCormackAU	DNF	—	52:34	—	—	—	—	—
DNF	Eneko LlanosES	DNF	—	53:53	—	5:00:40	—	—	—
DNF	Paul AmeyGB	DNF	—	55:21	—	4:43:34	—	—	—
DNF	Paul MatthewsAU	DNF	—	51:28	—	4:44:26	—	—	—
DNF	Marino VanhoenackerBE	DNF	—	52:11	—	4:25:49	—	—	—
DNF	Maxim KriatUA	DNF	—	55:17	—	—	—	—	—
DNF	Mike AigrozCH	DNF	—	53:47	—	—	—	—	—
DNF	Daniel FontanaIT	DNF	—	51:42	—	—	—	—	—
DNF	Alejandro SantamariaES	DNF	—	1:01:17	—	5:15:07	—	—	—
DNF	Markus ThomschkeDE	DNF	—	1:02:53	—	4:55:08	—	—	—
DNF	Luke BellAU	DNF	—	51:41	—	5:02:28	—	—	—

Female Pro Results

31 participants

1

GB

9:15:54

Swim

56:03

Bike

5:12:06

Run

3:03:13

2

Caroline Steffen

CH

9:16:58

Swim

57:37

Bike

5:06:49

Run

3:08:08

3

Mirinda Carfrae

AU

9:21:41

Swim

1:00:06

Bike

5:12:18

Run

3:05:04

4

DE

9:22:45

Swim

1:10:36

Bike

5:07:57

Run

2:59:26

5

Mary Beth Ellis

US

9:22:57

Swim

56:06

Bike

5:08:06

Run

3:10:30

6

Natascha Badmann

CH

9:26:25

Swim

1:06:21

Bike

5:06:07

Run

3:09:18

7

NZ

9:28:54

Swim

55:59

Bike

5:21:30

Run

3:06:16

8

US

9:32:18

Swim

1:02:53

Bike

5:16:55

Run

3:07:55

9

US

9:36:18

Swim

57:43

Bike

5:30:47

Run

3:03:06

10

US

9:38:15

Swim

56:08

Bike

5:16:36

Run

3:20:27

Pos	Athlete	Time	Gap	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Points
1	Leanda CaveGB	9:15:54	Winner	56:03	—	5:12:06	—	3:03:13	100.18
2	Caroline SteffenCH	9:16:58	—	57:37	—	5:06:49	—	3:08:08	98.90
3	Mirinda CarfraeAU	9:21:41	—	1:00:06	—	5:12:18	—	3:05:04	93.25
4	Sonja TajsichDE	9:22:45	—	1:10:36	—	5:07:57	—	2:59:26	91.97
5	Mary Beth EllisUS	9:22:57	—	56:06	—	5:08:06	—	3:10:30	91.73
6	Natascha BadmannCH	9:26:25	—	1:06:21	—	5:06:07	—	3:09:18	87.57
7	Gina CrawfordNZ	9:28:54	—	55:59	—	5:21:30	—	3:06:16	84.59
8	Linsey CorbinUS	9:32:18	—	1:02:53	—	5:16:55	—	3:07:55	80.52
9	Caitlin SnowUS	9:36:18	—	57:43	—	5:30:47	—	3:03:06	75.72
10	Amy MarshUS	9:38:15	—	56:08	—	5:16:36	—	3:20:27	73.38
11	Rachel JoyceGB	9:40:16	—	57:42	—	5:24:27	—	3:12:31	70.97
12	Michelle VesterbyDK	9:42:22	—	57:44	—	5:16:57	—	3:22:47	68.45
13	Rebekah KeatAU	9:43:43	—	57:44	—	5:26:53	—	3:14:05	66.83
14	Heather WurteleCA	9:44:04	—	1:00:04	—	5:16:58	—	3:22:28	66.41
15	Kelly WilliamsonUS	9:46:51	—	57:39	—	5:40:03	—	3:05:01	63.07
16	Tine DeckersBE	9:48:38	—	1:06:18	—	5:19:25	—	3:18:43	60.93
17	Kristin LiepoldDE	9:51:16	—	1:16:43	—	5:23:46	—	3:06:36	57.78
18	Amanda StevensUS	9:51:59	—	55:09	—	5:27:07	—	3:24:50	56.92
19	Mareen HufeDE	9:52:58	—	1:06:25	—	5:20:44	—	3:21:01	55.74
20	Simone BraendliCH	9:53:24	—	57:40	—	5:29:07	—	3:21:38	55.22
21	Joanna LawnNZ	9:55:11	—	1:00:09	—	5:21:27	—	3:28:41	53.08
22	Sara GrossCA	10:03:54	—	1:00:07	—	5:46:05	—	3:13:00	42.63
23	Sarah PiampianoUS	10:04:51	—	1:06:20	—	5:29:53	—	3:23:29	41.49
24	Susan BlattDE	10:07:06	—	1:06:12	—	5:15:50	—	3:40:23	38.79
25	Sofie GoosBE	10:14:39	—	1:02:52	—	5:49:06	—	3:18:01	29.74
26	Jessica JacobsUS	11:38:39	—	1:17:30	—	5:17:52	—	4:57:43	—
DNF	Meredith KesslerUS	DNF	—	55:56	—	5:33:17	—	—	—
DNF	Emi SakaiJP	DNF	—	1:16:46	—	—	—	—	—
DNF	Anja IppachDE	DNF	—	1:00:02	—	—	—	—	—
DNF	Erika CsomorHU	DNF	—	1:06:19	—	5:25:13	—	—	—
DNF	Michelle GaileyAU	DNF	—	1:03:02	—	—	—	—	—