The 2018 Ironman World Championship was a long distance triathlon competition held on October 13, 2018, in

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that was won by

Patrick Lange Patrick Lange (; 25 August 1986) is a professional duathlete and triathlete from Germany. He is the 2017 Ironman World Champion and the 2018 Ironman World Champion both times breaking the course record. Lange is also the 2010-2013 German champ ...

of Germany and

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of Switzerland. It was the 42nd edition of the

Ironman World Championship The Ironman World Championship has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978, with an additional race in 1982. It is owned and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation. It is the annual culmination of a series of Ironman triathlon qualification ...

, which has been held annually in Hawaii since 1978. The championship was organized by the

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(WTC). For Ryf it was her fourth consecutive Ironman World Championship win. For Lange it was his second consecutive. They set a new overall course record previously set by them in

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and

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respectively.

Championship results

Men

Women

Notes

Sources

External links

Ironman website
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