#IMWC Kona 2022: ALL of the UK & Ireland Male Age-Group results

As no doubt you’ll be aware, there was two days of racing this year at the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. After three years away due to the global pandemic, that left a lot of age-group athletes having qualified from as far back as September 2019, who had not yet been able to take up their place on the pier alongside Dig Me Beach.

Racing over two days was, in part, to resolve that conundrum and as a result there were more Age-Group athletes than ever racing. No surprise then that this was – by a long, long way – the biggest entry ever for the UK and Ireland contingent, with around 240 men starting.

Here I take a look at the UK and Ireland Male Age-Group results from Kona. ALL of them!

[You can find the women’s AG roundup HERE]

Below you will find two tables featuring the results of every entrant, ordered initially by overall time, and then by category in the second table.

(EDITORS NOTE: The full listing of GB & Ireland entrants was extracted from the official participants list pre-race. If there is an error or you are missing, then a) apologies (!), and b) that is probably why. Please do get in touch if that is the case (editor@tri247.com) and I’ll get things updated for you.)

James Ellis goes Sub-9

The fastest British amateur in Kona – on his Hawaii debut – was James Ellis. He clocked 8:57:09. James featured on these pages back in 2019, when he reported for us on his impressive 2:26 run at the London Marathon. Later that year he was involved in a cycling accident that left him in hospital with several broken bones and a long road to recovery. What a debut, what a recovery.

It’s a measure of the depth of standards in Hawaii that an 8:57 finishing time ‘only’ get you 17th position in the M30-34 category.

More on the podium finishers soon, but just an early note here for Martin Gannon. We featured Martin (and wife Elizabeth) pre-race, and he had a fantastic day to win the M65-69 category, having twice finished fourth in Hawaii previously.

All UK and Ireland Age-Group Male Entrants – Fastest First

All Great Britain and Ireland Age-Group Male Entrants – By Category