The inaugural IRONMAN event in Scandinavia took place in Kalmar in 2012 and the event has quickly become an athlete favorite. The swim course is in the Baltic Sea, the bike course is over the 6 km long bridge to the island Öland, a popular spot for tourists from around the world, and the run course goes through central parts of Kalmar with the finish line located on the main square.
1 Kristian Hogenhaug DNK (Denmark)
2 Giulio Molinari ITA (Italy)
3 Boris Stein DEU (Germany)
4 Clemente Alonso-Mckernan ESP (Spain)
5 Sebastian Norberg SWE (Sweden)
6 Domenico Passuello ITA (Italy)
7 Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE (Sweden)
8 Andrey Lyatskiy RUS (Russian Federation)
9 Matt Burton AUS (Australia)
10 Harry Wiltshire GBR (United Kingdom)
11 Denis Chevrot FRA (France)
12 Thiago Vinhal BRA (Brazil)
13 Esben Hovgaard DNK (Denmark)
14 Kirill Kotsegarov EST (Estonia)
15 Rasmus Svenningsson SWE (Sweden)
16 Morgan Björkqvist SWE (Sweden)
17 Erik Holmberg SWE (Sweden)
18 Jonas Örarbäck SWE (Sweden)
19 Bekim Christensen DNK (Denmark)
20 Vicenc Castella ESP (Spain)
21 Andres Chirinos Soto PER (Peru)
22 Gergo Badar HUN (Hungary)
23 Bjoern Laibacher DEU (Germany)
24 Johannes Moldan DEU (Germany)
25 Pedro Jose Batisda Andujar ESP (Spain)
26 Hannes Cool BEL (Belgium)
27 Ronnie Schildknecht CHE (Switzerland)
28 Jan Sneberger CZE (Czech Republic)
30 Lukas Polan CZE (Czech Republic)
31 Markus Liebelt DEU (Germany)
32 Marek Nemcik SVK (Slovakia)
33 Mathias Petersen DNK (Denmark)
34 Kristian Hindkjaer DNK (Denmark)
35 Eneko Elosegui ESP (Spain)
36 Jacob Frandsen DNK (Denmark)
37 Dennis Matzen DNK (Denmark)
38 Sam Proctor GBR (United Kingdom)
39 Gustavo Rodriguez Iglesias ESP (Spain)
40 Tomáš Renc CZE (Czech Republic)
41 Michael Raelert DEU (Germany)
42 Alexander Schilling DEU (Germany)
43 Jean-Claude Besse CHE (Switzerland)
44 Christian Haupt DEU (Germany)
45 Alexander Berggren SWE (Sweden)
49 Per Van Vlerken DEU (Germany)
50 Andreas Borch DNK (Denmark)
51 Daniel Besse CHE (Switzerland)
52 Igor Amorelli BRA (Brazil)
53 Morten Brammer Olesen DNK (Denmark)
54 Antony Costes FRA (France)
55 Joe Skipper USA (UNITED STATES)
56 Denis Šketako SVN (Slovenia)