Marbella Ironman 70.3
27 October 2024
(Confirmed by the Town Hall
The inaugural Marbella Ironman 70.3 took place on Sunday 28th April 2018. The race has taken place every year since then except 2020. The race always takes place on a Sunday in Spring or Autumn but the date varies.
The race consists of a 1.900m swim at the Levante (eastern) beach of Puerto Banus, a first transition on the Avenida de Naciones Unidas, Puerto Banus. A 90 km cycle up the Puerto de Ojen, continue on to pass Monda, pass Coin, reach Cartama and return same route to Puerto Banus for the second transition. The 21km run is twice out and twice return along the Marbella seafront promenade from Puerto Banus to Trocadero (Rio Real).
The 70.3 is the Ironman brand for a half the distance of the full ironman race being 70.3 miles or 113 km. There are about 40 full ironman races a year and 100 half Ironman 70.3 races a year all around the world.
Ironman 70.3 Triathlon World Championship 2025, Marbella - 8th and 9th November 2025
Marbella is first Spanish city to host the Ironman 70.3 Triathlon World Championship 2025 The two-day event will see 6,000 athletes from all over the world competing. Marbella is the fourth European city to host this world event following Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria, in 2015; Nice, France, in 2019; and Lahti, Finland, in 2023 and Taupo, New Zealand in 2024. the latter will offer qualifying places for the IRONMAN 70.3 Marbella 2025 World Championships. More info >
Marbella Ironman 2024
The Ironman 70.3 Marbella takes place on Sunday 27th October 2024. More info >
Trypical timtable 07:50 hrs Start of Swim ironman 70.3 Marbella, just after sunrise. 08:15 hrs First transition. Swim to cycle (1st athlete) 10:50 hrs Second transition. Arrival ofcycle and departure on foot. (1st atletete) 12:05 hrs. Arrival of male winner at the finish line. 12:25 hrs Arrival of female winner at the finish line. 16:40 hrs Arrival of last athlete. 18:00 hrs Prize giving Ceremony.
Marbella Ironman 2023
The Ironman 70.3 Marbella took place on 7 May 2023. Winner was Nicholas Mann or Germany in 3 hrs 56 min 25 sec. 1,239 athletes took part.
Rubén Bravo's video gives a real idea of what the race is like.
Marbella Ironman 2022
Official Ironman 70.3 Marbella after race video.
The Ironman 70.3 Marbella took place on 29 May 2022. Winner was Christophe De Keyser of Belgium in 3 hrs 58 min 56 sec. 1,312 athletes took part.
Marbella Ironman 2021
The Ironman 70.3 Marbella took place on 19 September 2021. The winner was Patrick Cometta in over four hours at 4:22:22. 521 athletes took part.
Marbella Ironman 2020
The Ironman 70.3 Marbella did not take place in 2020.
Marbella Ironman 2019
In the second Ironman Marbella took place on Sunday 27th April 2019. The winner was Andreas Dreitz (Germany) in just under four hours at 3:56:48, second was Alistair Brownlee (Great Britain) in 4:01:00, third Domenico Passuello (Italy) in 4:03:40. 2.047 competitors finished in under 8 hrs. 1,843 athletes took part.
Marbella Ironman 2018
In the inaugural Ironman Marbella took place on Sunday 28th April 2018. The winner was David Mcnamee (Great Britain) in just under four hours at 3:57:46, second Chris Leiferman (USA) in 3:57:46, third Andreas Dreitz (Germany) in 3:58:41. 2.281 competitors finished in under 8 hrs. 2,351 athletes took part.
FULL IRONMAN DISTANCE
Iberman Larga Distancia, Huelva & Portugal - Only full Ironman distance (3.8km swim, 180km cycle, 42km run ) race in Andalucia. The international race starts with a swim in the sea at Ayamonte, cycle inland and into the Guadiana river valley crossing over into Portugal at the second bridge after Granado at Pomarao and returning to Villa Real on the coast for the transition T2. The running section crosses the impressive international suspension bridge of the A-22 / A-49 motorway back in to Huelva, Spain and the finish line is on the Paseo de España in Ayamonte. 19th October 2019.
Iberman larga Distancia Video
