Ultra-triathlon


An ultra-triathlon is a long-distance triathlon. The term generally refers to all triathlon events with a distance that is a multiple of the Ironman Triathlon, which consists of of swimming, of cycling, and a full marathon of running. The most common distances are the double, triple, quadruple, quintuple and deca triathlon. Unlike a standard triathlon event, an ultra-triathlon event may not necessarily involve the three component disciplines of triathlon in direct consecutive order, but may instead consist of multiple consecutive individual triathlons performed on consecutive days.

Distances

World records

Men

DistanceAthleteTimePlace
Single Jan Frodeno7 h 35 m 34 s2016 roth
Double Robert Karaś18 h 44 m 38 s2019 Panevėžys
Triple Robert Karaś30 h 48 m 57 s2018 Lensahn
Quadruple Søren Højbjerre53 h 41 m 00 s1993 Ungarn
Quintuple Richard Jung71 h 07 m 24 s2019 Austria
Quintuple Day Thorsten Eckert50 h 14 m 43 s2011 Switzerland
Deca Richard Jung190 h 17 m 17 s2018 Switzerland
Deca Day Richard Jung106 h 11 m 53 s2016 Switzerland
Double Deca Day David Clamp252 h 21 m 16 s2016 Switzerland
Triple Deca Day Jozsef Rokob356 h 33 m 17 s2013 Lake Garda
41-Days Ludovic Chorgnon533 h 41 m 00 s2015 Vendôme

Women

DistanceAthleteTimePlace
Single Chrissie Wellington8 h 18 m 13 s2011 Roth
Double Sirlet Viilas23 h 31 m 38 s2016 Panevežys
Triple Astrid Benöhr37 h 54 m 54 s1996 Lensahn
Quadruple Astrid Benöhr59 h 15 m 00 s1993 Hungary
Quintuple Alexandra Meixner84 h 44 m 29 s2018 Switzerland
Quintuple Day Eva Hürlimann66 h 52 m 22 s2018 Switzerland
Deca Alexandra Meixner244 h 55 m 34 s2017 Buchs SG
Deca Day Eva Hürlimann138 h 21 m 02 s2019 Switzerland
Double Deca Laura Knoblach633 h 41 m 39 s2019 León
Double Deca Day Alexandra Meixner279 h 37 m 48 s2016 Buchs SG

International Ultra Triathlon Association

The IUTA is the official governing body of Ultra Triathlon.