2023 Ironman World Championship to be held in two different locations

Ironman has announced that the 2023 VinFast Ironman World Championship triathlon will be held in two different locations. To provide both professional and amateur women and men with dedicated days of racing, the women will race in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i on October 14, 2023. The location and date for the men's race will be announced in January 2023. In 2024, the locations of the men's and women's races will be exchanged.

The 2022 VinFast Ironman World Championship was held over two days in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i for the first time in the event's history. The move to two different host venues for the 2023 championship is intended to provide women and men with dedicated race experiences.

Ironman and the County of Hawai'i concluded that the impact of two days of racing in Kona is not currently in the best interest of the local community. However, Kona will continue to be a co-host of the Ironman World Championship.

“We are reinforcing our commitment for a dedicated world championship race experience for women and men to each receive an exclusive spotlight on their race. Hawai`i is in our DNA and we look forward to the first-ever exclusively women’s world championship race week in Kona. At the same time, we are looking forward to announcing a co-host location for the men’s race that will be worthy of an Ironman World Championship and will capture the imagination of our athletes and fans,” said Andrew Messick, President & Chief Executive Officer for The Ironman Group.

With this major move to ensure dedicated Ironman World Championship racing for both women’s and men’s fields, the qualifying cycle and slot allocations will be slightly adjusted. Allocations can be viewed on the Ironman website, with further adjustments to occur in line with the men's championship race location announcement.