Date
June 22nd, 2008
Place
Nice, France
Distances
3,8km SWIM, 2 loops
180km BIKE
42.195km marathon, 4 loops on the Promenade des Anglais
Course Records
Male:
Marcel Zamora (ESP) 08:38:45 (2007)
Marcel Zamora (ESP) 08:33:56 (2006)
Hervé Faure (FRA) 08:49:06 (2005)
Female:
Alexandra Louison (FRA) 09:49:11 (2007)
Edith Niederfriniger (ITA) 09:56:32 (2006)
Mariska Kramer (NED) 10:12:29 (2005)
Time limits
16h00 (22h30)
Number of participants awaited
2500 (99% of which are age groupers)
Number of slots for the Ford IRONMAN World Championship in Hawaii on October 11th, 2008
50
Number of volunteers
approx. 1500
Number of spectators
80.000 and more
Media Coverage
coverage in almost any triathlon specialised magazine, national and international
TV coverage
approx. 100 minutes on race day on Sport+
52min Highligts show on Sport+, ORF (AUT), SABC (RSA), ESPN (USA), SkySports (GBR) and Eurosport (USA)
news on national and international level
Internet
live coverage on race day on www.ironman.com
Budget
1.5 Mio EUR | 
