Ultra-Triathlon is Triathlon

Triathlon

A triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...

, involving swimming, cycling

Cycling

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

 and running

Running

Running is a means of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. It is simply defined in athletics terms as a gait in which at regular points during the running cycle both feet are off the ground...

, in longer distances than the Ironman. The shortest distance (double ironman) includes 7.6 km swimming, 360 km cycling and 84,4 km running. The other common distances are Triple, Quadruple, Quintuple and Deca Ironman.

Distances

Distances	Swimming	Cycling	Running
Ironman	3.86 km (2.4 mi)	180 km (111.8 mi)	42.2 km (26.2 mi)
Double Ultratriathlon	7.6 km (4.7 mi)	360 km (223.7 mi)	84.4 km (52.4 mi)
Triple Ultratriathlon	11.4 km (7.1 mi)	540 km (335.5 mi)	126.6 km (78.7 mi)
Quadruple Ultratriathlon	15.2 km (9.4 mi)	720 km (447.4 mi)	168.8 km (104.9 mi)
Quintuple Ultratriathlon	19 km (11.8 mi)	900 km (559.2 mi)	211 km (131.1 mi)
Deca Ultratriathlon	38 km (23.6 mi)	1800 km (1,118.5 mi)	422 km (262.2 mi)
10-Days-Triathlon	every day 7.5 km	every day 200 km	every day 50 km
or	every day 3.86 km	every day 180 km	every day 42.2 km

Men

• Ironman

  Iron Dragon

Iron Dragon

Iron Dragon is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Built in 1987 by Arrow Dynamics, it is a suspended. This type of roller coaster features cars that hang beneath the track by a chassis allowing them to swing side to side. Some parts of the ride are built on...

/7 h 41 m 31 s
/2011 Cologne226

  Mad Markus
/7 h 41 m 32 s
/2011 Westfalentriathlon

  Andreas Raelert

Andreas Raelert

Andreas Raelert is a German triathlete .On 10th July 2011, Raelert broke the world record time for an Ironman Triathlon distance race at the at Challenge Roth event in Roth, Germany...

/7 h 41 m 33 s
/2011 Roth

Challenge Roth

The Challenge Roth, is a triathlon race in and around Roth, Germany. It is held annually in July.-Course:The distance is the Ironman distance, even though the race is not part of the official Ironman series....

• Double Ultratriathlon

  Huys
/19 h 54 m 46 s
/1993*

• Triple Ultratriathlon

  Wildpanner
/31 h 47 m 57 s
/2003 Lensahn

Lensahn

Lensahn is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 9 km south of Oldenburg in Holstein, and 40 km northeast of Lübeck....

• Quadruple Ultratriathlon

  Hojbjerre
/53 h 41 m 00 s
/1993 Ungarn

• Quintuple Ultratriathlon

  Conraux
/73 h 18 m 16 s
/2005 Monterrey

Monterrey

Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

• Deca Ultratriathlon

  Lucas
/192 h 08 m 26 s
/1997 Monterrey

Monterrey

Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

• 10-Days 5 x Olympic Distance pr. day -Triathlon

  Marcel Heinig

Marcel Heinig

Marcel Nico Andreas Heinig is a German extreme sportsman who has his greatest success in decatriathlons, which are more than fifty times the distance of the Olympic triathlon. He scored his biggest victory by winning the gold medal at the World Championships in Decatriathlon in 2008.Marcel...

/174 h 50 m 34 s
/2009 Monterrey

Monterrey

Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

Women

• Ironman

  Chrissie Wellington

Chrissie Wellington

Christine Ann Wellington MBE , known as Chrissie Wellington, is an English triathlete and the current Ironman Triathlon World Champion...

/8 h 18 m 13 s
/2011 Roth

Challenge Roth

The Challenge Roth, is a triathlon race in and around Roth, Germany. It is held annually in July.-Course:The distance is the Ironman distance, even though the race is not part of the official Ironman series....

• Double Ultratriathlon

  Tina Bischoff
/22 h 07 m 00 s
/1994 Huntsville (USA)

• Triple Ultratriathlon

  Astrid Benöhr

Astrid Benöhr

Astrid Benöhr is a German endurance athlete in Ultra-Triathlon. She holds the women's world records in the triple, quintuple and quadruple ironman...

/37 h 54 m 54 s
/1996 Lensahn

Lensahn

Lensahn is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 9 km south of Oldenburg in Holstein, and 40 km northeast of Lübeck....

• Quadruple Ultratriathlon

  Astrid Benöhr

Astrid Benöhr

Astrid Benöhr is a German endurance athlete in Ultra-Triathlon. She holds the women's world records in the triple, quintuple and quadruple ironman...

/59 h 15 m 00 s
/1993 Ungarn

• Quintuple Ultratriathlon

  Astrid Benöhr

Astrid Benöhr

Astrid Benöhr is a German endurance athlete in Ultra-Triathlon. She holds the women's world records in the triple, quintuple and quadruple ironman...

/86 h 44 m 37 s
/1994 Den Haag

• Deca Ultratriathlon

  Sylvia Andonie
/249 h 14 m 52 s
/1992, Monterrey (MEX)

International Ultra Triathlon Association

The IUTA is the official governing body of Ultra Triathlon.

External links

• International Ultra Triathlon Association