Ironman in Brazil started back in 1982 in different cities, but in 2001 the race moved to Florianopolis where it's hosted every year since. //

I know this is an old thread, but are you sure it was 82? I raced there several times from 82 to 86 or so, and dont remember there being an ironman event there yet. Certainly there was an indie ironman distance race there some time in the mid to late 80's, that morphed into an ironman race. Believe it was race directed by Dan Madruga too, the olympic swimmer turned triathlete, who won our national championships one year as I recall..

Forgot that I made this thread. Updated through post 75. Some people mentioned races in above posts but I did not include them on the list as there wasn't enough information for me to find dates or locations of the race.

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Matt

I stand corrected.
I was checking with some older fellows and - indeed - the first qualifying races for Kona in Brazil started as half distances in the 90’s (94 or 95) and were organized by Djan Madruga, not sure if under the Ironman brand though. I was trying to find some online references here but couldn’t find any.
The first Full Ironman in Brazil seems to have been in 2000 in Porto Seguro, then moving to Florianópolis.
I started doing triathlons in 2006 so my references are not as good as yours ;)

The first Full Ironman in Brazil seems to have been in 2000 in Porto Seguro, then moving to Florianópolis. //

I'm pretty sure there was an ironman there in 90, for sure 1991. Someone needs to get ahold of Djan, he would know the history to the month. And I just saw he won the world masters championships in the 60+ division in the 400IM...

Forster was first held on 20th April 1985.

I may have missed seeing it, but before IM Canada there was the Canadian Ultra in Penticton. I am sure it was there in ‘85, but may have been there a year or two before that.

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Team Zoot So Cal

For the interest of completion (though I know it's been a while since it was started), there's three total in Ireland.
IM Ireland (Youghal, Co. Cork) - on the list already
Hardman (Killarney, Co. Kerry)
Challenge Galway (Galway City, Co. Galway)

And the list should needs to be updated that IM Norway (Haugesund) is gone. Held in 2018 and 2019 then, sadly - POOF!

Fantastic event organised by Black Country Triathletes, I did it a few times. Mark Allen was brought over one year by TriUk to hand out prizes and medals. Swim in Gailey Reservoir, Cycle out to Newport, Shropshire ( 2 lap ) then a multi lap run along the disused railway line to finish in Aldersley stadium.

The first UK full distance event was back in 1984 :

https://www.planetx.co.uk/...-triathlon-in-the-uk

This past June was the last run of IM Boulder 😢

Luckily we still have the 70.3

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Darren
https://www.strava.com/athletes/12385497

The small town of Collie in WA had one back in the early 90's run by their local tri club..
Here is the race video for the MMM Triathlon 1985. I did that one in 1992 and it was bloody hard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag2wHxOULG8

and Forster 1985 the year Allen and Tinley pulled out in the swim
https://www.youtube.com/...q0MGZcS20&t=488s