Five new locations announced as 2026 IRONMAN Pro Series calendar unveiled
IRONMAN have revealed the 2026 Pro Series schedule â with Experience Oman as its new title partner â and it features five new race locations.
The performance-based world series will continue to showcase and reward the worldâs top professional triathletes as they vie for points and event prize money towards the title of Pro Series champion and their share of $1.7 million USD in year-end bonus pool payouts.
It will be the third edition of the Pro Series and will be contested over 16 races â six IRONMAN and eight IRONMAN 70.3 triathlons from around the globe as well as the IRONMAN World Championship and IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlons.
Thatâs effectively exactly the same as this year â 14 support races and then the World Championships. And it means that the top athletes will again have the choice of the Pro Series or the PTOâs T100 Triathlon World Tour â or trying to combine both.
Which are the new races?
The 2026 schedule will see five new race venues added to the calendar including the ANZCO Foods IRONMAN New Zealand, and IRONMAN Kalmar, Sweden.
The three new IRONMAN 70.3 events joining the schedule are: North Ameriaâs IRONMAN 70.3 Pennsylvania Happy Valley North American Championship and IRONMAN 70.3 Boise triathlons, as well as IRONMAN 70.3 Elsinore triathlon in Denmark.
The series will culminate in October with the pinnacle race in triathlon â the IRONMAN World Championship event in Kailua-Kona â taking its place as the final and deciding race.
With New Zealand hosting next yearâs opening race, the 2026 schedule is an homage to the history of IRONMAN racing, with the worldâs two oldest IRONMAN triathlons bookending the series.
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All Experience Oman IRONMAN Pro Series races will continue to be broadcast for free across multiple platforms globally including proseries.ironman.com, and YouTube.
âThe Experience Oman IRONMAN Pro Series continues to evolve in response to the needs and aspirations of our professional athletes, and weâre thrilled to unveil the 2026 schedule,â said Scott DeRue, CEO of The IRONMAN Group.
âThe calendar is designed to maintain a compelling narrative from March through October, offering athletes a wide range of strategic options â whether they prefer to start strong early in the season, pace themselves throughout the year, or race closer to home.â
Scott DeRue, CEO of The IRONMAN Group [Photo credit: Getty Images for IRONMAN]
How it works
Only the top five race performances of the year will count towards an athleteâs final ranking, of which a maximum of three full-distance IRONMAN event results can be counted. At each of the 16 designated events, professional athletes will earn points based on their finish times to count towards a final series ranking.Â
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A first placed finish earns maximum points â 5,000 points for an IRONMAN and 2,500 points for a 70.3, while winning the IRONMAN World Championship will earn 6,000 points and the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon will earn 3,000 points.
Every second between the race winner and other finishers equates to a point won or lost.
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The end-of-year bonus prize pool will continue to pay out $1.7 million USDÂ to the top 1-50 ranked athletes. An additional $2.5 million in event prize money will be earned at individual races.
The top 10 ranked athletes in each gender at the end of the series will earn a share of $1.3 million USD of the bonus prize pool, with the top placed male and female taking home $200,000 USD each. The remaining $400,000 bonus prize pool for athletes finishing 11th to 50th in the standings is adjusted and weighted according to ranking to encourage year-long competition and reward more professionals who finish higher in the rankings. Â
The favourites for the respective 2025 titles are defending champion Kat Matthews and Kristian Blummenfelt.
Kat Matthews â on course for the Pro Series title again [Photo credit: Getty Images for IRONMAN]
The 2026 schedule in full
Experience Oman IRONMAN Pro SeriesDate Event Location PointsMar. 7ANZCO Foods IRONMAN New ZealandTaupĆ, New Zealand5,000Mar. 22IRONMAN 70.3 GeelongGeelong, Victoria, Australia2,500Mar. 28Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 OceansideOceanside, California, USA2,500Apr. 18Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas North American ChampionshipThe Woodlands, Texas, USA5,000May 17IRONMAN 70.3 Aix-en-ProvenceAix-en-Provence, France2,500Jun. 7IRONMAN Hamburg European Championship (WPRO)Hamburg, Germany5,000Jun. 14IRONMAN 70.3 Pennsylvania Happy Valley North American ChampionshipState College, Pennsylvania, USA2,500Jun. 21IRONMAN 70.3 ElsinoreElsinore, Denmark2,500Jun. 28Mainova IRONMAN Frankfurt European Championship (MPRO)Frankfurt, Germany5,000Jul. 12IRONMAN 70.3 SwanseaSwansea, Wales, UK2,500Jul. 19Athletic Brewing IRONMAN Lake PlacidLake Placid, New York, USA5,000Jul. 25IRONMAN 70.3 BoiseBoise, Idaho, USA2,500Aug. 15IRONMAN KalmarKalmar, Sweden5,000Aug. 30IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See-KaprunZell am See, Austria2,500Sep. 11-12IRONMAN 70.3 World ChampionshipNice, France3,000Oct. 10IRONMAN World ChampionshipKailua-Kona, Hawai`i, USA6,000
