The Dutch Five Triathlon is a competition of Ultra-triathlon organized with $the Hague with the Netherlands in 1991 and 1994 by the foundation Dutch Ultra Triathlon Challenge. The test consists in consecutively carrying out 19 km of swimming, 900 km of cycling and 211 km of race on foot, i.e. quintuple distances from those of the Ironman. On this course, Astrid Benöhr holds 3 14:44 days the female world records: 37.

History

In 1991, the Dutch Five Triathlon is the longest triathlon ever disputed; it exceeds the world Défi of the endurance (triple ironman) created in 1988 and the quatruple ironman disputed in $the Hague the same year. The first edition suffers from engineering problems because of the unusual duration of the event with time limits 110 hours (4 days 14 hours) to carry out the course: the course with bicycle and foot of had to be changed by twice.

In 1995, Astrid Benöhr there carries out the female world records of the quintuple ultra-triathlon and finishes third on 24 participants.

Prize list

See too

• Ultra-triathlon
• Dutch Doubles Triathlon

References

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