Scott took more than 22 minutes off the prior course record. Photo: Lois Schwartz
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Join Triathlete.com as we look back at the history of Ironman Hawaii with photo galleries from the past 28 years. Check back on Tuesday for images from the 1987 race.
Funny bikes, with a 650C front wheel and 700C rear, were legal back in 1986. Photo: Lois Schwartz
Joanne Ernst, the defending champion, was first off the bike. She completed the swim and bike legs 17 minutes faster in 1986 than the prior year. Photo: Lois Schwartz
Dave Scott, pursuing his fifth Ironman world title, spurred Scott Tinley to break the course record in 1985 when Scott was on the sideline. Tinley set the mark at 8:50:54 and Scott was 10 minutes ahead of Tinley’s pace after the bike. Photo: Lois Schwartz
Scott Tinley lost 12 minutes to Scott in the first two legs of the ride. Defending his championship would have required a massive effort during the marathon. Photo: Lois Schwartz
Ernst used a 3:44 marathon to win in 1985 and that relative weakness was her undoing in ’86. Both Puntous sisters and Newby-Fraser passed her during the marathon. Photo: Lois Schwartz
Kenny Souza earned the title of the world’s best duathlete three years after this race, but he never mastered the swim. He was tagged with the nickname “Rockfish.” Souza finished out of the top 15. Photo: Lois Schwartz
As of 1986, Mark Allen was still an up-coming Ironman athlete, having never beaten Dave Scott. He came off the bike within a minute of Scott. Photo: Lois Schwartz
Tinley simply didn’t have the horsepower to match Scott and Allen. Photo: Lois Schwartz
Sylviane and Patricia Puntous running side-by-side on the Queen K Highway. They had gone first and second, Sylviane winning both times, in both 1983 and 1984. Photo: Lois Schwartz
Allen was on pace to shatter Tinley’s course record, but it wasn’t enough to match Scott’s pace on the day. Photo: Lois Schwartz
Scott won his fifth Ironman Hawaii title in 8:28:37. Photo: Lois Schwartz.
Scott took more than 22 minutes off the prior course record. Photo: Lois Schwartz
Patricia Puntous broke through for the first time and crossed the tape first. Unbeknownst to her at the time, she had been disqualified due to drafting penalties. At the time, athletes didn’t serve penalties on the course. Photo: Lois Schwartz
Sylviane Puntous took second place and attempted to comfort Patricia, who was inconsolable over the disqualification. Patricia never won the Ironman world title. Photo: Lois Schwartz
Tinley finished a disappointing third place. He never cracked the top level that Allen and Scott re-set on that day in 1986. Photo: Lois Schwartz
37-year-old school teacher Klaus Barth from Long Beach finished 8th in 1985 and returned in 1986. While the racers are typically given the race number equal to their finish the year before, organizers gave Barth 48 because of the relatively weak field in 1985. Barth earned 4th in 1986 ahead of triathlon legends Kenny Glah and Mike Pigg. Photo: Lois Schwartz
