The starting field for the professional men and women includes 55 athletes each. However, some of the qualifiers cannot be on the starting line due to injury, the most prominent name certainly being Jan Frodeno. But Paul Schuster, Alistair Brownlee and Sam Long also had to cancel their participation this year. Unfortunately, the women's competition was reduced by the recent accident of British athlete Kat Matthews - she was considered one of the toughest competitors for Anne Haug, Daniela Ryf & Co. and was one of the favorites for the title.
These are the current start lists (status: 01.10.) - we have marked German athletes for an overview.
Men
| race number | Surname | nation | qualifying competition |
| M1 | Blummenfelt, Kristian* | NOR | IRONMAN Cozumel |
| M2 | Sanders, Lionel | CAN | IRONMAN Chattanooga |
| M3 | Currie, Braden | NZL | IRONMAN World Championship |
| M4 | Leiferman, Chris | USA | IRONMAN World Championship |
| M5 | Anger, Florian | ENG | IRONMAN Majorca |
| M6 | Long, Patrick | ENG | IRONMAN WC Automatic Qualifiers |
| M7 | Kienle, Sebastian | ENG | IRONMAN South Africa |
| M8 | Iden, Gustav | NOR | IRONMAN WC Automatic Qualifiers |
| M9 | O'Donnell, Tim | USA | IRONMAN Des Moines |
| M10 | Hoffman, Ben | USA | IRONMAN Chattanooga |
| M11 | Litter, Cameron | OUT OF | IRONMAN Vitoria |
| M12 | Chevalier, Leon | FRA | IRONMAN Majorca |
| M14 | Backegard, Daniel | THE | IRONMAN World Championship |
| M15 | Laidlow, Sam | FRA | IRONMAN World Championship |
| M16 | McNamee, David | GBR | IRONMAN World Championship |
| M17 | Skipper, Joe | GBR | IRONMAN Switzerland |
| M19 | Von Berg, Rodolphe | USA | IRONMAN France |
| M20 | Hanson, Matthew | USA | IRONMAN World Championship |
| M21 | Chevrot, Denis | FRA | IRONMAN Austria |
| M22 | Collucci, Reinaldo | BRA | IRONMAN Brazil |
| M23 | Neuman, Max | OUT OF | IRONMAN Cairns |
| M25 | Chartier, Collin | USA | IRONMAN Mont Tremblant |
| M26 | Buckingham, Kyle | RSA | IRONMAN South Africa |
| M27 | Van Berkel, Tim | OUT OF | IRONMAN Australia |
| M28 | Kastelein, Nicholas | OUT OF | IRONMAN Vitoria |
| M29 | Van Berkel, Jan | SUI | IRONMAN Switzerland |
| M30 | Vandendriessche, Kenneth | BEL | IRONMAN Lanzarote |
| M31 | Tutukin, Ivan | KAZ | IRONMAN Austria |
| M32 | Ditlef, Magnus | THE | IRONMAN Texas |
| M33 | Weiss, Bradley | RSA | IRONMAN South Africa |
| M34 | Smith, Kyle | NZL | IRONMAN World Championship |
| M35 | Heemeryck, Pieter | BEL | IRONMAN Sweden |
| M36 | Hogenhaug, Kristian | THE | IRONMAN Frankfurt |
| M37 | Appleton, Sam | OUT OF | IRONMAN Cairns |
| M38 | Mignon, Clement | FRA | IRONMAN Frankfurt |
| M39 | Svensson, Jesper | SWE | IRONMAN Texas |
| M40 | Lopes, Andre | BRA | IRONMAN De Moines |
| M41 | Trautman, Matt | RSA | IRONMAN South Africa |
| M42 | Wilkowiecki, Robert | POLE | IRONMAN Frankfurt |
| M43 | Kallin, Robert | SWE | IRONMAN Florida |
| M44 | Petersen, Mathias | THE | IRONMAN Lanzarote |
| M45 | Weiss, Michael | AUT | IRONMAN Lake Placid |
| M47 | Taccone, Luciano | ARG | IRONMAN Des Moines |
| M48 | Guilloux, Arnaud | FRA | IRONMAN Florida |
| M49 | Amberger, Josh | OUT OF | IRONMAN Australia |
| M50 | Clavel, Maurice | ENG | IRONMAN South Africa |
| M51 | Amorelli, Igor | BRA | IRONMAN Brazil |
| M52 | Goesch, Henrik | FIN | IRONMAN Cairns |
| M53 | Dreiz, Andreas | ENG | wildcard |
| M54 | Burton, Matt | OUT OF | IRONMAN Western Australia |
| M55 | Plese, David | SLO | IRONMAN Mont Tremblant |
*Current IRONMAN World Champion from May 7th, 2022: the last IRONMAN World Championship did not take place in October 2021 in Hawaii, but was postponed due to corona and held as part of the IRONMAN UTAH in May 2022.
Women
| race number | Surname | nation | qualifying competition |
| F1 | Ryf, Daniela* | SUI | IRONMAN WC Automatic Qualifiers |
| F3 | Haug, Anne | ENG | IRONMAN WC Automatic Qualifiers |
| F4 | Moench, Skye | USA | IRONMAN Chattanooga |
| F5 | Astle, Ruth | GBR | IRONMAN Majorca |
| F6 | Charles-barclay, Lucy | GBR | IRONMAN WC Automatic Qualifiers |
| F7 | Crowley, Sarah | OUT OF | IRONMAN Australia |
| F8 | Philip, Laura | ENG | IRONMAN Austria |
| F9 | Jackson, Heather | USA | IRONMAN Florida |
| F10 | North, Lisa | SWE | IRONMAN World Championship |
| F11 | Siddall, Laura | GBR | IRONMAN World Championship |
| F12 | Langridge, Fenella | GBR | IRONMAN World Championship |
| F14 | Frades Larralde, Gurutze | ESP | IRONMAN Chattanooga |
| F15 | Stage-Nielsen, Maja | THE | IRONMAN World Championship |
| F17 | True, Sarah | USA | IRONMAN Lake Placid |
| F18 | McCauley, Jocelyn | USA | IRONMAN Texas |
| F19 | Bleymehl, Daniela | ENG | IRONMAN South Africa |
| F20 | Svensk, Sara | SWE | IRONMAN Cozumel |
| Q21 | Oliveira, Pamela | BRA | IRONMAN Brazil |
| Q22 | Chura, Haley | USA | IRONMAN Mont Tremblant |
| Q23 | Mitchell, Simone | GBR | IRONMAN Ireland |
| Q24 | Sodaro, Chelsea | USA | IRONMAN Hamburg |
| Q25 | Zimmerman, Laura | ENG | IRONMAN Florida |
| Q26 | Genet, Manon | FRA | IRONMAN Hamburg |
| Q28 | Clarke, Rebecca | NZL | IRONMAN Australia |
| Q29 | Mathieux, Justine | FRA | IRONMAN Majorca |
| F30 | Brandon, Lauren | USA | IRONMAN Texas |
| F31 | Curridori, Elisabetta | IT | IRONMAN Lanzarote |
| F32 | Ryter, Joanna | SUI | IRONMAN Cozumel |
| F33 | Zilinskas, Rachel | USA | IRONMAN Mont Tremblant |
| F35 | Kiley, Renee | OUT OF | IRONMAN World Championship |
| F36 | Anne, Jen | CAM | IRONMAN Des Moines |
| F37 | Hartikainen, Heini | FIN | IRONMAN Hamburg |
| F38 | Fillnow, Kelly | USA | IRONMAN World Championship |
| F39 | Lipold, Kristin | ENG | IRONMAN Switzerland |
| F40 | Illeditsch, Elena | ENG | IRONMAN South Africa |
| F41 | Duke, Dimity Lee | OUT OF | IRONMAN Frankfurt |
| F43 | Sainter, Chantal | GBR | IRONMAN Ireland |
| F44 | Slater, Penny | OUT OF | IRONMAN Cairns |
| F46 | Simpsons, Kylie | OUT OF | IRONMAN Western Australia |
| F47 | Nieuwoudt, Nagda | RSA | IRONMAN South Africa |
| F48 | Robertson, Jodie | USA | IRONMAN Lake Placid |
| F49 | Schultz, Jennie | ENG | IRONMAN Switzerland |
| F50 | Neres, Beatrice | BRA | IRONMAN Brazil |
| F51 | Cheetham, Susie | GBR | IRONMAN De Moines |
| F52 | Bevilaqua, Kate | OUT OF | IRONMAN Cairns |
*Current IRONMAN World Champion from May 7th, 2022: the last IRONMAN World Championship did not take place in October 2021 in Hawaii, but was postponed due to corona and held as part of the IRONMAN UTAH in May 2022.
Status: 10/01/2022 / Source: ironman.com
