Australia’s Josh Amberger led everyone out of the water, and then proceeded to smash the entire field with the day’s top bike split of 2:10:10. Comfortably in the lead, he ran a pressure free 1:20:25 half marathon to take the win in 3:56:48 – 3 minutes and 23 seconds ahead of Sam Appleton (AUS).
Top 10 Men
| AMBERGER, Josh | AUS | 03:56:48 | 1 |
| APPLETON, Sam | AUS | 04:00:11 | 2 |
| LAMPE, Joseph | AUS | 04:01:35 | 3 |
| BERKEL, Tim | AUS | 04:01:45 | 4 |
| MUNRO, Casey | AUS | 04:02:50 | 5 |
| DAVISON, Tom | NZL | 04:04:24 | 6 |
| REITHMEIER, Alex | AUS | 04:07:28 | 7 |
| AMBROSE, Paul | AUS | 04:08:43 | 8 |
| ISRAEL, Todd | AUS | 04:09:22 | 9 |
| WALL, Lindsey | AUS | 04:10:13 | 10 |
Fellow Australian Lisa Marangon also put together an unmatched one-two punch during the swim and bike. Her 26:13 swim, and top ride of 2:30:34 put her well in front by the start of the run where she easily captured the women’s title in 4:30:49 – that enabled her to have a margin of victory of 10 minutes and 6 seconds.
Top 10 Women
| MARANGON, Lisa | AUS | 04:30:49 | 1 |
| FORREST, Andrea | AUS | 04:40:54 | 2 |
| FLANAGAN, Kira | AUS | 04:47:13 | 3 |
| MOSLEY, Polly | AUS | 04:50:06 | 4 |
| MITCHELL, Jessica | AUS | 04:51:42 | 5 |
| RANSON, Holly | AUS | 04:52:52 | 6 |
| COOKE, Allison | AUS | 04:56:25 | 7 |
| PARKER, Lauren | AUS | 04:57:01 | 8 |
| AUSTON, Stephanie | AUS | 05:01:49 | 9 |
| PROFFIT, Shannon | AUS | 05:02:18 | 10 |