In the chaos of race day, three pro men were directed to cut out 5-kilometer sections twice from the two-loop run course. The rest of the pro men were directed to cut out 5 kilometers from the first loop and to run the full 10.5 kilometers on the second loop.

When race officials finished deliberations Monday morning, they awarded equal money and points for the top three finishers who ran 11.2 kilometers – and the same to the top three men who ran a total of 16.2 kilometers. The rest of the pro men’s field who ran 16.2 kilometers were awarded the advertised prize money and points for finishing 4th and back.

Thus Carlos Quinchara Forero of Colombia won $5,000 for finishing first of the three men who ran 11.2 kilometers. Forero finished the shortened Ironman 70.3 event in a time of 3:23:56 with a margin of 28 seconds over runner-up Davide Giardini of Italy and 3:32 over 3rd-place Justin Metzler of the U.S.

And for those who were directed to run a complete second loop on the run which totaled 16.2 kilometers, Matt Hanson of the U.S. won $5,000 for finishing first in 3:38:01 with an undetermined margin (due to timing errors) over runner-up Mario de Elias of Argentina and 15:13 over 3rd-place David Guete of Colombia.