Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Triathlon
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueTriathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir
Dates18 and 19 August 2008
Competitors110 from 37 nations
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Triathlon at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Events
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The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 (women) and Tuesday, August 19 (men), on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling.

Each competitor started the event with a 1,500 metres (0.93 mi) swim course, followed by a 40 kilometres (25 mi) road bicycle race and finished with a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) road run. Both leg transitions (swimming—cycling and cycling—running) were performed on a special transition area, under judge's scrutiny. The cycling was carried out as 6 laps of 6.66 km each and the running as 4 laps of 2.5 km each.[1]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
details 		Jan Frodeno
 Germany 		Simon Whitfield
 Canada 		Bevan Docherty
 New Zealand
Women's individual
details 		Emma Snowsill
 Australia 		Vanessa Fernandes
 Portugal 		Emma Moffatt
 Australia

Schedule

The Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Event Date Start Time
Women's Triathlon August 18 10:00
Men's Triathlon August 19 10:00

Participating nations

A total of 110 triathletes (55 men and 55 women) from 37 nations (men from 31 nations - women from 30 nations) competed at the Beijing Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia1012
2 Germany1001
3 Canada0101
 Portugal0101
5 New Zealand0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Qualification

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Eight National Olympic Committees could have a maximum of three eligible athletes per event, all other NOCs could have a maximum of two eligible athletes per event.[2]

Notes and references

Notes
  • a China achieved qualification for the women's event through the ITU Olympic Qualification Ranking, therefore the host nation's Olympic place was given to another best placed athlete in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings;
  • b Oceanian NOCs did not qualify any eligible male and female competitors through the Continental Olympic Ranking; the same situation was verified with African NOCs for the women's event. Thus, each of these qualification places were given to the next best placed athletes in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings;
  • c Flora Duffy would qualify through her place in the ITU Olympic Qualification Ranking. Since she received an invitation from the tripartite commission, her slot was given to the next best placed athlete in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings.
References
  1. ^ en.beijing2008.cn Triathlon Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, en.beijing2008.cn; retrieved August 19. 2008
  2. ^ "Olympic qualifying criteria" (PDF). ITU.
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