Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's

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Men's Triathlon
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
File:Triathlon pictogram.svg
VenueTriathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir
Date19 August
Competitors55 from 31 nations
Winning time1:48:53.28
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jan Frodeno File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Simon Whitfield File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bevan Docherty File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
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Triathlon at the
2008 Summer Olympics
File:Triathlon pictogram.svg
Events
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The men's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics programme. It was the event's third appearance, established in 2000. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling. Fifty-five triathletes from 31 nations competed. The men's triathlon was won by Jan Frodeno of Germany with a time of 1:48:53.28. Simon Whitfield of Canada, who previously won this event in 2000, claimed the silver, while New Zealand's Bevan Docherty, silver medalist at the 2004 Athens, took the bronze. For the first time in Olympic history, two athletes had won more than a single medal in triathlon.

Competition format

The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of 1,500 metres (0.93 mi) swimming, 40 kilometres (25 mi), of road cycling, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of road running.[1]

Results

Rank #[2] Triathlete Swimming Cycling Running Total time* Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 32 File:Flag of Germany.svg Jan Frodeno (GER) 18:14 59:01 30:46 1:48:53.28 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 16 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Simon Whitfield (CAN) 18:18 58:56 30:48 1:48:58.47 +5.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 27 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Bevan Docherty (NZL) 18:23 58:51 30:57 1:49:05.59 +12.31
4 30 File:Flag of Spain.svg Javier Gómez Noya (ESP) 18:08 59:06 31:03 1:49:13.92 +20.64
5 31 File:Flag of Spain.svg Iván Raña (ESP) 18:22 58:52 31:14 1:49:22.03 +28.75
6 34 File:Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Unger (GER) 18:25 58:49 31:35 1:49:43.78 +50.50
7 21 File:Flag of the United States.svg Hunter Kemper (USA) 18:04 59:06 31:40 1:49:48.75 +55.47
8 41 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Henning (DEN) 18:18 58:57 31:48 1:49:57.47 +1:04.19
9 26 File:Flag of Russia.svg Igor Sysoyev (RUS) 18:02 59:15 31:41 1:49:59.38 +1:06.10
10 38 File:Flag of France.svg Frédéric Belaubre (FRA) 18:03 59:11 31:48 1:50:00.30 +1:07.02
11 11 File:Flag of Australia.svg Courtney Atkinson (AUS) 18:06 59:08 32:00 1:50:10.02 +1:16.74
12 35 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Alistair Brownlee (GBR) 18:11 59:05 32:07 1:50:19.62 +1:26.34
13 18 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Axel Zeebroek (BEL) 18:30 57:48 33:15 1:50:30.90 +1:37.62
14 36 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg William Clarke (GBR) 18:53 58:23 32:18 1:50:32.07 +1:38.79
15 33 File:Flag of Germany.svg Christian Prochnow (GER) 18:23 58:56 32:21 1:50:33.90 +1:40.62
16 12 File:Flag of Australia.svg Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) 18:17 58:56 32:26 1:50:36.00 +1:42.72
17 54 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Bruno Pais (POR) 18:28 58:47 32:32 1:50:40.22 +1:46.94
18 23 File:Flag of the United States.svg Jarrod Shoemaker (USA) 18:19 59:03 32:27 1:50:46.39 +1:53.11
19 44 File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Olivier Marceau (SUI) 18:55 58:18 32:37 1:50:50.07 +1:56.79
20 42 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Filip Ospaly (CZE) 18:17 58:56 32:41 1:50:53.69 +2:00.41
21 52 File:Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg Danylo Sapunov (KAZ) 18:11 59:05 32:42 1:50:58.98 +2:05.70
22 25 File:Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Polyanski (RUS) 18:15 59:07 32:53 1:51:11.61 +2:18.33
23 45 File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sven Riederer (SUI) 18:14 58:52 33:11 1:51:19.45 +2:26.17
24 24 File:Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Brukhankov (RUS) 18:10 59:08 33:01 1:51:22.59 +2:29.31
25 55 File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Dirk Bockel (LUX) 18:26 57:52 34:19 1:51:31.01 +2:37.73
26 8 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Juraci Moreira (BRA) 18:24 58:50 33:22 1:51:35.57 +2:42.29
27 17 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Peter Croes (BEL) 18:26 58:51 33:25 1:51:40.94 +2:47.66
28 15 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tichelaar (CAN) 18:24 58:51 33:34 1:51:46.81 +2:53.53
29 43 File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Reto Hug (SUI) 18:55 58:20 33:53 1:52:04.93 +3:11.65
30 6 File:Flag of Japan.svg Ryosuke Yamamoto (JPN) 18:27 58:53 33:56 1:52:11.98 +3:18.70
31 2 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Berk (NED) 18:13 59:06 33:57 1:52:18.09 +3:24.81
32 22 File:Flag of the United States.svg Matthew Reed (USA) 18:25 58:48 34:19 1:52:30.44 +3:37.16
33 10 File:Flag of Italy.svg Daniel Fontana (ITA) 18:22 58:55 34:26 1:52:39.21 +3:45.93
34 29 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane Reed (NZL) 18:00 59:19 34:34 1:52:48.16 +3:54.88
35 19 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Volodymyr Polikarpenko (UKR) 18:23 58:58 34:32 1:52:51.74 +3:58.46
36 40 File:Flag of France.svg Laurent Vidal (FRA) 18:49 58:24 34:51 1:53:02.79 +4:09.51
37 7 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Reinaldo Colucci (BRA) 18:52 58:28 34:56 1:53:13.94 +4:20.66
38 47 File:Flag of Austria.svg Simon Agoston (AUT) 18:20 59:00 35:02 1:53:23.98 +4:30.70
39 28 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Kris Gemmell (NZL) 18:41 58:34 35:42 1:53:49.47 +4:56.19
40 9 File:Flag of Italy.svg Emilio D'Aquino (ITA) 18:22 58:56 35:43 1:53:58.22 +5:04.94
41 4 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Marko Albert (EST) 18:09 59:12 35:54 1:54:13.58 +5:20.30
42 20 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Chris Felgate (ZIM) 18:21 59:00 36:09 1:54:31.61 +5:38.33
43 50 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Daniel Lee Chi Wo (HKG) 18:54 58:24 36:22 1:54:40.78 +5:47.50
44 3 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Francisco Serrano (MEX) 18:56 58:08 36:42 1:54:46.09 +5:52.81
45 53 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Duarte Marques (POR) 18:20 59:06 36:47 1:55:06.57 +6:13.29
46 56 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Daqing (CHN) 18:06 59:15 37:17 1:55:41.87 +6:48.59
47 51 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Csaba Kuttor (HUN) 18:09 59:13 37:27 1:55:53.38 +7:00.10
48 5 File:Flag of Japan.svg Hirokatsu Tayama (JPN) 18:04 59:12 37:58 1:56:13.68 +7:20.40
49 48 File:Flag of Syria.svg Omar Tayara (SYR) 18:23 58:56 38:19 1:56:40.54 +7:47.26
50 14 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Colin Jenkins (CAN) 18:12 58:59 38:39 1:56:50.85 +7:57.57
— 39 File:Flag of France.svg Tony Moulai (FRA) 18:27 58:49 Did not finish
— 37 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Tim Don (GBR) 18:54 LAP
— 49 File:Flag of Poland.svg Marek Jaskolka (POL) 18:55 LAP
— 1 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Glushchenko (UKR) 18:59 LAP
— 46 File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Pavel Šimko (SVK) Did not finish
  • * Including Transition 1 (swimming-to-cycling) and T2 (cycling-to-running), roughly a minute.
  • No one is allotted the number 13.
  • LAP – Lapped by the leader on the cycling course.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 According to the official Olympic Competition Rules Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine and the "ITU Competition Rules" (pdf). ITU. October 2006. p. 9. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  2. ↑ "Triathlon.org - Athlete Start Lists and Results Page". www.triathlon.org. Archived from the original on 2008-07-28.

BAUMAN, J. (2016) Energy conservation and management for high performance. Available at: http://usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&ItemId=13432&mid=11997 (Accessed: 17 March 2016). ITU. ( 2016) International Triathlon Union. Available at: http://www.triathlon.org/olympics/ (Accessed: 17 March 2016). Carlson, Timothy. (2012) The intricacies of Olympic qualification. Available at: http://www.slowtwitch.com/Interview/The_intricacies_of_Olympic_qualification_2731.html

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