| Men's PT1 at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Fort Copacabana | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 10 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| PT2 | men | women |
| PT4 | men | women |
| PT5 | women | |
The Paratriathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's PT1 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games took place at 11:20 on 10 September 2016 at Fort Copacabana.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Swim | 1st transition | Bike lap 1 | Bike lap 2 | Bike lap 3 | Bike lap 4 | 2nd transition | Run lap 1 | Run lap 2 | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 101 | Jetze Plat |  Netherlands | 10:24 | 1:29 | 8:11 | 8:33 | 8:46 | 8:46 | 0:46 | 5:47 | 6:49 | 59:31 |
 | 102 | Geert Schipper | Netherlands | 11:48 | 1:30 | 8:35 | 8:52 | 8:59 | 9:00 | 0:50 | 5:39 | 6:17 | 1:01:30 |
 | 107 | Giovanni Achenza |  Italy | 11:51 | 1:32 | 8:31 | 8:49 | 9:02 | 9:01 | 0:45 | 5:44 | 6:30 | 1:01:45 |
| 4 | 106 | Bill Chaffey |  Australia | 11:21 | 1:27 | 8:56 | 9:10 | 9:24 | 9:47 | 0:48 | 5:41 | 6:27 | 1:03:01 |
| 5 | 110 | Krige Schabort |  United States | 11:51 | 1:21 | 8:54 | 9:14 | 9:25 | 9:33 | 0:55 | 5:43 | 6:19 | 1:03:15 |
| 6 | 109 | Joe Townsend |  Great Britain | 14:47 | 1:07 | 7:30 | 10:09 | 9:12 | 9:30 | 0:39 | 5:33 | 6:16 | 1:04:43 |
| 7 | 104 | Fernando Aranha |  Brazil | 13:11 | 1:21 | 9:14 | 9:29 | 9:36 | 9:40 | 0:58 | 6:17 | 7:05 | 1:06:51 |
| 8 | 108 | Phil Hogg | Great Britain | 11:55 | 1:34 | 9:53 | 10:05 | 10:06 | 10:26 | 1:00 | 6:23 | 6:58 | 1:08:20 |
| 9 | 105 | Nic Beveridge | Australia | 11:57 | 1:43 | 10:14 | 9:50 | 11:50 | 11:01 | 1:00 | 6:12 | 6:48 | 1:10:35 |
| 10 | 103 | Jumpei Kimura |  Japan | 13:04 | 1:36 | 9:54 | 10:31 | 10:21 | 10:34 | 1:08 | 7:41 | 8:53 | 1:13:42 |
Source: "Men's - PT1 Schedute and Results". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 20 October 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
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