Triathlon at the 1995 Pan American Games

Triathlon at the 1995 Pan American Games
Triathlon at the 1995 Pan American Games
	Mar del Plata, host of the 1995 Pan American Games, on April 7, 2010.
Venue	Mar del Plata
Dates	March 26, 1995
Competitors	57
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Last updated November 19, 2023

The triathlon competitions at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina, were scheduled on March 26. Triathlon is a sport that combines three different modalities, in which competitors compete for the best overall time.^[1] In total, 57 triathletes participated in the two events in the sport.^[2]

In the women's event, the American Karen Smyers won the gold medal. The podium was completed by Canadians Kristie Otto and Fiona Cribb, silver and bronze medalists, respectively. In the men's event, Brazil won the competition with Leandro Macedo. He was followed by Canadian Mark Bates and Argentine Oscar Galíndez.

Events

Triathlon was included in the Pan American calendar in 1993. Two years later, the events were scheduled for March 26 in Mar del Plata.^[3] The Brazilian Susana Schnarndorf led the swimming race, followed by the American Gail Laurence. This remained in the first places, but ended up off the podium. In cycling, Canadian Kristie Otto had the best performance, followed by Karen Smyers and Gail. Smyers, however, overtook Otto in the last race, winning the gold. Fiona Cribb also won a position in the last race, completing the podium with the bronze medal.^[4] In the transition from swimming for men, the American Nataniel Llerandi took the lead with 17 minutes and 25 seconds, but lost positions during the race. Argentine Oscar Galíndez finished cycling in first position, he remained on the podium after finishing in third position, but was overtaken by Brazilian Leandro Macedo and Canadian Mark Bates.^[5]

Results of the individual women's event^[4]
Pos.	Triathlete	Time
1	Karen Smyers (USA)	2:04:51
2	Kristie Otto (CAN)	2:07:16
3	Fiona Cribb (CAN)	2:08:14
4	Gail Laurence (USA)	2:08:51
5	Maria Luisa Martínez (MEX)	2:09:41
6	Lisa Bentley (CAN)	2:11:39
7	Maria del Carmen Ochoa (MEX)	2:11:58
8	Silvana Calcagno (ARG)	2:12:11
9	Maria Virginia Coronel (ARG)	2:12:49
10	Kelley Kwiatrowski (USA)	2:12:52
11	Márcia Ferreira (BRA)	2:14:22
12	Ana Carina Tonsig (ARG)	2:14:47
13	Maria Morales (COL)	2:14:50
14	Aglaê Menezes (BRA)	2:17:34
15	Susana Schnarndorf (BRA)	2:17:34
16	Laura Mata (CRC)	2:19:48
17	Maria Miño (CHI)	2:20:20
18	Veronica Granados (MEX)	2:22:45
19	Ana Maria Lecumberri (CHI)	2:26:10
20	Fabiola Acaron (PUR)	2:32:43
21	Joyce McKenzic (ISV)	2:34:58
22	Olga Camey (GUA)	2:39:42
	Libia Gonzalez (COL)	DNF
	Karla Solis (CRC)	DNF

Results of the individual men's event^[5]
Pos.	Triathlete	Time
1	Leandro Macedo (BRA)	1:51:14
2	Mark Bates (CAN)	1:51:36
3	Oscar Galíndez (ARG)	1:52:10
4	Ricardo Davila (MEX)	1:52:24
5	Andrew Carlson (USA)	1:53:33
6	Carlos Probert (MEX)	1:53:54
7	Matias Peña (CHI)	1:54:01
8	Ariel Garrigo (MEX)	1:54:14
9	Raul Lemir (ARG)	1:54:24
10	Bernardo Setina (MEX)	1:57:20
11	Will Cargas (COL)	1:57:27
12	Nataniel Llerandi (USA)	1:58:04
13	Ruben Arias (CHI)	1:58:44
14	Carlos Lomba (PER)	1:58:54
15	Juri Estrada (COL)	1:58:59
16	Ricardo Cardeño (COL)	2:00:37
17	Antônio Mansur (BRA)	2:01:01
18	Cristian Bustos (CHI)	2:01:13
19	Carlos Friely Paredes (GUA)	2:05:20
20	Pablo Antonio Rubio (HON)	2:06:59
21	Max Sevilla (CRC)	2:07:40
22	Claudio Cortes Cañas (CHI)	2:10:39
23	Jorge Rodríguez Sanchez (CRC)	2:10:57
24	Tim Byrne (COL)	2:12:24
25	Wayne Edwards (BAR)	2:13:57
26	Rodolfo Carrillo (GUA)	2:14:54
27	Fredy Guillen Rodríguez (HON)	2:20:35
	Emerson Gomes (BRA)	DNF
	Stefan Jakobsen (CAN)	DNF
	Tim DeBoom (USA)	DNF
	Bernardo Gutierrez (HON)	DNF
	Stefan Jakobsen (CAN)	DNF
	Andrew MacMartin (CAN)	DNS

Medalists

American triathlete Karen Smyers won the gold medal in the women's event,^[6] while Canadian Kristie Otto and Fiona Cribb won silver and bronze medals, respectively.^[7] The male event ended with the victory of Brazilian Leandro Macedo;^[8]^[9] the podium was completed by triathletes Mark Bates (silver medalist) and Oscar Galíndez (bronze medalist).^[10]^[11]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women	Karen Smyers United States	Kristie Otto Canada	Fiona Cribb Canada
Male	Leandro Macedo Brazil	Mark Bates Canada	Oscar Galíndez Argentina
Women Team	United States United States	Canada Canada	Mexico Mexico
Male team	Mexico Mexico	Argentina Argentina	United States United States

Medal board

In this edition, Brazil and the United States shared the leadership of the medal table, winning the men's and women's competition, respectively. However, Canada was the country with the most medals won; the country kept the two silvers distributed and also obtained a bronze. Finally, Argentina finished with the men's bronze medal.^[12]^[13]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	0	1	3
2	Mexico	1	0	1	2
3	Brazil	1	0	0	1
4	Canada	0	3	1	4
5	Argentina	0	1	1	2
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

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↑ Frank D. Rohter; Michael O’Shaughnessy (2006-07-07). Blue Collar Ironman: An Introduction to Lifelong Triathlon Training. Xlibris Corporation. p. 15. ISBN 9781465316189 . Retrieved 2020-07-02.
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↑ United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (1996). Atlante 1996. Commemorative Publications. ISBN 9780918883087 . Retrieved 2020-07-02.
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[1] Garrett, William E.; Kirkendall, Donald T. (2000). Exercise and sport science. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 919. ISBN 978-0-683-03421-9.

[2] Rosen, Karen (25 April 1993). "Upstart sports bidding for piece of USOC pie". The Atlanta Constitution . Atlanta, Georgia USA. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[3] Frank D. Rohter; Michael O’Shaughnessy (2006-07-07). Blue Collar Ironman: An Introduction to Lifelong Triathlon Training. Xlibris Corporation. p. 15. ISBN 9781465316189 . Retrieved 2020-07-02.

[resultadofem-4] 1 2 "Results: 1995 Mar del Plata Pan American Games | Elite Women". triathlon.org. Retrieved 2019-07-29.

[resultadomas-5] 1 2 "Results: 1995 Mar del Plata Pan American Games | Elite Men". triathlon.org. Retrieved 2019-07-28.

[6] Tim Durant (2007). Tim Durant (ed.). Know Regrets. p. xi. ISBN 9781435705678 . Retrieved 2020-07-02.

[7] United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (1996). Atlante 1996. Commemorative Publications. ISBN 9780918883087 . Retrieved 2020-07-02.

[8] Katia Rubio (2015-11-05). Atletas olímpicos brasileiros (in Portuguese). SESI. p. 648. ISBN 9788550412801 . Retrieved 2020-07-02.

[9] Clovis Sena (1999). Fronteira centro-oeste (in Portuguese). Editora Kelps. p. 196.

[10] "Mark Bates: Full Athlete Results". Triathlon.org. Retrieved 2020-07-02.

[11] "Há 25 anos, Oscar Galindez iniciava a sua trajetória de sucesso e conquistas no Triathlon". Mundotri.com.br. 2011-11-08. Retrieved 2020-07-02.

[12] Steven Olderr (2009-07-14). The Pan American Games/Los Juegos Panamericanos. McFarland. pp. 284–285. ISBN 9780786443369.

[13] Ignácio Aronovich (May 1995). "Bikeando". Trip (in Portuguese). Vol. 8, no. 40. ISSN 1414-350X.

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