Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Triathlon
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir
Dates18 and 19 August 2008
Competitors110 from 37 nations
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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

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's individual
details 		Jan Frodeno
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 		Simon Whitfield
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 		Bevan Docherty
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's individual
details 		Emma Snowsill
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 		Vanessa Fernandes
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 		Emma Moffatt
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia

Schedule

The Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir. 2008 Triathlon Venue.JPG
The Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

EventDateStart Time
Women's TriathlonAugust 1810:00
Men's TriathlonAugust 1910:00

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
1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1012
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1001
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0101
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0101
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

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
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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