Triathlon (Spanish:Triatlón), for the 2013 Bolivarian Games, took place on 25 November and 27 November 2013. [1] The two individual races for these Games are officially the sprint distance ones.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's individual [2] | ![]() | 57:20 | ![]() | 57:57 | ![]() | 58:44 |
Women's individual [3] | ![]() | 1:08:14 | ![]() | 1:08:30 | ![]() | 1:08:31 |
Mixed relay team [4] | ![]() Juan Jose Andrade Figueroa Maria Cristina Farez Pucha Andrés Miguel Cabascango Figueroa Elizabeth Bravo | 1:13:48 | ![]() Hernan Rubiano Fiorella D'Croz Carlos Quinchara Maira Vargas | 1:14:55 | ![]() Tomas Olavarria Favia Diaz Felipe Ignacio van de Wyngard Véli Andrea Longueira | 1:15:11 |
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