Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's

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Men's triathlon
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Triathlon pictogram.svg
Venue Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo
Date26 July 2021
Competitors51 from 29 nations
Winning time1:45:04
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kristian Blummenfelt Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Alex Yee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Hayden Wilde Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
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The men's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place at the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo on 26 July. [1]

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The race began with a false start, as a media boat blocked about a third of the field from entering the water. [2] After the restart, the field remained close together coming out of the water. In the cycling leg, a group of 10 broke away for the first few laps but the chasing pack eventually reeled them by the end of the fifth lap to form a lead group of 37 triathletes. On the last lap, Andrea Salvisberg broke away solo to lead by 16 seconds heading into the second transition, but he was caught by the rest of the field on the first lap of the running leg. [3] The lead group remained together until the end of the third lap, when Alex Yee, Kristian Blummenfelt, and Hayden Wilde surged ahead. In the final mile, Blummenfelt accelerated away from the other two to take the gold medal. Yee finished 11 seconds later to take the silver, with Wilde completing the podium a further nine seconds back. [4]

Course

The event took place at the Odaiba Marine Park and was 51.5 kilometres (32.0 mi) long along a flat course. [4] Competitors began with a 1.5-kilometre (0.93 mi) swimming leg, consisting of a 950-metre (3,120 ft) lap followed by a shorter 550-metre (1,800 ft) lap. Then, they took on the 40-kilometre (25 mi) cycling leg, made of eight laps of a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) course. Finally, competitors finished with four 2.5-kilometre (1.6 mi) laps that made up the 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) running leg. [5] [6] [7]

Results

Rank#TriathleteNationSwimmingCyclingRunningTotal timeDifference
Gold medal icon.svg43 Kristian Blummenfelt Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 18:0456:1929:341:45:04
Silver medal icon.svg55 Alex Yee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 18:0956:1729:441:45:15+ 0:11
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Hayden Wilde Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 18:1756:0729:521:45:24+ 0:20
427 Marten van Riel Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 17:4556:3730:211:45:52+ 0:48
554 Jonathan Brownlee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17:4956:3830:221:45:53+ 0:49
652 Kevin McDowell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18:2955:5630:241:45:54+ 0:50
718 Bence Bicsák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 17:5556:2630:241:45:56+ 0:52
844 Gustav Iden Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 18:2455:5930:291:46:00+ 0:56
947 Max Studer Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 18:2555:5930:351:46:06+ 1:02
1022 Mario Mola Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 18:2156:0630:381:46:13+ 1:09
1145 Casper Stornes Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 17:5856:2130:501:46:19+ 1:15
1220 Fernando Alarza Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 18:2056:0930:421:46:22+ 1:18
137 Vincent Luis Flag of France.svg  France 17:3956:4530:511:46:24+ 1:20
1430 Kenji Nener Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 17:5156:3130:531:46:24+ 1:20
1515 Tyler Mislawchuk Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 17:5056:3530:551:46:28+ 1:24
1610 Jacob Birtwhistle Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 18:1456:1131:011:46:32+ 1:28
176 Dorian Coninx Flag of France.svg  France 18:0456:1831:151:46:48+ 1:44
181 Tayler Reid Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 17:4556:4031:251:46:54+ 1:50
1931 Makoto Odakura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 18:2156:0531:261:47:03+ 1:59
2038 Shachar Sagiv Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 18:1256:1431:371:47:10+ 2:06
215 Léo Bergère Flag of France.svg  France 18:0056:2231:471:47:20+ 2:16
2246 Andrea Salvisberg Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 18:0256:0332:101:47:25+ 2:21
2325 João Silva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 17:5556:3031:531:47:30+ 2:26
2411 Matthew Hauser Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 18:0756:1831:591:47:35+ 2:31
2521 Javier Gómez Noya Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 18:2256:0532:081:47:46+ 2:42
2612 Aaron Royle Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 18:0956:1432:211:47:57+ 2:53
2724 João Pereira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 17:5656:3132:271:48:03+ 2:59
2834 Manoel Messias Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 18:3757:4030:431:48:11+ 3:07
2919 Tamás Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 18:0756:2032:391:48:19+ 3:15
3039 Diego Moya Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 17:5056:3432:481:48:29+ 3:25
3140 Crisanto Grajales Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 18:2357:5231:061:48:36+ 3:32
328 Dmitry Polyanskiy Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 17:4056:4933:081:48:46+ 3:42
3356 Oscar Coggins Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 17:5456:2933:231:48:55+ 3:51
3428 Lukas Hollaus Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 18:3857:3831:341:48:59+ 3:55
3537 Ran Sagiv Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 18:2457:5031:351:49:04+ 4:00
3623 Felix Duchampt Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 18:3957:4231:381:49:06+ 4:02
3735 Gianluca Pozzatti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 18:0056:2433:311:49:14+ 4:10
384 Jonas Schomburg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 17:4258:3832:021:49:34+ 4:30
3936 Delian Stateff Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 17:5456:3134:241:50:00+ 4:56
403 Justus Nieschlag Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 18:0956:1434:321:50:10+ 5:06
4133 Rostislav Pevtsov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 18:2757:5033:171:50:46+ 5:42
4253 Morgan Pearson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18:0258:1734:321:52:05 [lower-alpha 1] + 7:01
439 Igor Polyanskiy Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 17:4758:3034:341:52:07+ 7:03
4414 Stefan Zachaus Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 17:5656:2936:451:52:21+ 7:17
4532 Mehdi Essadiq Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 17:5858:1335:461:53:25+ 8:21
4641 Irving Pérez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 18:061:01:1433:341:54:02+ 8:58
4742 Mohamad Maso Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 18:0758:1036:331:54:12+ 9:08
4817 Russell White Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 18:3557:4037:051:54:40+ 9:36
4916 Matthew Sharpe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 17:5656:3141:501:57:32+ 12:28
51 Henri Schoeman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 17:4356:41Did not finish [lower-alpha 2]
29 Alois Knabl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 17:55Did not finish [lower-alpha 3]
Source: Official results [10] [11] [3]

Notes

  1. Pearson received a 15-second penalty for placing his equipment outside the box during the first transition. This penalty was served at the start of the running leg. [8]
  2. Schoeman withdrew during the running leg due to an ankle injury. [9]
  3. Knabl had a mechanical problem during the cycling leg and was unable to continue. [8]

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