Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed relay

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Mixed relay
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Triathlon pictogram.svg
Venue Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo
Date31 July 2021
Competitors64 from 16 nations
Winning time1:23:41
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jess Learmonth
Jonny Brownlee
Georgia Taylor-Brown
Alex Yee
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Katie Zaferes
Kevin McDowell
Taylor Knibb
Morgan Pearson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Léonie Périault
Dorian Coninx
Cassandre Beaugrand
Vincent Luis
Flag of France.svg  France
2024  

The Mixed relay triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place at the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo on 31 July 2021. [1] [2]

The mixed team event featured teams of four (two men and two women). Each athlete performed a triathlon of 300 m (330 yd) swim, 6.8 km (4.2 mi) cycle, and a 2 km (1.2 mi) run in a relay format. [3]

Kristian Blummenfelt and Flora Duffy, gold medallists in men's and women's individual events, were unable to participate since Norway and Bermuda failed to qualify four athletes, while Austria and South Africa were forced to scratch as they were unable to field a team due to athletes being injured during individual events.

Alex Yee, silver medallist of the men's individual event, brought Great Britain home for the gold. Morgan Pearson and Vincent Luis anchored the silver and bronze for the United States and France. Mexico's Irving Pérez finishes the race as the last athlete while Russia's Igor Polyanski tests positive for doping and receives 3-year suspension in October 2021, jeopardizing the country's rank in the event.

Results

RankNationTriathletesSwimmingCyclingRunningTotal timeDifference
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Jess Learmonth
Jonny Brownlee
Georgia Taylor-Brown
Alex Yee
16:1339:5723:141:23:41__
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Katie Zaferes
Kevin McDowell
Taylor Knibb
Morgan Pearson
16:2839:2623:311:23:55+0:14
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France Léonie Périault
Dorian Coninx
Cassandre Beaugrand
Vincent Luis
16:3539:5123:211:24:04+0:23
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Rachel Klamer
Marco van der Stel
Maya Kingma
Jorik van Egdom
16:2739:4423:501:24:34+0:53
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Claire Michel
Marten Van Riel
Valérie Barthelemy
Jelle Geens
16:2539:5723:511:24:36+0:55
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Laura Lindemann
Jonas Schomburg
Anabel Knoll
Justus Nieschlag
16:2639:5323:591:24:40+0:59
7Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Jolanda Annen
Andrea Salvisberg
Nicola Spirig
Max Studer
16:3640:1724:031:25:27+1:46
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Verena Steinhauser
Gianluca Pozzatti
Alice Betto
Delian Stateff
16:3340:4624:381:26:23+2:42
9Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Ashleigh Gentle
Matthew Hauser
Emma Jeffcoat
Jacob Birtwhistle
16:2741:1624:191:26:27+2:46
10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Anna Godoy
Fernando Alarza
Miriam Casillas
Mario Mola
16:2941:1024:241:26:31+2:50
11Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Zsanett Bragmayer
Bence Bicsák
Zsófia Kovács
Tamás Tóth
16:4341:1124:141:26:43+3:02
12Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Ainsley Thorpe
Tayler Reid
Nicole van der Kaay
Hayden Wilde
16:4740:3924:561:26:53+3:12
13Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yuko Takahashi
Kenji Nener
Niina Kishimoto
Makoto Odakura
16:3840:4825:101:27:02+3:21
14Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Amélie Kretz
Matthew Sharpe
Joanna Brown
Alexis Lepage
16:4040:3625:231:27:21+3:40
15Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Cecilia Pérez
Crisanto Grajales
Claudia Rivas
Irving Pérez
16:3841:3225:591:28:53+5:12
DNSFlag of Austria.svg  Austria Julia Hauser
Alois Knabl
Lisa Perterer
Lukas Hollaus
DNS
DSQ [4] Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC Alexandra Razarenova
Dmitry Polyanski
Anastasia Gorbunova
Igor Polyanski
16:2341:1125:021:27:13+3:32

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