London 2012 Olympic Games: The Men's Competition Social Wrap

by Merryn Sherwood on 07 Aug, 2012 05:04 • Español

Alistair Brownlee, Javier Gomez and Jonathan Brownlee were already favourites, but put in some of the best performances of their already stellar careers to storm the Olympic podium. See the social reaction here.

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04 - 07 Aug, 2012 • event page • all results

Results: Elite Women
1.	Nicola Spirig	SUI	01:59:48
2.	Lisa Norden	SWE	01:59:48
3.	Erin Densham	AUS	01:59:50
4.	Sarah True	USA	02:00:00
5.	Helen Jenkins	GBR	02:00:19

Results: Elite Men
1.	Alistair Brownlee	GBR	01:46:25
2.	Javier Gomez Noya	ESP	01:46:36
3.	Jonathan Brownlee	GBR	01:46:56
4.	David Hauss	FRA	01:47:14
5.	Laurent Vidal	FRA	01:47:21

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