Olympics
Triathlon made its official Olympic debut in Sydney, where Simon Whitfield (CAN) and Brigitte McMahon (SUI) stamped their names in the history books as the first gold medallists. In Athens, it was Hamish Carter (NZL) and Kate Allen’s (AUT) golden moment, before Emma Snowsill (AUS) and Jan Frodeno (GER) both won gold in Beijing. At London 2012, it was Alistair Brownlee (GBR) who became Olympic champion in front of his home crowd along with Nicola Spirig (SUI), a feat he would repeat in Rio 2016 where Gwen Jorgensen (USA) was also crowned.
The official distance for Olympic triathlon was set at a 1.5km swim, 40km bike and 10km run - taken from existing events in each discipline already on the Olympic programme.
| Results: Elite Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alistair Brownlee | GBR  |
01:45:01 |
| 2. | Jonathan Brownlee | GBR |
01:45:07 |
| 3. | Henri Schoeman | RSA  |
01:45:43 |
| 4. | Richard Murray | RSA |
01:45:50 |
| 5. | Joao Pereira | POR  |
01:45:52 |
| Results: Elite Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gwen Jorgensen | USA  |
01:56:16 |
| 2. | Nicola Spirig | SUI  |
01:56:56 |
| 3. | Vicky Holland | GBR |
01:57:01 |
| 4. | Non Stanford | GBR |
01:57:04 |
| 5. | Barbara Riveros | CHI  |
01:57:29 |
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| 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 |
| Results: Elite Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Emma Snowsill | AUS |
01:58:26 |
| 2. | Vanessa Fernandes | POR |
01:59:33 |
| 3. | Emma Moffatt | AUS |
01:59:55 |
| 4. | Laura Bennett | USA |
02:00:21 |
| 5. | Juri Ide | JPN  |
02:00:22 |
| Results: Elite Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jan Frodeno | GER  |
01:48:52 |
| 2. | Simon Whitfield | CAN  |
01:48:58 |
| 3. | Bevan Docherty | NZL  |
01:49:05 |
| 4. | Javier Gomez Noya | ESP  |
01:49:13 |
| 5. | Ivan Raña Fuentes | ESP |
01:49:22 |
| Results: Elite Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kate Allen | AUT  |
02:04:43 |
| 2. | Loretta Harrop | AUS |
02:04:50 |
| 3. | Susan Williams | USA |
02:05:08 |
| 4. | Kathleen Smet | BEL  |
02:05:35 |
| 5. | Nadia Cortassa | ITA  |
02:05:45 |
| Results: Elite Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hamish Carter | NZL  |
01:51:06 |
| 2. | Bevan Docherty | NZL |
01:51:14 |
| 3. | Sven Riederer | SUI  |
01:51:32 |
| 4. | Greg Bennett | AUS  |
01:51:41 |
| 5. | Frederic Belaubre | FRA |
01:52:00 |
| Results: Elite Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Simon Whitfield | CAN |
01:48:24 |
| 2. | Stefan Vuckovic | GER |
01:48:37 |
| 3. | Jan Rehula | CZE  |
01:48:45 |
| 4. | Dmitriy Gaag | KAZ  |
01:49:03 |
| 5. | Ivan Raña Fuentes | ESP |
01:49:09 |
| Results: Elite Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Brigitte McMahon | SUI |
02:00:39 |
| 2. | Michellie Jones | AUS |
02:00:41 |
| 3. | Magali Di Marco | SUI |
02:01:07 |
| 4. | Joanna Zeiger | USA |
02:01:25 |
| 5. | Loretta Harrop | AUS |
02:01:42 |
