Olympic History

Results, news & multimedia from past Olympic events

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.

History of ITU

Rio 2016

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | event page
Women: 20 August • Men: 18 August
Results
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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London 2012

London, England | event page
Women: 4 August • Men: 7 August
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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Beijing 2008

Beijing, China | event page
Women: 18 August • Men: 19 August
Results
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
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Athens 2004

Athens, Greece | event page
Women: 25 August • Men: 26 August
Results
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
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Sydney 2000

Sydney, Australia | event page
Women: 16 September • Men: 16 September
Results
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
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