Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's

Men's Triathlon
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueVouliagmeni Olympic Centre
Date26 August
Competitors50 from 26 nations
Winning time1:51:07.73
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hamish Carter  New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bevan Docherty  New Zealand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sven Riederer  Switzerland
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The men's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which was established in 2000. The competition was held on Thursday, August 26, 2004 at the Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre in Athens. Fifty triathletes from 26 nations competed.[1]

Competition format

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The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of 1,500 metres (0.93 mi) swimming, 40 kilometres (25 mi), road cycling, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) road running.

Results

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Rank # Triathlete Country Swimming Cycling Running Total time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 28 Hamish Carter  New Zealand 18:19 1:00:44 32:04 1:51:07.73
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 27 Bevan Docherty  New Zealand 18:13 1:00:51 32:11 1:51:15.60 +0:07.87
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 48 Sven Riederer  Switzerland 18:17 1:00:45 32:31 1:51:33.26 +0:25.53
4 24 Greg Bennett  Australia 18:19 1:01:29 31:53 1:51:41.58 +0:33.85
5 50 Frédéric Belaubre  France 18:04 1:00:58 32:58 1:52:00.53 +0:52.80
6 15 Andreas Raelert  Germany 18:07 1:01:40 32:48 1:52:35.62 +1:27.89
7 6 Rasmus Henning  Denmark 18:19 1:01:29 32:49 1:52:37.32 +1:29.59
8 46 Olivier Marceau  Switzerland 18:18 1:00:46 33:40 1:52:44.36 +1:36.63
9 8 Hunter Kemper  United States 18:11 1:02:43 31:52 1:52:46.33 +1:38.60
10 26 Simon Thompson  Australia 18:19 1:02:34 31:54 1:52:47.18 +1:39.45
11 16 Simon Whitfield  Canada 18:21 1:02:35 32:19 1:53:15.81 +2:08.08
12 51 Carl Blasco  France 18:06 1:01:43 33:31 1:53:20.16 +2:12.43
13 34 Hirokatsu Tayama  Japan 18:03 1:01:43 33:42 1:53:28.41 +2:20.68
14 49 Stephane Poulat  France 18:04 1:01:43 34:04 1:53:51.35 +2:43.62
15 41 Igor Sysoyev  Russia 18:00 1:02:55 32:56 1:53:51.37 +2:43.64
16 43 Andrew Johns  Great Britain 18:11 1:00:53 35:11 1:54:15.87 +3:08.14
17 21 Daniil Sapunov  Kazakhstan 18:14 1:02:41 33:38 1:54:33.15 +3:25.42
18 44 Tim Don  Great Britain 18:07 1:01:40 34:55 1:54:42.13 +3:34.40
19 14 Maik Petzold  Germany 18:17 1:02:36 33:57 1:54:50.92 +3:43.19
20 31 Eneko Llanos  Spain 18:18 1:02:36 33:58 1:54:52.37 +3:44.64
21 22 Marko Albert  Estonia 18:01 1:01:48 35:37 1:55:26.59 +4:18.86
22 9 Andy Potts  United States 17:49 1:03:05 34:42 1:55:36.47 +4:28.74
23 30 Iván Raña  Spain 18:08 1:02:46 34:50 1:55:44.27 +4:36.54
24 25 Peter Robertson  Australia 18:16 1:01:33 35:55 1:55:44.36 +4:36.63
25 20 Dmitriy Gaag  Kazakhstan 18:29 1:05:23 32:36 1:56:28.97 +5:21.24
26 12 Sebastian Dehmer  Germany 18:23 1:05:31 33:08 1:57:02.88 +5:55.15
27 10 Victor Plata  United States 18:16 1:05:41 33:12 1:57:09.09 +6:01.36
28 10 Daniel Fontana  Argentina 18:25 1:05:30 33:19 1:57:14.20 +6:06.47
29 36 Filip Ospalý  Czech Republic 18:23 1:05:32 33:22 1:57:17.58 +6:09.85
30 37 Volodymyr Polikarpenko  Ukraine 18:03 1:05:53 33:43 1:57:39.28 +6:31.55
31 3 Leandro Macedo  Brazil 18:25 1:05:30 33:44 1:57:39.36 +6:31.63
32 33 Hiroyuki Nishiuchi  Japan 18:20 1:05:34 33:49 1:57:43.51 +6:35.78
33 29 Nathan Richmond  New Zealand 18:04 1:02:51 37:06 1:58:01.94 +6:54.21
34 5 Paulo Miyashiro  Brazil 17:57 1:05:59 34:20 1:58:16.76 +7:09.03
35 2 Tyler Butterfield  Bermuda 19:34 1:04:20 34:32 1:58:26.99 +7:19.26
36 18 Gilberto González  Venezuela 18:24 1:05:29 35:19 1:59:12.20 +8:04.47
37 42 Norbert Domnik  Austria 19:34 1:04:19 35:20 1:59:13.25 +8:05.52
38 40 Eligio Cervantes  Mexico 18:44 1:05:12 35:31 1:59:27.81 +8:20.08
39 17 Brent McMahon  Canada 18:30 1:05:25 35:49 1:59:44.57 +8:36.84
40 47 Reto Hug  Switzerland 18:19 1:05:37 37:44 2:01:40.43 +10:32.70
41 4 Juraci Moreira  Brazil 18:27 1:09:37 34:31 2:02:35.99 +11:28.26
42 35 Martin Krňávek  Czech Republic 18:19 1:05:37 38:58 2:02:54.59 +11:46.86
43 1 Daniel Lee  Hong Kong 18:17 1:05:38 39:35 2:03:30.39 +12:22.66
44 39 Javier Rosas  Mexico 18:43 1:09:21 35:59 2:04:03.97 +12:56.24
45 45 Marc Jenkins  Great Britain 18:15 1:08:51 38:27 2:05:33.60 +14:25.87
32 Xavier Llobet  Spain 18:15 1:05:44 Did not finish
38 Andriy Glushchenko  Ukraine 18:05 Did not finish
11 Vassilis Krommidas  Greece 18:20 Did not finish
23 Conrad Stoltz  South Africa 19:35 Did not finish
7 Csaba Kuttor  Hungary Did not start
  • * Including Transition 1 (swimming-to-cycling) and T2 (cycling-to-running), roughly a minute.
  • No one is allotted the number 13.
  • LAP - Lapped by the leader on the cycling course.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Triathlon at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Men's Olympic Distance". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
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