Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's

Men's Triathlon
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney Opera House
Date17 September
Competitors52 from 27 nations
Winning time1:48:24.02
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Simon Whitfield  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stephan Vuckovic  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jan Řehula  Czech Republic
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The men's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, making this an official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, September 17, 2000 at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney.[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 bicycle racing, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) road running.[2]

Results

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52 athletes competed in men's triathlon; only four of them dropped out of the cycling phase.

Rank # Triathlete Country Swimming Cycling Running Total time* Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 18 Simon Whitfield  Canada 18:18.09 59:12.20 30:53.73 1:48:24.02 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 50 Stephan Vuckovic  Germany 18:35.59 58:52.10 31:09.89 1:48:37.58 +00:13.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 32 Jan Řehula  Czech Republic 18:11.89 59:13.50 31:21.25 1:48:46.64 +00:22.62
4 36 Dmitriy Gaag  Kazakhstan 18:13.09 59:08.00 31:42.48 1:49:03.57 +00:39.55
5 8 Ivan Rana  Spain 18:12.39 59:10.40 31:48.09 1:49:10.88 +00:46.86
6 21 Miles Stewart  Australia 18:20.49 58:59.60 31:54.43 1:49:14.52 +00:50.50
7 45 Olivier Marceau  France 18:11.69 58:12.40 32:53.94 1:49:18.03 +00:54.01
8 24 Reto Hug  Switzerland 18:17.49 59:12.31 31:51.50 1:49:21.30 +00:57.28
9 2 Simon Lessing  Great Britain 17:44.79 59:39.60 31:59.93 1:49:24.32 +01:00.30
10 3 Tim Don  Great Britain 18:00.59 59:31.11 31:57.15 1:49:28.85 +01:04.83
11 44 Andriy Glushchenko  Ukraine 18:09.79 59:29.90 31:50.48 1:49:30.17 +01:06.15
12 51 Andreas Raelert  Germany 18:13.29 59:09.80 32:08.19 1:49:31.28 +01:07.26
13 33 Martin Krňávek  Czech Republic 18:11.39 59:21.60 32:05.02 1:49:38.01 +01:13.99
14 4 Leandro Macedo  Brazil 18:46.09 58:40.20 32:24.40 1:49:50.69 +01:26.67
15 43 Volodymyr Polikarpenko  Ukraine 17:59.89 59:37.20 32:14.69 1:49:51.78 +01:27.76
16 15 Craig Watson  New Zealand 18:05.09 59:18.50 32:38.26 1:50:01.85 +01:37.83
17 38 Hunter Kemper  United States 18:11.79 59:15.20 32:38.57 1:50:05.56 +01:41.54
18 25 Markus Keller  Switzerland 18:38.29 58:51.20 32:45.76 1:50:15.25 +01:51.23
19 46 Carl Blasco  France 18:06.19 59:18.21 32:53.62 1:50:18.02 +01:54.00
20 20 Conrad Stoltz  South Africa 18:47.39 57:38.60 33:58.40 1:50:24.39 +02:00.37
21 29 Takumi Obara  Japan 18:10.49 59:21.20 32:58.26 1:50:29.95 +02:05.93
22 5 Juraci Moreira  Brazil 18:49.49 58:45.41 33:09.89 1:50:44.79 +02:20.77
23 7 Eneko Llanos  Spain 18:44.39 58:43.90 33:20.06 1:50:48.35 +02:24.33
24 26 Jean-Christophe Guinchard  Switzerland 18:46.99 58:36.50 33:27.27 1:50:50.76 +02:26.74
25 39 Ryan Bolton  United States 18:31.49 59:06.70 33:14.76 1:50:52.95 +02:28.93
26 14 Hamish Carter  New Zealand 17:48.19 59:37.10 33:31.88 1:50:57.17 +02:33.15
27 22 Craig Walton  Australia 17:43.89 59:36.80 33:36.97 1:50:57.66 +02:33.64
28 48 Oscar Galindez  Argentina 18:50.59 59:20.60 32:48.29 1:50:59.48 +02:35.46
29 27 Johannes Enzenhofer  Austria 18:22.79 59:11.50 33:28.19 1:51:02.48 +02:38.46
30 35 Csaba Kuttor  Hungary 18:06.79 59:34.30 33:24.65 1:51:05.74 +02:41.72
31 47 Stephan Bignet  France 18:01.59 59:36.10 33:34.46 1:51:12.15 +02:48.13
32 19 Alessandro Bottoni  Italy 18:48.79 58:44.21 33:45.13 1:51:18.13 +02:54.11
33 41 Vassilis Krommidas  Greece 18:25.59 59:16.10 33:47.25 1:51:28.94 +03:04.92
34 23 Peter Robertson  Australia 18:47.49 58:40.90 34:10.65 1:51:39.04 +03:15.02
35 52 Joachim Willen  Sweden 17:48.89 59:43.20 34:08.71 1:51:40.80 +03:16.78
36 30 Hideo Fukui  Japan 17:57.29 59:32.50 34:35.00 1:52:04.79 +03:40.77
37 53 Gilberto González  Venezuela 18:54.49 58:40.40 34:38.14 1:52:13.03 +03:49.01
38 16 Ben Bright  New Zealand 18:14.99 59:11.80 34:50.47 1:52:17.26 +03:53.24
39 6 Armando Barcellos  Brazil 18:45.89 58:51.90 36:04.84 1:53:42.63 +05:18.61
40 40 Nick Radkewich  United States 18:44.09 58:54.50 36:06.04 1:53:44.63 +05:20.61
41 42 Matias Brain  Chile 18:56.59 58:46.30 36:02.01 1:53:44.90 +05:20.88
42 10 Eric van der Linden  Netherlands 18:22.19 59:10.40 36:59.45 1:54:32.04 +06:08.02
43 11 Rob Barel  Netherlands 18:34.69 1:03:32.00 33:30.00 1:55:36.69 +07:12.67
44 17 Jan Knobelauch Hansen  Denmark 19:23.69 1:02:48.90 33:29.47 1:55:42.06 +07:18.04
45 28 Roland Melis  Netherlands Antilles 19:21.19 1:02:47.80 34:02.96 1:56:11.95 +07:47.93
46 31 Hiroyuki Nishiuchi  Japan 18:15.79 1:03:57.20 34:46.77 1:56:59.76 +08:35.74
47 37 Mikhail Kuznetsov  Kazakhstan 18:55.09 1:04:39.20 35:39.21 1:59:13.50 +10:49.48
48 12 Dennis Looze  Netherlands 18:08.49 59:20.80 42:54.51 2:00:23.80 +11:59.78
— 1 Andrew Johns  Great Britain 18:15.69 Did not finish
— 9 Jose Maria Merchan  Spain 18:55.49 Did not finish
— 34 Filip Ospalý  Czech Republic 18:07.79 Did not finish
— 49 Mark Marabini  Zimbabwe 20:41.39 Did not finish
  • * 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 2000 Sydney 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.
  2. ^ "Triathlon – Competition Description" (PDF). 2000 Sydney Olympics Results. p. 6. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
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