European Games 2015 / Triathlon
At the 2015 European Games in Baku , Azerbaijan , two triathlon competitions were held on June 13 and 14, 2015 - one for women and one for men. The “Olympic distance” in triathlon includes 1.5 kilometers of swimming , 40 kilometers of cycling and a 10,000-meter run . The venue was Bilgah Beach.
Medalist
Women
| space | athlete | country | Time (in h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicola Spirig |
 Switzerland
|
2:00:28 |
| 2 | Rachel Klamer |
 Netherlands
|
2:01:44 |
| 3 | Lisa Nordén |
 Sweden
|
2:01:46 |
| 4th | Yulia Yelistratova |
 Ukraine
|
2:03:11 |
| 5 | Tamara Gomez Garrido |
 Spain
|
2:03:27 |
| 6th | Aileen Reid |
 Ireland
|
2:03:58 |
| 7th | Alexandra Rasarionova |
 Russia
|
2:04:00 |
| 8th | Claire Michel |
 Belgium
|
2:04:10 |
Date: June 13, 2015, 9:30 a.m.
The women's race was the first competition in Baku.
Almost three years after the historic sprint to the finish in the Olympic triathlon in London , the reigning European champion in the Olympic distance and Olympic champion Nicola Spirig from Switzerland and the Swede Lisa Nordén , who at the time was slightly inferior in the photo finish , met again in Baku .
Spirig won the race in Baku with a lead of 1:16 minutes over Rachel Klamer from the Netherlands and Nordén took third place.
Participants:
23. Lisa Sieburger (2:07:35 h)
LAP: Theresa Moser (LAP - lapped)
Men
| space | athlete | country | Time (in h) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon Benson |
 United Kingdom
|
1:48:31 |
| 2 | João Pedro Silva |
 Portugal
|
1:48:42 |
| 3 | Rostyslav Pyevtsov |
 Azerbaijan
|
1:49:04 |
| 4th | Aleksandr Latin |
 Estonia
|
1:49:21 |
| 5 | Richard Varga |
 Slovakia
|
1:49:32 |
| 6th | Jonas Schomburg |
 Turkey
|
1:49:34 |
| 7th | Alexander Bryukhankov |
Russia
|
1:49:42 |
| 8th | João José Pereira |
Portugal
|
1:49:46 |
Date: June 14, 2015, 9:30 a.m.
Briton Gordon Benson , who was third in the U23 European Championship in August 2014 , won the men's race and secured the first gold medal for the United Kingdom. With the gold medal, he qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games .
In second place, eleven seconds behind, was the Portuguese João Pedro Silva , who was strong on the final run, and in third place was the surprisingly strong local hero Rostyslaw Pjewzow .
Participants:
9th Andrea Salvisberg (1:50:07 h)
20th Bob Haller (1:51:43 h)
26th Jonas Breinlinger (1:52:55 h) 
Medal table
| rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Switzerland
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 |
United Kingdom
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |
Netherlands
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |
Portugal
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |
Azerbaijan
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 |
Sweden
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nordén vs. Spirig: Olympic revenge in the Caucasus (June 11, 2015)
- ↑ Benson wins gold, active Breinlinger dissatisfied (June 14, 2015)