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:
0 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

• European Games 2015: Triathlon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nordén vs. Spirig: Olympic revenge in the Caucasus (June 11, 2015)
2. ↑ Benson wins gold, active Breinlinger dissatisfied (June 14, 2015)