2000 Summer Olympics / Triathlon - Singles (Men)

sport	Triathlon
discipline	singles
gender	Men
Attendees	52 athletes from 27 nations
Competition location	Port Jackson Sydney CBD Royal Botanic Gardens
Competition phase	September 17, 2000
Winning time	1:48:24.02 h
Medalist  Simon Whitfield ( CAN )  Stephan Vuckovic ( GER )  Jan Řehula ( CZE )
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Triathlon competitions at the 2000 Olympic Games
singles	Women	Men

For the first time in history, a men's triathlon was held at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . The competition took place on September 17, 2000.

A total of 52 athletes from 27 nations started at the Olympic premiere. Four athletes had to end the competition early. Almost 200,000 spectators watched the competition along the route in downtown Sydney and on the harbor.

The start, finish and transition area were in front of the Sydney Opera House , where a large temporary grandstand had been set up. After swimming 1.5 kilometers in Port Jackson , they switched to bicycles. The athletes had to use it to ride six laps on a circuit through the Sydney Central Business District and the Royal Botanic Gardens . Finally, the athletes had to run a 10 km run, which also led through the Sydney Central Business District and the Royal Botanic Gardens.

The first Olympic champion was the Canadian Simon Whitfield , who prevailed in the final sprint against Stephan Vuckovic from Germany. Vuckovic, who was 52 seconds behind after swimming and was 34th, was able to make up 17 places in cycling. However, at this point his gap had grown to 63 seconds. He was able to make up for this deficit on the running track and only had to admit defeat to the Canadian 500 meters from the finish at the Opera House. The bronze medal was won by Jan Řehula from the Czech Republic.

Results

• There was no start number 13
• The total time also includes the changeover times.

rank	#	athlete	nation	swim	To go biking	To run	total	deficit
				Time (min)	Time (min)	Time (min)	Time (h)	Time (min)
1	18th	Simon Whitfield	Canada	18: 18.09	59: 12.20	30: 53.73	1: 48: 24.02
2	50	Stephan Vuckovic	Germany	18: 35.59	58: 52.10	31: 09.89	1: 48: 37.58	+00: 13.56
3	32	Jan ehula	Czech Republic	18: 11.89	59: 13.50	31: 21.25	1: 48: 46.64	+00: 22.62
4th	36	Dmitri Gaag	Kazakhstan	18: 13.09	59: 08.00	31: 42.48	1: 49: 03.57	+00: 39.55
5	8th	Iván Raña	Spain	18: 12.39	59: 10.40	31: 48.09	1: 49: 10.88	+00: 46.86
6th	21st	Miles Stewart	Australia	18: 20.49	58: 59.60	31: 54.43	1: 49: 14.52	+00: 50.50
7th	45	Olivier Marceau	France	18: 11.69	58: 12.40	32: 53.94	1: 49: 18.03	+00: 54.01
8th	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	Andrei 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
14th	4th	Leandro Macedo	Brazil	18: 46.09	58: 40.20	32: 24.40	1: 49: 50.69	+01: 26.67
15th	43	Volodymyr Polikarpenko	Ukraine	17: 59.89	59: 37.20	32: 14.69	1: 49: 51.78	+01: 27.76
16	15th	Craig Watson	New Zealand	18: 05.09	59: 18.50	32: 38.26	1: 50: 01.85	+01: 37.83
17th	38	Hunter Kemper	United States	18: 11.79	59: 15.20	32: 38.57	1: 50: 05.56	+01: 41.54
18th	25th	Markus Keller	Switzerland	18: 38.29	58: 51.20	32: 45.76	1: 50: 15.25	+01: 51.23
19th	46	Carl Blasco	France	18: 06.19	59: 18.21	32: 53.62	1: 50: 18.02	+01: 54.00
20th	20th	Conrad Stoltz	South Africa	18: 47.39	57: 38.60	33: 58.40	1: 50: 24.39	+02: 00.37
21st	29	Takumi Obara	Japan	18: 10.49	59: 21.20	32: 58.26	1: 50: 29.95	+02: 05.93
22nd	5	Juraci Moreira	Brazil	18: 49.49	58: 45.41	33: 09.89	1: 50: 44.79	+02: 20.77
23	7th	Eneko Llanos	Spain	18: 44.39	58: 43.90	33: 20.06	1: 50: 48.35	+02: 24.33
24	26th	Jean-Christophe Guinchard	Switzerland	18: 46.99	58: 36.50	33: 27.27	1: 50: 50.76	+02: 26.74
25th	39	Ryan Bolton	United States	18: 31.49	59: 06.70	33: 14.76	1: 50: 52.95	+02: 28.93
26th	14th	Hamish Carter	New Zealand	17: 48.19	59: 37.10	33: 31.88	1: 50: 57.17	+02: 33.15
27	22nd	Craig Walton	Australia	17: 43.89	59: 36.80	33: 36.97	1: 50: 57.66	+02: 33.64
28	48	Oscar Galíndez	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
30th	35	Csaba Kuttor	Hungary	18: 06.79	59: 34.30	33: 24.65	1: 51: 05.74	+02: 41.72
31	47	Stéphan Bignet	France	18: 01.59	59: 36.10	33: 34.46	1: 51: 12.15	+02: 48.13
32	19th	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 will	Sweden	17: 48.89	59: 43.20	34: 08.71	1: 51: 40.80	+03: 16.78
36	30th	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	6th	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	63: 32.00	33: 30.00	1: 55: 36.69	+07: 12.67
44	17th	Jan Knobelauch Hansen	Denmark	19: 23.69	62: 48.90	33: 29.47	1: 55: 42.06	+07: 18.04
45	28	Roland Melis	Netherlands Antilles	19: 21.19	62: 47.80	34: 02.96	1: 56: 11.95	+07: 47.93
46	31	Hiroyuki Nishiuchi	Japan	18: 15.79	63: 57.20	34: 46.77	1: 56: 59.76	+08: 35.74
47	37	Mikhail Kuznetsov	Kazakhstan	18: 55.09	64: 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	DNF
	9	José María Merchán	Spain	18: 55.49	DNF
	34	Filip Ospalý	Czech Republic	18: 07.79	DNF
	49	Mark Marabini	Zimbabwe	20: 41.39	DNF

Web links

• Results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vuckovic just missed gold. Der Spiegel , September 17, 2000, accessed on February 24, 2020 .