2004 Summer Olympics / Triathlon - Singles (Women)

sport	Triathlon
discipline	singles
gender	Women
Attendees	50 athletes from 26 nations
Competition location	Vouliagmeni Olympic Center
Competition phase	August 25, 2004
Winning time	2:04: 43.45 h
Medalists  Kate Allen ( AUT )  Loretta Harrop ( AUS )  Susan Williams ( USA )
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Triathlon competitions at the 2004 Olympic Games
singles	Women	Men

The Triathlon of women in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens took place on 25 August 2004 at the Vouliagmeni Olympic Center instead.

The race started with a 1.5 kilometer swim in the Mediterranean Sea at a water temperature of 26 ° C. After swimming, I switched to the bike, with which a circuit had to be passed five times. The athletes had to cover a total of 40 kilometers. At the end there was a 10 km run.

Course of the competition

After swimming, the Australian Loretta Harrop was the first to switch to the bike, the later Olympic champion Kate Allen was almost two minutes behind . But after the first of five laps on the very demanding bike course, with a 20 percent gradient, the Austrian was able to reduce the gap to third place to 90 seconds. Thanks to a good cooperation with other athletes in her chasing group, she came out of the transition area in 29th place. Despite the outside temperature of over 30 ° C, the Austrian was able to make up time very quickly and was only about ten seconds behind the third-placed driver before the last of the three laps. She fought her way position by position past her rivals and came in second around the last bend into the finish stadium. In the finish sprint, she took the leader Harrop 6.72 seconds away and secured the Olympic victory with this race to catch up. American Susan Williams won the bronze medal .

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 (h)	Time (min)	Time (h)	Time (min)
1	39	Kate Allen	Austria	20:38	1:09:52	34:13	2: 04: 43.45
2	47	Loretta Harrop	Australia	18:37	1:09:05	37:08	2: 04: 50.17	+0: ​​06.72
3	34	Susan Williams	United States	19:02	1:08:58	37:08	2: 05: 08.92	+0: ​​25.47
4th	24	Kathleen Smet	Belgium	19:42	1:09:25	36:28	2: 05: 35.89	+0: ​​52.44
5	26th	Nadia Cortassa	Italy	20:36	1:09:51	35:18	2: 05: 45.35	+1: 01.90
6th	43	Michelle Dillon	Great Britain	20:37	1:09:50	35:33	2: 06: 00.77	+1: 17.32
7th	35	Ana Burgos	Spain	20:36	1:09:52	35:34	2: 06: 02.36	+1: 18.91
8th	7th	Vanessa Fernandes	Portugal	19:20	1:11:07	35:48	2: 06: 15.39	+1: 31.94
9	32	Barbara Lindquist	United States	18:39	1:09:20	38:26	2: 06: 25.49	+1: 42.04
10	50	Brigitte McMahon	Switzerland	19:46	1:10:41	36:40	2: 07: 07.73	+2: 24.28
11	19th	Anja Dittmer	Germany	19:41	1:10:46	36:58	2: 07: 25.07	+2: 41.62
12	15th	Akiko Sekine	Japan	20:37	1:09:49	37:08	2: 07: 34.02	+2: 50.57
13	36	Pilar Hidalgo	Spain	19:08	1:11:16	37:13	2: 07: 37.34	+2: 53.89
14th	16	Kiyomi Niwata	Japan	20:35	1:09:54	37:13	2: 07: 42.79	+2: 59.34
15th	24	Beatrice Lanza	Italy	19:47	1:10:37	37:35	2: 07: 59.26	+3: 15.81
16	20th	Joelle Franzmann	Germany	18:55	1:11:33	37:50	2: 08: 18.33	+3: 34.88
17th	8th	Elizabeth May	Switzerland	19:43	1:10:45	38:01	2: 08: 29.22	+3: 45.77
18th	18th	Samantha Warriner	New Zealand	19:42	1:10:45	38:15	2: 08: 42.07	+3: 58.62
19th	51	Nicola Spirig	Switzerland	20:34	1:09:51	38:19	2: 08: 44.46	+4: 01.01
20th	14th	Machiko Nakanishi	Japan	19:40	1:10:45	38:26	2: 08: 51.06	+4: 07.61
21st	25th	Silvia Gemignani	Italy	18:45	1:11:41	38:30	2: 08: 56.94	+4: 13.49
22nd	42	Mieke Suys	Belgium	20:26	1:09:59	38:47	2: 09: 12.57	+4: 29.12
23	33	Sheila Taormina	United States	18:37	1:09:23	41:21	2: 09: 21.08	+4: 37.63
24	37	Ainhoa ​​Murua	Spain	19:37	1:10:48	39:02	2: 09: 27.91	+4: 44.46
25th	30th	Wieke Hoogzaad	Netherlands	19:44	1:10:42	39:21	2: 09: 47.21	+5: 03.76
26th	5	Lenka Radová	Czech Republic	19:41	1:10:49	39:24	2: 09: 54.47	+5: 11.02
27	29	Samantha McGlone	Canada	21:27	1:11:59	36:48	2: 10: 14.24	+5: 30.79
28	40	Eva Bramböck	Austria	20:32	1:09:55	39:52	2: 10: 19.60	+5: 36.15
29	36	Tracy Looze	Netherlands	20:40	1:12:48	37:07	2: 10: 35.81	+5: 52.36
30th	44	Julie Dibens	Great Britain	19:21	1:11:08	41:17	2: 11: 46.01	+7: 02.56
31	2	Olga Generalova	Russia	19:48	1:10:41	41:19	2: 11: 48.06	+7: 04.61
32	6th	Renata Berková	Czech Republic	19:48	1:13:14	38:48	2: 11: 50.94	+7: 07.49
33	49	Rina Hill	Australia	18:41	1:15:32	37:45	2: 11: 58.86	+7: 15.41
34	45	Jodie Swallow	Great Britain	18:58	1:14:05	42:03	2: 15: 06.78	+10: 23.33
35	28	Carol Montgomery	Canada	19:52	1:15:34	39:59	2: 15: 25.62	+10: 42.17
36	4th	Megan Hall	South Africa	19:39	1:16:28	40:19	2: 16: 26.53	+11: 43.08
37	11	Mariana Ohata	Brazil	20:33	1:16:09	40:10	2: 16: 52.97	+12: 09.52
38	9	Erika Molnar	Hungary	20:36	1:17:59	39:18	2: 17: 53.38	+13: 09.93
39	27	Jill Savege	Canada	18:44	1:20:12	39:14	2: 18: 10.99	+13: 27.54
40	22nd	Wang Hongni	China	20:39	1:16:26	41:35	2: 18: 40.07	+13: 56.62
41	46	Ekaterina Shatnaya	Kazakhstan	22:00	1:16:50	40:36	2: 19: 26.75	+14: 43.30
42	17th	Fiorella D'Croz Brusatin	Colombia	20:32	1:18:19	42:12	2: 21: 03.46	+16: 20.01
43	3	Nancy Alvarez	Argentina	20:58	1:17:50	42:50	2: 21: 38.66	+16: 55.21
44	38	Dolphins Pelletier	France	20:40	1:18:13	43:46	2: 22: 39.28	+17: 55.83
	1	Nina Anissimova	Russia	19:41	1:16:42	DNF
	21st	Lucie Zelenková	Czech Republic	19:23	DNF
	48	Maxine Seear	Australia	19:39	DNF
	12	Sandra Soldan	Brazil	19:41	DNF
	10	Carla Moreno	Brazil	19:48	DNF
	23	Lin Xing	China	19:49	LAP

Web links

• Results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Gold for Austria by Kate Allen. In: The Standard . August 25, 2004, accessed March 7, 2020 .