2008 Summer Olympics / Triathlon

Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Beijing
Competition venue	Ming Tombs Reservoir
Nations	21st
Athletes	110 (55 , 55 )
date	August 18-19, 2008
decisions	2
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Two triathlon competitions were held at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Chinese capital Beijing .

A total of 55 women and men took part in the triathlon competitions. The venue was the Ming Tombs Reservoir near the Ming tombs .

The Olympic distance in the triathlon was 1500 meters swimming , 40 kilometers cycling and a 10,000 meter run .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Australia	1	-	1	2
2	Germany	1	-	-	1
3	Canada	-	1	-	1
	Portugal	-	1	-	1
5	New Zealand	-	-	1	1
total		2	2	2	6th

Medalist

discipline	gold	silver	bronze
Men	Jan Frodeno ( GER )	Simon Whitfield ( CAN )	Bevan Docherty ( NZL )
Women	Emma Snowsill ( AUS )	Vanessa Fernandes ( POR )	Emma Moffatt ( AUS )

qualification

The best eight National Olympic Committees were allowed to nominate up to three athletes, all other NOK two. The continental champions of 2007 were directly qualified, plus the first three of the 2008 World Championships. If athletes who had qualified through the continental eliminations had already occupied a top 3 place at the World Cup, the next-placed athletes moved up at the World Cup. The best participant from each continent in the Olympic qualification ranking list (in which the most important results from June 2006 to June 2008 are evaluated) as well as a Chinese starter had automatic start rights. All remaining starting places up to the 53rd were distributed via the qualification ranking list. The last two starting places were awarded by wildcard .

Results

Men

→ Main article : 2008 Summer Olympics / Triathlon - singles (men)

space	country	athlete	Time (h)
1	GER	Jan Frodeno	1: 48: 53.28
2	CAN	Simon Whitfield	1: 48: 58.47
3	NZL	Bevan Docherty	1: 49: 05.59
4th	ESP	Javier Gomez Noya	1: 49: 13.92
5	ESP	Iván Raña	1: 49: 22.03
6th	GER	Daniel Unger	1: 49: 43.78
7th	United States	Hunter Kemper	1: 49: 48.75
8th	THE	Rasmus Henning	1: 49: 57.47

Date: August 19, 2008, 10:00 am
Other German-speaking participants:
15. Christian Prochnow, 19. Olivier Marceau, 23. Sven Riederer, 29. Reto Hug, 38. Simon Ágoston

Women

→ Main article : 2004 Summer Olympics / Triathlon - singles (women)

space	country	Athlete	Time (h)
1	OUT	Emma Snowsill	1: 58: 27.66
2	POR	Vanessa Fernandes	1: 59: 34.63
3	OUT	Emma Moffatt	1: 59: 55.84
4th	United States	Laura Bennett	2:00: 21.54
5	JPN	Yuri Ide	2:00: 23.77
6th	SUI	Nicola Spirig	2: 00: 30.48
7th	SUI	Daniela Ryf	2:00:40.20
8th	NZL	Andrea Hewitt	2: 00: 45.99

Date: August 18, 2008, 10:00 am
Other German-speaking participants:
13th Magali Di Marco 14th Kate Allen 15th Ricarda Lisk 26th Christiane Pilz 27th Tania Haiböck 33th Anja Dittmer 41st Elizabeth May DNF Eva Dollinger

Web links

Commons : Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official final result of women's triathlon ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• Official final result of the men's triathlon ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )