2016 Summer Olympics / Triathlon - Singles (Women)

sport	Triathlon
discipline	singles
gender	Women
Attendees	55 athletes from 31 nations
Competition location	Forte de Copacabana
Competition phase	20th August 2016
Winning time	1:56:16 h
Medalists  Gwen Jorgensen ( USA )  Nicola Spirig ( SUI )  Vicky Holland ( GBR )
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Triathlon competitions at the 2016 Olympic Games
singles	Women	Men

The women's triathlon at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on August 20th.

Route

The competition was held in Forte de Copacabana . After swimming 1.5 kilometers on the Copacabana coast , a round course with eight laps, each 4.81 kilometers long, had to be covered by bike. This led from the transition area on the beach via Avenida Atlântica to the north, where the athletes turned east into Rua Djalma Ulrich . The course continued straight on via Rua Professor Gastão Bahiana and turned into Avenida Henrique Dodsworth at the intersection with Avenida Epitácio Pessoa . Via and the Avenida Atlântica the course leads back to the transition area. This resulted in a total distance of 38.48 kilometers that had to be covered with the Radd. At the end, the athletes had to run 4 laps of 2.5 kilometers for a total of 10 kilometers. This circuit was on Avenida Atlântica, where there were two turning points in the north and south.

Route

Course of the competition

Carolina Routier from Spain was the first to leave the water and switch to the bike, but later retired from the race due to a lap. A leading group quickly formed on the bike course. The Swiss Nicola Spirig tried several times to tear away from the group, but did not succeed. After cycling, Mari Rabie from South Africa was the first to go on the running track, but was quickly caught up and taken down by the American Gwen Jorgensen and Spirig. On the last lap, Jorgensen increased the pace, was able to break away from the Swiss and celebrate the Olympic victory. In the battle for the bronze medal, the British Vicky Holland prevailed against her compatriot Non Stanford in the final sprint.

Results

rank	#	Athlete	nation	swim	To go biking	To run	total	deficit
				Time (min)	Time (h)	Time (min)	Time (h)	Time (min)
1	20th	Gwen Jorgensen	United States	19:12	1:01:21	34:09	1:56:16
2	18th	Nicola Spirig	Switzerland	19:12	1:01:22	34:50	1:56:56	+0: ​​40
3	14th	Vicky Holland	Great Britain	19:09	1:01:26	34:54	1: 57.01	+0: ​​45
4th	16	Non Stanford	Great Britain	19:10	1:01:25	34:55	1:57:04	+0: ​​48
5	32	Bárbara Riveros	Chile	19:13	1:01:24	35:21	1:57:29	+1: 13
6th	52	Emma Moffatt	Australia	19:07	1:01:24	35:49	1:57:55	+1: 39
7th	38	Andrea Hewitt	New Zealand	19:04	1:01:28	36:06	1:58:15	+1: 59
8th	26th	Flora Duffy	Bermuda	19:08	1:01:29	36:15	1:58:25	+2: 09
9	29	Claudia Rivas	Mexico	19:05	1:01:27	36:18	1:58:28	+2: 12
10	4th	Rachel Klamer	Netherlands	19:10	1:01:19	36:38	1:58:55	+2: 39
11	2	Mari Rabie	South Africa	19:04	1:01:32	37:10	1:59:13	+2: 57
12	50	Erin Densham	Australia	19:10	1:01:26	37:18	1:59:27	+3: 11
13	39	Nicky Samuels	New Zealand	19:06	1:01:27	37:18	1:59:30	+3: 14
14th	17th	Jolanda Annen	Switzerland	19:19	1:01:20	37:32	1:59:42	+3: 26
15th	55	Yuka Sato	Japan	19:08	1:01:24	37:53	2:00:01	+3: 45
16	19th	Lisa Nordén	Sweden	19:17	1:01:18	37:55	2:00:03	+3: 47
17th	36	Charlotte Bonin	Italy	19:07	1:01:29	38:34	2:00:48	+4: 32
18th	22nd	Katie Zaferes	United States	19:03	1:01:26	38:44	2:00:55	+4: 39
19th	15th	Helen Jenkins	Great Britain	19:11	1:04:37	35:45	2:01:07	+4: 51
20th	7th	Alexandra Rasarionova	Russia	19:56	1:03:55	35:44	2:01:09	+4: 53
21st	23	Aileen Reid	Ireland	19:19	1:04:31	35:48	2:01:14	+4: 58
22nd	1	Agnieszka Jerzyk	Poland	19:50	1:03:59	36:04	2:01:27	+5: 11
23	3	Gillian Sanders	South Africa	19:50	1:03:59	36:05	2:01:29	+5: 13
24	48	Zsófia Kovács	Hungary	19:20	1:04:29	36:11	2:01:29	+5: 13
25th	8th	Marija Schorez	Russia	19:48	1:03:54	36:10	2:01:33	+5: 17
26th	51	Ashleigh Gentle	Australia	19:49	1:03:59	36:18	2:01:44	+5: 28
27	25th	Vendula Frintová	Czech Republic	19:21	1:04:27	36:29	2:01:49	+5: 33
28	47	Laura Lindemann	Germany	19:18	1:04:30	36:27	2:01:52	+5: 36
29	37	Anna Maria Mazzetti	Italy	19:42	1:04:08	36:34	2:01:53	+5: 37
30th	42	Cassandre Beaugrand	France	19:16	1:04:35	36:49	2:02:18	+6: 02
31	5	Mateja Šimic	Slovenia	19:47	1:03:59	37:08	2:02:28	+6: 12
32	6th	Anastasija Abrosimova	Russia	19:05	1:04:44	37:22	2:02:45	+6: 29
33	28	Cecilia Perez	Mexico	19:10	1:04:39	37:26	2:02:47	+6: 31
34	11	Amélie Kretz	Canada	19:10	1:04:39	37:23	2:02:48	+6: 32
35	43	Audrey Merle	France	19:19	1:04:31	37:31	2:02:53	+6: 37
36	46	Anne Haug	Germany	21:11	1:04:50	35:18	2:02:56	+6: 40
37	31	Sara Vilic	Austria	19:43	1:04:04	37:43	2:03:10	+6: 54
38	53	Yulia Yelistratova	Ukraine	20:05	1:05:57	35:51	2:03:27	+7: 11
39	56	Ai Ueda	Japan	21:10	1:04:50	36:03	2:03:37	+7: 21
40	9	Pâmella Oliveira	Brazil	19:04	1:04:43	38:40	2:04:03	+7: 47
41	12	Kirsten Sweetland	Canada	19:11	1:04:34	38:49	2:04:16	+8: 00
42	10	Sarah-Anne Brault	Canada	19:49	1:03:56	39:02	2:04:28	+8: 12
43	33	Miriam Casillas	Spain	8:04 p.m.	1:06:03	37:51	2:05:32	+9: 16
44	44	Kaidi Kivioja	Estonia	20:07	1:05:55	38:05	2:05:42	+9: 26
45	49	Margit Vanek	Hungary	19:10	1:04:35	41:29	2:06:54	+10: 38
46	54	Yurie Kato	Japan	20:06	1:07:13	38:53	2:07:50	+11: 34
47	27	Elizabeth Bravo	Ecuador	20:10	1:05:54	40:09	2:07:52	+11: 36
48	24	Wang Lianyuan	China	20:06	1:05:55	43:32	2:11:12	+14: 56
	34	Ainhoa ​​Murúa	Spain	19:19	1:04:29	DNF
	35	Carolina Routier	Spain	19:01	LAP
	21st	Sarah True	United States	19:10	LAP
	40	Claire Michel	Belgium	21:11	LAP
	41	Katrien Verstuyft	Belgium	22:08	LAP
	30th	Julia Hauser	Austria	22:08	LAP
	45	Fabienne St. Louis	Mauritius	25:30	DNF
Official results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World champion Jorgensen also wins Olympic gold. In: Sportschau .de. ARD , August 20, 2016, accessed on February 29, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Rio 2016 Triathlon - Women . Rio 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2020.