Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's

Men's Triathlon
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney Opera House
Date 17 September
Competitors 52 from 27 nations
Winning time 1:48:24.02
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Simon Whitfield  Canada
2nd, silver medalist(s) Stephan Vuckovic  Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jan Řehula  Czech Republic

The men's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, making this an official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, September 17, 2000 at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney.[1]

Competition format

The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of 1,500 metres (0.93 mi) swimming, 40 kilometres (25 mi), road bicycle racing, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) road running.[2]

Results

52 athletes competed in men's triathlon; only four of them dropped out of the cycling phase.

Rank # Triathlete Country Swimming Cycling Running Total time* Difference
1st, gold medalist(s)18 Simon Whitfield Canada 18:18.0959:12.2030:53.731:48:24.02
2nd, silver medalist(s)50 Stephan Vuckovic Germany 18:35.5958:52.1031:09.891:48:37.58+00:13.56
3rd, bronze medalist(s)32 Jan Řehula Czech Republic 18:11.8959:13.5031:21.251:48:46.64+00:22.62
436 Dmitriy Gaag Kazakhstan 18:13.0959:08.0031:42.481:49:03.57+00:39.55
58 Ivan Rana Spain 18:12.3959:10.4031:48.091:49:10.88+00:46.86
621 Miles Stewart Australia 18:20.4958:59.6031:54.431:49:14.52+00:50.50
745 Olivier Marceau France 18:11.6958:12.4032:53.941:49:18.03+00:54.01
824 Reto Hug Switzerland 18:17.4959:12.3131:51.501:49:21.30+00:57.28
92 Simon Lessing Great Britain 17:44.7959:39.6031:59.931:49:24.32+01:00.30
103 Tim Don Great Britain 18:00.5959:31.1131:57.151:49:28.85+01:04.83
1144 Andriy Glushchenko Ukraine 18:09.7959:29.9031:50.481:49:30.17+01:06.15
1251 Andreas Raelert Germany 18:13.2959:09.8032:08.191:49:31.28+01:07.26
1333 Martin Krňávek Czech Republic 18:11.3959:21.6032:05.021:49:38.01+01:13.99
144 Leandro Macedo Brazil 18:46.0958:40.2032:24.401:49:50.69+01:26.67
1543 Volodymyr Polikarpenko Ukraine 17:59.8959:37.2032:14.691:49:51.78+01:27.76
1615 Craig Watson New Zealand 18:05.0959:18.5032:38.261:50:01.85+01:37.83
1738 Hunter Kemper United States 18:11.7959:15.2032:38.571:50:05.56+01:41.54
1825 Markus Keller Switzerland 18:38.2958:51.2032:45.761:50:15.25+01:51.23
1946 Carl Blasco France 18:06.1959:18.2132:53.621:50:18.02+01:54.00
2020 Conrad Stoltz South Africa 18:47.3957:38.6033:58.401:50:24.39+02:00.37
2129 Takumi Obara Japan 18:10.4959:21.2032:58.261:50:29.95+02:05.93
225 Juraci Moreira Brazil 18:49.4958:45.4133:09.891:50:44.79+02:20.77
237 Eneko Llanos Spain 18:44.3958:43.9033:20.061:50:48.35+02:24.33
2426 Jean-Christophe Guinchard Switzerland 18:46.9958:36.5033:27.271:50:50.76+02:26.74
2539 Ryan Bolton United States 18:31.4959:06.7033:14.761:50:52.95+02:28.93
2614 Hamish Carter New Zealand 17:48.1959:37.1033:31.881:50:57.17+02:33.15
2722 Craig Walton Australia 17:43.8959:36.8033:36.971:50:57.66+02:33.64
2848 Oscar Galindez Argentina 18:50.5959:20.6032:48.291:50:59.48+02:35.46
2927 Johannes Enzenhofer Austria 18:22.7959:11.5033:28.191:51:02.48+02:38.46
3035 Csaba Kuttor Hungary 18:06.7959:34.3033:24.651:51:05.74+02:41.72
3147 Stephan Bignet France 18:01.5959:36.1033:34.461:51:12.15+02:48.13
3219 Alessandro Bottoni Italy 18:48.7958:44.2133:45.131:51:18.13+02:54.11
3341 Vassilis Krommidas Greece 18:25.5959:16.1033:47.251:51:28.94+03:04.92
3423 Peter Robertson Australia 18:47.4958:40.9034:10.651:51:39.04+03:15.02
3552 Joachim Willen Sweden 17:48.8959:43.2034:08.711:51:40.80+03:16.78
3630 Hideo Fukui Japan 17:57.2959:32.5034:35.001:52:04.79+03:40.77
3753 Gilberto González Venezuela 18:54.4958:40.4034:38.141:52:13.03+03:49.01
3816 Ben Bright New Zealand 18:14.9959:11.8034:50.471:52:17.26+03:53.24
396 Armando Barcellos Brazil 18:45.8958:51.9036:04.841:53:42.63+05:18.61
4040 Nick Radkewich United States 18:44.0958:54.5036:06.041:53:44.63+05:20.61
4142 Matias Brain Chile 18:56.5958:46.3036:02.011:53:44.90+05:20.88
4210 Eric van der Linden Netherlands 18:22.1959:10.4036:59.451:54:32.04+06:08.02
4311 Rob Barel Netherlands 18:34.691:03:32.0033:30.001:55:36.69+07:12.67
4417 Jan Knobelauch Hansen Denmark 19:23.691:02:48.9033:29.471:55:42.06+07:18.04
4528 Roland Melis Netherlands Antilles 19:21.191:02:47.8034:02.961:56:11.95+07:47.93
4631 Hiroyuki Nishiuchi Japan 18:15.791:03:57.2034:46.771:56:59.76+08:35.74
4737 Mikhail Kuznetsov Kazakhstan 18:55.091:04:39.2035:39.211:59:13.50+10:49.48
4812 Dennis Looze Netherlands 18:08.4959:20.8042:54.512:00:23.80+11:59.78
1 Andrew Johns Great Britain 18:15.69Did not finish
9 Jose Maria Merchan Spain 18:55.49Did not finish
34 Filip Ospalý Czech Republic 18:07.79Did not finish
49 Mark Marabini Zimbabwe 20:41.39Did not finish
  • * Including Transition 1 (swimming-to-cycling) and T2 (cycling-to-running), roughly a minute.
  • No one is allotted the number 13.
  • LAP - Lapped by the leader on the cycling course.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Olympic Distance". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  2. "Triathlon – Competition Description" (PDF). 2000 Sydney Olympics Results. p. 6. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
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