Triathlon at the 2015 European Games

Triathlon
at the 2015 European Games
Venue Ramada (start)
Dates 13–14 June 2015
Competitors 130 [1]

The triathlon competitions at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, will be held at 13–14 June 2015. A total of 130 athletes, 65 men and 65 women, will compete.

Qualification

A maximum of 12 NOCs may qualify three athletes per event. Other NOCs may have a maximun of two quota places per event. Three quota places will be allocated to the first 12 nations to have three athletes eligible through the qualification process.[2]

Olympic qualification

Triathlon is one of the events where performance in the 2015 Games impact on Olympic Qualification. In the case of triathlon, the winner of each event will secure a quota place for their NOC for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
Gordon Benson
 Great Britain
João Silva
 Portugal
Rostyslav Pevtsov
 Azerbaijan
Women's
Nicola Spirig
 Switzerland
Rachel Klamer
 Netherlands
Lisa Nordén
 Sweden

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)1001
 Switzerland (SUI)1001
3 Netherlands (NED)0101
 Portugal (POR)0101
5 Azerbaijan (AZE)0011
 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (6 nations)2226

Participating nations

A total of 65 athletes from 15 nations competed in triathlon at the 2015 European Games:[4]

References

  1. Newsletter
  2. Qualification summary
  3. Triathlon qualification
  4. "Number of Entries by NOC" (PDF). Baku 2015 official website. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
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