The men's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics programme. It was the event's third appearance, established in 2000. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling. Fifty-five triathletes from 31 nations competed.
The men's triathlon was won by Jan Frodeno of Germany with a time of 1:48:53.28. Simon Whitfield of Canada, who previously won this event in 2000, claimed the silver, while New Zealand's Bevan Docherty, silver medalist at the 2004 Athens, took the bronze. For the first time in Olympic history, two athletes had won more than a single medal in triathlon.
Competition format The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of swimming, , of road cycling, and of road running.
Results
Rank# Triathlete Swimming Cycling Running Total time* Difference 32 18:1459:0130:461:48:53.28— 16 18:1858:5630:481:48:58.47 +5.19 27 18:2358:5130:571:49:05.59 +12.31430 18:0859:0631:031:49:13.92 +20.64531 18:2258:5231:141:49:22.03 +28.75634 18:2558:4931:351:49:43.78 +50.50721 18:0459:0631:401:49:48.75 +55.47841 18:1858:5731:481:49:57.47 +1:04.19926 18:0259:1531:411:49:59.38 +1:06.101038 18:0359:1131:481:50:00.30 +1:07.021111 18:0659:0832:001:50:10.02 +1:16.741235 18:1159:0532:071:50:19.62 +1:26.341318 18:3057:4833:151:50:30.90 +1:37.621436 18:5358:2332:181:50:32.07 +1:38.791533 18:2358:5632:211:50:33.90 +1:40.621612 18:1758:5632:261:50:36.00 +1:42.721754 18:2858:4732:321:50:40.22 +1:46.941823 18:1959:0332:271:50:46.39 +1:53.111944 18:5558:1832:371:50:50.07 +1:56.792042 18:1758:5632:411:50:53.69 +2:00.412152 18:1159:0532:421:50:58.98 +2:05.702225 18:1559:0732:531:51:11.61 +2:18.332345 18:1458:5233:111:51:19.45 +2:26.172424 18:1059:0833:011:51:22.59 +2:29.312555 18:2657:5234:191:51:31.01 +2:37.73268 18:2458:5033:221:51:35.57 +2:42.292717 18:2658:5133:251:51:40.94 +2:47.662815 18:2458:5133:341:51:46.81 +2:53.532943 18:5558:2033:531:52:04.93 +3:11.65306 18:2758:5333:561:52:11.98 +3:18.70312 18:1359:0633:571:52:18.09 +3:24.813222 18:2558:4834:191:52:30.44 +3:37.163310 18:2258:5534:261:52:39.21 +3:45.933429 18:0059:1934:341:52:48.16 +3:54.883519 18:2358:5834:321:52:51.74 +3:58.463640 18:4958:2434:511:53:02.79 +4:09.51377 18:5258:2834:561:53:13.94 +4:20.663847 18:2059:0035:021:53:23.98 +4:30.703928 18:4158:3435:421:53:49.47 +4:56.19409 18:2258:5635:431:53:58.22 +5:04.94414 18:0959:1235:541:54:13.58 +5:20.304220 18:2159:0036:091:54:31.61 +5:38.334350 18:5458:2436:221:54:40.78 +5:47.50443 18:5658:0836:421:54:46.09 +5:52.814553 18:2059:0636:471:55:06.57 +6:13.294656 18:0659:1537:171:55:41.87 +6:48.594751 18:0959:1337:271:55:53.38 +7:00.10485 18:0459:1237:581:56:13.68 +7:20.404948 18:2358:5638:191:56:40.54 +7:47.265014 18:1258:5938:391:56:50.85 +7:57.57—39 18:2758:49Did not finish—37 18:54—49 18:55—1 18:59—46 Did 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.According to the official Olympic Competition Rules and the
References
BAUMAN, J. (2016) Energy conservation and management for high performance. Available at: http://usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&ItemId=13432&mid=11997 (Accessed: 17 March 2016). ITU. ( 2016) International Triathlon Union. Available at: http://www.triathlon.org/olympics/ (Accessed: 17 March 2016). Carlson, Timothy. (2012) The intricacies of Olympic qualification. Available at: http://www.slowtwitch.com/Interview/The_intricacies_of_Olympic_qualification_2731.html
External links NBC Olympics – Triathlon