2007 ITU Triathlon World Cup

The 2007 ITU Triathlon World Cup was a series of triathlon races organised by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) for elite-level triathletes. There were fifteen races held in fourteen countries, each held over a distance of 1500 m swim, 40 km cycle, 10 km run (an Olympic-distance triathlon).[1][2] Alongside a prize purse, points were awarded at each race contributing towards the overall World Cup for which an additional prize purse was awarded. The 2007 World Cup was sponsored by BG Group.[1]

2007 ITU Triathlon World Cup
Series details
Races15
Men's World Cup
1st Javier Gómez (ESP)
2nd Simon Whitfield (CAN)
3rd Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS)
Most winsJavier Gómez (4)
Women's World Cup
1st Vanessa Fernandes (POR)
2nd Emma Moffatt (AUS)
3rd Samantha Warriner (NZL)
Most winsVanessa Fernandes (6)

Venues, dates and prize purses edit

Date City County Prize purse (US$)
Mar 25 Mooloolaba   Australia 100,000
Apr 15 Ishigaki   Japan 100,000
May 6 Lisbon   Portugal 100,000
May 13 Richards Bay   South Africa 100,000
Jun 3 Madrid   Spain 100,000
Jun 10 Vancouver   Canada 100,000
Jun 17 Des Moines   United States 700,000
Jun 24 Edmonton   Canada 100,000
Jul 22 Kitzbuehel   Austria 100,000
Jul 29 Salford   United Kingdom 100,000
Aug 12 Tiszaújváros   Hungary 100,000
Sep 16 Beijing   China 100,000
Oct 7 Rhodes   Greece 100,000
Nov 3 Cancún   Mexico 65,000
Dec 1 Eilat   Israel 50,000

Event results edit

Mooloolaba edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Brad Kahlefeldt   Australia 1:49:22 Emma Snowsill   Australia 1:59:20
  Javier Gómez   Spain 1:49:26 Erin Densham   Australia 1:59:51
  Kris Gemmell   New Zealand 1:49:36 Vanessa Fernandes   Portugal 2:00:01
Source:[3]

Ishigaki edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Courtney Atkinson   Australia 1:53:27 Vanessa Fernandes   Portugal 2:04:16
  Bevan Docherty   New Zealand 1:54:13 Emma Snowsill   Australia 2:04:34
  Kris Gemmell   New Zealand 1:54:26 Debbie Tanner   New Zealand 2:04:51
Source:[3]

Lisbon edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Javier Gómez   Spain 1:52:41 Vanessa Fernandes   Portugal 2:04:45
  Filip Ospalý   Czech Republic 1:52:53 Michelle Dillon   Great Britain 2:06:05
  Brad Kahlefeldt   Australia 1:52:58 Christiane Pilz   Germany 2:06:30
Source:[3]

Richards Bay edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Hendrik De Villiers   South Africa 1:52:53 Kirsten Sweetland   Canada 2:03:32
  Volodymyr Polikarpenko   Ukraine 1:52:56 Magali Di marco Messmer   Switzerland 2:03:47
  Alexander Brukhankov   Russia 1:53:01 Christiane Pilz   Germany 2:03:49
Source:[3]

Madrid edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Filip Ospalý   Czech Republic 1:55:47 Vanessa Fernandes   Portugal 2:07:33
  Javier Gómez   Spain 1:55:52 Andrea Hewitt   New Zealand 2:08:25
  Iván Raña   Spain 1:56:06 Michelle Dillon   United Kingdom 2:08:30
Source:[3]

Vancouver edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Simon Whitfield   Canada 1:49:16 Samantha Warriner   New Zealand 2:03:25
  Andy Potts   United States 1:49:18 Sarah Haskins   United States 2:04:00
  Matthew Reed   United States 1:50:10 Erin Densham   Australia 2:04:10
Source:[3]

Des Moines edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Rasmus Henning   Denmark 1:50:04 Laura Bennett   United States 2:04:32
  Bevan Docherty   New Zealand 1:50:34 Annabel Luxford   Australia 2:04:47
  Javier Gómez   Spain 1:50:46 Mariana Ohata   Brazil 2:05:30
Source:[3]

Edmonton edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Bevan Docherty   New Zealand 1:45:54 Emma Moffatt   Australia 1:57:52
  Alexander Brukhankov   Russia 1:46:14 Kirsten Sweetland   Canada 1:57:53
  Sven Riederer   Switzerland 1:46:42 Annabel Luxford   Australia 1:58:10
Source:[3]

Kitzbuehel edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Simon Whitfield   Canada 1:42:56 Andrea Hewitt   New Zealand 1:54:31
  Frédéric Belaubre   France 1:42:57 Eva Dollinger   Austria 1:54:34
  Brad Kahlefeldt   Australia 1:43:01 Nicky Samuels   New Zealand 1:54:45
Source:[3]

Salford edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Javier Gómez   Spain 1:51:47 Vanessa Fernandes   Portugal 2:02:59
  Brad Kahlefeldt   Australia 1:51:59 Samantha Warriner   New Zealand 2:03:17
  Simon Whitfield   Canada 1:52:04 Kate Allen   Austria 2:03:23
Source:[3]

Tiszaújváros edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Javier Gómez   Spain 1:47:44 Samantha Warriner   New Zealand 2:00:11
  Kris Gemmell   New Zealand 1:47:52 Emma Moffatt   Australia 2:00:31
  Frédéric Belaubre   France 1:48:03 Debbie Tanner   New Zealand 2:00:35
Source:[3]

Beijing edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Javier Gómez   Spain 1:48:41 Vanessa Fernandes   Portugal 2:00:36
  Courtney Atkinson   Australia 1:49:04 Emma Snowsill   Australia 2:01:51
  Bevan Docherty   New Zealand 1:49:08 Laura Bennett   United States 2:02:06
Source:[3]

Rhodes edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Kris Gemmell   New Zealand 1:51:53 Vanessa Fernandes   Portugal 2:02:06
  Alistair Brownlee   Great Britain 1:51:57 Andrea Whitcombe   Great Britain 2:03:05
  Courtney Atkinson   Australia 1:52:20 Vendula Frintová   Czech Republic 2:03:21
Source:[3]

Cancún edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Simon Whitfield   Canada 1:52:05 Julie Ertel   United States 2:03:22
  Paul Tichelaar   Canada 1:52:06 Carole Peon   France 2:03:34
  Volodymyr Polikarpenko   Ukraine 1:52:08 Sarah Haskins   United States 2:03:37
Source:[3]

Eilat edit

Place Men Women
Name Nation Time Name Nation Time
  Hirokatsu Tayama   Japan 1:49:46 Nicola Spirig   Switzerland 2:02:42
  Volodymyr Polikarpenko   Ukraine 1:50:32 Juri Ide   Japan 2:03:10
  Alexander Brukhankov   Russia 1:50:36 Annabel Luxford   Australia 2:03:21
Source:[3]

Overall rankings edit

At each race of the series points were awarded to the top 20 finishers per the table below. Double points were awarded for results achieved in the ITU Triathlon World Championship race in Hamburg, Germany on 1–2 September.


Finishing position World Cup points
1 50
2 44
3 39
4 35
5 31
6 27
7 24
8 21
9 18
10 15
11 13
12 11
13 9
14 7
15 6
16 5
17 4
18 3
19 2
20 1

Men edit

Rank Name Points
1   Javier Gómez (ESP) 415
2   Simon Whitfield (CAN) 338
3   Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) 298
4   Bevan Docherty (NZL) 286
5   Kris Gemmell (NZL) 261
6   Volodymyr Polikarpenko (UKR) 214
7   Alexander Brukhankov (RUS) 213
8   Courtney Atkinson (AUS) 164
9   Iván Raña (ESP) 136
10   Daniel Unger (GER) 135
Source:[3]

Women edit

Rank Name Points
1   Vanessa Fernandes (POR) 439
2   Emma Moffatt (AUS) 259
3   Samantha Warriner (NZL) 254
4   Emma Snowsill (AUS) 226
5   Debbie Tanner (NZL) 225
6   Nicola Spirig (SUI) 222
7   Laura Bennett (USA) 216
8   Sarah Haskins (USA) 196
  Annabel Luxford (USA) 196
10   Magali Messmer (SUI) 170
Source:[3]

Medal table edit

Rank Nation Men Women Total
  Gold   Silver   Bronze   Gold   Silver   Bronze
1   Australia 2 2 3 2 5 3 17
2   New Zealand 2 3 3 3 2 3 16
3   Spain 4 2 2 0 0 0 8
4   Canada 3 1 1 1 1 0 7
  Portugal 0 0 0 6 0 1 7
  United States 0 1 1 2 1 2 7
7   Great Britain 0 1 0 0 2 1 4
8   Czech Republic 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
  France 0 1 1 0 1 0 3
  Russia 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
  Switzerland 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
  Ukraine 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
13   Austria 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
  Japan 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
16   Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  Denmark 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  South Africa 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Source:[3]

Note: Rank is arranged by total number of medals.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "ITU BG World Cup series". Tri247.com. 17 January 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  2. ^ "History of Triathlon - International Triathlon Union (ITU)". ClearLead Inc. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "2007 World Cup" (PDF). International Triathlon Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.