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Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's

The men's triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place at the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo on 26 July 2021.[1]

Men's triathlon
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueOdaiba Marine Park, Tokyo
Date26 July 2021
Competitors51 from 29 nations
Winning time1:45:04
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kristian Blummenfelt  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alex Yee  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hayden Wilde  New Zealand
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The race began with a false start, as a media boat blocked about a third of the field from entering the water.[2] After the restart, the field remained close together coming out of the water. In the cycling leg, a group of 10 broke away for the first few laps but the chasing pack eventually reeled them by the end of the fifth lap to form a lead group of 37 triathletes. On the last lap, Andrea Salvisberg broke away solo to lead by 16 seconds heading into the second transition, but he was caught by the rest of the field on the first lap of the running leg.[3] The lead group remained together until the end of the third lap, when Alex Yee, Kristian Blummenfelt, and Hayden Wilde surged ahead. In the final mile, Blummenfelt accelerated away from the other two to take the gold medal. Yee finished 11 seconds later to take the silver, with Wilde completing the podium a further nine seconds back.[4]

Course edit

The event took place at the Odaiba Marine Park and was 51.5 kilometres (32.0 mi) long along a flat course.[4] Competitors began with a 1.5-kilometre (0.93 mi) swimming leg, consisting of a 950-metre (3,120 ft) lap followed by a shorter 550-metre (1,800 ft) lap. Then, they took on the 40-kilometre (25 mi) cycling leg, made of eight laps of a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) course. Finally, competitors finished with four 2.5-kilometre (1.6 mi) laps that made up the 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) running leg.[5][6][7]

Results edit

Rank # Triathlete Nation Swimming Cycling Running Total time Difference
  43 Kristian Blummenfelt   Norway 18:04 56:19 29:34 1:45:04
  55 Alex Yee   Great Britain 18:09 56:17 29:44 1:45:15 + 0:11
  2 Hayden Wilde   New Zealand 18:17 56:07 29:52 1:45:24 + 0:20
4 27 Marten van Riel   Belgium 17:45 56:37 30:21 1:45:52 + 0:48
5 54 Jonathan Brownlee   Great Britain 17:49 56:38 30:22 1:45:53 + 0:49
6 52 Kevin McDowell   United States 18:29 55:56 30:24 1:45:54 + 0:50
7 18 Bence Bicsák   Hungary 17:55 56:26 30:24 1:45:56 + 0:52
8 44 Gustav Iden   Norway 18:24 55:59 30:29 1:46:00 + 0:56
9 47 Max Studer   Switzerland 18:25 55:59 30:35 1:46:06 + 1:02
10 22 Mario Mola   Spain 18:21 56:06 30:38 1:46:13 + 1:09
11 45 Casper Stornes   Norway 17:58 56:21 30:50 1:46:19 + 1:15
12 20 Fernando Alarza   Spain 18:20 56:09 30:42 1:46:22 + 1:18
13 7 Vincent Luis   France 17:39 56:45 30:51 1:46:24 + 1:20
14 30 Kenji Nener   Japan 17:51 56:31 30:53 1:46:24 + 1:20
15 15 Tyler Mislawchuk   Canada 17:50 56:35 30:55 1:46:28 + 1:24
16 10 Jacob Birtwhistle   Australia 18:14 56:11 31:01 1:46:32 + 1:28
17 6 Dorian Coninx   France 18:04 56:18 31:15 1:46:48 + 1:44
18 1 Tayler Reid   New Zealand 17:45 56:40 31:25 1:46:54 + 1:50
19 31 Makoto Odakura   Japan 18:21 56:05 31:26 1:47:03 + 1:59
20 38 Shachar Sagiv   Israel 18:12 56:14 31:37 1:47:10 + 2:06
21 5 Léo Bergère   France 18:00 56:22 31:47 1:47:20 + 2:16
22 46 Andrea Salvisberg   Switzerland 18:02 56:03 32:10 1:47:25 + 2:21
23 25 João Silva   Portugal 17:55 56:30 31:53 1:47:30 + 2:26
24 11 Matthew Hauser   Australia 18:07 56:18 31:59 1:47:35 + 2:31
25 21 Javier Gómez Noya   Spain 18:22 56:05 32:08 1:47:46 + 2:42
26 12 Aaron Royle   Australia 18:09 56:14 32:21 1:47:57 + 2:53
27 24 João Pereira   Portugal 17:56 56:31 32:27 1:48:03 + 2:59
28 34 Manoel Messias   Brazil 18:37 57:40 30:43 1:48:11 + 3:07
29 19 Tamás Tóth   Hungary 18:07 56:20 32:39 1:48:19 + 3:15
30 39 Diego Moya   Chile 17:50 56:34 32:48 1:48:29 + 3:25
31 40 Crisanto Grajales   Mexico 18:23 57:52 31:06 1:48:36 + 3:32
32 8 Dmitry Polyanskiy   ROC 17:40 56:49 33:08 1:48:46 + 3:42
33 56 Oscar Coggins   Hong Kong 17:54 56:29 33:23 1:48:55 + 3:51
34 28 Lukas Hollaus   Austria 18:38 57:38 31:34 1:48:59 + 3:55
35 37 Ran Sagiv   Israel 18:24 57:50 31:35 1:49:04 + 4:00
36 23 Felix Duchampt   Romania 18:39 57:42 31:38 1:49:06 + 4:02
37 35 Gianluca Pozzatti   Italy 18:00 56:24 33:31 1:49:14 + 4:10
38 4 Jonas Schomburg   Germany 17:42 58:38 32:02 1:49:34 + 4:30
39 36 Delian Stateff   Italy 17:54 56:31 34:24 1:50:00 + 4:56
40 3 Justus Nieschlag   Germany 18:09 56:14 34:32 1:50:10 + 5:06
41 33 Rostislav Pevtsov   Azerbaijan 18:27 57:50 33:17 1:50:46 + 5:42
42 53 Morgan Pearson   United States 18:02 58:17 34:32 1:52:05[a] + 7:01
43 14 Stefan Zachaus   Luxembourg 17:56 56:29 36:45 1:52:21 + 7:17
44 32 Mehdi Essadiq   Morocco 17:58 58:13 35:46 1:53:25 + 8:21
45 41 Irving Pérez   Mexico 18:06 1:01:14 33:34 1:54:02 + 8:58
46 42 Mohamad Maso   Syria 18:07 58:10 36:33 1:54:12 + 9:08
47 17 Russell White   Ireland 18:35 57:40 37:05 1:54:40 + 9:36
48 16 Matthew Sharpe   Canada 17:56 56:31 41:50 1:57:32 + 12:28
51 Henri Schoeman   South Africa 17:43 56:41 Did not finish[b]
29 Alois Knabl   Austria 17:55 Did not finish[c]
DSQ[10] 9 Igor Polyanskiy   ROC 17:47 58:30 34:34 1:52:07 + 7:03
Source: Official results[11][12][3][13]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Pearson received a 15-second penalty for placing his equipment outside the box during the first transition. This penalty was served at the start of the running leg.[8]
  2. ^ Schoeman withdrew during the running leg due to an ankle injury.[9]
  3. ^ Knabl had a mechanical problem during the cycling leg and was unable to continue.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Triathlon - Results". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ Gibbs, Simon (25 July 2021). "Men's triathlon kicks off with bizarre false start, first in Olympic history". NBC Olympics. NBCUniversal. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Race Analysis" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b Philipps, Mitch (25 July 2021). "Triathlon-Blummenfelt wins gold for Norway". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ^ Gray, Doug (23 July 2021). "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Triathlon: Men's preview". Triathlon.org. World Triathlon. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Triathlon". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Everything you need to know about Olympic Triathlon at Tokyo 2020". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Race Facts" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  9. ^ Butler, Lynn (26 July 2021). "Henri Schoeman's injury heartache in Tokyo: 'He did everything he could'". News24. Naspers. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Igor Polyanskiy sanctioned with three-year suspension after a positive doping case". World Triathlon. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Triathlon - Results". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Results: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games – Elite Men". World Triathlon. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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