1998 ITU Triathlon World Championships explained

The 1998 ITU Triathlon World Championships was a triathlon event held in Lausanne, Switzerland on 29–30 August 1998 and organised by the International Triathlon Union.^[1] The championship was won by Simon Lessing of Great Britain and Joanne King of Australia.

Course

The course was a swim, bike, run. The swim took place in Lake Geneva, starting next to the de Coubertin sporting complex. The bike course was a four lap course through the city, including a climb past the Lausanne Cathedral. The run was an out and back course, passing the Olympic Museum.^[2]

Results

Men's Championship

Rank	Name	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Time
	align='left'	17:43	1:21	1:04:19	0:51	31:14	1:55:30
	align='left'	18:11	1:25	1:03:47	0:50	31:43	1:55:57
	align='left'	18:14	1:28	1:03:35	0:52	31:54	1:56:04
4	align='left'	17:41	1:23	1:04:13	0:47	32:02	1:56:08
5	align='left'	17:50	1:31	1:03:58	0:51	32:01	1:56:14
6	align='left'	17:53	1:26	1:04:05	0:51	32:02	1:56:20
7	align='left'	17:55	1:23	1:03:58	0:46	32:32	1:56:38
8	align='left'	18:20	1:20	1:03:40	0:54	32:23	1:56:40
9	align='left'	17:57	1:23	1:04:02	0:56	32:29	1:56:49
10	align='left'	18:11	1:20	1:03:47	0:57	32:35	1:56:52
11	align='left'	17:44	1:23	1:04:09	0:51	32:43	1:56:53
12	align='left'	18:19	1:25	1:03:34	0:54	32:49	1:57:04
13	align='left'	18:13	1:21	1:03:45	0:48	33:10	1:57:19
14	align='left'	17:57	1:26	1:04:02	0:54	33:02	1:57:23
15	align='left'	18:13	1:23	1:03:40	0:51	33:16	1:57:26
16	align='left'	17:48	1:28	1:04:04	0:56	33:16	1:57:32
18	align='left'	18:01	1:23	1:04:00	0:57	33:45	1:58:09
19	align='left'	17:53	1:26	1:03:58	0:51	34:25	1:58:37
20	align='left'	18:04	1:23	1:03:57	0:53	34:59	1:59:19
21	align='left'	17:48	1:31	1:04:02	0:52	35:04	1:59:19
22	align='left'	18:12	1:25	1:06:12	0:57	32:35	1:59:24
23	align='left'	18:09	1:21	1:03:52	0:59	35:10	1:59:32
24	align='left'	18:45	1:30	1:05:31	0:51	32:54	1:59:36
25	align='left'	18:00	1:25	1:06:27	0:54	32:47	1:59:37
26	align='left'	19:45	1:20	1:04:38	0:51	33:06	1:59:42
27	align='left'	19:04	1:25	1:04:28	0:56	33:54	1:59:48
28	align='left'	18:50	1:22	1:05:38	0:50	33:16	1:59:59
29	align='left'	18:11	1:30	1:06:07	0:57	33:16	2:00:04
30	align='left'	18:52	1:27	1:05:30	0:56	33:19	2:00:05
31	align='left'	18:22	1:30	1:03:30	0:54	35:49	2:00:10
32	align='left'	19:14	1:29	1:04:17	1:02	34:22	2:00:26
33	align='left'	00:00	0:00	0:00:00	0:00	00:00	2:00:37
34	align='left'	18:56	1:30	1:05:17	0:54	33:59	2:00:40
35	align='left'	18:58	1:27	1:05:19	0:52	34:10	2:00:46
36	align='left'	19:18	1:30	1:04:56	0:58	34:02	2:00:48
37	align='left'	18:06	1:23	1:03:47	0:54	36:35	2:00:48
38	align='left'	18:32	1:25	1:05:48	0:52	34:13	2:00:52
39	align='left'	18:33	1:28	1:05:45	0:54	34:28	2:01:10
40	align='left'	18:21	1:23	1:06:03	0:59	34:27	2:01:16
41	align='left'	18:33	1:25	1:05:48	0:53	34:45	2:01:25
42	align='left'	18:56	1:26	1:05:30	0:54	34:37	2:01:25
43	align='left'	18:23	1:29	1:05:56	0:57	34:48	2:01:34
44	align='left'	17:42	1:25	1:06:37	0:59	34:52	2:01:36
45	align='left'	00:00	0:00	0:00:00	0:00	00:00	2:01:44
46	align='left'	18:48	1:27	1:04:42	0:51	36:02	2:01:51
47	align='left'	17:51	1:31	1:06:26	0:59	35:19	2:02:10
48	align='left'	18:53	1:23	1:05:30	0:56	35:32	2:02:17
49	align='left'	19:07	1:35	1:07:30	0:52	33:28	2:02:35
50	align='left'	19:01	1:26	1:07:31	0:54	33:44	2:02:38
51	align='left'	19:33	1:27	1:07:12	0:48	34:01	2:03:04
52	align='left'	19:00	1:35	1:07:41	0:58	34:15	2:03:29
53	align='left'	18:58	1:27	1:07:49	0:59	34:22	2:03:36
54	align='left'	19:19	1:30	1:07:26	1:00	34:53	2:04:13
55	align='left'	18:15	1:44	1:08:20	1:07	34:53	2:04:21
56	align='left'	18:36	1:30	1:07:53	1:00	35:29	2:04:31
57	align='left'	19:33	1:25	1:07:01	0:54	35:51	2:04:47
58	align='left'	19:17	1:29	1:07:26	0:58	35:54	2:05:05
59	align='left'	18:33	1:29	1:08:14	1:04	36:16	2:05:39
60	align='left'	18:58	1:28	1:09:54	0:54	34:37	2:05:54
61	align='left'	18:59	1:23	1:09:56	0:56	34:58	2:06:14
62	align='left'	18:08	1:33	1:06:09	0:57	39:52	2:06:42
63	align='left'	19:31	1:29	1:07:14	0:58	37:40	2:06:54
64	align='left'	18:57	1:28	1:09:56	0:54	36:14	2:07:31
65	align='left'	18:21	1:23	1:08:16	0:58	38:38	2:07:38
66	align='left'	18:34	1:35	1:08:06	0:54	39:00	2:08:14
67	align='left'	18:33	1:37	1:11:48	1:06	37:35	2:10:44
68	align='left'	18:10	1:33	1:16:19	1:18	35:04	2:12:25
69	align='left'	18:10	1:37	1:18:37	1:02	38:25	2:17:54
Sources:^[3]

Women's Championship

Rank	Name	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Time
	align='left'	20:00	1:26	1:09:16	0:57	35:43	2:07:24
	align='left'	19:40	1:28	1:09:32	0:56	36:24	2:08:03
	align='left'	19:53	1:31	1:09:16	0:59	36:30	2:08:12
4	align='left'	19:31	1:34	1:09:38	0:59	37:16	2:09:00
5	align='left'	19:42	1:23	1:09:35	1:02	37:25	2:09:10
6	align='left'	20:18	1:44	1:10:47	1:05	35:49	2:09:44
7	align='left'	19:05	1:23	1:10:14	0:57	38:34	2:10:15
8	align='left'	19:37	1:36	1:09:26	0:59	38:49	2:10:30
9	align='left'	20:17	1:31	1:10:58	1:02	36:52	2:10:43
10	align='left'	21:22	1:34	1:09:49	0:58	37:17	2:11:03
11	align='left'	20:38	1:39	1:10:29	1:02	37:37	2:11:29
12	align='left'	20:18	1:30	1:10:56	1:02	38:19	2:12:09
13	align='left'	20:24	1:30	1:12:59	0:59	36:31	2:12:25
14	align='left'	19:46	1:37	1:11:25	1:00	38:43	2:12:33
15	align='left'	19:46	1:31	1:11:55	0:59	38:20	2:12:35
16	align='left'	20:45	1:43	1:12:25	1:10	36:39	2:12:45
17	align='left'	20:44	1:39	1:12:28	0:57	36:57	2:12:49
18	align='left'	20:11	1:30	1:08:58	0:56	41:13	2:12:52
19	align='left'	19:31	1:45	1:12:00	1:13	38:23	2:12:53
20	align='left'	20:19	1:41	1:12:56	1:00	36:59	2:12:58
21	align='left'	19:48	1:39	1:09:15	1:04	41:16	2:13:03
22	align='left'	19:36	1:42	1:11:27	0:59	39:27	2:13:14
23	align='left'	19:42	1:42	1:11:25	0:59	39:43	2:13:33
24	align='left'	19:30	1:37	1:13:48	1:06	37:43	2:13:44
25	align='left'	20:08	1:44	1:10:53	1:00	40:16	2:14:04
26	align='left'	20:01	1:47	1:13:08	1:02	38:11	2:14:12
27	align='left'	20:52	1:44	1:13:35	0:58	37:35	2:14:45
28	align='left'	21:14	1:27	1:12:12	0:59	38:55	2:14:47
29	align='left'	19:56	1:45	1:13:14	1:02	38:55	2:14:55
30	align='left'	19:45	1:39	1:14:49	0:57	37:46	2:14:58
31	align='left'	20:49	1:37	1:13:46	1:02	38:02	2:15:19
32	align='left'	21:23	1:30	1:14:00	1:04	37:45	2:15:45
33	align='left'	21:33	1:50	1:13:34	1:04	37:50	2:15:54
34	align='left'	21:26	1:43	1:13:44	0:54	38:09	2:15:58
35	align='left'	20:42	1:30	1:14:02	1:02	39:31	2:16:50
36	align='left'	21:18	1:41	1:13:55	1:02	39:04	2:17:02
37	align='left'	20:14	1:43	1:14:19	1:05	39:55	2:17:17
38	align='left'	21:15	1:37	1:13:20	1:06	39:58	2:17:19
39	align='left'	20:28	1:39	1:12:44	1:12	41:30	2:17:36
40	align='left'	19:38	1:37	1:14:57	0:58	40:33	2:17:45
41	align='left'	20:14	1:45	1:14:15	1:07	40:25	2:17:49
42	align='left'	19:43	1:49	1:15:24	0:59	39:58	2:17:55
43	align='left'	19:42	1:37	1:13:34	1:06	42:26	2:18:26
44	align='left'	21:34	1:45	1:13:37	1:02	40:46	2:18:46
45	align='left'	21:21	1:47	1:11:48	1:02	43:17	2:19:20
46	align='left'	21:30	1:51	1:18:11	1:04	38:05	2:20:44
47	align='left'	25:20	1:34	1:15:56	1:02	36:57	2:20:53
48	align='left'	22:45	1:37	1:18:31	1:02	38:29	2:22:26
49	align='left'	20:48	1:42	1:18:08	1:05	41:51	2:23:36
50	align='left'	21:27	1:45	1:17:14	1:11	42:08	2:23:48
51	align='left'	19:35	1:54	1:20:52	1:17	41:42	2:25:21
52	align='left'	20:42	1:39	1:21:15	1:13	40:37	2:25:29
53	align='left'	21:22	1:45	1:19:11	1:08	42:59	2:26:27
54	align='left'	21:36	1:37	1:19:02	1:06	43:35	2:26:57
55	align='left'	20:49	1:43	1:19:01	1:06	44:31	2:27:12
56	align='left'	27:45	2:01	1:16:58	1:20	39:06	2:27:14
57	align='left'	20:42	1:41	1:21:15	1:13	44:43	2:29:37
58	align='left'	22:18	1:48	1:20:25	1:09	46:19	2:32:00
Sources:^[4]

Junior men

Rank	Name	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Time
	align='left'	18:27	1:22	1:05:31	0:50	32:55	1:59:09
	align='left'	18:19	1:22	1:05:41	0:48	33:35	1:59:45
	align='left'	18:17	1:17	1:05:46	0:48	33:40	1:59:51
Sources:^[5]

Junior women

Rank	Name	T1	Bike	T2	Run	Time
	align='left'	19:36	1:34	1:11:52	0:57	39:10	2:13:14
	align='left'	20:01	1:34	1:12:49	1:00	38:22	2:13:51
	align='left'	20:28	1:43	1:12:12	1:04	39:00	2:14:33
Sources:^[6]

Notes and References

Web site: 1998 Lausanne ITU Triathlon World Championships. 18 December 2015. International Triathlon Union.
Web site: Triathlon World Championships In Olympic City Of Lausanne. 18 December 2015. Swiss Triathlon. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310091709/http://archiv.trisuisse.ch/1998/results/lausanne98/startlist.htm. 10 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: 1998 Lausanne ITU Triathlon World Championships : Aug 30 1998 : Elite Men : Results. 18 December 2015. International Triathlon Union.
Web site: 1998 Lausanne ITU Triathlon World Championships : Aug 30 1998 : Elite Women : Results. 15 December 2015. International Triathlon Union.
Web site: 1998 Lausanne ITU Triathlon World Championships : Aug 30 1998 : Junior Men : Results. 18 December 2015. International Triathlon Union.
Web site: 1998 Lausanne ITU Triathlon World Championships : Aug 30 1998 : Junior Women : Results. 18 December 2015. International Triathlon Union.