Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's explained

Event:	Men's triathlon
Games:	2016 Summer
Venue:	Fort Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro
Date:	18 August 2016
Competitors:	55
Nations:	31
Win Value:	1:45.01
Gold:	Alistair Brownlee
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Jonathan Brownlee
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Henri Schoeman
Bronzenoc:	RSA
Prev:	2012
Next:	2020

The men's triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place at Fort Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro on 18 August.

A total of 55 men from 31 nations competed in the race.

Alistair Brownlee from Great Britain became the first man to defend his Olympic triathlon title after his previous win at the 2012 Summer Olympics. His younger brother Jonathan Brownlee finished in second place and added another Olympic medal to his collection after his bronze from 2012. Henri Schoeman took the bronze and became the first South African to win an Olympic triathlon medal, finishing just ahead of compatriot Richard Murray.

Course

The event took place in Fort Copacabana. It consisted of a single 1.5 kilometres swim lap along the Copacabana beach. The competitors then completed a 38.48 kilometres bike leg consisting of eight 4.81 kilometres laps. The triathletes then ran four 2.5 kilometres laps to the finish line.

Results

Key

# denotes the athlete's bib number for the event
Swimming denotes the time it took the athlete to complete the swimming leg
Cycling denotes the time it took the athlete to complete the cycling leg
Running denotes the time it took the athlete to complete the running leg
Difference denotes the time difference between the athlete and the event winner
Lapped denotes that the athlete was lapped and removed from the course
* The total time includes both transitions

data-sort-type="number"	Rank	Triathlete	Swimming	Cycling	Running	Total time*	Difference
	5	17:24	55:04	31:09	1:45:01
	6	17:24	55:04	31:16	1:45:07	+0:06
	2	17:25	55:01	31:50	1:45:43	+0:42
4	1	18:20	55:35	30:34	1:45:50	+0:49
5	11	18:03	55:52	30:38	1:45:52	+0:51
6	15	17:27	55:03	32:10	1:46:03	+1:02
7	18	17:26	55:04	32:21	1:46:12	+1:11
8	56	17:37	56:18	31:12	1:46:26	+1:25
9	9	17:26	55:05	32:47	1:46:42	+1:41
10	7	17:31	56:11	31:53	1:47:02	+2:01
11	49	17:18	55:10	33:26	1:47:17	+2:16
12	23	17:59	55:52	32:13	1:47:28	+2:27
13	25	17:39	56:12	32:17	1:47:31	+2:30
14	46	17:22	55:07	33:37	1:47:35	+2:34
15	52	17:31	56:23	32:33	1:47:50	+2:49
16	20	17:28	55:04	34:00	1:47:56	+2:55
17	36	17:34	56:20	32:45	1:48:01	+3:00
18	54	18:05	56:23	32:11	1:48:08	+3:07
19	19	17:48	56:03	33:00	1:48:15	+3:14
20	26	18:00	55:56	33:06	1:48:20	+3:19
21	35	17:31	56:24	33:06	1:48:24	+3:23
22	24	17:35	56:21	33:10	1:48:26	+3:25
23	39	18:03	56:25	32:37	1:48:30	+3:29
24	8	18:01	55:42	33:25	1:48:34	+3:31
25	17	17:28	57:02	32:43	1:48:36	+3:35
26	44	18:06	55:48	33:21	1:48:41	+3:40
27	55	18:10	55:41	33:34	1:48:50	+3:49
28	34	18:11	55:33	33:46	1:48:56	+3:55
29	38	17:29	55:03	35:01	1:48:59	+3:58
30	48	18:11	55:43	33:46	1:49:06	+4:05
31	32	17:18	56:32	33:49	1:49:11	+4:10
32	31	17:24	57:07	33:30	1:49:26	+4:25
33	27	17:30	57:02	34:05	1:50:02	+5:01
34	47	17:32	56:57	35:09	1:51:06	+6:05
35	12	18:08	56:22	35:35	1:51:33	+6:32
36	16	17:28	56:22	36:32	1:51:50	+6:49
37	37	18:15	59:33	32:45	1:52:04	+7:03
38	14	18:36	59:14	32:49	1:52:05	+7:04
39	51	18:14	59:32	32:47	1:52:06	+7:05
40	50	18:10	59:30	32:51	1:52:09	+7:08
41	45	18:20	59:29	33:14	1:52:32	+7:31
42	53	18:17	59:10	33:56	1:52:46	+7:45
43	33	18:19	59:30	34:08	1:53:22	+8:21
44	10	18:44	59:04	34:22	1:53:35	+8:34
45	29	18:42	59:08	34:23	1:53:43	+8:42
46	21	18:16	59:34	35:47	1:55:05	+10:04
47	3	19:45	59:41	34:20	1:55:14	+10:13
48	28	19:23	59:56	34:35	1:55:30	+10:29
49	40	18:58	1:00:26	35:02	1:56:00	+10:59
50	42	17:31	59:49	39:22	1:58:08	+13:07
	30	17:26	Did not finish
	4	18:09	Did not finish
	43	17:31	Did not finish
	22	18:38	Lapped
	41	17:34	Lapped
Source: Official results^[1]

Notes and References

Web site: Rio 2016 Triathlon – Men . Rio 2016 . 18 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160824120559/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/T/R/TRM001101_OfficialResults_2016_08_18_ad537b02_6157_4f3a_9dcc_3bb598612780.pdf . 24 August 2016 . dead . dmy-all .