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
data-sort-type="number"RankTriathleteSwimmingCyclingRunningTotal time*Difference
517:2455:0431:091:45:01
617:2455:0431:161:45:07+0:06
217:2555:0131:501:45:43+0:42
4118:2055:3530:341:45:50+0:49
51118:0355:5230:381:45:52+0:51
61517:2755:0332:101:46:03+1:02
71817:2655:0432:211:46:12+1:11
85617:3756:1831:121:46:26+1:25
9917:2655:0532:471:46:42+1:41
10717:3156:1131:531:47:02+2:01
114917:1855:1033:261:47:17+2:16
122317:5955:5232:131:47:28+2:27
132517:3956:1232:171:47:31+2:30
144617:2255:0733:371:47:35+2:34
155217:3156:2332:331:47:50+2:49
162017:2855:0434:001:47:56+2:55
173617:3456:2032:451:48:01+3:00
185418:0556:2332:111:48:08+3:07
191917:4856:0333:001:48:15+3:14
202618:0055:5633:061:48:20+3:19
213517:3156:2433:061:48:24+3:23
222417:3556:2133:101:48:26+3:25
233918:0356:2532:371:48:30+3:29
24818:0155:4233:251:48:34+3:31
251717:2857:0232:431:48:36+3:35
264418:0655:4833:211:48:41+3:40
275518:1055:4133:341:48:50+3:49
283418:1155:3333:461:48:56+3:55
293817:2955:0335:011:48:59+3:58
304818:1155:4333:461:49:06+4:05
313217:1856:3233:491:49:11+4:10
323117:2457:0733:301:49:26+4:25
332717:3057:0234:051:50:02+5:01
344717:3256:5735:091:51:06+6:05
351218:0856:2235:351:51:33+6:32
361617:2856:2236:321:51:50+6:49
373718:1559:3332:451:52:04+7:03
381418:3659:1432:491:52:05+7:04
395118:1459:3232:471:52:06+7:05
405018:1059:3032:511:52:09+7:08
414518:2059:2933:141:52:32+7:31
425318:1759:1033:561:52:46+7:45
433318:1959:3034:081:53:22+8:21
441018:4459:0434:221:53:35+8:34
452918:4259:0834:231:53:43+8:42
462118:1659:3435:471:55:05+10:04
47319:4559:4134:201:55:14+10:13
482819:2359:5634:351:55:30+10:29
494018:581:00:2635:021:56:00+10:59
504217:3159:4939:221:58:08+13:07
3017:26Did not finish
418:09Did not finish
4317:31Did not finish
2218:38Lapped
4117:34Lapped
Source: Official results[1]

Notes and References

  1. 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 .