Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's

Triathlon at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Events
men  women

The women's triathlon was part of the triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which was established in 2000. The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of 1,500 metres (0.93 mi) swimming, 40 kilometres (25 mi), road bicycling, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) road running. The competition was held from Monday August 18, 2008 at the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling.

Fifty-five triathletes from 30 nations competed.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Emma Snowsill
Australia (AUS)		  Vanessa Fernandes
Portugal (POR)		  Emma Moffatt
Australia (AUS)

Results

Rank #[1] Triathlete Swimming Cycling Running Total time* Difference
34  Emma Snowsill (AUS) 19:51 1:04:20 33:17 1:58:27.66 n/a
54  Vanessa Fernandes (POR) 19:53 1:04:18 34:21 1:59:34.63 +1:06.97
33  Emma Moffatt (AUS) 19:55 1:04:12 34:46 1:59:55.84 +1:28.18
4 40  Laura Bennett (USA) 19:49 1:04:23 35:10 2:00:21.54 +1:53.88
5 15  Juri Ide (JPN) 19:50 1:04:24 35:05 2:00:23.77 +1:56.11
6 8  Nicola Spirig (SUI) 20:17 1:03:54 35:20 2:00:30.48 +2:02.82
7 7  Daniela Ryf (SUI) 19:56 1:04:17 35:31 2:00:40.20 +2:12.54
8 25  Andrea Hewitt (NZL) 19:54 1:04:15 35:38 2:00:45.99 +2:18.33
9 16  Kiyomi Niwata (JPN) 19:56 1:04:14 35:36 2:00:51.85 +2:24.19
10 26  Debbie Tanner (NZL) 19:57 1:04:17 35:54 2:01:06.92 +2:39.26
11 42  Sarah Haskins (USA) 19:50 1:04:18 36:10 2:01:22.57 +2:54.91
12 9  Jessica Harrison (FRA) 19:56 1:04:14 36:19 2:01:31.74 +3:04.08
13 6  Magali di Marco (SUI) 19:50 1:04:22 36:39 2:01:50.74 +3:23.08
14 11  Kate Allen (AUT) 20:57 1:05:24 34:32 2:02:00.69 +3:33.03
15 4  Ricarda Lisk (GER) 20:00 1:04:12 36:46 2:02:07.75 +3:40.09
16 27  Samantha Warriner (NZL) 19:58 1:04:15 36:55 2:02:13.60 +3:45.94
17 17  Ai Ueda (JPN) 20:17 1:03:56 37:09 2:02:19.09 +3:51.43
18 50  Lisa Nordén (SWE) 20:56 1:05:26 35:05 2:02:27.47 +3:59.81
19 41  Julie Ertel (USA) 19:51 1:04:24 37:22 2:02:39.22 +4:11.56
20 37  Ana Burgos (ESP) 20:57 1:05:28 35:11 2:02:43.85 +4:16.19
21 31  Helen Tucker (GBR) 19:52 1:04:17 37:39 2:02:55.74 +4:28.08
22 32  Erin Densham (AUS) 20:54 1:05:27 35:46 2:03:08.76 +4:41.10
23 23  Vendula Frintová (CZE) 20:53 1:05:29 36:06 2:03:27.49 +4:59.83
24 43  Yuliya Sapunova (UKR) 21:02 1:05:18 36:09 2:03:34.39 +5:06.73
25 35  Barbara Riveros Diaz (CHI) 20:21 1:06:03 36:16 2:03:42.56 +5:14.90
26 5  Christiane Pilz (GER) 20:00 1:04:09 38:29 2:03:46.82 +5:19.16
27 14  Tania Haiböck (AUT) 21:03 1:05:22 36:37 2:04:03.16 +5:35.50
28 38  Ainhoa Murúa (ESP) 19:59 1:07:06 36:38 2:04:48.07 +6:20.41
29 21  Carolyn Murray (CAN) 20:55 1:05:28 37:31 2:04:56.32 +6:28.66
30 19  Ewa Dederko (POL) 21:02 1:05:24 37:42 2:05:09.85 +6:42.19
31 22  Kathy Tremblay (CAN) 19:52 1:04:24 40:04 2:05:23.49 +6:55.83
32 47  Kate Roberts (RSA) 19:58 1:06:26 38:02 2:05:33.24 +7:05.58
33 3  Anja Dittmer (GER) 20:16 1:06:08 38:18 2:05:45.86 +7:18.20
34 10  Carole Peon (FRA) 20:22 1:06:41 37:55 2:06:04.28 +7:36.62
35 18  Maria Czesnik (POL) 20:02 1:06:58 38:05 2:06:12.02 +7:44.36
36 52  Olga Zausaylova (RUS) 20:58 1:05:24 39:01 2:06:24.26 +7:56.60
37 53  Emma Davis (IRL) 20:17 1:06:03 39:09 2:06:29.36 +8:01.70
38 36  Zita Szabó (HUN) 20:28 1:05:58 39:17 2:06:46.70 +8:19.04
39 48  Mariana Ohata (BRA) 20:02 1:06:24 39:43 2:07:11.92 +8:44.26
40 44  Xing Lin (CHN) 20:03 1:06:22 40:05 2:07:34.99 +9:07.33
41 56  Elizabeth May (LUX) 20:26 1:05:56 40:30 2:07:55.58 +9:27.92
42 45  Zhang Yi (CHN) 19:58 1:07:10 40:21 2:08:37.56 +10:09.90
43 46  Mari Rabie (RSA) 19:54 1:06:30 42:01 2:09:28.02 +11:00.36
44 1  Charlotte Bonin (ITA) 20:07 1:06:58 41:30 2:09:42.09 +11:14.43
45 39  Lisa Mensink (NED) 20:03 1:07:44 41:30 2:10:18.98 +11:51.32
n/a 2  Daniela Chmet (ITA) 20:31 — — LAP —
n/a 55  Deniz Dimaki (GRE) 21:36 — — LAP —
n/a 49  Tania Mak So Ning (HKG) 21:18 — — LAP —
n/a 28  Flora Duffy (BER) 20:26 — — LAP —
n/a 29  Adriana Fabiola Corona (MEX) 21:16 — — LAP —
n/a 20  Lauren Groves (CAN) 20:05 — — DNF —
n/a 24  Lenka Zemanova (CZE) 20:00 — — DNF —
n/a 51  Irina Abysova (RUS) 19:56 — — DNF —
n/a 30  Hollie Avil (GBR) 20:09 — — DNF —
n/a 12  Eva Dollinger (AUT) 20:04 — — DNF —

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "2008 Beijing Olympic Games 2008-08-18 - Start List Elite Women". International Triathlon Union. http://archive.triathlon.org/?call=TVRFdw==&id=MTEzMQ==&keep=sh. Retrieved 16 June 2010. 
  2. ^ According to the official Olympic Competition Rules and the "ITU Competition Rules" (pdf). ITU. October 2006. pp. page 9. http://www.triathlon.org/docs/downloads_Competition_Rules_2006_10a.pdf?ts=1219209707. Retrieved 2008-08-21. 
Triathlon at the Summer Olympics • Olympic Champions in women's Triathlon

1896-1996 not held • 2000: Brigitte McMahon • 2004: Kate Allen • 2008: Emma Snowsill