Triathlon at the 2015 European Games

Triathlon
at the 2015 European Games
Venue Ramada (start)
Dates 13–14 June 2015
Competitors 130 [1]

The triathlon competitions at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, will be held at 13–14 June 2015. A total of 130 athletes, 65 men and 65 women, will compete.

Qualification

A maximum of 12 NOCs may qualify three athletes per event. Other NOCs may have a maximun of two quota places per event. Three quota places will be allocated to the first 12 nations to have three athletes eligible through the qualification process.[2]

Olympic qualification

Triathlon is one of the events where performance in the 2015 Games impact on Olympic Qualification. In the case of triathlon, the winner of each event will secure a quota place for their NOC for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
 Gordon Benson
Great Britain (GBR)
 João Silva
Portugal (POR)
 Rostyslav Pevtsov
Azerbaijan (AZE)
Women's
 Nicola Spirig
Switzerland (SUI)
 Rachel Klamer
Netherlands (NED)
 Lisa Nordén
Sweden (SWE)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Great Britain (GBR) 1 0 0 1
 Switzerland (SUI) 1 0 0 1
1  Portugal (POR) 0 1 0 1
 Netherlands (NED) 0 1 0 1
1  Sweden (SWE) 0 0 1 1
 Azerbaijan (AZE) 0 0 1 1
Total 2 2 2 6

Participating nations

A total of 65 athletes from 15 nations competed in triathlon at the 2015 European Games:[4]

References

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