Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's

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Women's Triathlon
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
2008 Olympic triathlon women - medal ceremony.JPG
Medal ceremony
Venue Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir
Date 18 August
Competitors 55 from 30 nations
Winning time 1:58:27.66
Medalists
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1st Emma Snowsill  Australia
2nd Vanessa Fernandes  Portugal
3rd Emma Moffatt  Australia
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Triathlon at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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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 competition was held on Monday, August 18, 2008 at the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling. Fifty-five triathletes from thirty nations competed.

For the first time in Olympic history, all three medalists finished the race in less than two hours.

Competition format

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 cycling, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) road running.[1]

Results

Rank #[2] Triathlete Swimming Cycling Running Total time* Difference
1st 34  Emma Snowsill (AUS) 19:51 1:04:20 33:17 1:58:27.66 —
2nd 54  Vanessa Fernandes (POR) 19:53 1:04:18 34:21 1:59:34.63 +1:06.97
3rd 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  Bárbara Riveros (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 Péon (FRA) 20:22 1:06:41 37:55 2:06:04.28 +7:36.62
35 18  Maria Cześnik (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
— 2  Daniela Chmet (ITA) 20:31 LAP
— 55  Deniz Dimaki (GRE) 21:36 LAP
— 49  Tania Mak So Ning (HKG) 21:18 LAP
— 28  Flora Duffy (BER) 20:26 LAP
— 29  Adriana Corona (MEX) 21:16 LAP
— 20  Lauren Groves (CAN) 20:05 Did not finish
— 24  Lenka Zemanová (CZE) 20:00 Did not finish
— 51  Irina Abysova (RUS) 19:56 Did not finish
— 30  Hollie Avil (GBR) 20:09 Did not finish
— 12  Eva Dollinger (AUT) 20:04 Did not finish
  • * Including Transition 1 (swimming-to-cycling) and T2 (cycling-to-running), roughly a minute.
  • No one is allotted the number 13.
  • LAP - Lapped by the leader on the cycling course.[1]

Gallery

References

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External links

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