Triathlon

Triathlon

A triathlon is a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events. While many variations of the sport exist, triathlon, in its most popular form, involves swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances...

made its Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

in Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

Australia

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. The sport consists of three different disciplines, competed consecutively with no rest between them.

The Olympic distances for the three disciplines are:

1. Swimming
   Swimming (sport)
   Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
   
    – 1500 metres
2. Road bicycle racing
   Road bicycle racing
   Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...
   
    – 40 kilometres
3. Road running
   Road running
   Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...
   
   – 10 kilometres

The segments were run in sequence, so that the person who crossed the line in first place at the end of the run was the winner.

Medalists

Five nations won medals in the two inaugural triathlon events. Switzerland was the only nation to earn more than one, winning a gold and a bronze in the women's competition.

Women's triathlon
Men's triathlon

Top 8 table

Nine nations had athletes place in the top eight. Three of those nations had three athletes place, and one more had two athletes place.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Total	Medals
1		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
2		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
3		0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1
4		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
5		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
6		0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
7		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
8		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
9		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3

Women's Triathlon

The women's triathlon was run on 16 September 2000. 48 women competed, with 8 dropping out during the cycling phase.

Place	Start Number	Athlete	Swim	Cycle	Run	Total Time	Time Difference
	35		19:44.58	65:42.30	35:13.64	2:00:40.52	—
	28		19:43.88	65:32.90	35:25.77	2:00:42.55	+00:02.03
	34		19:39.38	65:40.00	35:49.45	2:01:08.83	+00:28.31
4	10		19:45.58	65:38.30	36:01.86	2:01:25.74	+00:45.22
5	29		19:37.98	65:40.70	36:24.14	2:01:42.82	+01:02.30
6	11		19:02.78	66:24.30	37:18.83	2:02:45.91	+02:05.39
7	45		19:48.98	65:28.50	37:35.93	2:02:53.41	+02:12.89
8	46		19:43.78	65:33.90	37:44.22	2:03:01.90	+02:21.38
9	30		19:41.08	65:37.10	37:52.63	2:03:10.81	+02:30.29
10	25		19:42.78	65:43.30	37:48.86	2:03:14.94	+02:34.42
11	20		19:45.28	65:41.10	37:53.48	2:03:19.86	+02:39.34
12	15		19:47.58	65:42.00	37:56.77	2:03:26.35	+02:45.83
13	9		19:44.98	65:41.00	38:12.50	2:03:38.48	+02:57.96
14	38		19:46.98	65:36.20	38:29.83	2:03:53.01	+03:12.49
15	41		21:12.18	68:20.90	34:23.03	2:03:56.11	+03:15.59
16	2		20:54.68	66:38.90	36:32.40	2:04:05.98	+03:25.46
17	39		20:30.08	67:06.10	36:42.52	2:04:18.70	+03:38.18
18	48		20:30.18	66:58.30	37:08.40	2:04:36.88	+03:56.36
19	33		20:28.48	67:05.30	37:46.25	2:05:20.03	+04:39.51
20	5		19:46.58	67:46.30	37:48.38	2:05:21.26	+04:40.74
21	49		19:41.48	65:35.60	40:09.88	2:05:26.96	+04:46.44
22	8		20:28.08	67:01.80	38:08.42	2:05:38.30	+04:57.78
23	32		21:05.98	68:31.11	36:02.41	2:05:39.50	+04:58.98
24	26		21:15.98	68:21.41	37:00.45	2:06:37.84	+05:57.32
25	23		20:38.38	68:57.71	37:09.39	2:06:45.48	+06:04.96
26	24		20:37.38	66:53.90	39:33.73	2:07:05.01	+06:24.49
27	6		20:42.28	66:52.10	39:32.43	2:07:06.81	+06:26.29
28	27		20:56.08	66:41.50	39:39.93	2:07:17.51	+06:36.99
29	44		19:48.78	69:49.30	38:30.29	2:08:08.37	+07:27.85
30	7		21:01.48	68:32.90	38:43.81	2:08:18.19	+07:37.67
31	18		20:59.98	68:37.10	38:52.41	2:08:29.49	+07:48.97
32	12		20:50.78	68:52.20	39:06.12	2:08:49.10	+08:08.58
33	22		20:54.08	68:45.80	39:49.12	2:09:29.00	+08:48.48
34	3		20:53.58	68:43.00	40:48.11	2:10:24.69	+09:44.17
35	47		21:15.48	69:03.90	40:48.70	2:11:08.08	+10:27.56
36	36		20:36.28	72:54.60	39:54.50	2:13:25.38	+12:44.86
37	40		22:44.58	72:33.60	38:25.20	2:13:43.38	+13:02.86
38	17		20:32.48	74:41.50	39:21.61	2:14:35.59	+13:55.07
39	4		21:16.18	71:41.29	41:53.08	2:14:50.55	+14:10.03
40	14		20:26.18	72:42.23	43:32.32	2:16:40.73	+16:00.21
—	1		20:46.08	DNF	—	DNF	—
—	16		20:33.18	DNF	—	DNF	—
—	19		20:34.28	DNF	—	DNF	—
—	21		20:36.29	DNF	—	DNF	—
—	31		23:53.68	DNF	—	DNF	—
—	37		20:41.98	DNF	—	DNF	—
—	42		20:26.78	DNF	—	DNF	—
—	43		21:01.08	DNF	—	DNF	—

Men's Triathlon

The men's triathlon was run on 17 September. 52 men competed.

Place	Start Number	Athlete	Swim	Cycle	Run	Total Time	Time Difference
	18		18:18.09	59:12.20	30:53.73	1:48:24.02	—
	50		18:35.59	58:52.10	31:09.89	1:48:37.58	+00:13.56
	32		18:11.89	59:13.50	31:21.25	1:48:46.64	+00:22.62
4	36		18:13.09	59:08.00	31:42.48	1:49:03.57	+00:39.55
5	8		18:12.39	59:10.40	31:48.09	1:49:10.88	+00:46.86
6	21		18:20.49	58:59.60	31:54.43	1:49:14.52	+00:50.50
7	45		18:11.69	58:12.40	32:53.94	1:49:18.03	+00:54.01
8	24		18:17.49	59:12.31	31:51.50	1:49:21.30	+00:57.28
9	2		17:44.79	59:39.60	31:59.93	1:49:24.32	+01:00.30
10	3		18:00.59	59:31.11	31:57.15	1:49:28.85	+01:04.83
11	44		18:09.79	59:29.90	31:50.48	1:49:30.17	+01:06.15
12	51		18:13.29	59:09.80	32:08.19	1:49:31.28	+01:07.26
13	33		18:11.39	59:21.60	32:05.02	1:49:38.01	+01:13.99
14	4		18:46.09	58:40.20	32:24.40	1:49:50.69	+01:26.67
15	43		17:59.89	59:37.20	32:14.69	1:49:51.78	+01:27.76
16	15		18:05.09	59:18.50	32:38.26	1:50:01.85	+01:37.83
17	38		18:11.79	59:15.20	32:38.57	1:50:05.56	+01:41.54
18	25		18:38.29	58:51.20	32:45.76	1:50:15.25	+01:51.23
19	46		18:06.19	59:18.21	32:53.62	1:50:18.02	+01:54.00
20	20		18:47.39	57:38.60	33:58.40	1:50:24.39	+02:00.37
21	29		18:10.49	59:21.20	32:58.26	1:50:29.95	+02:05.93
22	5		18:49.49	58:45.41	33:09.89	1:50:44.79	+02:20.77
23	7		18:44.39	58:43.90	33:20.06	1:50:48.35	+02:24.33
24	26		18:46.99	58:36.50	33:27.27	1:50:50.76	+02:26.74
25	39		18:31.49	59:06.70	33:14.76	1:50:52.95	+02:28.93
26	14		17:48.19	59:37.10	33:31.88	1:50:57.17	+02:33.15
27	22		17:43.89	59:36.80	33:36.97	1:50:57.66	+02:33.64
28	48		18:50.59	59:20.60	32:48.29	1:50:59.48	+02:35.46
29	27		18:22.79	59:11.50	33:28.19	1:51:02.48	+02:38.46
30	35		18:06.79	59:34.30	33:24.65	1:51:05.74	+02:41.72
31	47		18:01.59	59:36.10	33:34.46	1:51:12.15	+02:48.13
32	19		18:48.79	58:44.21	33:45.13	1:51:18.13	+02:54.11
33	41		18:25.59	59:16.10	33:47.25	1:51:28.94	+03:04.92
34	23		18:47.49	58:40.90	34:10.65	1:51:39.04	+03:15.02
35	52		17:48.89	59:43.20	34:08.71	1:51:40.80	+03:16.78
36	30		17:57.29	59:32.50	34:35.00	1:52:04.79	+03:40.77
37	53		18:54.49	58:40.40	34:38.14	1:52:13.03	+03:49.01
38	16		18:14.99	59:11.80	34:50.47	1:52:17.26	+03:53.24
39	6		18:45.89	58:51.90	36:04.84	1:53:42.63	+05:18.61
40	40		18:44.09	58:54.50	36:06.04	1:53:44.63	+05:20.61
41	42		18:56.59	58:46.30	36:02.01	1:53:44.90	+05:20.88
42	10		18:22.19	59:10.40	36:59.45	1:54:32.04	+06:08.02
43	11		18:34.69	63:32.00	33:30.00	1:55:36.69	+07:12.67
44	17		19:23.69	62:48.90	33:29.47	1:55:42.06	+07:18.04
45	28		19:21.19	62:47.80	34:02.96	1:56:11.95	+07:47.93
46	31		18:15.79	63:57.20	34:46.77	1:56:59.76	+08:35.74
47	37		18:55.09	64:39.20	35:39.21	1:59:13.50	+10:49.48
48	12		18:08.49	59:20.80	42:54.51	2:00:23.80	+11:59.78
—	1		18:15.69	DNF	—	DNF	—
—	9		18:55.49	DNF	—	DNF	—
—	34		18:07.79	DNF	—	DNF	—
—	49		20:41.39	DNF	—	DNF	—