Het ITU wereldkampioenschap triatlon 1998 werd gehouden op 30 augustus in de Zwitserse stad Lausanne. De wedstrijd werd georganiseerd door de International Triathlon Union. Het parcours bestond uit 1,5 km zwemmen, 40 km fietsen en 10 km hardlopen.

Uitslagen Mannen RangNaamLandZwemtijdFietstijdLooptijdTotaaltijd Simon Lessing 00:17:43 01:04:19 00:31:14 01:55:30 Paul Amey 00:18:11 01:03:47 00:31:43 01:55:57 Miles Stewart 00:18:14 01:03:35 00:31:54 01:56:04 4 Hamish Carter 00:17:41 01:04:13 00:32:02 01:56:08 5 Martin Krňávek 00:17:50 01:03:58 00:32:01 01:56:14 6 Dmitriy Gaag 00:17:53 01:04:05 00:32:02 01:56:20 7 Jean-Christophe Guinchard 00:17:55 01:03:58 00:32:32 01:56:38 8 Olivier Marceau 00:18:20 01:03:40 00:32:23 01:56:40 9 Reto Hug 00:17:57 01:04:02 00:32:29 01:56:49 10 Andrew Johns 00:18:11 01:03:47 00:32:35 01:56:52 11 Chris Hill 00:17:44 01:04:09 00:32:43 01:56:53 12 Chris McCormack 00:18:19 01:03:34 00:32:49 01:57:04 13 Trent Chapman 00:18:13 01:03:45 00:33:10 01:57:19 14 Marc Jenkins 00:17:57 01:04:02 00:33:02 01:57:23 15 Greg Bennett 00:18:13 01:03:40 00:33:16 01:57:26 16 Jan Rehula 00:17:48 01:04:04 00:33:16 01:57:32 17 Frank Bignet 00:17:46 01:04:13 00:33:23 01:57:45 18 Eric van der Linden 00:18:01 01:04:00 00:33:45 01:58:09 19 Markus Keller 00:17:53 01:03:58 00:34:25 01:58:37 20 Joachim Willen 00:18:04 01:03:57 00:34:59 01:59:19 21 Hideo Fukui 00:17:48 01:04:02 00:35:04 01:59:19 22 Stefano Belandi 00:18:12 01:06:12 00:32:35 01:59:24 23 Wes Hobson 00:18:09 01:03:52 00:35:10 01:59:32 24 Ryan Bolton 00:18:45 01:05:31 00:32:54 01:59:36 25 Volodymyr Polikarpenko 00:18:00 01:06:27 00:32:47 01:59:37 26 Christoph Mauch 00:19:45 01:04:38 00:33:06 01:59:42 27 Dominik Rechsteiner 00:19:04 01:04:28 00:33:54 01:59:48 28 Jamie Hunt 00:18:50 01:05:38 00:33:16 01:59:59 29 Csaba Kuttor 00:18:11 01:06:07 00:33:16 02:00:04 30 Alessandro Bottoni 00:18:52 01:05:30 00:33:19 02:00:05 31 Arnd Schomburg 00:18:22 01:03:30 00:35:49 02:00:10 32 Jim Riccitello 00:19:14 01:04:17 00:34:22 02:00:26 33 Craig Watson — — — 02:00:37 34 Conrad Stoltz 00:18:56 01:05:17 00:33:59 02:00:40 35 Marcel Vifian 00:18:58 01:05:19 00:34:10 02:00:46 36 Arturo Garza 00:19:18 01:04:56 00:34:02 02:00:48 37 Jean Sebastian Leuba 00:18:06 01:03:47 00:36:35 02:00:48 38 Eneko Llanos 00:18:32 01:05:48 00:34:13 02:00:52 39 Philippe Fattori 00:18:33 01:05:45 00:34:28 02:01:10 40 Dennis Looze 00:18:21 01:06:03 00:34:27 02:01:16 41 Richard Allen 00:18:33 01:05:48 00:34:45 02:01:25 42 Matias Brain 00:18:56 01:05:30 00:34:37 02:01:25 43 Junichi Yamamoto 00:18:23 01:05:56 00:34:48 02:01:34 44 Stephane Poulat 00:17:42 01:06:37 00:34:52 02:01:36 45 Samuel Pierreclaud — — — 02:01:44 46 Stephan Vuckovic 00:18:48 01:04:42 00:36:02 02:01:51 47 Ricky Jorgensen 00:17:51 01:06:26 00:35:19 02:02:10 48 Takumi Obara 00:18:53 01:05:30 00:35:32 02:02:17 49 Leandro Macedo 00:19:07 01:07:30 00:33:28 02:02:35 50 Jan Hansen 00:19:01 01:07:31 00:33:44 02:02:38 51 Markus Forster 00:19:33 01:07:12 00:34:01 02:03:04 52 Peter Hobor 00:19:00 01:07:41 00:34:15 02:03:29 53 Marcus Ornellas 00:18:58 01:07:49 00:34:22 02:03:36 54 Motofumi Kojima 00:19:19 01:07:26 00:34:53 02:04:13 55 Jose Luis Zepeda 00:18:15 01:08:20 00:34:53 02:04:21 56 Vasilis Krommidas 00:18:36 01:07:53 00:35:29 02:04:31 57 Leonardo Nolasco 00:19:33 01:07:01 00:35:51 02:04:47 58 Lieuw Boonstra 00:19:17 01:07:26 00:35:54 02:05:05 59 Jose Merchan 00:18:33 01:08:14 00:36:16 02:05:39 60 Eligio Cervantes 00:18:58 01:09:54 00:34:37 02:05:54 61 Abe Rogers 00:18:59 01:09:56 00:34:58 02:06:14 62 Stephan Sheldrake 00:18:08 01:06:09 00:39:52 02:06:42 63 Scott Forbes 00:19:31 01:07:14 00:37:40 02:06:54 64 Andrew Kelsey 00:18:57 01:09:56 00:36:14 02:07:31 65 David Hyam 00:18:21 01:08:16 00:38:38 02:07:38 66 Hideo Nakagome 00:18:34 01:08:06 00:39:00 02:08:14 67 Raul Lemir 00:18:33 01:11:48 00:37:35 02:10:44 68 Andrij Hloesjtsjenko 00:18:10 01:16:19 00:35:04 02:12:25 69 Francisco Javier Marco 00:18:10 01:18:37 00:38:25 02:17:54

Vrouwen RangNaamLandZwemtijdFietstijdLooptijdTotaaltijd Joanne King 00:20:00 01:09:16 00:35:43 02:07:24 Michellie Jones 00:19:40 01:09:32 00:36:24 02:08:03 Evelyn Williamson 00:19:53 01:09:16 00:36:30 02:08:12 4 Loretta Harrop 00:19:31 01:09:38 00:37:16 02:09:00 5 Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys 00:19:42 01:09:35 00:37:25 02:09:10 6 Jackie Gallagher 00:20:18 01:10:47 00:35:49 02:09:44 7 Barbara Lindquist 00:19:05 01:10:14 00:38:34 02:10:15 8 Susan Bartholomew 00:19:37 01:09:26 00:38:49 02:10:30 9 Mieke Suys 00:20:17 01:10:58 00:36:52 02:10:43 10 Natascha Badmann 00:21:22 01:09:49 00:37:17 02:11:03 11 Wieke Hoogzaad 00:20:38 01:10:29 00:37:37 02:11:29 12 Anja Dittmer 00:20:18 01:10:56 00:38:19 02:12:09 13 Stephanie Forrester 00:20:24 01:12:59 00:36:31 02:12:25 14 Kathleen Smet 00:19:46 01:11:25 00:38:43 02:12:33 15 Siri Lindley 00:19:46 01:11:55 00:38:20 02:12:35 16 Erika Molnár 00:20:45 01:12:25 00:36:39 02:12:45 17 Jasmine Haemmerle 00:20:44 01:12:28 00:36:57 02:12:49 18 Francisca Ruessli 00:20:11 01:08:58 00:41:13 02:12:52 19 Nina Anisimova 00:19:31 01:12:00 00:38:23 02:12:53 20 Suzanne Nielsen 00:20:19 01:12:56 00:36:59 02:12:58 21 Gail Laurence 00:19:48 01:09:15 00:41:16 02:13:03 22 Silvia Pepels 00:19:36 01:11:27 00:39:27 02:13:14 23 Christine Hocq 00:19:42 01:11:25 00:39:43 02:13:33 24 Rina Hill 00:19:30 01:13:48 00:37:43 02:13:44 25 Sibylle Matter 00:20:08 01:10:53 00:40:16 02:14:04 26 Nóra Edöcsény 00:20:01 01:13:08 00:38:11 02:14:12 27 Maribel Blanco 00:20:52 01:13:35 00:37:35 02:14:45 28 Haruna Hosoya 00:21:14 01:12:12 00:38:55 02:14:47 29 Sian Brice 00:19:56 01:13:14 00:38:55 02:14:55 30 Sharon Donnelly 00:19:45 01:14:49 00:37:46 02:14:58 31 Lucienne Groenendijk 00:20:49 01:13:46 00:38:02 02:15:19 32 Ingrid Van Lubek 00:21:23 01:14:00 00:37:45 02:15:45 33 Annie Emmerson 00:21:33 01:13:34 00:37:50 02:15:54 34 Helene Salomon 00:21:26 01:13:44 00:38:09 02:15:58 35 Kiyomi Niwata 00:20:42 01:14:02 00:39:31 02:16:50 36 Béatrice Mouthon 00:21:18 01:13:55 00:39:04 02:17:02 37 Manuela Ianesi 00:20:14 01:14:19 00:39:55 02:17:17 38 Edith Cigana 00:21:15 01:13:20 00:39:58 02:17:19 39 Yukie Koumegawa 00:20:28 01:12:44 00:41:30 02:17:36 40 Magali Di Marco 00:19:38 01:14:57 00:40:33 02:17:45 41 Brigitte McMahon 00:20:14 01:14:15 00:40:25 02:17:49 42 Nicolett Pecsi 00:19:43 01:15:24 00:39:58 02:17:55 43 Machiko Nakanishi 00:19:42 01:13:34 00:42:26 02:18:26 44 Francesca Tibaldi 00:21:34 01:13:37 00:40:46 02:18:46 45 Jill Newman 00:21:21 01:11:48 00:43:17 02:19:20 46 Maria Carmenza Morales 00:21:30 01:18:11 00:38:05 02:20:44 47 Lucy Smith 00:25:20 01:15:56 00:36:57 02:20:53 48 Heidi Jesberger 00:22:45 01:18:31 00:38:29 02:22:26 49 Simone Buerli 00:20:48 01:18:08 00:41:51 02:23:36 50 Adriana Piacsek 00:21:27 01:17:14 00:42:08 02:23:48 51 Silvia Gemignani 00:19:35 01:20:52 00:41:42 02:25:21 52 Kim Carter 00:20:42 01:21:15 00:40:37 02:25:29 53 Hiromi Ogawara 00:21:22 01:19:11 00:42:59 02:26:27 54 Heidi Alexander 00:21:36 01:19:02 00:43:35 02:26:57 55 Lisset Olivera 00:20:49 01:19:01 00:44:31 02:27:12 56 Agnes Eppers 00:27:45 01:16:58 00:39:06 02:27:14 57 Carmen Ochoa 00:20:42 01:21:15 00:44:43 02:29:37 58 Lizel Moore 00:22:18 01:20:25 00:46:19 02:32:00

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