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 swimming, , road cycling, and road running.
Results
Rank# Triathlete Swimming Cycling Running Total time* Difference 34 19:511:04:2033:17 1:58:27.66— 54 19:531:04:1834:211:59:34.63 +1:06.97 33 19:551:04:1234:461:59:55.84 +1:28.18440 19:49 1:04:23 35:10 2:00:21.54 +1:53.88515 19:501:04:2435:052:00:23.77 +1:56.1168 20:171:03:54 35:202:00:30.48 +2:02.8277 19:561:04:1735:312:00:40.20 +2:12.54825 19:541:04:1535:382:00:45.99 +2:18.33916 19:561:04:1435:362:00:51.85 +2:24.191026 19:571:04:1735:542:01:06.92 +2:39.261142 19:501:04:1836:102:01:22.57 +2:54.91129 19:561:04:1436:192:01:31.74 +3:04.08136 19:501:04:2236:392:01:50.74 +3:23.081411 20:571:05:2434:322:02:00.69 +3:33.03154 20:001:04:1236:462:02:07.75 +3:40.091627 19:581:04:1536:552:02:13.60 +3:45.941717 20:171:03:5637:092:02:19.09 +3:51.431850 20:561:05:2635:052:02:27.47 +3:59.811941 19:511:04:2437:222:02:39.22 +4:11.562037 20:571:05:2835:112:02:43.85 +4:16.192131 19:521:04:1737:392:02:55.74 +4:28.082232 20:541:05:2735:462:03:08.76 +4:41.102323 20:531:05:2936:062:03:27.49 +4:59.832443 21:021:05:1836:092:03:34.39 +5:06.732535 20:211:06:0336:162:03:42.56 +5:14.90265 20:001:04:0938:292:03:46.82 +5:19.162714 21:031:05:2236:372:04:03.16 +5:35.502838 19:591:07:0636:382:04:48.07 +6:20.412921 20:551:05:2837:312:04:56.32 +6:28.663019 21:021:05:2437:422:05:09.85 +6:42.193122 19:521:04:2440:042:05:23.49 +6:55.833247 19:581:06:2638:022:05:33.24 +7:05.58333 20:161:06:0838:182:05:45.86 +7:18.203410 20:221:06:4137:552:06:04.28 +7:36.623518 20:021:06:5838:052:06:12.02 +7:44.363652 20:581:05:2439:012:06:24.26 +7:56.603753 20:171:06:0339:092:06:29.36 +8:01.703836 20:281:05:5839:172:06:46.70 +8:19.043948 20:021:06:2439:432:07:11.92 +8:44.264044 20:031:06:2240:052:07:34.99 +9:07.334156 20:261:05:5640:302:07:55.58 +9:27.924245 19:581:07:1040:212:08:37.56 +10:09.904346 19:541:06:3042:012:09:28.02 +11:00.36441 20:071:06:5841:302:09:42.09 +11:14.434539 20:031:07:4441:302:10:18.98 +11:51.32—2 20:31—55 21:36 —49 21:18 —28 20:26 —29 21:16—20 20:05 Did not finish—24 20:00 Did not finish—51 19:56 Did not finish—30 20:09 Did not finish—12 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.According to the official Olympic Competition Rules and the
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References
External links NBC Olympics – Triathlon