The women's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, and one of the first-day events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, September 16, 2000 at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney.

Competition format The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of swimming, , road bicycle racing, and road running.

Results 48 athletes competed in women's triathlon; only eight of them dropped out of the cycling phase. Rank# Triathlete Country Swimming Cycling Running Total time* Difference 35 Brigitte McMahon 19:44.58 1:05:42.20 35:13.64 2:00:40.52 — 28 Michellie Jones 19:43.88 1:05:32.90 35:25.77 2:00:42.55 +00:02.03 34 Magali Messmer 19:39.38 1:05:40.00 35:49.45 2:01:08.83 +00:28.31 4 10 Joanna Zeiger 19:45.58 1:05:38.30 36:01.86 2:01:25.74 +00:45.22 5 29 Loretta Harrop 19:37.98 1:05:40.70 36:24.14 2:01:42.82 +01:02.30 6 11 Sheila Taormina 19:02.78 1:06:24.30 37:18.83 2:02:45.91 +02:05.39 7 45 Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys 19:48.98 1:05:28.50 37:35.93 2:02:53.41 +02:12.89 8 46 Christine Hocq 19:43.78 1:05:33.90 37:44.22 2:03:01.90 +02:21.38 9 30 Nicole Hackett 19:41.08 1:05:37.10 37:52.63 2:03:10.81 +02:30.29 10 25 Nancy Kemp-Arendt 19:42.78 1:05:43.30 37:48.86 2:03:14.94 +02:34.42 11 20 Sandra Soldan 19:45.28 1:05:41.10 37:53.48 2:03:19.86 +02:39.34 12 15 Nina Anissimova 19:47.58 1:05:42.00 37:56.77 2:03:26.35 +02:45.83 13 9 Jennifer Gutierrez 19:44.98 1:05:41.00 38:12.50 2:03:38.48 +02:57.96 14 38 Kiyomi Niwata 19:46.98 1:05:36.20 38:29.83 2:03:53.01 +03:12.49 15 41 Stephanie Forrester 21:12.18 1:08:20.90 34:23.03 2:03:56.11 +03:15.59 16 2 Kathleen Smet 20:54.68 1:06:38.90 36:32.40 2:04:05.98 +03:25.46 17 39 Akiko Hirao 20:30.08 1:07:06.10 36:42.52 2:04:18.70 +03:38.18 18 48 Anja Dittmer 20:30.18 1:06:58.30 37:08.40 2:04:36.88 +03:56.36 19 33 Nóra Edöcsény 20:28.48 1:07:05.30 37:46.25 2:05:20.03 +04:39.51 20 5 Silvia Gemignani 19:46.58 1:07:46.30 37:48.38 2:05:21.26 +04:40.74 21 49 Joelle Franzmann 19:41.48 1:05:35.60 40:09.88 2:05:26.96 +04:46.44 22 8 Evelyn Williamson 20:28.08 1:07:01.80 38:08.42 2:05:38.30 +04:57.78 23 32 Erika Molnar 21:05.98 1:08:31.11 36:02.41 2:05:39.50 +04:58.98 24 26 Maribel Blanco 21:15.98 1:08:21.41 37:00.45 2:06:37.84 +05:57.32 25 23 Wieke Hoogzaad 20:38.38 1:08:57.71 37:09.39 2:06:45.48 +06:04.96 26 24 Silvia Pepels 20:37.38 1:06:53.90 39:33.73 2:07:05.01 +06:24.49 27 6 Edith Cigana 20:42.28 1:06:52.10 39:32.43 2:07:06.81 +06:26.29 28 27 Marie Overbye 20:56.08 1:06:41.50 39:39.93 2:07:17.51 +06:36.99 29 44 Renata Berková 19:48.78 1:09:49.30 38:30.29 2:08:08.37 +07:27.85 30 7 Lizel Moore 21:01.48 1:08:32.90 38:43.81 2:08:18.19 +07:37.67 31 18 Isabelle Turcotte Baird 20:59.98 1:08:37.10 38:52.41 2:08:29.49 +07:48.97 32 12 Wang Dan 20:50.78 1:08:52.20 39:06.12 2:08:49.10 +08:08.58 33 22 Ingrid van Lubek 20:54.08 1:08:45.80 39:49.12 2:09:29.00 +08:48.48 34 3 Iona Wynter 20:53.58 1:08:43.00 40:48.11 2:10:24.69 +09:44.17 35 47 Beatrice Mouthon 21:15.48 1:09:03.90 40:48.70 2:11:08.08 +10:27.56 36 36 Sibylle Matter 20:36.28 1:12:54.60 39:54.50 2:13:25.38 +12:44.86 37 40 Maria Morales 22:44.58 1:12:33.60 38:25.20 2:13:43.38 +13:02.86 38 17 Sharon Donnelly 20:32.48 1:14:41.50 39:21.61 2:14:35.59 +13:55.07 39 4 Aniko Gog 21:16.18 1:11:41.29 41:53.08 2:14:50.55 +14:10.03 40 14 Shi Meng 20:26.18 1:12:42.23 43:32.32 2:16:40.73 +16:00.21 — 1 Mieke Suys 20:46.08 Did not finish — 16 Carol Montgomery 20:33.18 Did not finish — 19 Mariana Ohata 20:34.28 Did not finish — 21 Carla Moreno 20:36.29 Did not finish — 31 Karina Fernández 23:53.68 Did not finish — 37 Haruna Hosoya 20:41.98 Did not finish — 42 Sian Brice 20:26.78 Did not finish — 43 Michelle Dillon 21:01.08 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.

References

External links Official Olympic Report Official Results – Triathlon