The men's triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place at Fort Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro on 18 August.
A total of 55 men from 31 nations competed in the race.
Alistair Brownlee from Great Britain became the first man to defend his Olympic triathlon title after his previous win at the 2012 Summer Olympics. His younger brother Jonathan Brownlee finished in second place and added another Olympic medal to his collection after his bronze from 2012. Henri Schoeman took the bronze and became the first South African to win an Olympic triathlon medal, finishing just ahead of compatriot Richard Murray.
Course The event took place in Fort Copacabana. It consisted of a single 1.5 kilometres swim lap along the Copacabana beach. The competitors then completed a 38.48 kilometres bike leg consisting of eight 4.81 kilometres laps. The triathletes then ran four 2.5 kilometres laps to the finish line.
Results Key # denotes the athlete's bib number for the event Swimming denotes the time it took the athlete to complete the swimming leg Cycling denotes the time it took the athlete to complete the cycling leg Running denotes the time it took the athlete to complete the running leg Difference denotes the time difference between the athlete and the event winner Lapped denotes that the athlete was lapped and removed from the course * The total time includes both transitions
Rank#TriathleteSwimmingCyclingRunningTotal time*Difference5 17:2455:0431:091:45:016 17:2455:0431:161:45:07 +0:062 17:2555:0131:501:45:43 +0:4241 18:2055:3530:341:45:50 +0:49511 18:0355:5230:381:45:52 +0:51615 17:2755:0332:101:46:03 +1:02718 17:2655:0432:211:46:12 +1:11856 17:3756:1831:121:46:26 +1:2599 17:2655:0532:471:46:42 +1:41107 17:3156:1131:531:47:02 +2:011149 17:1855:1033:261:47:17 +2:161223 17:5955:5232:131:47:28 +2:271325 17:3956:1232:171:47:31 +2:301446 17:2255:0733:371:47:35 +2:341552 17:3156:2332:331:47:50 +2:491620 17:2855:0434:001:47:56 +2:551736 17:3456:2032:451:48:01 +3:001854 18:0556:2332:111:48:08 +3:071919 17:4856:0333:001:48:15 +3:142026 18:0055:5633:061:48:20 +3:192135 17:3156:2433:061:48:24 +3:232224 17:3556:2133:101:48:26 +3:252339 18:0356:2532:371:48:30 +3:29248 18:0155:4233:251:48:34 +3:312517 17:2857:0232:431:48:36 +3:352644 18:0655:4833:211:48:41 +3:402755 18:1055:4133:341:48:50 +3:492834 18:1155:3333:461:48:56 +3:552938 17:2955:0335:011:48:59 +3:583048 18:1155:4333:461:49:06 +4:053132 17:1856:3233:491:49:11 +4:103231 17:2457:0733:301:49:26 +4:253327 17:3057:0234:051:50:02 +5:013447 17:3256:5735:091:51:06 +6:053512 18:0856:2235:351:51:33 +6:323616 17:2856:2236:321:51:50 +6:493737 18:1559:3332:451:52:04 +7:033814 18:3659:1432:491:52:05 +7:043951 18:1459:3232:471:52:06 +7:054050 18:1059:3032:511:52:09 +7:084145 18:2059:2933:141:52:32 +7:314253 18:1759:1033:561:52:46 +7:454333 18:1959:3034:081:53:22 +8:214410 18:4459:0434:221:53:35 +8:344529 18:4259:0834:231:53:43 +8:424621 18:1659:3435:471:55:05 +10:04473 19:4559:4134:201:55:14 +10:134828 19:2359:5634:351:55:30 +10:294940 18:581:00:2635:021:56:00 +10:595042 17:3159:4939:221:58:08 +13:0730 17:26Did not finish4 18:09Did not finish43 17:31Did not finish22 18:38Lapped41 17:34Lapped Source: Official results
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