Triathlon at the 2006 Asian Games

Triathlon for both men and women were contested on December 8 at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Both men and women competed on the Corniche Triathlon Course. This is the first Asian Games for the Triathlon event. The course features a 1,500 m swim, a 40 km bike ride, and a 10 km run.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual	Dmitriy Gaag Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Daniel Lee Hong Kong (HKG)	Danil Sapunov Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Women's individual	Wang Hongni China (CHN)	Ai Ueda Japan (JPN)	Akiko Sekine Japan (JPN)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	1	2
2	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
3	Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
4	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	0	1
Total		2	2	2	6

Participating nations

A total of 43 athletes from 15 nations competed in triathlon at the 2006 Asian Games:

• China (4)
• Chinese Taipei (2)
• Hong Kong (4)
• India (2)
• Japan (4)
• Kazakhstan (3)
• Lebanon (1)
• Macau (3)
• Malaysia (3)
• Mongolia (2)
• Oman (2)
• Philippines (4)
• South Korea (4)
• Syria (2)
• Uzbekistan (3)

External links

• "Triathlon Competition Schedule".