Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's

Men's Triathlon at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Hyde Park
Date	7 August
Competitors	55 from 32 nations
Winning time	1:46:25
Medalists
Alistair Brownlee   Great Britain   Javier Gómez   Spain   Jonathan Brownlee   Great Britain

Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Events
men  women

The men's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 2000. The competition was held on 7 August 2012 at Hyde Park in London. The triathlon was won by Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain with a time of 1:46:25.^[1][2]

Competition format

The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consists of 1,500 metres (0.93 mi) swimming, 43 kilometres (27 mi) road bicycling, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) road running.^[3]

Results

55 athletes participated.^[4][5]

Rank[6]	#	Triathlete	Swimming	Cycling	Running	Total time	Difference
	30	Alistair Brownlee (GBR)	17:04	59:08	29:07	1:46:25 OR	+0:00
	51	Javier Gómez (ESP)	17:00	59:16	29:16	1:46:36	+0:11
	31	Jonathan Brownlee (GBR)	17:02	59:11	29:37	1:46:56	+0:31
4	11	David Hauss (FRA)	17:24	58:50	29:53	1:47:14	+0:49
5	14	Laurent Vidal (FRA)	17:27	58:42	30:01	1:47:21	+0:56
6	46	Jan Frodeno (GER)	17:20	58:46	30:06	1:47:26	+1:01
7	25	Alexander Bryukhankov (RUS)	17:22	58:51	30:10	1:47:35	+1:10
8	21	Sven Riederer (SUI)	17:22	58:52	30:23	1:47:46	+1:21
9	17	João Silva (POR)	17:22	58:54	30:33	1:47:51	+1:26
10	35	Alessandro Fabian (ITA)	17:01	59:10	30:43	1:48:03	+1:38
11	12	Vincent Luis (FRA)	17:20	58:53	31:00	1:48:18	+1:53
12	54	Bevan Docherty (NZL)	17:26	58:51	31:12	1:48:35	+2:10
13	27	Ivan Vasiliev (RUS)	17:03	59:04	31:22	1:48:43	+2:18
14	43	Hunter Kemper (USA)	17:25	58:44	31:20	1:48:46	+2:21
15	55	Kris Gemmell (NZL)	17:26	58:48	31:31	1:48:52	+2:27
16	47	Steffen Justus (GER)	18:07	59:36	30:16	1:49:12	+2:47
17	19	Richard Murray (RSA)	18:11	59:38	30:25	1:49:15	+2:50
18	39	Courtney Atkinson (AUS)	17:26	58:48	31:58	1:49:19	+2:54
19	52	Mario Mola (ESP)	18:09	59:40	30:27	1:49:23	+2:58
20	38	Hirokatsu Tayama (JPN)	17:24	58:45	31:57	1:49:24	+2:59
21	26	Dmitry Polyanski (RUS)	17:14	1:00:35	30:28	1:49:24	+2:59
22	18	Richard Varga (SVK)	16:56	59:15	32:03	1:49:25	+3:00
23	7	Gavin Noble (IRL)	17:24	58:50	32:26	1:49:47	+3:22
24	53	José Miguel Pérez (ESP)	18:07	59:40	30:57	1:49:53	+3:28
25	3	Kyle Jones (CAN)	18:31	59:17	31:03	1:49:58	+3:33
26	28	Simon De Cuyper (BEL)	17:58	59:45	31:10	1:50:00	+3:35
27	4	Brent McMahon (CAN)	18:04	59:40	31:09	1:50:03	+3:38
28	50	Crisanto Grajales (MEX)	18:10	59:36	31:11	1:50:08	+3:43
29	36	Davide Uccellari (ITA)	18:26	59:16	31:13	1:50:09	+3:44
30	44	Jan Čelůstka (CZE)	17:25	58:49	32:54	1:50:17	+3:52
32	40	Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS)	18:06	59:40	31:29	1:50:23	+3:58
33	56	Ryan Sissons (NZL)	18:05	59:45	31:31	1:50:27	+4:02
34	6	Tyler Butterfield (BER)	18:58	58:32	31:52	1:50:32	+4:07
35	41	Brendan Sexton (AUS)	18:53	58:51	31:41	1:50:36	+4:11
36	33	Reinaldo Colucci (BRA)	18:56	58:47	32:07	1:50:59	+4:34
37	32	Stuart Hayes (GBR)	17:17	59:04	33:29	1:51:04	+4:39
38	49	Gonzalo Tellechea (ARG)	18:59	58:48	32:11	1:51:07	+4:42
39	22	Ruedi Wild (SUI)	18:28	59:17	32:15	1:51:10	+4:45
40	20	Andreas Giglmayr (AUT)	18:57	58:45	32:21	1:51:14	+4:49
41	16	Bruno Pais (POR)	18:57	58:44	32:30	1:51:22	+4:57
42	23	Danylo Sapunov (UKR)	18:08	59:35	32:38	1:51:32	+5:07
43	37	Yuichi Hosoda (JPN)	18:06	59:37	32:43	1:51:40	+5:15
44	34	Diogo Sclebin (BRA)	18:10	59:36	32:53	1:51:51	+5:26
45	45	Přemysl Švarc (CZE)	18:08	59:37	33:13	1:52:08	+5:43
46	2	Bai Faquan (CHN)	17:55	59:46	33:26	1:52:26	+6:01
47	8	Marek Jaskółka (POL)	17:58	59:45	33:45	1:52:38	+6:13
48	1	Leonardo Chacón (CRC)	17:24	1:00:19	33:42	1:52:39	+6:14
49	9	Hervé Banti (MON)	18:55	58:51	33:44	1:52:42	+6:17
50	24	Felipe Van de Wyngard (CHI)	18:53	58:52	34:03	1:53:02	+6:37
51	42	Manuel Huerta (USA)	18:57	58:51	34:39	1:53:39	+7:14
52	10	Christopher Felgate (ZIM)	18:09	59:36	34:51	1:53:53	+7:28
53	29	Carlos Quinchara (COL)	18:02	59:37	35:13	1:54:10	+7:45
54	15	Heo Min-Ho (KOR)	18:02	59:46	35:36	1:54:30	+8:05
—	5	Simon Whitfield (CAN)	17:23	Did not finish

References

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