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Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's

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Date
  
17 September

Winning time
  
1:48:24.02

Competitors
  
52 from 27 nations

Venue
  
Sydney Opera House

Location
  
Sydney Opera House, City of Sydney, Australia

The men's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, making this an official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, September 17, 2000 at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney.

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Competition format

The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of 1,500 metres (0.93 mi) swimming, 40 kilometres (25 mi), road bicycle racing, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) road running.

Results

52 athletes competed in men's triathlon; only four of them dropped out of the cycling phase.

  • * 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

    Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Wikipedia
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