Triathlon
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueVouliagmeni Olympic Centre
Dates25–26 August 2004
Competitors100 from 34 nations

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the triathlon events were held at the Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre. Fifty triathletes contested the female event on August 25, and the same number contested the male event on August 26, making up a total of 100 competitors.

Each competitor starts the event with a 1500-metre swim course, followed by a 40 kilometre road bicycle race and finish with a 10 kilometre road run. Both leg transitions (swimming—cycling and cycling—running) are performed on a special transition area, under judge's scrutiny and the duration of the transition is added to the final time.

A pre-Olympic test event was staged over the Olympic course in October 2003, and saw Denmark's Rasmus Henning and Australia's Michellie Jones winning the men's and women's events.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
Hamish Carter
 New Zealand
Bevan Docherty
 New Zealand
Sven Riederer
 Switzerland
Women's individual
Kate Allen
 Austria
Loretta Harrop
 Australia
Susan Williams
 United States

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Event Date Start Time
Women's TriathlonAugust 2510:00
Men's TriathlonAugust 2610:00

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 New Zealand (NZL)1102
2 Austria (AUT)1001
3 Australia (AUS)0101
4 Switzerland (SUI)0011
 United States (USA)0011
Totals (5 entries)2226
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