Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's Triathlon

|games = 2000 Summer

|image = Triathlon pictogram.svg

|image_size = 50px

|caption =

|venue = Sydney Opera House

|date = 16 September

|competitors = 48

|nations = 24

|gold = Brigitte McMahon

|goldNOC = SUI

|silver = Michellie Jones

|silverNOC = AUS

|bronze = Magali Messmer

|bronzeNOC = SUI

|win_value=2:00:40.52

|next = 2004}}

{{TriathlonAt2000SummerOlympics}}

The women's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, and one of the first-day events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, September 16, 2000 at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney.{{cite sports-reference|title = Triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Olympic Distance|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/TRI/womens-olympic-distance.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025233/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/TRI/womens-olympic-distance.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 9 November 2012}}

Competition format

The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of {{convert|1500|m|mi}} swimming, {{convert|40|km|mi}}, road bicycle racing, and {{convert|10|km|mi}} road running.{{cite web|title=Triathlon – Competition Description|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/tr/TRresults.pdf|format=PDF|page=6|publisher=2000 Sydney Olympics Results|accessdate=9 November 2012}}

Results

48 athletes competed in women's triathlon; only eight of them dropped out of the cycling phase.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!#

!style="width:10em"| Triathlete

!style="width:10em"| Country

!style="width:6em"| Swimming

!style="width:6em"| Cycling

!style="width:6em"| Running

!style="width:6em"| Total time*

!style="width:6em"| Difference

{{Gold1}}35

|align=left| Brigitte McMahon

{{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}}

| 19:44.58

1:05:42.2035:13.642:00:40.52
{{Silver2}}28

|align=left| Michellie Jones

{{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}}

| 19:43.88

1:05:32.9035:25.772:00:42.55+00:02.03
{{Bronze3}}34

|align=left| Magali Messmer

{{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}}

| 19:39.38

1:05:40.0035:49.452:01:08.83+00:28.31
410

|align=left| Joanna Zeiger

{{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}}

| 19:45.58

1:05:38.3036:01.862:01:25.74+00:45.22
529

|align=left| Loretta Harrop

{{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}}

| 19:37.98

1:05:40.7036:24.142:01:42.82+01:02.30
611

|align=left| Sheila Taormina

{{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}}

| 19:02.78

1:06:24.3037:18.832:02:45.91+02:05.39
745

|align=left| Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys

{{flagIOC|FRA|2000 Summer}}

| 19:48.98

1:05:28.5037:35.932:02:53.41+02:12.89
846

|align=left| Christine Hocq

{{flagIOC|FRA|2000 Summer}}

| 19:43.78

1:05:33.9037:44.222:03:01.90+02:21.38
930

|align=left| Nicole Hackett

{{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}}

| 19:41.08

1:05:37.1037:52.632:03:10.81+02:30.29
1025

|align=left| Nancy Kemp-Arendt

{{flagIOC|LUX|2000 Summer}}

| 19:42.78

1:05:43.3037:48.862:03:14.94+02:34.42
1120

|align=left| Sandra Soldan

{{flagIOC|BRA|2000 Summer}}

| 19:45.28

1:05:41.1037:53.482:03:19.86+02:39.34
1215

|align=left| Nina Anissimova

{{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}}

| 19:47.58

1:05:42.0037:56.772:03:26.35+02:45.83
139

|align=left| Jennifer Gutierrez

{{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}}

| 19:44.98

1:05:41.0038:12.502:03:38.48+02:57.96
1438

|align=left| Kiyomi Niwata

{{flagIOC|JPN|2000 Summer}}

| 19:46.98

1:05:36.2038:29.832:03:53.01+03:12.49
1541

|align=left| Stephanie Forrester

{{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}}

| 21:12.18

1:08:20.9034:23.032:03:56.11+03:15.59
162

|align=left| Kathleen Smet

{{flagIOC|BEL|2000 Summer}}

| 20:54.68

1:06:38.9036:32.402:04:05.98+03:25.46
1739

|align=left| Akiko Hirao

{{flagIOC|JPN|2000 Summer}}

| 20:30.08

1:07:06.1036:42.522:04:18.70+03:38.18
1848

|align=left| Anja Dittmer

{{flagIOC|GER|2000 Summer}}

| 20:30.18

1:06:58.3037:08.402:04:36.88+03:56.36
1933

|align=left| Nora Edocseny

{{flagIOC|HUN|2000 Summer}}

| 20:28.48

1:07:05.3037:46.252:05:20.03+04:39.51
205

|align=left| Silvia Gemignani

{{flagIOC|ITA|2000 Summer}}

| 19:46.58

1:07:46.3037:48.382:05:21.26+04:40.74
2149

|align=left| Joelle Franzmann

{{flagIOC|GER|2000 Summer}}

| 19:41.48

1:05:35.6040:09.882:05:26.96+04:46.44
228

|align=left| Evelyn Williamson

{{flagIOC|NZL|2000 Summer}}

| 20:28.08

1:07:01.8038:08.422:05:38.30+04:57.78
2332

|align=left| Erika Molnar

{{flagIOC|HUN|2000 Summer}}

| 21:05.98

1:08:31.1136:02.412:05:39.50+04:58.98
2426

|align=left| Maribel Blanco

{{flagIOC|ESP|2000 Summer}}

| 21:15.98

1:08:21.4137:00.452:06:37.84+05:57.32
2523

|align=left| Wieke Hoogzaad

{{flagIOC|NED|2000 Summer}}

| 20:38.38

1:08:57.7137:09.392:06:45.48+06:04.96
2624

|align=left| Silvia Pepels

{{flagIOC|NED|2000 Summer}}

| 20:37.38

1:06:53.9039:33.732:07:05.01+06:24.49
276

|align=left| Edith Cigana

{{flagIOC|ITA|2000 Summer}}

| 20:42.28

1:06:52.1039:32.432:07:06.81+06:26.29
2827

|align=left| Marie Overbye

{{flagIOC|DEN|2000 Summer}}

| 20:56.08

1:06:41.5039:39.932:07:17.51+06:36.99
2944

|align=left| Renata Berková

{{flagIOC|CZE|2000 Summer}}

| 19:48.78

1:09:49.3038:30.292:08:08.37+07:27.85
307

|align=left| Lizel Moore

{{flagIOC|RSA|2000 Summer}}

| 21:01.48

1:08:32.9038:43.812:08:18.19+07:37.67
3118

|align=left| Isabelle Turcotte Baird

{{flagIOC|CAN|2000 Summer}}

| 20:59.98

1:08:37.1038:52.412:08:29.49+07:48.97
3212

|align=left| Wang Dan

{{flagIOC|CHN|2000 Summer}}

| 20:50.78

1:08:52.2039:06.122:08:49.10+08:08.58
3322

|align=left| Ingrid van Lubek

{{flagIOC|NED|2000 Summer}}

| 20:54.08

1:08:45.8039:49.122:09:29.00+08:48.48
343

|align=left| Iona Wynter

{{flagIOC|JAM|2000 Summer}}

| 20:53.58

1:08:43.0040:48.112:10:24.69+09:44.17
3547

|align=left| Beatrice Mouthon

{{flagIOC|FRA|2000 Summer}}

| 21:15.48

1:09:03.9040:48.702:11:08.08+10:27.56
3636

|align=left| Sibylle Matter

{{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}}

| 20:36.28

1:12:54.6039:54.502:13:25.38+12:44.86
3740

|align=left| Maria Morales

{{flagIOC|COL|2000 Summer}}

| 22:44.58

1:12:33.6038:25.202:13:43.38+13:02.86
3817

|align=left| Sharon Donnelly

{{flagIOC|CAN|2000 Summer}}

| 20:32.48

1:14:41.5039:21.612:14:35.59+13:55.07
394

|align=left| Aniko Gog

{{flagIOC|HUN|2000 Summer}}

| 21:16.18

1:11:41.2941:53.082:14:50.55+14:10.03
4014

|align=left| Shi Meng

{{flagIOC|CHN|2000 Summer}}

| 20:26.18

1:12:42.2343:32.322:16:40.73+16:00.21
1

|align=left| Mieke Suys

{{flagIOC|BEL|2000 Summer}}

| 20:46.08

colspan=4|Did not finish
16

|align=left| Carol Montgomery

{{flagIOC|CAN|2000 Summer}}

| 20:33.18

colspan=4|Did not finish
19

|align=left| Mariana Ohata

{{flagIOC|BRA|2000 Summer}}

| 20:34.28

colspan=4|Did not finish
21

|align=left| Carla Moreno

{{flagIOC|BRA|2000 Summer}}

| 20:36.29

colspan=4|Did not finish
31

|align=left| Karina Fernández

{{flagIOC|CRC|2000 Summer}}

| 23:53.68

colspan=4|Did not finish
37

|align=left| Haruna Hosoya

{{flagIOC|JPN|2000 Summer}}

| 20:41.98

colspan=4|Did not finish
42

|align=left| Sian Brice

{{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}}

| 20:26.78

colspan=4|Did not finish
43

|align=left| Michelle Dillon

{{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}}

| 21:01.08

colspan=4|Did not finish

  • * 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

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