Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's
Men's triathlon at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Hyde Park 54.8 km (34.1 mi) | ||||||||||||
Date | 7 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 55 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:46:25 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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The men's triathlon was one of the triathlon events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.[1] It took place on 7 August 2012, featuring 55 men from 32 countries.[1][2] It was the fourth appearance of an Olympic men's triathlon event since the first at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.[3] The race was around Hyde Park, a 1.42 km2 park in central London.[1] The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) swimming, 42.959 kilometres (26.693 mi) road cycling, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) road running.[4]
A group of six finished the 1,500 metres (1,600 yd) swim leg in a lead group.[5] Great Britain's Jonny Brownlee was given a 15-second penalty for an illegal transition between the swimming and cycling disciplines.[6] A large lead group was together at the end of the cycling leg but Jonny Brownlee's brother Alistair Brownlee (Great Britain) broke away on the run to win the gold medal with Spain's Javier Gómez in second and Jonny Brownlee in third.[6] Alistair Brownlee earned Great Britain's nineteenth gold medal at the 2012 Games.[6]
Almost immediately after the race, bronze-medallist Jonny Brownlee collapsed due to heat stroke; it was confirmed he would suffer no permanent damage.[7]
Qualification
Qualification for the race was restricted to three athletes per
For all qualification places the qualified NOC had the right to select any athlete who, by 31 May 2012, were in the top 140 of the ITU Olympic Qualification List, in the top 140 of the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series or in the top 140 of the ITU Points List.[8]
Preview
Alistair and Jonny Brownlee were considered strong favourites before the race.
Course
The event was contested in
The course was designed to be as spectator-friendly as possible. The athletes passed through the main grandstand area 12 times. The men's triathlon was one of the few events with free viewing points.[4]
Race
The race started at 11:30 a.m. on 7 August 2012.[12] Richard Varga led early in the swim and held the lead to come out of the water first.[5] His swim leg split time was 16 minutes and 56 seconds, four seconds faster than Javier Gómez and those two; along with both of the Brownlees, Ivan Vasiliev and Alessandro Fabian; formed a lead group of six that had an 11 second gap over the rest of the field.[5] At the transition between the running and cycling legs, Jonny Brownlee was given a 15 second penalty for riding his bike before the transition zone.[12] On the ride the race reformed with a 22-man strong group together for the majority of the discipline.[12] Alistair Brownlee, aware of both his superiority in the run leg and the penalty facing his brother, put the hammer down from the very beginning of the run, aiming to crack the rest of the field and create a gap for himself and his brother. The senior Brownlee soon started to run away from the rest of the field with only his brother and Gómez attempting to follow him.[12] Jonny Brownlee was dropped from the group at approximately halfway through the run and then Alistair Brownlee dropped Gómez with 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to go.[12] Alistair Brownlee would go on to win the race in a time of one hour, 46 minutes and 25 seconds, beating Gómez by 11 seconds.[13] Despite having to serve his time penalty at the end of the second-last running lap,[12] the brutal speed of the group of three worked as Jonny Brownlee held on to the bronze medal position, 20 seconds behind Gómez but 18 seconds in front of fourth-placed David Hauss of France.[13]
Bronze-medallist Jonny Brownlee collapsed almost immediately after crossing the finish line. Paramedics gave him treatment and diagnosed heat stroke. He was taken to the medical tent where it was determined he would suffer no long-lasting effects.
Alistair Brownlee criticised the penalty that he thought cost his brother the silver medal: "I've never been a fan of these penalties, I think they're ruining the sport."[14] Alistair also called the rules "disgusting" and accused triathlon organisers of "ruining" the sport.[12]
Results
- Key
- # denotes the athlete's bib number for the event
- Swimming denotes the time it took the athlete to complete the swimming leg
- Cycling denotes the time it took the athlete to complete the cycling leg
- Running denotes the time it took the athlete to complete the running leg
- Difference denotes the time difference between the athlete and the event winner
- * The total time includes both transitions
Rank | # | Triathlete | Country | Swimming | Cycling | Running | Total time* | Difference |
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30 | Alistair Brownlee | Great Britain | 17:04 | 59:08 | 29:07 | 1:46:25 | ||
51 | Javier Gómez | Spain | 17:00 | 59:16 | 29:16 | 1:46:36 | +0:11 | |
31 | Jonny Brownlee | Great Britain | 17:02 | 59:11 | 29:37 | 1:46:56 | +0:31 | |
4 | 11 | David Hauss | France | 17:24 | 58:50 | 29:53 | 1:47:14 | +0:49 |
5 | 14 | Laurent Vidal | France | 17:27 | 58:42 | 30:01 | 1:47:21 | +0:56 |
6 | 46 | Jan Frodeno | Germany | 17:20 | 58:46 | 30:06 | 1:47:26 | +1:01 |
7 | 25 | Alexander Bryukhankov | Russia | 17:22 | 58:51 | 30:10 | 1:47:35 | +1:10 |
8 | 21 | Sven Riederer | Switzerland | 17:22 | 58:52 | 30:23 | 1:47:46 | +1:21 |
9 | 17 | João Silva |
Portugal | 17:22 | 58:54 | 30:33 | 1:47:51 | +1:26 |
10 | 35 | Alessandro Fabian | Italy | 17:01 | 59:10 | 30:43 | 1:48:03 | +1:38 |
11 | 12 | Vincent Luis | France | 17:20 | 58:53 | 31:00 | 1:48:18 | +1:53 |
12 | 54 | Bevan Docherty | New Zealand | 17:26 | 58:51 | 31:12 | 1:48:35 | +2:10 |
13 | 27 | Ivan Vasiliev | Russia | 17:03 | 59:04 | 31:22 | 1:48:43 | +2:18 |
14 | 43 | Hunter Kemper | United States | 17:25 | 58:44 | 31:20 | 1:48:46 | +2:21 |
15 | 55 | Kris Gemmell | New Zealand | 17:26 | 58:48 | 31:31 | 1:48:52 | +2:27 |
16 | 47 | Steffen Justus | Germany | 18:07 | 59:36 | 30:16 | 1:49:12 | +2:47 |
17 | 19 | Richard Murray | South Africa | 18:11 | 59:38 | 30:25 | 1:49:15 | +2:50 |
18 | 39 | Courtney Atkinson | Australia | 17:26 | 58:48 | 31:58 | 1:49:19 | +2:54 |
19 | 52 | Mario Mola | Spain | 18:09 | 59:40 | 30:27 | 1:49:23 | +2:58 |
20 | 38 | Hirokatsu Tayama | Japan | 17:24 | 58:45 | 31:57 | 1:49:24 | +2:59 |
21 | 26 | Dmitry Polyanski | Russia | 17:14 | 1:00:35 | 30:28 | 1:49:24 | +2:59 |
22 | 18 | Richard Varga | Slovakia | 16:56 | 59:15 | 32:03 | 1:49:25 | +3:00 |
23 | 7 | Gavin Noble | Ireland | 17:24 | 58:50 | 32:26 | 1:49:47 | +3:22 |
24 | 53 | José Miguel Pérez | Spain | 18:07 | 59:40 | 30:57 | 1:49:53 | +3:28 |
25 | 3 | Kyle Jones | Canada | 18:31 | 59:17 | 31:03 | 1:49:58 | +3:33 |
26 | 28 | Simon De Cuyper | Belgium | 17:58 | 59:45 | 31:10 | 1:50:00 | +3:35 |
27 | 4 | Brent McMahon | Canada | 18:04 | 59:40 | 31:09 | 1:50:03 | +3:38 |
28 | 50 | Crisanto Grajales | Mexico | 18:10 | 59:36 | 31:11 | 1:50:08 | +3:43 |
29 | 36 | Davide Uccellari | Italy | 18:26 | 59:16 | 31:13 | 1:50:09 | +3:44 |
30 | 44 | Jan Čelůstka | Czech Republic | 17:25 | 58:49 | 32:54 | 1:50:17 | +3:52 |
31 | 48 | Maik Petzold | Germany | 17:23 | 58:47 | 33:00 | 1:50:23 | +3:58 |
32 | 40 | Brad Kahlefeldt | Australia | 18:06 | 59:40 | 31:29 | 1:50:23 | +3:58 |
33 | 56 | Ryan Sissons | New Zealand | 18:05 | 59:45 | 31:31 | 1:50:27 | +4:02 |
34 | 6 | Tyler Butterfield | Bermuda | 18:58 | 58:32 | 31:52 | 1:50:32 | +4:07 |
35 | 41 | Brendan Sexton | Australia | 18:53 | 58:51 | 31:41 | 1:50:36 | +4:11 |
36 | 33 | Reinaldo Colucci | Brazil | 18:56 | 58:47 | 32:07 | 1:50:59 | +4:34 |
37 | 32 | Stuart Hayes | Great Britain | 17:17 | 59:04 | 33:29 | 1:51:04 | +4:39 |
38 | 49 | Gonzalo Tellechea | Argentina | 18:59 | 58:48 | 32:11 | 1:51:07 | +4:42 |
39 | 22 | Ruedi Wild | Switzerland | 18:28 | 59:17 | 32:15 | 1:51:10 | +4:45 |
40 | 20 | Andreas Giglmayr | Austria | 18:57 | 58:45 | 32:21 | 1:51:14 | +4:49 |
41 | 16 | Bruno Pais | Portugal | 18:57 | 58:44 | 32:30 | 1:51:22 | +4:57 |
42 | 23 | Danylo Sapunov | Ukraine | 18:08 | 59:35 | 32:38 | 1:51:32 | +5:07 |
43 | 37 | Yuichi Hosoda | Japan | 18:06 | 59:37 | 32:43 | 1:51:40 | +5:15 |
44 | 34 | Diogo Sclebin | Brazil | 18:10 | 59:36 | 32:53 | 1:51:51 | +5:26 |
45 | 45 | Přemysl Švarc | Czech Republic | 18:08 | 59:37 | 33:13 | 1:52:08 | +5:43 |
46 | 2 | Bai Faquan | China | 17:55 | 59:46 | 33:26 | 1:52:26 | +6:01 |
47 | 8 | Marek Jaskółka | Poland | 17:58 | 59:45 | 33:45 | 1:52:38 | +6:13 |
48 | 1 | Leonardo Chacón | Costa Rica | 17:24 | 1:00:19 | 33:42 | 1:52:39 | +6:14 |
49 | 9 | Hervé Banti | Monaco | 18:55 | 58:51 | 33:44 | 1:52:42 | +6:17 |
50 | 24 | Felipe Van de Wyngard | Chile | 18:53 | 58:52 | 34:03 | 1:53:02 | +6:37 |
51 | 42 | Manuel Huerta | United States | 18:57 | 58:51 | 34:39 | 1:53:39 | +7:14 |
52 | 10 | Christopher Felgate | Zimbabwe | 18:09 | 59:36 | 34:51 | 1:53:53 | +7:28 |
53 | 29 | Carlos Quinchara | Colombia | 18:02 | 59:37 | 35:13 | 1:54:10 | +7:45 |
54 | 15 | Heo Min-Ho |
South Korea | 18:02 | 59:46 | 35:36 | 1:54:30 | +8:05 |
— | 5 | Simon Whitfield | Canada[n 1] | 17:23 | Did not finish | |||
Source: Official results[13] |
- Notes
References
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- International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i Sherwood, Merryn (3 July 2012). "The London 2012 Olympic Games course preview". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "Triathlon at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Olympic Distance 1.5 kilometres Swimming". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "Olympics triathlon: Alistair Brownlee wins Britain's 19th gold". BBC News. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ "London 2012: A penalty, a panic and a medal for British triathlete". 7 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Qualification system". Triathlon. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ a b c Greene, Erin (5 August 2012). "London 2012 Olympic Games: Men's Preview". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ a b Baird, Courtney (31 July 2012). "2012 London Olympics Triathlon Preview: The Men". triathlete. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ "Hyde Park History and Architecture". The Royal Parks. Archived from the original on 13 January 2006. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g Wilson, Jeremey (7 August 2012). "Alistair Brownlee wins gold for Britain in men's triathlon as brother Jonny takes bronze at London 2012 Olympic Games". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ Olympics. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ Rayner, Gordon; Kirkup, James (7 August 2012). "Brothers in arms: Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee rewrite Olympic history with gold and bronze in triathalon [sic]". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ Feschuk, Dave (7 August 2012). "London 2012: Simon Whitfield crashes out of triathlon". Toronto Star. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
External links
- Media related to Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons