Olympic history in triathlon

Triathlon has been an Olympic sport since its debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The International Triathlon Union (ITU) was founded in 1989 and five years later, on 4 September 1994, triathlon’s Olympic status was approved by the 103rd International Olympic Committee Session, in Paris. The variant contested at the Olympics (called Olympic distance) is composed of a 1.5km swim, followed by a 40km bike portion and a final 10km run leg. Since 2000, the Olympic triathlon competition consists of a men’s and a women’s event.

World Triathlon Champions - Elite Men
World Triathlon Champions - Elite Women

Olympic Medallists - Individual Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Simon Whitfield Canada	Stephan Vuckovic Germany	Jan Řehula Czech Republic
2004 Athens	Hamish Carter New Zealand	Bevan Docherty New Zealand	Sven Riederer Switzerland
2008 Beijing	Jan Frodeno Germany	Simon Whitfield Canada	Bevan Docherty New Zealand
2012 London	Alistair Brownlee Great Britain	Javier Gómez Noya Spain	Jonathan Brownlee Great Britain
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Alistair Brownlee Great Britain	Jonathan Brownlee Great Britain	Henri Schoeman South Africa
2020 Tokyo	Kristian Blummenfelt Norway	Alex Yee Great Britain	Hayden Wilde New Zealand
2024 Paris	Alex Yee Great Britain	Hayden Wilde New Zealand	Léo Bergere France

 

Olympic Medallists - Individual Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Sydney	Brigitte McMahon Switzerland	Michellie Jones Australia	Magali Messmer Switzerland
2004 Athens	Kate Allen Austria	Loretta Harrop Australia	Susan Williams United States
2008 Beijing	Emma Snowsill Australia	Vanessa Fernandes Portugal	Emma Moffat Australia
2012 London	Nicola Spirig Switzerland	Lisa Nordén Sweden	Erin Densham Australia
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Gwen Jorgensen United States	Nicola Spirig Hug Switzerland	Vicky Holland Great Britain
2020 Tokyo	Flora Duffy Bermuda	Georgia Taylor-Brown Great Britain	Katie Zaferes United States
2024 Paris	Cassandre Beaugrand France	Julie Derron Switzerland	Beth Potter Great Britain

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Triathlon Mixed Relay

World Triathlon’s Mixed Relay format has brought racing at its most thrilling, where the individual sport combines with pure team spirit. Athletes must complete a super-sprint triathlon - 300m swim, 6.6km bike and 1km run - before tagging off to a teammate, always in the order female-male-female-male. Among the most exciting aspects of these races for spectators is the athletes’ dramatic sprint and dive after being tagged by their teammate, as well as the intensity and speed from start to finish, the tight back-and-forth lead changes and team pride that this innovative racing format elicits.
The very first ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships was held in Des Moines, Iowa, USA in 2009 when the Swiss Team claimed the World Crown. In 2013, the World Championships were hosted in the German city of Hamburg for the first time, where it has taken place annually ever since.
The entertaining format was soon embraced around the world and was included in major Games programmes such as the Youth Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games before, in 2017, it was announced that Triathlon Mixed Relay will make its Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Olympic Medallists - Triathlon Mixed Relay

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2020 Tokyo	Great Britain	United States	France
2024 Paris	Germany	United States	Great Britain

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Triathlon Statistics

Multiple Medallists - Individual

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Alex Yee	Great Britain	2020-2024	2	0	0	2
1	Alistair Brownlee	Great Britain	2012-2016	2	0	0	2
2	Simon Whitfield	Canada	2000-2008	1	1	0	2
2	Nicola Spirig	Switzerland	2012-2016	1	1	0	2
3	Hayden Wilde	New Zealand	2020-2024	0	1	1	2
3	Jonathan Brownlee	Great Britain	2012-2016	0	1	1	2
3	Bevan Docherty	New Zealand	2004-2008	0	1	1	2

Triathlon Medals by NOC

NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Great Britain (GBR)	4	3	4	11
Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	2	6
Australia (AUS)	1	2	2	5
New Zealand (NZL)	1	2	2	5
United States (USA)	1	2	2	5
France (FRA)	1	0	2	3
Germany (GER)	2	1	0	3
Canada (CAN)	1	1	0	2
Austria (AUT)	1	0	0	1
Bermuda (BER)	1	0	0	1
Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1