| | Event type
Olympic Distance, Women
| Date | 25 August 2004 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Olympiako Kentro Vouliagmenis, Vouliagmeni |
| Participants | 50 from 25 countries |
Australia’s Loretta Harrop and America’s Sheila Taormina led the swim leg in 18:37, with Harrop exiting the water with a slight lead. Harrop was also an excellent cyclist and finished second on the bike, trailing another USA athlete, Susan Williams. Harrop had led the race at every checkpoint starting the run, but that was her weakest discipline. Austria’s Kate Allen was a weak swimmer and finished the swim over two minutes behind Harrop, 44th of the 50 starters. Allen lost almost another minute to Harrop on the bike, and started the run in 28th place, 2:48 back. But Kate Allen was by far the best runner in the event. She won that leg by over a minute over Italy’s Nadia Cortassa, and picked up 2:59 on Harrop, catching her in the last kilometer, and pulling away to win by seven seconds.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | 1.5 km Swimming | Transition 1 (swim-to-cycle) | 40 km Cycling | Transition 2 (cycle-to-run) | 10 km Running | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kate Allen |  AUT | 2-04:43.45 | 20:38 (44) | 19 (=7) | 1-09:33 (12) | 25 (=30) | 33:48 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Loretta Harrop |  AUS | 2-04:50.17 | 18:37 (1) | 19 (=7) | 1-08:46 (2) | 21 (=3) | 36:47 (13) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Susan Williams |  USA | 2-05:08.92 | 19:02 (9) | 17 (1) | 1-08:41 (1) | 27 (=41) | 36:41 (10) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Kathleen Smet |  BEL | 2-05:35.89 | 19:42 (23) | 21 (=31) | 1-09:04 (5) | 23 (=11) | 36:05 (6) | |||
| 5 | Nadia Cortassa |  ITA | 2-05:45.35 | 20:36 (39) | 19 (=7) | 1-09:32 (=9) | 22 (=7) | 34:56 (2) | |||
| 6 | Michelle Dillon |  GBR | 2-06:00.77 | 20:37 (42) | 21 (=31) | 1-09:29 (6) | 25 (=30) | 35:08 (3) | |||
| 7 | Ana Burgos |  ESP | 2-06:02.36 | 20:36 (41) | 20 (=17) | 1-09:32 (=9) | 24 (=24) | 35:10 (4) | |||
| 8 | Vanessa Fernandes |  POR | 2-06:15.39 | 19:20 (11) | 21 (=31) | 1-10:46 (25) | 23 (=11) | 35:25 (5) | |||
| 9 | Barb Lindquist | USA | 2-06:25.49 | 18:39 (3) | 21 (=31) | 1-08:59 (3) | 22 (=7) | 38:04 (23) | |||
| 10 | Brigitte McMahon |  SUI | 2-07:07.73 | 19:46 (26) | 19 (=7) | 1-10:22 (19) | 21 (=3) | 36:19 (7) | |||
| 11 | Anja Dittmer |  GER | 2-07:25.07 | 19:41 (20) | 25 (50) | 1-10:21 (=16) | 24 (=24) | 36:34 (9) | |||
| 12 | Akiko Sekine |  JPN | 2-07:34.02 | 20:37 (43) | 20 (=17) | 1-09:29 (7) | 23 (=11) | 36:45 (12) | |||
| 13 | Pilar Hidalgo | ESP | 2-07:37.34 | 19:08 (10) | 21 (=31) | 1-10:55 (27) | 23 (=11) | 36:50 (14) | |||
| 14 | Kiyomi Niwata | JPN | 2-07:42.79 | 20:35 (38) | 22 (=44) | 1-09:32 (=9) | 23 (=11) | 36:50 (15) | |||
| 15 | Beatrice Lanza | ITA | 2-07:59.26 | 19:47 (27) | 19 (=7) | 1-10:18 (15) | 23 (=11) | 37:12 (16) | |||
| 16 | Joelle Franzmann | GER | 2-08:18.33 | 18:55 (7) | 18 (=2) | 1-11:15 (28) | 24 (=24) | 37:26 (18) | |||
| 17 | Liz May |  LUX | 2-08:29.22 | 19:43 (24) | 19 (=7) | 1-10:26 (21) | 22 (=7) | 37:39 (19) | |||
| 18 | Sam Warriner |  NZL | 2-08:42.07 | 19:42 (22) | 20 (=17) | 1-10:25 (20) | 20 (=1) | 37:55 (20) | |||
| 19 | Nicola Spirig | SUI | 2-08:44.46 | 20:34 (37) | 20 (=17) | 1-09:31 (8) | 21 (=3) | 37:58 (21) | |||
| 20 | Machiko Nakanishi | JPN | 2-08:51.06 | 19:40 (17) | 18 (=2) | 1-10:27 (=22) | 23 (=11) | 38:03 (22) | |||
| 21 | Silvia Gemignani | ITA | 2-08:56.94 | 18:45 (6) | 21 (=31) | 1-11:20 (29) | 23 (=11) | 38:07 (24) | |||
| 22 | Mieke Suys | BEL | 2-09:12.57 | 20:26 (33) | 20 (=17) | 1-09:39 (14) | 22 (=7) | 38:25 (26) | |||
| 23 | Sheila Taormina | USA | 2-09:21.08 | 18:37 (2) | 20 (=17) | 1-09:03 (4) | 20 (=1) | 41:01 (39) | |||
| 24 | Ainhoa Murúa | ESP | 2-09:27.91 | 19:37 (14) | 19 (=7) | 1-10:29 (24) | 23 (=11) | 38:39 (27) | |||
| 25 | Wieke Hoogzaad |  NED | 2-09:47.21 | 19:44 (25) | 21 (=31) | 1-10:21 (=16) | 24 (=24) | 38:57 (30) | |||
| 26 | Lenka Radová |  CZE | 2-09:54.47 | 19:41 (19) | 22 (=44) | 1-10:27 (=22) | 23 (=11) | 39:01 (31) | |||
| 27 | Samantha McGlone |  CAN | 2-10:14.24 | 21:27 (49) | 18 (=2) | 1-11:41 (30) | 23 (=11) | 36:25 (8) | |||
| 28 | Eva Bramböck | AUT | 2-10:19.60 | 20:32 (35) | 21 (=31) | 1-09:34 (13) | 25 (=30) | 39:27 (32) | |||
| 29 | Tracy Looze | NED | 2-10:35.81 | 20:40 (46) | 21 (=31) | 1-12:27 (31) | 25 (=30) | 36:42 (11) | |||
| 30 | Julie Dibens | GBR | 2-11:46.01 | 19:21 (12) | 20 (=17) | 1-10:48 (26) | 26 (=35) | 40:51 (37) | |||
| 31 | Olga Generalova |  RUS | 2-11:48.06 | 19:48 (29) | 20 (=17) | 1-10:21 (=16) | 26 (=35) | 40:53 (38) | |||
| 32 | Renata Berková | CZE | 2-11:50.94 | 19:48 (28) | 20 (=17) | 1-12:54 (32) | 27 (=41) | 38:21 (25) | |||
| 33 | Rina Hill | AUS | 2-11:58.86 | 18:41 (4) | 21 (=31) | 1-15:11 (=34) | 24 (=24) | 37:21 (17) | |||
| 34 | Jodie Swallow | GBR | 2-15:06.78 | 18:58 (8) | 20 (=17) | 1-13:45 (33) | 26 (=35) | 41:37 (41) | |||
| 35 | Carol Montgomery | CAN | 2-15:25.62 | 19:52 (32) | 23 (=48) | 1-15:11 (=34) | 26 (=35) | 39:33 (33) | |||
| 36 | Megan Hall |  RSA | 2-16:26.53 | 19:39 (15) | 21 (=31) | 1-16:07 (37) | 26 (=35) | 39:53 (35) | |||
| 37 | Mariana Ohata |  BRA | 2-16:52.97 | 20:33 (36) | 20 (=17) | 1-15:49 (36) | 23 (=11) | 39:47 (34) | |||
| 38 | Erika Molnár |  HUN | 2-17:53.38 | 20:36 (40) | 18 (=2) | 1-17:41 (42) | 24 (=24) | 38:54 (29) | |||
| 39 | Jill Savege | CAN | 2-18:10.99 | 18:44 (5) | 20 (=17) | 1-19:52 (45) | 26 (=35) | 38:48 (28) | |||
| 40 | Wang Hongni |  CHN | 2-18:40.07 | 20:39 (45) | 18 (=2) | 1-16:08 (38) | 21 (=3) | 41:14 (40) | |||
| 41 | Yekaterina Shatnaya |  KAZ | 2-19:26.75 | 22:00 (50) | 22 (=44) | 1-16:28 (40) | 25 (=30) | 40:11 (36) | |||
| 42 | Fiorella D'Croz |  COL | 2-21:03.46 | 20:32 (34) | 19 (=7) | 1-18:00 (44) | 23 (=11) | 41:49 (42) | |||
| 43 | Nancy Álvarez |  ARG | 2-21:38.66 | 20:58 (48) | 21 (=31) | 1-17:29 (41) | 27 (=41) | 42:23 (43) | |||
| 44 | Delphine Pelletier |  FRA | 2-22:39.28 | 20:40 (47) | 19 (=7) | 1-17:54 (43) | 27 (=41) | 43:19 (44) | |||
| Nina Anisimova | RUS | – | 19:41 (21) | 22 (=44) | 1-16:20 (39) | 30 (45) | – | ||||
| Lucie Zelenková | CZE | – | 19:23 (13) | 21 (=31) | – ( | – | – | ||||
| Maxine Seear | AUS | – | 19:39 (16) | 19 (=7) | – ( | – | – | ||||
| Sandra Soldán | BRA | – | 19:41 (18) | 23 (=48) | – ( | – | – | ||||
| Carla Moreno | BRA | – | 19:48 (30) | 20 (=17) | – ( | – | – | ||||
| Xing Lin | CHN | – | 19:49 (31) | 20 (=17) | – ( | – | – | lapped |