| Date | 19 August 2008 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Tieren Sanxiang Saichang, Beijing |
| Participants | 55 from 31 countries |
Spain’s Javier Gómez was the 2008 World Champion, was runner-up in 2007, and had been world ranked #1 for two years. New Zealand’s Shane Reed led the swimming, but was not a factor thereafter. Dirk Bockel of Luxembourg and Belgium’s Axel Zeebroek led off the bike leg, but weak running left them far from the medals. Starting the run, the favorites were back around 10th place with Gómez and Canada’s Simon Whitfield, the 2000 gold medalist, working their way up the field. They were marked by New Zealander Bevan Docherty, the Athina silver medalist, and some German triathlete named Jan Frodeno, who was little known but had been second at the 2007 Europeans. Into the final straight, Frodeno sprinted hard and dropped Whitfield to win a very unexpected gold medal. Whitfield trailed, five seconds back in second, while the bronze medal went to Docherty, with Gómez eight seconds off the podium in fourth. He would come back in 2012 and win a silver medal at London.
Whitfield had controversially used a domestique during the event, his countryman, Colin Jenkins. Whitfield drafted off Jenkins in the swim and bike portions, and then took off to contest the medals. Jenkins finished, but jogged in on the run, with the slowest run time of 38:39 and was the last finisher in 50th place.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | 1.5 km Swimming | Transition 1 (swim-to-cycle) | 40 km Cycling | Transition 2 (cycle-to-run) | 10 km Running | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | Jan Frodeno |  GER | 1-48:53.28 | 18:14 (16) | 0:26 (=2) | 59:01 (34) | 0:26 (=1) | 30:46 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 16 | Simon Whitfield |  CAN | 1-48:58.47 | 18:18 (22) | 0:27 (=13) | 58:56 (=23) | 0:29 (=18) | 30:48 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 27 | Bevan Docherty |  NZL | 1-49:05.59 | 18:23 (31) | 0:28 (=25) | 58:51 (=16) | 0:26 (=1) | 30:57 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 30 | Javier Gómez |  ESP | 1-49:13.92 | 18:08 (8) | 0:27 (=13) | 59:06 (=38) | 0:29 (=18) | 31:03 (4) | |||
| 5 | 31 | Iván Raña | ESP | 1-49:22.03 | 18:22 (29) | 0:26 (=2) | 58:52 (=19) | 0:28 (=10) | 31:14 (5) | |||
| 6 | 34 | Daniel Unger | GER | 1-49:43.78 | 18:25 (37) | 0:27 (=13) | 58:49 (=13) | 0:27 (=3) | 31:35 (6) | |||
| 7 | 21 | Hunter Kemper |  USA | 1-49:48.75 | 18:04 (4) | 0:30 (=46) | 59:06 (=38) | 0:28 (=10) | 31:40 (7) | |||
| 8 | 41 | Rasmus Henning |  DEN | 1-49:57.47 | 18:18 (21) | 0:26 (=2) | 58:57 (29) | 0:28 (=10) | 31:48 (=9) | |||
| 9 | 26 | Igor Sysoyev |  RUS | 1-49:59.38 | 18:02 (2) | 0:32 (53) | 59:15 (=49) | 0:29 (=18) | 31:41 (8) | |||
| 10 | 38 | Frédéric Belaubre |  FRA | 1-50:00.30 | 18:03 (3) | 0:28 (=25) | 59:11 (45) | 0:30 (=32) | 31:48 (=9) | |||
| 11 | 11 | Courtney Atkinson |  AUS | 1-50:10.02 | 18:06 (6) | 0:27 (=13) | 59:08 (=43) | 0:29 (=18) | 32:00 (11) | |||
| 12 | 35 | Alistair Brownlee |  GBR | 1-50:19.62 | 18:11 (13) | 0:27 (=13) | 59:05 (=36) | 0:29 (=18) | 32:07 (12) | |||
| 13 | 18 | Axel Zeebroek |  BEL | 1-50:30.90 | 18:30 (43) | 0:27 (=13) | 57:48 (1) | 0:30 (=32) | 33:15 (24) | |||
| 14 | 36 | Will Clarke | GBR | 1-50:32.07 | 18:53 (47) | 0:27 (=13) | 58:23 (6) | 0:31 (=38) | 32:18 (13) | |||
| 15 | 33 | Christian Prochnow | GER | 1-50:33.90 | 18:23 (30) | 0:26 (=2) | 58:56 (=23) | 0:27 (=3) | 32:21 (14) | |||
| 16 | 12 | Brad Kahlefeldt | AUS | 1-50:36.00 | 18:17 (19) | 0:29 (=34) | 58:56 (=23) | 0:28 (=10) | 32:26 (15) | |||
| 17 | 54 | Bruno Pais |  POR | 1-50:40.22 | 18:28 (42) | 0:26 (=2) | 58:47 (11) | 0:27 (=3) | 32:32 (17) | |||
| 18 | 23 | Jarrod Shoemaker | USA | 1-50:46.39 | 18:19 (23) | 0:29 (=34) | 59:03 (35) | 0:28 (=10) | 32:27 (16) | |||
| 19 | 44 | Olivier Marceau |  SUI | 1-50:50.07 | 18:55 (52) | 0:29 (=34) | 58:18 (4) | 0:31 (=38) | 32:37 (18) | |||
| 20 | 42 | Filip Ospalý |  CZE | 1-50:53.69 | 18:17 (20) | 0:30 (=46) | 58:56 (=23) | 0:29 (=18) | 32:41 (19) | |||
| 21 | 52 | Danylo Sapunov |  KAZ | 1-50:58.98 | 18:11 (12) | 0:29 (=34) | 59:05 (=36) | 0:31 (=38) | 32:42 (20) | |||
| 22 | 25 | Dmitry Polyansky | RUS | 1-51:11.61 | 18:15 (18) | 0:27 (=13) | 59:07 (42) | 0:29 (=18) | 32:53 (21) | |||
| 23 | 45 | Sven Riederer | SUI | 1-51:19.45 | 18:14 (17) | 0:34 (54) | 58:52 (=19) | 0:28 (=10) | 33:11 (23) | |||
| 24 | 24 | Aleksandr Bryukhankov | RUS | 1-51:22.59 | 18:10 (11) | 0:30 (=46) | 59:08 (=43) | 0:33 (=45) | 33:01 (22) | |||
| 25 | 55 | Dirk Bockel |  LUX | 1-51:31.01 | 18:26 (39) | 0:27 (=13) | 57:52 (2) | 0:27 (=3) | 34:19 (=31) | |||
| 26 | 8 | Juraci Moreira Júnior |  BRA | 1-51:35.57 | 18:24 (34) | 0:29 (=34) | 58:50 (15) | 0:30 (=32) | 33:22 (25) | |||
| 27 | 17 | Peter Croes | BEL | 1-51:40.94 | 18:26 (38) | 0:26 (=2) | 58:51 (=16) | 0:32 (=43) | 33:25 (26) | |||
| 28 | 15 | Paul Tichelaar | CAN | 1-51:46.81 | 18:24 (35) | 0:27 (=13) | 58:51 (=16) | 0:30 (=32) | 33:34 (27) | |||
| 29 | 43 | Reto Hug | SUI | 1-52:04.93 | 18:55 (50) | 0:27 (=13) | 58:20 (5) | 0:29 (=18) | 33:53 (28) | |||
| 30 | 6 | Ryosuke Yamamoto |  JPN | 1-52:11.98 | 18:27 (40) | 0:26 (=2) | 58:53 (21) | 0:29 (=18) | 33:56 (29) | |||
| 31 | 2 | Sander Berk |  NED | 1-52:18.09 | 18:13 (15) | 0:28 (=25) | 59:06 (=38) | 0:34 (=49) | 33:57 (30) | |||
| 32 | 22 | Matty Reed | USA | 1-52:30.44 | 18:25 (36) | 0:30 (=46) | 58:48 (12) | 0:28 (=10) | 34:19 (=31) | |||
| 33 | 10 | Daniel Fontana |  ITA | 1-52:39.21 | 18:22 (28) | 0:28 (=25) | 58:55 (22) | 0:28 (=10) | 34:26 (33) | |||
| 34 | 29 | Shane Reed | NZL | 1-52:48.16 | 18:00 (1) | 0:28 (=25) | 59:19 (51) | 0:27 (=3) | 34:34 (35) | |||
| 35 | 19 | Volodymyr Polikarpenko |  UKR | 1-52:51.74 | 18:23 (33) | 0:29 (=34) | 58:58 (30) | 0:29 (=18) | 34:32 (34) | |||
| 36 | 40 | Laurent Vidal | FRA | 1-53:02.79 | 18:49 (45) | 0:29 (=34) | 58:24 (=7) | 0:29 (=18) | 34:51 (36) | |||
| 37 | 7 | Reinaldo Colucci | BRA | 1-53:13.94 | 18:52 (46) | 0:27 (=13) | 58:28 (9) | 0:30 (=32) | 34:56 (37) | |||
| 38 | 47 | Simon Agoston |  AUT | 1-53:23.98 | 18:20 (24) | 0:30 (=46) | 59:00 (=32) | 0:31 (=38) | 35:02 (38) | |||
| 39 | 28 | Kris Gemmell | NZL | 1-53:49.47 | 18:41 (44) | 0:25 (1) | 58:34 (10) | 0:27 (=3) | 35:42 (39) | |||
| 40 | 9 | Emilio D'Aquino | ITA | 1-53:58.22 | 18:22 (27) | 0:28 (=25) | 58:56 (=23) | 0:29 (=18) | 35:43 (40) | |||
| 41 | 4 | Marko Albert |  EST | 1-54:13.58 | 18:09 (9) | 0:29 (=34) | 59:12 (=46) | 0:29 (=18) | 35:54 (41) | |||
| 42 | 20 | Chris Felgate |  ZIM | 1-54:31.61 | 18:21 (26) | 0:28 (=25) | 59:00 (=32) | 0:33 (=45) | 36:09 (42) | |||
| 43 | 50 | Daniel Lee |  HKG | 1-54:40.78 | 18:54 (49) | 0:28 (=25) | 58:24 (=7) | 0:32 (=43) | 36:22 (43) | |||
| 44 | 3 | Francisco Serrano |  MEX | 1-54:46.09 | 18:56 (53) | 0:26 (=2) | 58:08 (3) | 0:34 (=49) | 36:42 (44) | |||
| 45 | 53 | Duarte Marques | POR | 1-55:06.57 | 18:20 (25) | 0:26 (=2) | 59:06 (=38) | 0:27 (=3) | 36:47 (45) | |||
| 46 | 56 | Wang Daqing |  CHN | 1-55:41.87 | 18:06 (7) | 0:30 (=46) | 59:15 (=49) | 0:33 (=45) | 37:17 (46) | |||
| 47 | 51 | Csaba Kuttor |  HUN | 1-55:53.38 | 18:09 (10) | 0:28 (=25) | 59:13 (48) | 0:36 (51) | 37:27 (47) | |||
| 48 | 5 | Hirokatsu Tayama | JPN | 1-56:13.68 | 18:04 (5) | 0:30 (=46) | 59:12 (=46) | 0:29 (=18) | 37:58 (48) | |||
| 49 | 48 | Omar Tayara |  SYR | 1-56:40.54 | 18:23 (32) | 0:29 (=34) | 58:56 (=23) | 0:33 (=45) | 38:19 (49) | |||
| 50 | 14 | Colin Jenkins | CAN | 1-56:50.85 | 18:12 (14) | 0:29 (=34) | 58:59 (31) | 0:31 (=38) | 38:39 (50) | |||
| 39 | Tony Moulai | FRA | – | 18:27 (41) | 0:29 (=34) | 58:49 (=13) | 0:30 (=32) | – ( | ||||
| 37 | Tim Don | GBR | – | 18:54 (48) | 0:26 (=2) | – ( | – | – | lapped | |||
| 49 | Marek Jaskółka |  POL | – | 18:55 (51) | 0:29 (=34) | – ( | – | – | lapped | |||
| 1 | Andriy Hlushchenko | UKR | – | 18:59 (54) | 0:26 (=2) | – ( | – | – | lapped | |||
| 46 | Pavel Šimko |  SVK | – | – ( | – | – | – | – |
