Medal Tally
Pos.Country
Gold

Silver

Bronze
Total
1. China512128100
2. US363836110
3. Russia23212872
4. Great Britain19131547
5. Germany16101541
6. Australia14151746
7. South Korea1310831
8. Japan961025
9. Italy8101028
10. France7161740
11. Ukraine751527
12. Netherlands75416
13. Jamaica63211
14. Spain510318
15. Kenya55414
16. Belarus451019
17. Romania4138
18. Ethiopia4127
19. Canada39618
20. Poland36110
21. Hungary35210
21. Norway35210
23. Brazil34815
24. Czech Republic3306
25. Slovakia3216
26. New Zealand3159
27. Georgia3036
28. Cuba2111124
29. Kazakhstan24713
30. Denmark2237
31. Mongolia2204
31. Thailand2204
33. North Korea2136
34. Argentina2046
34. Switzerland2046
36. Mexico2013
37. Turkey1438
38. Zimbabwe1304
39. Azerbaijan1247
40. Uzbekistan1236
41. Slovenia1225
42. Bulgaria1135
42. Indonesia1135
44. Finland1124
45. Latvia1113
46. Belgium1102
46. Dominican Republic1102
46. Estonia1102
46. Portugal1102
50.India1023
51. Iran1012
52. Bahrain1001
52. Cameroon1001
52. Panama1001
52. Tunisia1001
56. Sweden0415
57. Croatia0235
57. Lithuania0235
59. Greece0224
60. Trinidad & Tobago0202
61. Nigeria0134
62. Austria0123
62. Ireland0123
62. Serbia0123
65. Algeria0112
65. Bahamas0112
65. Colombia0112
65. Kyrgystan0112
65. Morocco0112
65. Tajikistan0112
71. Chile0101
71. Ecuador0101
71. Iceland0101
71. Malaysia0101
71. Singapore0101
71. South Africa0101
71. Sudan0101
71. Vietnam0101
79. Armenia0066
80. Chinese Taipei0044
81. Afghanistan0011
81. Egypt0011
81. Israel0011
81. Mauritius0011
81. Moldova0011
81. Togo0011
81. Venezuela0011
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Beijing Olympics 2008 Disciplines > Triathlon
Triathlon
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Venue
Ming Tomb Reservoir
Location
Changping District, Beijing
No. of Gold medals
2
Schedule
August 18-19
Invented in the early 1970s, by the San Diego Track Club, Triathlon was an alternative workout to the rigours of track training. The club's first event consisted of a 10km run, an 8km cycle and a 500 metre swim. The official distance for triathlon was set at a 1500 metre swim, a 40km cycle and a 10km run - taken from existing events in each discipline already on the Olympic programme. Since 1989, the sport has grown rapidly and now has over a hundred affiliated national federations around the world.

At the International Olympic Committee's Congress in Paris, France, in 1994, triathlon was awarded full medal status on the Olympic programme and triathlon made its debut at the 2000 Olympic Summer Games in Sydney, Australia.

Medal Winners at Athens Games 2004
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual Men CARTER, Hamish (New Zealand) DOCHERTY, Bevan (New Zealand) RIEDERER, Sven (Switzerland)
Individual Women ALLEN, Kate (Austria) COCKBURN, Karen (Australia) WILLIAMS, Susan (USA)

List of events at Beijng Games 2008

Individual Men Individual Women