The

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competitions at the 1995 Pan American Games in

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, were scheduled on March 26. Triathlon is a sport that combines three different modalities, in which competitors compete for the best overall time. In total, 57 triathletes participated in the two events in the sport. In the women's event, the American

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won the gold medal. The podium was completed by Canadians Kristie Otto and Fiona Cribb, silver and bronze medalists, respectively. In the men's event, Brazil won the competition with

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. He was followed by Canadian Mark Bates and Argentine

Oscar Galíndez Oscar Saul Galíndez (born June 5, 1971, in Río Tercero, Córdoba, Argentina) is a triathlete. He competed in the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics, obtaining the twenty-eighth place with a total time of 1:50:59. ...

Events

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was included in the Pan American calendar in 1993. Two years later, the events were scheduled for March 26 in

. The Brazilian Susana Schnarndorf led the swimming race, followed by the American Gail Laurence. This remained in the first places, but ended up off the podium. In cycling, Canadian Kristie Otto had the best performance, followed by

and Gail. Smyers, however, overtook Otto in the last race, winning the gold. Fiona Cribb also won a position in the last race, completing the podium with the bronze medal. In the transition from swimming for men, the American Nataniel Llerandi took the lead with 17 minutes and 25 seconds, but lost positions during the race. Argentine

finished cycling in first position, he remained on the podium after finishing in third position, but was overtaken by Brazilian

and Canadian Mark Bates.

Medalists

American triathlete Karen Smyers won the gold medal in the women's event, while Canadian Kristie Otto and Fiona Cribb won silver and bronze medals, respectively. The male event ended with the victory of Brazilian Leandro Macedo; the podium was completed by triathletes Mark Bates (silver medalist) and Oscar Galíndez (bronze medalist).

Medal board

In this edition,

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and the

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shared the leadership of the medal table, winning the men's and women's competition, respectively. However,

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was the country with the most medals won; the country kept the two silvers distributed and also obtained a bronze. Finally,

finished with the men's bronze medal.

References

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