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competitions at the

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, in

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, were held on Monday, August 18 (women) and Tuesday, August 19 (men), on the

Triathlon Venue The Ming Tombs Reservoir or the Shisanling Reservoir (十三陵水库) is a dam in Changping District of northern Beijing. Named for the Ming tombs nearby, it is the lower reservoir of the Shisanling Pumped Storage Power Station. The earth-fill e ...

at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling. Each competitor started the event with a swim course, followed by a

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and finished with a road run. Both leg transitions (swimming—cycling and cycling—running) were performed on a special transition area, under judge's scrutiny. The cycling was carried out as 6 laps of 6.66 km each and the running as 4 laps of 2.5 km each.en.beijing2008.cn Triathlon
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Medal summary

Schedule

All times are

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)

Participating nations

A total of 110 triathletes (55 men and 55 women) from 37 nations (men from 31 nations - women from 30 nations) competed at the Beijing Games:

Medal table

Qualification

Eight

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s could have a maximum of three eligible athletes per event, all other NOCs could have a maximum of two eligible athletes per event.

Results

Notes and references

;Notes: * China achieved qualification for the women's event through the ITU Olympic Qualification Ranking, therefore the host nation's Olympic place was given to another best placed athlete in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings; * Oceanian NOCs did not qualify any eligible male and female competitors through the Continental Olympic Ranking; the same situation was verified with African NOCs for the women's event. Thus, each of these qualification places were given to the next best placed athletes in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings; * Flora Duffy would qualify through her place in the ITU Olympic Qualification Ranking. Since she received an invitation from the tripartite commission, her slot was given to the next best placed athlete in the ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings. ;References:

External links

Triathlon – Official Results Book
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