The women's

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was part of the

triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 (women) and Tuesday, August 19 (men), on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling. Each competitor started the event with a ...

programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which was established in 2000. The competition was held on Monday, August 18, 2008 at 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 The Ming tombs are a collection of mausoleums built by the emperors of the Ming dynasty of China. The first Ming emperor's tomb is located near his capital Nanjing. However, the majority of the Ming tombs are located in a cluster near Beijing an ...

. Fifty-five triathletes from thirty nations competed. For the first time in Olympic history, all three medalists finished the race in less than two hours.

Competition format

The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of swimming, ,

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, and

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Results

** Including Transition 1 (swimming-to-cycling) and T2 (cycling-to-running), roughly a minute. *No one is allotted the number 13. *LAP - Lapped by the leader on the cycling course.According t
the official Olympic Competition Rules
and the

Gallery

File:2008 Emma Snowsill and Emma Moffatt.JPG, Snowsill (left) and Moffatt (right) show off their medals. File:2008 Olympic triathlon women - swimming start.JPG, The start of the swimming File:2008 Olympic triathlon women - transition area.JPG, The transition area File:2008 Olympic triathlon women - swimming.JPG, Swimming File:2008 Olympic triathlon women - first transition.JPG, First transition from swimming to cycling: from the right

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, Magali di Marco, Sarah Haskins. File:2008 Olympic triathlon women - Emma Snowsill winning.JPG, Snowsill crossing the finish line.

References

External links

NBC Olympics – Triathlon
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2008 in women's sport Women's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics