# Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's

The women's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, and one of the first-day events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, September 16, 2000 at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney.

## Competition format

The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of 1,500 metres (0.93 mi) swimming, 40 kilometres (25 mi), road bicycle racing, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) road running.

## Results

48 athletes competed in women's triathlon; only eight of them dropped out of the cycling phase.
| Rank | # | Triathlete | Country | Swimming | Cycling | Running | Total time$^*$ | Difference |
| | 35 | Brigitte McMahon | Switzerland | 19:44.58 | 1:05:42.20 | 35:13.64 | 2:00:40.52 | — |
| | 28 | Michellie Jones | Australia | 19:43.88 | 1:05:32.90 | 35:25.77 | 2:00:42.55 | +00:02.03 |
| | 34 | Magali Messmer | Switzerland | 19:39.38 | 1:05:40.00 | 35:49.45 | 2:01:08.83 | +00:28.31 |
| 4 | 10 | Joanna Zeiger | United States | 19:45.58 | 1:05:38.30 | 36:01.86 | 2:01:25.74 | +00:45.22 |
| 5 | 29 | Loretta Harrop | Australia | 19:37.98 | 1:05:40.70 | 36:24.14 | 2:01:42.82 | +01:02.30 |
| 6 | 11 | Sheila Taormina | United States | 19:02.78 | 1:06:24.30 | 37:18.83 | 2:02:45.91 | +02:05.39 |
| 7 | 45 | Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys | France | 19:48.98 | 1:05:28.50 | 37:35.93 | 2:02:53.41 | +02:12.89 |
| 8 | 46 | Christine Hocq | France | 19:43.78 | 1:05:33.90 | 37:44.22 | 2:03:01.90 | +02:21.38 |
| 9 | 30 | Nicole Hackett | Australia | 19:41.08 | 1:05:37.10 | 37:52.63 | 2:03:10.81 | +02:30.29 |
| 10 | 25 | Nancy Kemp-Arendt | Luxembourg | 19:42.78 | 1:05:43.30 | 37:48.86 | 2:03:14.94 | +02:34.42 |
| 11 | 20 | Sandra Soldan | Brazil | 19:45.28 | 1:05:41.10 | 37:53.48 | 2:03:19.86 | +02:39.34 |
| 12 | 15 | Nina Anissimova | Russia | 19:47.58 | 1:05:42.00 | 37:56.77 | 2:03:26.35 | +02:45.83 |
| 13 | 9 | Jennifer Gutierrez | United States | 19:44.98 | 1:05:41.00 | 38:12.50 | 2:03:38.48 | +02:57.96 |
| 14 | 38 | Kiyomi Niwata | Japan | 19:46.98 | 1:05:36.20 | 38:29.83 | 2:03:53.01 | +03:12.49 |
| 15 | 41 | Stephanie Forrester | Great Britain | 21:12.18 | 1:08:20.90 | 34:23.03 | 2:03:56.11 | +03:15.59 |
| 16 | 2 | Kathleen Smet | Belgium | 20:54.68 | 1:06:38.90 | 36:32.40 | 2:04:05.98 | +03:25.46 |
| 17 | 39 | Akiko Hirao | Japan | 20:30.08 | 1:07:06.10 | 36:42.52 | 2:04:18.70 | +03:38.18 |
| 18 | 48 | Anja Dittmer | Germany | 20:30.18 | 1:06:58.30 | 37:08.40 | 2:04:36.88 | +03:56.36 |
| 19 | 33 | Nora Edocseny | Hungary | 20:28.48 | 1:07:05.30 | 37:46.25 | 2:05:20.03 | +04:39.51 |
| 20 | 5 | Silvia Gemignani | Italy | 19:46.58 | 1:07:46.30 | 37:48.38 | 2:05:21.26 | +04:40.74 |
| 21 | 49 | Joelle Franzmann | Germany | 19:41.48 | 1:05:35.60 | 40:09.88 | 2:05:26.96 | +04:46.44 |
| 22 | 8 | Evelyn Williamson | New Zealand | 20:28.08 | 1:07:01.80 | 38:08.42 | 2:05:38.30 | +04:57.78 |
| 23 | 32 | Erika Molnar | Hungary | 21:05.98 | 1:08:31.11 | 36:02.41 | 2:05:39.50 | +04:58.98 |
| 24 | 26 | Maribel Blanco | Spain | 21:15.98 | 1:08:21.41 | 37:00.45 | 2:06:37.84 | +05:57.32 |
| 25 | 23 | Wieke Hoogzaad | Netherlands | 20:38.38 | 1:08:57.71 | 37:09.39 | 2:06:45.48 | +06:04.96 |
| 26 | 24 | Silvia Pepels | Netherlands | 20:37.38 | 1:06:53.90 | 39:33.73 | 2:07:05.01 | +06:24.49 |
| 27 | 6 | Edith Cigana | Italy | 20:42.28 | 1:06:52.10 | 39:32.43 | 2:07:06.81 | +06:26.29 |
| 28 | 27 | Marie Overbye | Denmark | 20:56.08 | 1:06:41.50 | 39:39.93 | 2:07:17.51 | +06:36.99 |
| 29 | 44 | Renata Berková | Czech Republic | 19:48.78 | 1:09:49.30 | 38:30.29 | 2:08:08.37 | +07:27.85 |
| 30 | 7 | Lizel Moore | South Africa | 21:01.48 | 1:08:32.90 | 38:43.81 | 2:08:18.19 | +07:37.67 |
| 31 | 18 | Isabelle Turcotte Baird | Canada | 20:59.98 | 1:08:37.10 | 38:52.41 | 2:08:29.49 | +07:48.97 |
| 32 | 12 | Wang Dan | China | 20:50.78 | 1:08:52.20 | 39:06.12 | 2:08:49.10 | +08:08.58 |
| 33 | 22 | Ingrid van Lubek | Netherlands | 20:54.08 | 1:08:45.80 | 39:49.12 | 2:09:29.00 | +08:48.48 |
| 34 | 3 | Iona Wynter | Jamaica | 20:53.58 | 1:08:43.00 | 40:48.11 | 2:10:24.69 | +09:44.17 |
| 35 | 47 | Beatrice Mouthon | France | 21:15.48 | 1:09:03.90 | 40:48.70 | 2:11:08.08 | +10:27.56 |
| 36 | 36 | Sibylle Matter | Switzerland | 20:36.28 | 1:12:54.60 | 39:54.50 | 2:13:25.38 | +12:44.86 |
| 37 | 40 | Maria Morales | Colombia | 22:44.58 | 1:12:33.60 | 38:25.20 | 2:13:43.38 | +13:02.86 |
| 38 | 17 | Sharon Donnelly | Canada | 20:32.48 | 1:14:41.50 | 39:21.61 | 2:14:35.59 | +13:55.07 |
| 39 | 4 | Aniko Gog | Hungary | 21:16.18 | 1:11:41.29 | 41:53.08 | 2:14:50.55 | +14:10.03 |
| 40 | 14 | Shi Meng | China | 20:26.18 | 1:12:42.23 | 43:32.32 | 2:16:40.73 | +16:00.21 |
| — | 1 | Mieke Suys | Belgium | 20:46.08 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| — | 16 | Carol Montgomery | Canada | 20:33.18 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| — | 19 | Mariana Ohata | Brazil | 20:34.28 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| — | 21 | Carla Moreno | Brazil | 20:36.29 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| — | 31 | Karina Fernández | Costa Rica | 23:53.68 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| — | 37 | Haruna Hosoya | Japan | 20:41.98 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| — | 42 | Sian Brice | Great Britain | 20:26.78 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| — | 43 | Michelle Dillon | Great Britain | 21:01.08 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
* * 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.