# Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's

The men's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, making this an official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, September 17, 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

52 athletes competed in men's triathlon; only four of them dropped out of the cycling phase.
| Rank | # | Triathlete | Country | Swimming | Cycling | Running | Total time$^*$ | Difference |
| | 18 | Simon Whitfield | Canada | 18:18.09 | 59:12.20 | 30:53.73 | 1:48:24.02 | — |
| | 50 | Stephan Vuckovic | Germany | 18:35.59 | 58:52.10 | 31:09.89 | 1:48:37.58 | +00:13.56 |
| | 32 | Jan Řehula | Czech Republic | 18:11.89 | 59:13.50 | 31:21.25 | 1:48:46.64 | +00:22.62 |
| 4 | 36 | Dmitriy Gaag | Kazakhstan | 18:13.09 | 59:08.00 | 31:42.48 | 1:49:03.57 | +00:39.55 |
| 5 | 8 | Ivan Rana | Spain | 18:12.39 | 59:10.40 | 31:48.09 | 1:49:10.88 | +00:46.86 |
| 6 | 21 | Miles Stewart | Australia | 18:20.49 | 58:59.60 | 31:54.43 | 1:49:14.52 | +00:50.50 |
| 7 | 45 | Olivier Marceau | France | 18:11.69 | 58:12.40 | 32:53.94 | 1:49:18.03 | +00:54.01 |
| 8 | 24 | Reto Hug | Switzerland | 18:17.49 | 59:12.31 | 31:51.50 | 1:49:21.30 | +00:57.28 |
| 9 | 2 | Simon Lessing | Great Britain | 17:44.79 | 59:39.60 | 31:59.93 | 1:49:24.32 | +01:00.30 |
| 10 | 3 | Tim Don | Great Britain | 18:00.59 | 59:31.11 | 31:57.15 | 1:49:28.85 | +01:04.83 |
| 11 | 44 | Andriy Glushchenko | Ukraine | 18:09.79 | 59:29.90 | 31:50.48 | 1:49:30.17 | +01:06.15 |
| 12 | 51 | Andreas Raelert | Germany | 18:13.29 | 59:09.80 | 32:08.19 | 1:49:31.28 | +01:07.26 |
| 13 | 33 | Martin Krňávek | Czech Republic | 18:11.39 | 59:21.60 | 32:05.02 | 1:49:38.01 | +01:13.99 |
| 14 | 4 | Leandro Macedo | Brazil | 18:46.09 | 58:40.20 | 32:24.40 | 1:49:50.69 | +01:26.67 |
| 15 | 43 | Volodymyr Polikarpenko | Ukraine | 17:59.89 | 59:37.20 | 32:14.69 | 1:49:51.78 | +01:27.76 |
| 16 | 15 | Craig Watson | New Zealand | 18:05.09 | 59:18.50 | 32:38.26 | 1:50:01.85 | +01:37.83 |
| 17 | 38 | Hunter Kemper | United States | 18:11.79 | 59:15.20 | 32:38.57 | 1:50:05.56 | +01:41.54 |
| 18 | 25 | Markus Keller | Switzerland | 18:38.29 | 58:51.20 | 32:45.76 | 1:50:15.25 | +01:51.23 |
| 19 | 46 | Carl Blasco | France | 18:06.19 | 59:18.21 | 32:53.62 | 1:50:18.02 | +01:54.00 |
| 20 | 20 | Conrad Stoltz | South Africa | 18:47.39 | 57:38.60 | 33:58.40 | 1:50:24.39 | +02:00.37 |
| 21 | 29 | Takumi Obara | Japan | 18:10.49 | 59:21.20 | 32:58.26 | 1:50:29.95 | +02:05.93 |
| 22 | 5 | Juraci Moreira | Brazil | 18:49.49 | 58:45.41 | 33:09.89 | 1:50:44.79 | +02:20.77 |
| 23 | 7 | Eneko Llanos | Spain | 18:44.39 | 58:43.90 | 33:20.06 | 1:50:48.35 | +02:24.33 |
| 24 | 26 | Jean-Christophe Guinchard | Switzerland | 18:46.99 | 58:36.50 | 33:27.27 | 1:50:50.76 | +02:26.74 |
| 25 | 39 | Ryan Bolton | United States | 18:31.49 | 59:06.70 | 33:14.76 | 1:50:52.95 | +02:28.93 |
| 26 | 14 | Hamish Carter | New Zealand | 17:48.19 | 59:37.10 | 33:31.88 | 1:50:57.17 | +02:33.15 |
| 27 | 22 | Craig Walton | Australia | 17:43.89 | 59:36.80 | 33:36.97 | 1:50:57.66 | +02:33.64 |
| 28 | 48 | Oscar Galindez | Argentina | 18:50.59 | 59:20.60 | 32:48.29 | 1:50:59.48 | +02:35.46 |
| 29 | 27 | Johannes Enzenhofer | Austria | 18:22.79 | 59:11.50 | 33:28.19 | 1:51:02.48 | +02:38.46 |
| 30 | 35 | Csaba Kuttor | Hungary | 18:06.79 | 59:34.30 | 33:24.65 | 1:51:05.74 | +02:41.72 |
| 31 | 47 | Stephan Bignet | France | 18:01.59 | 59:36.10 | 33:34.46 | 1:51:12.15 | +02:48.13 |
| 32 | 19 | Alessandro Bottoni | Italy | 18:48.79 | 58:44.21 | 33:45.13 | 1:51:18.13 | +02:54.11 |
| 33 | 41 | Vassilis Krommidas | Greece | 18:25.59 | 59:16.10 | 33:47.25 | 1:51:28.94 | +03:04.92 |
| 34 | 23 | Peter Robertson | Australia | 18:47.49 | 58:40.90 | 34:10.65 | 1:51:39.04 | +03:15.02 |
| 35 | 52 | Joachim Willen | Sweden | 17:48.89 | 59:43.20 | 34:08.71 | 1:51:40.80 | +03:16.78 |
| 36 | 30 | Hideo Fukui | Japan | 17:57.29 | 59:32.50 | 34:35.00 | 1:52:04.79 | +03:40.77 |
| 37 | 53 | Gilberto González | Venezuela | 18:54.49 | 58:40.40 | 34:38.14 | 1:52:13.03 | +03:49.01 |
| 38 | 16 | Ben Bright | New Zealand | 18:14.99 | 59:11.80 | 34:50.47 | 1:52:17.26 | +03:53.24 |
| 39 | 6 | Armando Barcellos | Brazil | 18:45.89 | 58:51.90 | 36:04.84 | 1:53:42.63 | +05:18.61 |
| 40 | 40 | Nick Radkewich | United States | 18:44.09 | 58:54.50 | 36:06.04 | 1:53:44.63 | +05:20.61 |
| 41 | 42 | Matias Brain | Chile | 18:56.59 | 58:46.30 | 36:02.01 | 1:53:44.90 | +05:20.88 |
| 42 | 10 | Eric van der Linden | Netherlands | 18:22.19 | 59:10.40 | 36:59.45 | 1:54:32.04 | +06:08.02 |
| 43 | 11 | Rob Barel | Netherlands | 18:34.69 | 1:03:32.00 | 33:30.00 | 1:55:36.69 | +07:12.67 |
| 44 | 17 | Jan Knobelauch Hansen | Denmark | 19:23.69 | 1:02:48.90 | 33:29.47 | 1:55:42.06 | +07:18.04 |
| 45 | 28 | Roland Melis | Netherlands Antilles | 19:21.19 | 1:02:47.80 | 34:02.96 | 1:56:11.95 | +07:47.93 |
| 46 | 31 | Hiroyuki Nishiuchi | Japan | 18:15.79 | 1:03:57.20 | 34:46.77 | 1:56:59.76 | +08:35.74 |
| 47 | 37 | Mikhail Kuznetsov | Kazakhstan | 18:55.09 | 1:04:39.20 | 35:39.21 | 1:59:13.50 | +10:49.48 |
| 48 | 12 | Dennis Looze | Netherlands | 18:08.49 | 59:20.80 | 42:54.51 | 2:00:23.80 | +11:59.78 |
| — | 1 | Andrew Johns | Great Britain | 18:15.69 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| — | 9 | Jose Maria Merchan | Spain | 18:55.49 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| — | 34 | Filip Ospalý | Czech Republic | 18:07.79 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| — | 49 | Mark Marabini | Zimbabwe | 20:41.39 | 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.