page_title: Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's
section_title: Race
hierarchical_section_title: Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's / Race
caption_attribution_description: English: Francisco Javier Gómez at the Grand Prix triathlon (Lyonnaise des Eaux) in Tours (Tourangeaux), 2011.
context_page_description: The men's triathlon was one of the triathlon events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. It took place on 7 August 2012, featuring 55 men from 32 countries. It was the fourth appearance of an Olympic men's triathlon event since the first at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. The race was around Hyde Park, a 1.42 km² park in central London. The race was held over the "international distance" and consisted of 1.5 kilometres swimming, 42.959 kilometres road cycling, and 10 kilometres road running.
  A sub-twenty degree celsius Serpentine River met the athletes in the swimming discipline. A group of six finished the 1,500 metres swim leg in a lead group. Great Britain's Jonathan Brownlee was given a 15-second penalty for an illegal transition between the swimming and cycling disciplines. A large lead group was together at the end of the cycling leg but Jonny Brownlee's brother Alistair Brownlee broke away on the run to win the gold medal with Spain's Javier Gómez in second and Jonathan Brownlee in third. Alistair Brownlee earned Great Britain's nineteenth gold medal at the 2012 Games.
context_section_description: The race started at 11:30 a.m. on 7 August 2012. Richard Varga led early in the swim and held the lead to come out of the water first. His swim leg split time was 16 minutes and 56 seconds, four seconds faster than Javier Gómez and those two; along with both of the Brownlees, Ivan Vasiliev and Alessandro Fabian; formed a lead group of six that had an 11 second gap over the rest of the field. At the transition between the running and cycling legs, Jonathan Brownlee was given a 15 second penalty for riding his bike before the transition zone. On the ride the race reformed with a 22-man strong group together for the majority of the discipline. Alistair Brownlee started to run away from the rest of the field at the start of the running leg with only his brother and Gómez attempting to follow him. Jonathan Brownlee was dropped from the group at approximately halfway through the run and then Alistair Brownlee dropped Gómez with 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to go. Alistair Brownlee would go on to win the race in a time of one hour, 46 minutes and 25 seconds, beating Gómez by 11 seconds. Despite having to serve his time penalty at the end of the second-last running lap, Jonathan Brownlee held on to the bronze medal position, 20 seconds behind Gómez and 18 seconds in front of fourth-placed David Hauss of France.
  Bronze-medallist Jonathan Brownlee collapsed almost immediately after crossing the finish line. Paramedics gave him treatment and diagnosed heat stroke. He was taken to the medical tent where it was determined he would suffer no long-lasting effects.
  Alistair Brownlee criticised the penalty that he thought cost his brother the silver medal: "I've never been a fan of these penalties, I think they're ruining the sport." Alistair also called the rules "disgusting" and accused triathlon organisers of "ruining" the sport.
caption: Javier Gómez, one of the pre-race favourites and eventual silver-medallist
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