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Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed relay

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Mixed relay
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenuePont Alexandre III, Paris
Date5 August 2024
Competitors60 from 15 nations
Winning time1:25:39
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tim Hellwig
Lisa Tertsch
Lasse Lührs
Laura Lindemann
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Seth Rider
Taylor Spivey
Morgan Pearson
Taylor Knibb
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alex Yee
Georgia Taylor-Brown
Sam Dickinson
Beth Potter
 Great Britain
← 2020
2028 →

The Mixed relay triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place at the Pont Alexandre III in Paris on 5 August 2024.[1] The mixed team event features teams of four (two men and two women). Each athlete swims 300 m (330 yd), cycles 8 km (5.0 mi), and runs 2 km (1.2 mi) in a relay format.[2][3]

The Tokyo 2020 medallists - Morgan Pearson and Taylor Knibb of the United States, Alex Yee and Georgia Taylor-Brown of the Great Britain, and Cassandre Beaugrand of France, took part in the event. Prior to this, several changes were occurred. In the United States' team, Pearson and Knibb retained while Kevin McDowell and Katie Zaferes were replaced with Seth Rider and Taylor Spivey. In the Great Britain's team, Yee and Taylor-Brown retained while Jonny Brownlee, now retired, and Jess Learmonth replaced with Sam Dickinson and Beth Potter. For the host country's team, Vincent Luis, Dorian Coninx and Léonie Périault are all replaced with Pierre Le Corre, Léo Bergère and Emma Lombardi while Beaugrand is the only athlete who retained from the previous Olympics. Laura Lindemann anchored Germany to the gold, finishing just ahead of the United States' Knibb and Great Britain's Potter. All three athletes finished within one second of each other.[4] Great Britain were originally announced as having secured the silver but after a review of the photo finish, it was confirmed just before the medal ceremony that Knibb had slightly edged out Potter for second place.[5] The race was originally supposed to be contested by 16 teams but Belgium was forced to drop out after one member of the team, Claire Michel, fell ill.[6] The Swiss team also had to shuffle its lineup as a result of illness. Simon Westermann was originally supposed to replace Adrien Briffod after he came down with a stomach infection.[7] However, after falling ill from a stomach bug himself, Westermann was replaced by Sylvain Fridelance.[8]

Results

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Rank Nation Triathletes Swimming Cycling Running Total time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany Tim Hellwig
Lisa Tertsch
Lasse Lührs
Laura Lindemann
1:25:39 __
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States Seth Rider
Taylor Spivey
Morgan Pearson
Taylor Knibb
1:25:40 +0:01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain Alex Yee
Georgia Taylor-Brown
Sam Dickinson
Beth Potter
1:25:40 +0:01
4  France Pierre Le Corre
Emma Lombardi
Léo Bergère
Cassandre Beaugrand
1:26:47 +1:08
5  Portugal Ricardo Batista
Melanie Santos
Vasco Vilaça
Maria Tomé
1:27:08 +2:09
6  Italy Gianluca Pozzatti
Alice Betto
Alessio Crociani
Verena Steinhauser
1:27:11 +2:12
7  Switzerland Max Studer
Julie Derron
Sylvain Fridelance
Cathia Schär
1:27:16 +2:17
8  Brazil Miguel Hidalgo
Djenyfer Arnold
Manoel Messias
Vittória Lopes
1:27:23 +2:24
9  Spain Alberto González Garcia
Anna Godoy Conteras
Antonio Serrat Seoane
Miriam Casillas
1:27:30 +2:31
10  Netherlands Mitch Kolkman
Maya Kingma
Richard Murray
Rachel Klamer
1:27:37 +2:38
11  Norway Vetle Bergsvik Thorn
Lotte Miller
Kristian Blummenfelt
Solveig Løvseth
1:27:40 +2:41
12  Australia Luke Willian
Natalie Van Coevorden
Matthew Hauser
Sophie Linn
1:28:50 +4:31
13  Mexico Aram Peñaflor
Rosa Tapia
Crisanto Grajales
Lizeth Rueda
1:29:20 +6:21
14  New Zealand Hayden Wilde
Nicole van der Kaay
Dylan McCullough
Ainsley Thorpe
1:30:23 +8:04
15  Austria Alois Knabl
Julia Hauser
Tjebbe Kaindl
Lisa Perterer
LAP
 Belgium Jelle Geens
Marten Van Riel
Claire Michel
Jolien Vermeylen
DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Triathlon - Mixed Relay Schedule". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 Aug 2024.
  2. ^ "Paris 2024 – Triathlon". Paris 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  3. ^ Cernuda, Olalia (28 June 2022). "Dates announced for Paris 2024 Olympic Games Triathlon events". World Triathlon. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Race Results" (PDF). IOC. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  5. ^ "GB take bronze in thrilling triathlon mixed team relay". BBC. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Belgium withdraws from mixed relay triathlon after athlete who swam in Seine River falls ill". Associated Press. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Swiss triathlete gets stomach infection, out of mixed relay". ESPN. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Another change in the Swiss mixed relay team". Blue News. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.