| Men's triathlon at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Fort Copacabana,Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||
| Date | 18 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 55 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:45.01 | ||||||||||||
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| Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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The men'striathlon at the2016 Summer Olympics took place atFort Copacabana inRio de Janeiro on 18 August.
A total of 55 men from 31 nations competed in the race.
Alistair Brownlee fromGreat Britain became the first man to defend his Olympic triathlon title after his previous win at the2012 Summer Olympics. His younger brotherJonathan Brownlee finished in second place and added another Olympic medal to his collection after his bronze from2012.Henri Schoeman took the bronze and became the firstSouth African to win an Olympic triathlon medal, finishing just ahead of compatriotRichard Murray.
The event took place inFort Copacabana. It consisted of a single 1.5 kilometres swim lap along theCopacabana beach. The competitors then completed a 38.48 kilometres bike leg consisting of eight 4.81 kilometres laps. The triathletes then ran four 2.5 kilometres laps to the finish line.
| Rank | # | Triathlete | Swimming | Cycling | Running | Total time* | Difference | |
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 | 5 |  Alistair Brownlee (GBR) | 17:24 | 55:04 | 31:09 | 1:45:01 | ||
 | 6 | Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) | 17:24 | 55:04 | 31:16 | 1:45:07 | +0:06 | |
 | 2 |  Henri Schoeman (RSA) | 17:25 | 55:01 | 31:50 | 1:45:43 | +0:42 | |
| 4 | 1 | Richard Murray (RSA) | 18:20 | 55:35 | 30:34 | 1:45:50 | +0:49 | |
| 5 | 11 |  João José Pereira (POR) | 18:03 | 55:52 | 30:38 | 1:45:52 | +0:51 | |
| 6 | 15 |  Marten van Riel (BEL) | 17:27 | 55:03 | 32:10 | 1:46:03 | +1:02 | |
| 7 | 18 |  Vincent Luis (FRA) | 17:26 | 55:04 | 32:21 | 1:46:12 | +1:11 | |
| 8 | 56 |  Mario Mola (ESP) | 17:37 | 56:18 | 31:12 | 1:46:26 | +1:25 | |
| 9 | 9 |  Aaron Royle (AUS) | 17:26 | 55:05 | 32:47 | 1:46:42 | +1:41 | |
| 10 | 7 | Ryan Bailie (AUS) | 17:31 | 56:11 | 31:53 | 1:47:02 | +2:01 | |
| 11 | 49 |  Richard Varga (SVK) | 17:18 | 55:10 | 33:26 | 1:47:17 | +2:16 | |
| 12 | 23 |  Crisanto Grajales (MEX) | 17:59 | 55:52 | 32:13 | 1:47:28 | +2:27 | |
| 13 | 25 |  Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR) | 17:39 | 56:12 | 32:17 | 1:47:31 | +2:30 | |
| 14 | 46 |  Alessandro Fabian (ITA) | 17:22 | 55:07 | 33:37 | 1:47:35 | +2:34 | |
| 15 | 52 |  Tyler Mislawchuk (CAN) | 17:31 | 56:23 | 32:33 | 1:47:50 | +2:49 | |
| 16 | 20 |  Andrea Salvisberg (SUI) | 17:28 | 55:04 | 34:00 | 1:47:56 | +2:55 | |
| 17 | 36 |  Ryan Sissons (NZL) | 17:34 | 56:20 | 32:45 | 1:48:01 | +3:00 | |
| 18 | 54 | Fernando Alarza (ESP) | 18:05 | 56:23 | 32:11 | 1:48:08 | +3:07 | |
| 19 | 19 | Sven Riederer (SUI) | 17:48 | 56:03 | 33:00 | 1:48:15 | +3:14 | |
| 20 | 26 |  Gabor Faldlum (HUN) | 18:00 | 55:56 | 33:06 | 1:48:20 | +3:19 | |
| 21 | 35 | Tony Dodds (NZL) | 17:31 | 56:24 | 33:06 | 1:48:24 | +3:23 | |
| 22 | 24 | Irving Perez (MEX) | 17:35 | 56:21 | 33:10 | 1:48:26 | +3:25 | |
| 23 | 39 |  Joe Maloy (USA) | 18:03 | 56:25 | 32:37 | 1:48:30 | +3:29 | |
| 24 | 8 | Ryan Fisher (AUS) | 18:01 | 55:42 | 33:25 | 1:48:34 | +3:31 | |
| 25 | 17 | Pierre Le Corre (FRA) | 17:28 | 57:02 | 32:43 | 1:48:36 | +3:35 | |
| 26 | 44 |  Ron Darmon (ISR) | 18:06 | 55:48 | 33:21 | 1:48:41 | +3:40 | |
| 27 | 55 | Vicente Hernandez (ESP) | 18:10 | 55:41 | 33:34 | 1:48:50 | +3:49 | |
| 28 | 34 |  Andreas Schilling (DEN) | 18:11 | 55:33 | 33:46 | 1:48:56 | +3:55 | |
| 29 | 38 | Ben Kanute (USA) | 17:29 | 55:03 | 35:01 | 1:48:59 | +3:58 | |
| 30 | 48 |  Leonardo Chacon (CRC) | 18:11 | 55:43 | 33:46 | 1:49:06 | +4:05 | |
| 31 | 32 |  Igor Polyanskiy (RUS) | 17:18 | 56:32 | 33:49 | 1:49:11 | +4:10 | |
| 32 | 31 | Dmitry Polyanskiy (RUS) | 17:24 | 57:07 | 33:30 | 1:49:26 | +4:25 | |
| 33 | 27 | Tamás Tóth (HUN) | 17:30 | 57:02 | 34:05 | 1:50:02 | +5:01 | |
| 34 | 47 | Davide Uccellari (ITA) | 17:32 | 56:57 | 35:09 | 1:51:06 | +6:05 | |
| 35 | 12 | João Pedro Silva (POR) | 18:08 | 56:22 | 35:35 | 1:51:33 | +6:32 | |
| 36 | 16 | Dorian Conninx (FRA) | 17:28 | 56:22 | 36:32 | 1:51:50 | +6:49 | |
| 37 | 37 | Greg Billington (USA) | 18:15 | 59:33 | 32:45 | 1:52:04 | +7:03 | |
| 38 | 14 | Jelle Geens (BEL) | 18:36 | 59:14 | 32:49 | 1:52:05 | +7:04 | |
| 39 | 51 |  Rostyslav Pevtsov (AZE) | 18:14 | 59:32 | 32:47 | 1:52:06 | +7:05 | |
| 40 | 50 |  Bryan Keane (IRL) | 18:10 | 59:30 | 32:51 | 1:52:09 | +7:08 | |
| 41 | 45 |  Diogo Sclebin (BRA) | 18:20 | 59:29 | 33:14 | 1:52:32 | +7:31 | |
| 42 | 53 | Andrew Yorke (CAN) | 18:17 | 59:10 | 33:56 | 1:52:46 | +7:45 | |
| 43 | 33 |  Manuel Huerta (PUR) | 18:19 | 59:30 | 34:08 | 1:53:22 | +8:21 | |
| 44 | 10 | Miguel Arraiolos (POR) | 18:44 | 59:04 | 34:22 | 1:53:35 | +8:34 | |
| 45 | 29 |  Gonzalo Raul Tellechea (ARG) | 18:42 | 59:08 | 34:23 | 1:53:43 | +8:42 | |
| 46 | 21 |  Lawrence Fanous (JOR) | 18:16 | 59:34 | 35:47 | 1:55:05 | +10:04 | |
| 47 | 3 |  Thomas Springer (AUT) | 19:45 | 59:41 | 34:20 | 1:55:14 | +10:13 | |
| 48 | 28 | Luciano Taccone (ARG) | 19:23 | 59:56 | 34:35 | 1:55:30 | +10:29 | |
| 49 | 40 |  Ivan Ivanov (UKR) | 18:58 | 1:00:26 | 35:02 | 1:56:00 | +10:59 | |
| 50 | 42 |  Bai Faquan (CHN) | 17:31 | 59:49 | 39:22 | 1:58:08 | +13:07 | |
| 30 | Alexander Bryukhankov (RUS) | 17:26 | Did not finish | |||||
| 4 | Gordon Benson (GBR) | 18:09 | Did not finish | |||||
| 43 |  Jason Wilson (BAR) | 17:31 | Did not finish | |||||
| 22 | Rodrigo González (MEX) | 18:38 | Lapped | |||||
| 41 |  Hirokatsu Tayama (JPN) | 17:34 | Lapped | |||||
| Source: Official results[1] | ||||||||
