Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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s could have a maximum of three eligible athletes per event, all other NOCs could have a maximum of two eligible athletes per event. Here follows the detailed attribution of the qualification places:

Event	Date	Location	Men	Women
Pan American Continental Olympic Qualifier Triathlon at the 2007 Pan American Games The triathlon competition at the 2007 Pan American Games was held on July 15, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the fourth time the event had been held at the Pan American Games. The male and female winners qualified directly for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.-Men's competition:-Women's...	July 14, 2007	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...	Andy Potts Andy Potts Andrew Robert Potts is a triathlete from the United States, who won the bronze medal as a swimmer in the men's 400m individual medley at the 1995 Summer Universiade....	Julie Ertel
African Continental Olympic Qualifier	March 8, 2008	Hammamet	Hendrik De Villiers	Mari Rabie Mari Rabie Mari Rabie is a South African triathlete who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games.Rabie is also a Rhodes-Scholar elect of 2010 and is reading for her Masters in Applied Statistics at St Catherine's College Oxford...
Oceania Continental Olympic Qualifier	March 9, 2008	Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...	Shane Reed	Emma Moffatt Emma Moffatt Emma Moffatt is an Australian professional triathlete. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and won the gold at the ITU Triathlon World Championships in 2009 and 2010. She was born in Moree, New South Wales....
Asian Continental Olympic Qualifier	May 3, 2008	Guanzhou Guanzhou Guanzhou Island is an island at the southeast of the central district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It has the total area of 1.8 square kilometers...	Ryosuke Yamamoto	Ai Ueda Ai Ueda Ai Ueda is a Japanese triathlete, Asian Champion of the years 2005 and 2008, Japanese Champion of the year 2007 and Olympian triathlete.Ai Ueda's parents and her brother are kimono painters. Ai Ueda moved to Chiba after finishing high school to dedicate herself completely to triathlon...
European Continental Olympic Qualifier	May 10, 2008	Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...	Frédéric Belaubre Frédéric Belaubre Fred Belaubre , is a professional French triathlete. He was the European Champion of the years 2005, 2006, and 2008, the French Champion of the years 2007 and 2010. Belaubre took part in two Olympic Games, placing 5th in Athens and 10th in Beijing .- Sports career :Fred Belaubre lives in St...	Vanessa Fernandes Vanessa Fernandes Vanessa de Sousa Fernandes is a Portuguese athlete from Perosinho, Vila Nova de Gaia and a former triathlon European and World champion...
2008 Triathlon World Championships	June 8, 2008	Vancouver	Javier Gómez Francisco Javier Gómez Noya Francisco Javier Gómez Noya is a Spanish triathlete.Born to Spanish immigrants in Basel, Switzerland, he soon returned to Spain and now lives in Ferrol, Galicia... Bevan Docherty Bevan Docherty Bevan John Docherty is a triathlete from New Zealand who twice won medals at the Olympic Games. Docherty attended Tauhara College, Taupo.... Reto Hug Reto Hug Reto Hug is an athlete from Switzerland, who competes in the triathlon.-Olympics:Hug competed in his first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took eighth place with a total time of 1:49:21.30. At the following games, Hug competed again in the triathlon competition, placing 40th...	Helen Tucker Helen Tucker Helen Rebecca Jenkins, née Tucker , is a British professional triathlete and the 2008 and 2011 ITU World Champion... Sarah Haskins Sarah Haskins (triathlete) Sarah Haskins is an American triathlete from St. Louis, Missouri. She competed in triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and is the 2011 Pan American Games Gold medalist.-Education:... Samantha Warriner Samantha Warriner Samantha Warriner is a triathlete who represents New Zealand in triathlons ranging from sprint distance up to the Half Ironman distance. She was born in Alton, Hampshire, England...
ITU Olympic Qualification Rankings	June 15, 2008	N/A	Brad Kahlefeldt Simon Whitfield Simon Whitfield Simon St. Quentin Whitfield is an Olympic triathlon champion from Canada.-Biography:Whitfield was born in Kingston, Ontario. As a young boy he played soccer but at age 11 began triathlon, honing his early competitive skills in the Canadian Kids of Steel program. By age 15 he was pursuing... Kris Gemmell Kris Gemmell Kris Gemmell is a New Zealand triathlete, and aquathon World Champion winning the title in Cancún Mexico 2002... Tim Don Tim Don Timothy Philip Don is a triathlete from the United Kingdom.-Career:Don competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took tenth place with a total time of 1hr 49min 28.85sec. In the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics he was placed eighteenth with a... Volodymyr Polikarpenko Maik Petzold Maik Petzold Maik Petzold is an athlete from Germany. He competes in triathlon.Petzold competed in triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He placed nineteenth with a total time of 1:54:52.90.-References:... Jan Frodeno Jan Frodeno Jan Frodeno is a German triathlete. He won gold in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.Born in Cologne, Frodeno started out as a swimmer in South Africa at the age of 15, and he entered triathlon in 2000. He then went to Germany to compete in the Bundesliga, and qualified for the national team in... Sven Riederer Sven Riederer Sven Riederer is an athlete from Switzerland, who competes in triathlon. Riederer competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal with a time of 1:51:33.26, 25.5 seconds behind the leader after the nearly two-hour race.-External... William Clarke Daniel Unger Daniel Unger Daniel Unger is a German triathlete who was the 2007 ITU Triathlon World Champion.At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he finished in 6th place with a time of 1:49:43.78, 50.5 seconds behind the winner Jan Frodeno.-External links:* * at Beijing 2008... Alistair Brownlee Alistair Brownlee Alistair Edward Brownlee is an English triathlete who is the reigning, and back-to-back, ETU European Triathlon champion and a two time Triathlon World Champion having regained the title he first won in 2009 in 2011 in Beijing.... Tony Moulai Paul Tichelaar Paul Tichelaar Paul Tichelaar was a member of the 2006 Canadian National Triathlon team for Olympic distance triathlon. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has competed in events such as the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 2005 and 2006 World Triathlon Championships and many ITU World Cup races... Iván Raña Iván Raña Iván Raña Fuentes is a Spanish triathlete.-Athletic career:Raña participated in the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took fifth place with a total time of 1:49:10.88.... Igor Sysoev Igor Sysoev Igor Vladimirovich Sysoyev , also transliterated as Sysoev, born 5 September 1980 in St. Petersburg, is a professional Russian triathlete and since 2003 he is married with the Russian triathlete and long distance swimmer Irina Abysova.Sysoyev is the winner of the Russian Cup of the year 2009 and... Alexander Brukhankov Cedric Fleureton Filip Ospalý Filip Ospaly is a triathlete from the Czech Republic.Ospalý competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He did not finish the competition.... Jarrod Shoemaker Jarrod Shoemaker Jarrod Shoemaker is a professional triathlete based in Maynard, Massachusetts. He is the 2009 ITU Duathlon World Champion.- Athletic career :... Bruno Pais Matthew Reed Matt Reed Matt Reed is an American elite triathlete. Reed became a US citizen in 2007. He currently lives and trains in Boulder, Colorado.In 2009, Reed has won 7 triathlons and the Toyota Cup Series... Hirokatsu Tayama Hirokatsu Tayama is a triathlete from Japan.Tayama competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He placed 13thwith a total time of 1:53:28.41... Olivier Marceu Dmitri Polyansky Courtney Atkinson Courtney Atkinson Courtney Atkinson is a professional Australian triathlete born in Mackay, Queensland.Atkinson was a member of Australia's 2008 Olympic triathlon team where he finished 11th in men's triathlon... Brent McMahon Brent McMahon Brent McMahon is a triathlete from Canada.McMahon competed in the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics... Dmitriy Gaag Dmitriy Gaag Dmitriy Gaag is an athlete from Kazakhstan, who competes in triathlon. Gaag competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics... Marek Jaskolka Rasmus Henning Rasmus Henning Rasmus Henning is an athlete from Denmark, who competes in triathlon. Henning competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in which he placed seventh with a total time of 1:52:37.32. He competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics as well, placing eighth in the triathlon... Daniel Fontana Daniel Fontana Daniel Monzoro Fontana is a triathlete with double nationality Argentine and Italian, since 2006 he runs under the Italians colors.Fontana competed in the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics... Reinaldo Colucci Danyl Sapunov Peter Croes Peter Croes Peter Croes is a Belgian triathlete specialized at the Olympic distance. He won the European Junior Triathlon Championships twice, in 2002 and 2003.Peter Croes was selected for the Olympic Games 2008 together with Axel Zeebroek... Duarte Marques Axel Zeebroek Sander Berk Sander Berk Sander Johannes Gerardes Berk is a Dutch triathlete.Berk won his first run-bike-run event as a junior on March 26, 1995 in Langedijk. That same year he also became Dutch Junior Triathlon Champion in Waarland and he won triathlon races in Aalsmeer and Spijkenisse. He added another two run-bike-run... Simon Agoston Marko Albert Marko Albert Marko Albert is an Estonian triathlete. Albert started his sporting career as swimmer and switched to triathlon in 1997. He is coached by Jüri Käen.Albert is tall and weights .-Achievements:... Dirk Bockel Dirk Bockel Dirk Bockel born 18 October 1976 is a professional triathlete originally from Schwaikheim, Germany. He holds Luxembourgish nationality and raced for Luxembourg in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.... Emilio D'Aquino Juraci Moreira Juraci Moreira Juraci Moreira is a triathlete from Brazil.Moreira competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took 22nd place with a total time of 1:50:44.79. Four years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Moreira competed again. He fell to 41st in the ranking with a time of 2:02:35.99...	Emma Snowsill Emma Snowsill Emma Laura Snowsill OAM is an Australian professional triathlete and multiple gold medalist in the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games... Debbie Tanner Laura Bennett Laura Bennett (triathlete) Laura Marie Bennett is an American professional Triathlete. She placed fourth in the women’s triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics... Anja Dittmer Anja Dittmer Anja Dittmer is an athlete from Germany, who competes in triathlon.The winner of the 1999 European Championships, Dittmer competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took eighteenth place with a total time of 2:04:36.88... Joelle Franzman Hollie Avil Hollie Avil Hollie May Avil is an English triathlete who was the European and world junior triathlon champion in 2007. She is the youngest athlete ever to podium at successive debut World Cup races.... Andrea Hewitt Andrea Hewitt Andrea Hewitt , is a professional triathlete, she placed third in the World Championship Series of 2009 and took part in the Olympic Games of 2008.- Biography :... Nicola Spirig Nicola Spirig Nicola Spirig is a professional Swiss triathlete, vice World Champion 2010, member of the Swiss National Team Nicola Spirig (born 7 February 1982 in Winkel) is a professional Swiss triathlete, vice World Champion 2010, member of the Swiss National Team Nicola Spirig (born 7 February 1982 in... Lauren Groves Elizabeth May Jessica Harrison Magali di Marco Magali Messmer Magali Di Marco Messmer , is one of the most seasoned professional elite triathletes and part of the Swiss National Team since 1995. She took part in two Olympic Games, placing 3rd in Sydney and 13th in Beijing... Ricarda Lisk Ricarda Lisk Ricarda Lisk , is a professional German triathlete, National Elite Champion of the year 2010, and a permanent member of the German Kader, i.e... Erin Densham Erin Densham Erin Densham , is a professional Australian triathlete and Beijing Olympian 2008, U23 World Champion of the year 2006, Elite Oceania Champion of the year 2007, and triple gold medalist at three Elite Continental Cups plus Holten World Cup gold medalist of the year 2010.In 2009 Erin Densham was... Carole Peon Eva Dollinger Kiyomi Niwata Kiyomi Niwata Kiyomi Niwata is a professional triathlete from Japan, triple Olympian , multiple National Champion , Asian Aquathlon Champion and Oceanian Triathlon Champion of the year 2009, and one of the most seasoned triathletes ever.Kiyomi Niwata and Anja Dittmer are the only triathletes who took part in... Juri Ide Nadia Cortassa Nadia Cortassa Nadia Cortassa is an athlete from Italy. She competes in triathlon.Cortassa competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She took fifth place with a total time of 2:05:45.35.-References:... Lisa Nordén Lisa Nordén Lisa Nordén is a professional Swedish triathlete, 2008 Olympian, Swedish Champion of the year 2008, the U23 World Champion of the year 2007, the Sprint World Champion of the year 2010, vice World Champion of the year 2009, bronze medalist of the World Championship Series of the years 2008 and... Daniela Ryf Daniela Ryf Daniela Ryf is a Swiss triathlete who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.In 2008, she finished seventh in the Olympic triathlon event. In 2010, Ryf placed third in the inaugural 2010 ITU Sprint Distance Triathlon World Championships.... Kathy Tremblay Kathy Tremblay Kathy Tremblay is a professional Canadian triathlete and member of the National Team.Tremblay placed 29th in the 2008 Summer Olympics.... Kirsten Sweetland Kirsten Sweetland Kirsten Sweetland is a professional Canadian triathlete, the Junior World Champion of the year 2006, and the 2010 U23 World Championship silver medalist.... Vendula Frintová Vendula Frintová Vendula Frintová , is a professional Czech triathlete, multiple Czech Champion in various categories such as National Champion of the years 2006 and 2007 and winner of the National Championship Series of the year 2009, Duathlon World Champion of the year 2009, and gold medalist of the World Cup in... Ainhoa Murua Ainhoa Murúa Ainhoa Murúa Zubizarreta is a Basque triathlete who competed for Spain.Murúa participated in the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She took twenty-fourth place with a total time of 2:09:27.91.... Irina Abyssova Kate Roberts Kate Roberts (triathlete) Kate "Katie" Roberts is a South African triathlete who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.She was born in Bloemfontein.In 2008 she finished 32nd in the Olympic triathlon event.-External links: ... Mariana Ohata Mariana Ohata Mariana Ohata is an athlete from Brazil, who competes in triathlon.A former member of the Brazilian National Swim Team, Ohata competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics... Tania Haiböck Tania Haiböck Tania Haiböck is an Austrian triathlete who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.In 2008 she finished 27th in the Olympic triathlon event.-External links:... Lenka Zemanova Ana Burgos Ana Burgos Ana Burgos Acuña is a triathlete from Spain. She was born in Madrid.Burgos participated in the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She took seventh place with a total time of 2:06:02.36. She won the silver medal at the 2006 ITU Duathlon European Championship.-References:*... Kate Allen Ewa Dederko Emma Davis Emma Davis Emma Davis is an Irish triathlete who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.Emma became Ireland's first ever Olympic qualifier for the Triathlon when her 15th place at the 2008 World Championships guaranteed her enough ranking points. She finished 37th in the Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics... Xing Lin Lisa Mensik Wang Hongni Maria Czesnik Yuliya Spunova Olga Zaousailova Charlotte Bonin Charlotte Bonin Charlotte Bonin, born 10 February 1987 in Aosta, is a professional Italian triathlete.Charlotte Bonin was the national duathlon champion of the year 2006, the national triathlon silver medalist of the years 2007 and 2010, and the triathlon gold medalist of the year 2008.In Italy, Charlotte Bonin... Zita Szabó Birgitta Berk
ITU Continental Rankings	July 15, 2008	N/A	Christopher Felgate Eligio Cervantes Eligio Cervantes Eligio Cervantes Islas is an athlete from Mexico, who competes in triathlon. Cervantes competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He placed thirty-eighth with a total time of 1:59:27.81.-References:*... Daniel Lee Chi Wo Daniel Lee Chi Wo Daniel Lee Chi Wo is an athlete from Hong Kong. He competes in the triathlon.Lee is the leading triathlete in Hong Kong, being the first triathlon representative from Hong Kong in the Sydney Olympic Games. Lee competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He placed... Pavel Simko	Barbara Rivero Diaz Tania Mak So Ning Deniz Dimaki
Host nation	N/A	N/A	Zhang Yiming
Tripartite Commission	Jan 31, 2008	N/A	Omar Tayara	Flora Duffy
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