Switzerland at The 2004 Summer Olympics - Triathlon

Triathlon

Switzerland, having won gold and bronze medals in the first Olympic triathlon, returned to the Olympics in 2004 with five triathletes. They gathered another bronze medal as well as an eighth place finish. Riederer was 24th after the swim, but broke into the lead on the bike and ran strongly enough to hold onto the bronze medal by eight seconds.

Men's Individual:

  • Sven Riederer
    • 1:51:33.26 (Bronze Medal)
  • Olivier Marceau
    • 1:52:44.36 (8th overall)
  • Reto Hug
    • 2:01:40.43 (40th overall)

Women's Individual:

  • Brigitte McMahon
    • 2:07:07.73 (10th overall)
  • Nicola Spirig
    • 2:08:44.46 (19th overall)

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