The women's individual of Triathlon 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July 2021 in the Odaiba Marine Park. With 54 athletes competing, the event was won by Flora Duffy from Bermuda, with Georgia Taylor-Brown from Great Britain taking the silver medal and Katie Zaferes from United States taking bronze.
Format[]
The competition exists out of a single race, in which all competitors conduct a course involving 1.5 kilometres of swimming, 40 kilometres of cycling, and 10 kilometres of running. The competitor with the fastest time is the winner of the event.
Preview[]
Fifty-four athletes qualified for the event with 2019 world champion and five-time winner of 2019 triathlon championships series events Katie Zaferes as the top favorite for the event, though limited to no races in the year leading up to the Olympic Games made it difficult to select the medal contenders. However, the British and American athletes qualified with strong representations, with the United States' Summer Rappaport and Taylor Knibb also ranked in the top 15 of the qualifying world rankings, while the British team of Georgia Taylor-Brown, Jessica Learmonth, and defending bronze medalist Vicky Holland were all ranked in the top 5. Laura Lindemann and Rachel Klamer lead a strong competition, with Cassandre Beaugrand, Ashleigh Gentle, defending silver medalist Nicola Spirig, and 2016 and 2017 world champion Flora Duffy also racing for the medals.
| Athlete | Nationality |
|---|---|
| Maya Kingma | Netherlands |
| Rachel Klamer | Netherlands |
| Vendula Frintova | Czech Republic |
| Petra Kurikova | Czech Republic |
| Cecilia Perez | Mexico |
| Claudia Rivas | Mexico |
| Simone Ackermann | South Africa |
| Gillian Sanders | South Africa |
| Anabel Knoll | Germany |
| Laura Lindemann | Germany |
| Taylor Knibb | United States |
| Summer Rappaport | United States |
| Katie Zaferes | United States |
| Miriam Casillas Garcia | Spain |
| Anna Godoy Contreras | Spain |
| Basmla Elsalamoney | Egypt |
| Joanna Brown | Canada |
| Amelie Kretz | Canada |
| Ashleigh Gentle | Australia |
| Jaz Hedgeland | Australia |
| Emma Jeffcoat | Australia |
| Barbara Riveros | Chile |
| Romina Biagioli | Argentina |
| Jolanda Annen | Switzerland |
| Nicola Spirig | Switzerland |
| Zsanett Bragmayer | Hungary |
| Zsofia Kovacs | Hungary |
| Flora Duffy | Bermuda |
| Cassandre Beaugrand | France |
| Leonie Periault | France |
| Vicky Holland | Great Britain |
| Jessica Learmonth | Great Britain |
| Georgia Taylor-Brown | Great Britain |
| Zhong Mengying | China |
| Kaidi Kivioja | Estonia |
| Julia Hauser | Austria |
| Lisa Perterer | Austria |
| Carolyn Hayes | Ireland |
| Melanie Santos | Portugal |
| Anastasia Gorbunova | ROC |
| Alexandra Razarenova | ROC |
| Elizabeth Bravo | Ecuador |
| Luisa Baptista | Brazil |
| Vittoria Lopes | Brazil |
| Niina Kishimoto | Japan |
| Yuko Takahashi | Japan |
| Ainsley Thorpe | New Zealand |
| Nicole van der Kaay | New Zealand |
| Lotte Miller | Norway |
| Valerie Barthelemy | Belgium |
| Claire Michel | Belgium |
| Alice Betto | Italy |
| Angelica Olmo | Italy |
| Verena Steinhauser | Italy |
Results[]
| Result | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Flora Duffy | Bermuda | 1:55:36 |
 |
Georgia Taylor-Brown | Great Britain | 1:56:50 |
 |
Katie Zaferes | United States | 1:57:03 |
| 4 | Rachel Klamer | Netherlands | 1:57:48 |
| 5 | Leonie Periault | France | 1:57:49 |
| 6 | Nicola Spirig | Switzerland | 1:58:05 |
| 7 | Alice Betto | Italy | 1:58:22 |
| 8 | Laura Lindemann | Germany | 1:58:24 |
| 9 | Jessica Learmonth | Great Britain | 1:58:28 |
| 10 | Valerie Barthelemy | Belgium | 1:58:49 |
| 11 | Maya Kingma | Netherlands | 1:59:16 |
| 12 | Zsanett Bragmayer | Hungary | 2:00:00 |
| 13 | Vicky Holland | Great Britain | 2:00:10 |
| 14 | Summer Rappaport | United States | 2:00:19 |
| 15 | Amelie Kretz | Canada | 2:00:33 |
| 16 | Taylor Knibb | United States | 2:00:59 |
| 17 | Simone Ackermann | South Africa | 2:01:14 |
| 18 | Yuko Takahashi | Japan | 2:01:18 |
| 19 | Jolanda Annen | Switzerland | 2:01:31 |
| 20 | Verena Steinhauser | Italy | 2:01:47 |
| 21 | Miriam Casillas Garcia | Spain | 2:01:52 |
| 22 | Melanie Santos | Portugal | 2:02:06 |
| 23 | Carolyn Hayes | Ireland | 2:02:10 |
| 24 | Lotte Miller | Norway | 2:02:43 |
| 25 | Barbara Riveros | Chile | 2:02:46 |
| 26 | Emma Jeffcoat | Australia | 2:02:57 |
| 27 | Lisa Perterer | Austria | 2:03:00 |
| 28 | Vittoria Lopes | Brazil | 2:03:09 |
| 29 | Nicole van der Kaay | New Zealand | 2:03:26 |
| 30 | Petra Kurikova | Czech Republic | 2:04:10 |
| 31 | Anabel Knoll | Germany | 2:04:45 |
| 32 | Luisa Baptista | Brazil | 2:05:32 |
| 33 | Romina Biagioli | Argentina | 2:07:42 |
| 34 | Claire Michel | Belgium | 2:11:05 |
| - | Angelica Olmo | Italy | DNF |
| - | Elizabeth Bravo | Ecuador | LAP |
| - | Ashleigh Gentle | Australia | LAP |
| - | Vendula Frintova | Czech Republic | LAP |
| - | Jaz Hedgeland | Australia | LAP |
| - | Anna Godoy Contreras | Spain | LAP |
| - | Zsofia Kovacs | Hungary | LAP |
| - | Gillian Sanders | South Africa | LAP |
| - | Alexandra Razarenova | ROC | LAP |
| - | Joanna Brown | Canada | LAP |
| - | Zhong Mengying | China | LAP |
| - | Kaidi Kivioja | Estonia | LAP |
| - | Basmla Elsalamoney | Egypt | LAP |
| - | Cecilia Perez | Mexico | DNF |
| - | Cassandre Beaugrand | France | DNF |
| - | Ainsley Thorpe | New Zealand | DNF |
| - | Anastasia Gorbunova | ROC | DNF |
| - | Niina Kishimoto | Japan | DNF |
| - | Claudia Rivas | Mexico | DNF |
| - | Julia Hauser | Austria | DNF |
| 2020 Summer Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Triathlon 2020 | |
| ← 2016 | 2024 → |
| Men | |
| Women | |
| Mixed | |