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Olympic Triathlon focuses on race
An Olympic triathlon is a great way for an athlete new to the Triathlon to
get his or her feet wet so to speak. I’m talking about the Olympic length, not
the actual event here. This is because the triathlon in the Olympics is a
shorter length race. Another name for that length is a Sprint Triathlon. In a
Sprint, you swim for ½ mile, bike for 12.4 miles, and then you run for 3.1
miles. A sprint, therefore, is much less about endurance than it is about
racing.
Ultra Triathlon looks at endurance
On the other end of the spectrum is the Ironman. Also referred to as an Ultra
Triathlon, this is the bar to which all other length
triathlons are compared. To be called an iron man or iron woman, you must swim
2.4 miles, bike for 112 miles and then run for 26.2 miles.
Time spent perfecting your techniques in swimming, cycling and
running will help you no matter if you’re running in a
sprint or an ultra triathlon.
Training and strategy will be different depending on what length triathlon
you’re going to be in. For example if you’re going to be in a Sprint Triathlon,
you’re going to be training for speed and you’ll be focusing on getting your
transition time as short as possible. If you’re going to be in an Ultra
Triathlon, you’re probably going to be training in fatigued states and need to
concern yourself with endurance nutrition.
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Summer Chronology |
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No. |
Year |
Host City |
Nations |
Events |
Sports |
Male |
Female |
Athletes |
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I |
1896 |
Athens, Greece |
13 |
43 |
9 |
311 |
0 |
311 |
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II |
1900 |
Paris, France |
21 |
85 |
17 |
1,319 |
11 |
1,330 |
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III |
1904 |
St. Louis, MO |
13 |
96 |
14 |
681 |
6 |
687 |
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IV |
1908 |
London, England |
22 |
110 |
21 |
1,999 |
36 |
2,035 |
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V |
1912 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
29 |
102 |
13 |
2,490 |
57 |
2,547 |
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VI |
1916 |
Berlin, Germany (WWI) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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VII |
1920 |
Antwerp, Belgium |
29 |
152 |
21 |
2,543 |
64 |
2,607 |
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VIII |
1924 |
Paris, France |
45 |
126 |
17 |
2,956 |
136 |
3,092 |
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IX |
1928 |
Amsterdam, Holland |
46 |
109 |
14 |
2,724 |
290 |
3,014 |
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X |
1932 |
Los Angeles, CA |
37 |
117 |
14 |
1,281 |
127 |
1,408 |
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XI |
1936 |
Berlin, Germany |
49 |
129 |
19 |
3,738 |
328 |
4,066 |
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XXII |
1940 |
Tokyo, Japan/Helsinki, Finland (WWII) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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XIII |
1944 |
London, England (WWII) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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XIV |
1948 |
London, England |
59 |
136 |
17 |
3,714 |
385 |
4,099 |
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XV |
1952 |
Helsinki, Finland |
69 |
149 |
17 |
4,407 |
518 |
4,925 |
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XVI |
1956 |
Melbourne, Australia |
67 |
145 |
16 |
2,958 |
384 |
3,342 |
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XVII |
1960 |
Rome, Italy |
84 |
150 |
17 |
4,738 |
610 |
5,348 |
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XVIII |
1964 |
Tokyo, Japan |
94 |
163 |
19 |
4,457 |
683 |
5,140 |
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XIX |
1968 |
Mexico City, Mexico |
113 |
172 |
18 |
4,750 |
781 |
5,531 |
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XX |
1972 |
Munich, Germany |
122 |
195 |
21 |
6,659 |
1,171 |
7,830 |
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XXI |
1976 |
Montreal, Canada |
93 |
198 |
21 |
4,915 |
1,274 |
6,189 |
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XXII |
1980 |
Moscow, USSR |
81 |
203 |
21 |
4,320 |
1,192 |
5,512 |
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XXIII |
1984 |
Los Angeles, CA |
140 |
221 |
21 |
5,458 |
1,620 |
7,078 |
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XXIV |
1988 |
Seoul, Korea |
160 |
237 |
23 |
6,983 |
2,438 |
9,421 |
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XXV |
1992 |
Barcelona, Spain |
171 |
257 |
25 |
7,555 |
3,008 |
10,563 |
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XXVI |
1996 |
Atlanta, GA |
197 |
271 |
26 |
7,060 |
3,684 |
10,744 |
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XXVII |
2000 |
Sydney, Australia |
199 |
300 |
28 |
6,582 |
4,069 |
10,651 |
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XXVIII |
2004 |
Athens, Greece |
201 |
301 |
28 |
6,452 |
4,412 |
10,864 |
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XXVIV |
2008 |
Beijing, China |
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