Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's

The men's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics programme. It was the event's third appearance, established in 2000. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling. Fifty-five triathletes from 31 nations competed.

The men's triathlon was won by Jan Frodeno of Germany with a time of 1:48:53.28. Simon Whitfield of Canada, who previously won this event in 2000, claimed the silver, while New Zealand's Bevan Docherty, silver medalist at the 2004 Athens, took the bronze. For the first time in Olympic history, two athletes had won more than a single medal in triathlon.

Competition format
The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of 1500 m swimming, 40 km, of road cycling, and 10 km of road running.

Results

 * * Including Transition 1 (swimming-to-cycling) and T2 (cycling-to-running), roughly a minute.
 * No one is allotted the number 13.
 * LAP – Lapped by the leader on the cycling course.