The Olympic medals are designed especially for each individual Olympic Games by the host city's organizing committee. Each medal must be at least three millimeters thick and 60 millimeters in diameter. Also, the gold and silver Olympic medals must be made out of 92.5 percent silver, with the gold medal covered in six grams of gold.
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The gold medal in the Men's Triathlon event at the Rio 2016 Olympics went to Alistair Brownlee.
The gold medal in the Men's Triathlon event at the Rio 2016 Olympics went to Alistair Brownlee.
The gold medal in the Men's Triathlon event at the Rio 2016 Olympics went to Alistair Brownlee.
The country winning the gold medal in the Men's Triathlon event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was Great Britain.
United States won the gold medal
Gwen Jorgensen of United States won the gold medal
Hamish Carter won the gold medal in Athens, 2004; he finished 26th in Sydney, in 2000. The triathlon was introduced as an Olympic sport, in 2000, in Athens.
Nicola Spirig Switzerland (SUI)
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Gwen Jorgensen of United States won the gold medal Nicola Spirig of Switzerland won the silver medal Vicky Holland of Great Britain won the bronze medal
Australia has had many triathlon champions: 1) Emma Snowsill won the gold medal in women's triathlon at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. She has also won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games (2006) and International Triathlon Union World Championships (2003, 2005, 2006). 2) Michellie Jones won the silver medal in women's triathlon at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney and also won the 2006 Ironman World Champion title. 3) Loretta Harrop won the silver medal in women's triathlon at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens. She placed fifth in women's triathlon at the 2000 Games. 4) Chris McCormick is the only man to win the Triathlon World Championship and the International Triathlon Union World Cup Series in the same year (1997). 5) Peter Robinson has won three International Triathlon Union World Championships and has finished second at the World Championships twice.
Henri Schoeman won the bronze medal in the Men's Triathlon event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.