Triathlon at the 2006 Asian Games

Triathlon for both men and women were contested on December 8 at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Both men and women competed on the Corniche Triathlon Course. This is the first Asian Games for the Triathlon event. The course features a 1,500 meters swim, a 40 kilometers bike ride, and a 10 kilometers run.

Triathlon at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Corniche Triathlon Course
Dates	8 December
Competitors	43 from 15 nations

Schedule

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	8th Fri
Men's individual	F
Women's individual	F

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual	Dmitriy Gaag  Kazakhstan	Daniel Lee  Hong Kong	Danil Sapunov  Kazakhstan
Women's individual	Wang Hongni  China	Ai Ueda  Japan	Akiko Sekine  Japan

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	1	2
2	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
3	Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
4	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	0	1
Totals (4 nations)		2	2	2	6

Participating nations

A total of 43 athletes from 15 nations competed in triathlon at the 2006 Asian Games:

China (4)  Chinese Taipei (2)  Hong Kong (4)  India (2)  Japan (4)  Kazakhstan (3)  Lebanon (1)  Macau (3)

Malaysia (3)  Mongolia (2)  Oman (2)  Philippines (4)  South Korea (4)  Syria (2)  Uzbekistan (3)

References

• 2006 Results

External links

• "Triathlon Competition Schedule".