Triathlon at the 2023 European Games – Mixed relay
The triathlon mixed at the 2023 European Games, in Kraków, was held on 1 July 2023. A total of 16 teams of four athletes each, two men and two women running in the male - female - male - female format will compete over the super-sprint relay distance.[1][2] This will be the first appearance of triathlon mixed relay in the European Games program. Both the reigning Olympic and World Champions at mixed relay, Great Britain and France, are set to start : both have already qualified for the event in Paris 2024.
| Mixed relay at the 2023 European Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Nowa Huta Lake | |||||||||
| Date | 1 July | |||||||||
| Competitors | 60 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 15 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:07:29 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Triathlon at the 2023 European Games | ||
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Current champions
This will be the first European Games mixed relay event. The current Olympic, World and Continental champions are as follows:
| Event | Current champion | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games Mixed relay (F - M - F - M) |
 Great BritainJess Learmonth Jonathan Brownlee Georgia Taylor/Brown Alex Yee |
Tokyo,  Japan |
2020[4] |
| World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships (M - F - M - F) |
 FRA[5]Pierre Le Corre Emma Lombardi Vincent Luis Cassandre Beaugrand |
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2022 |
| European Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships (M - F - M - F) |
FRA[6] Léo Bergere Emma Lombardi Dorian Coninx Cassandre Beaugrand |
Munich,  Germany |
2022 |
Qualification
The fifty-four highest ranked athletes per sex on the Europe Triathlon Ranking as of 3 May 2023 are allocated one quota place for their NOC, respecting the maximum quota allocation of three per NOC per event. In case the NOC already obtained the quotas, they will not be allocated these quota places. Any nation which qualifies two men and two women will be eligible for the team event.[7]
Following the individual qualification, any team with two men and two women in individual events qualifies for the mixed relay. In this case, 16 teams so qualified.
Paris 2024 qualification
Triathlon is one of the events where performance in the 2023 Games impacts indirectly on Olympic qualification, by way of ranking points.[8]
Results
Triathlon Europe confirmed the following teams for the event on 7 June 2023. Full lineups will be announced on the day of the race.[9]
| Rank | Team | # | Triathlete | Swimming | T1 | Cycling | T2 | Running | Leg time |
Total time[10] |
Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  Norway | 11/A | Vetle Bergsvik Thorn | 3:44 | 0:30 | 7:02 | 0:23 | 4:08 | 15:45 | 1:07:29 | |
| 11/B | Lotte Miller | 4:11 | 0:32 | 7:41 | 0:28 | 4:47 | 17:47 | ||||
| 11/C | Casper Stornes | 3:48 | 0:30 | 6:54 | 0:28 | 4:08 | 15:57 | ||||
| 11/D | Solveig Løvseth | 4:24 | 0:32 | 7:22 | 0:29 | 5:08 | 18:03 | ||||
 | Great Britain | 1/A | Barclay Izzard | 3:52 | 0:26 | 7:01 | 0:29 | 4:17 | 16:04 | 1:07:33 | +0:04 |
| 1/B | Sophie Alden | 3:59 | 0:31 | 7:36 | 0:29 | 4:59 | 17:41 | ||||
| 1/C | Connor Bentley | 3:39 | 0:31 | 6:59 | 0:27 | 4:11 | 15:56 | ||||
| 1/D | Sian Rainsley | 4:06 | 0:30 | 7:30 | 0:29 | 5:10 | 17:54 | ||||
 |  Hungary | 8/A | Gergely Kiss | 3:36 | 0:30 | 7:13 | 0:27 | 4:16 | 15:59 | 1:07:40 | +0:11 |
| 8/B | Zsanett Bragmayer | 4:00 | 0:30 | 7:39 | 0:25 | 4:42 | 17:24 | ||||
| 8/C | Gergő Dobi | 3:44 | 0:29 | 7:20 | 0:24 | 4:14 | 16:20 | ||||
| 8/D | Márta Kropkó | 4:06 | 0:32 | 7:32 | 0:26 | 5:15 | 17:59 | ||||
| 4 |  Switzerland | 4/A | Adrien Briffod | 3:52 | 0:26 | 7:00 | 0:23 | 4:04 | 15:42 | 1:07:47 | +0:18 1P[11] |
| 4/B | Alissa König | 4:16 | 0:30 | 7:53 | 0:26 | 4:51 | 18:05 | ||||
| 4/C | Sylvain Fridelance | 3:43 | 0:28 | 6:56 | 0:27 | 4:17 | 16:00 | ||||
| 4/D | Nora Gmür | 4:04 | 0:30 | 7:30 | 0:25 | 5:23 | 18:02 | ||||
| 5 |  Spain | 7/A | David Cantero | 3:54 | 0:29 | 7:12 | 0:25 | 4:10 | 16:09 | 1:07:54 | +0:25 1P[11] |
| 7/B | Sara Guerrero | 4:01 | 0:32 | 7:42 | 0:28 | 4:48 | 17:40 | ||||
| 7/C | Alberto González | 3:44 | 0:28 | 6:51 | 0:24 | 4:12 | 15:48 | ||||
| 7/D | Cecilia Santamaría | 4:06 | 0:31 | 7:39 | 0:29 | 5:25 | 18:19 | ||||
| 6 |  Italy | 5/A | Michele Sarzilla | 3:39 | 0:30 | 7:09 | 0:28 | 4:17 | 16:00 | 1:08:01 | +0:32 |
| 5/B | Angelica Prestia | 4:08 | 0:37 | 7:30 | 0:28 | 4:39 | 17:30 | ||||
| 5/C | Gianluca Pozzatti | 3:40 | 0:28 | 7:06 | 0:27 | 4:18 | 16:08 | ||||
| 5/D | Verena Steinhauser | 4:14 | 0:30 | 7:32 | 0:31 | 5:30 | 18:24 | ||||
| 7 |  Denmark | 6/A | Emil Holm | 3:54 | 0:28 | 7:03 | 0:26 | 4:26 | 16:15 | 1:08:34 | +1:05 1P[11] |
| 6/B | Alberte Kjær Pedersen | 4:06 | 0:27 | 7:33 | 0:25 | 4:34 | 17:13 | ||||
| 6/C | Oscar Gladney Rundqvist | 3:50 | 0:26 | 7:09 | 0:26 | 4:11 | 16:12 | ||||
| 6/D | Anna Holm Baumeister | 4:10 | 0:30 | 7:33 | 0:37 | 5:57 | 18:56 | ||||
| 8 | France | 2/A | Yanis Seguin | 3:54 | 0:26 | 7:14 | 0:24 | 4:17 | 16:13 | 1:08:47 | +1:18 |
| 2/B | Mathilde Gautier | 3:52 | 0:31 | 7:46 | 0:30 | 4:46 | 17:34 | ||||
| 2/C | Valentin Morlec | 3:34 | 0:28 | 7:06 | 0:29 | 4:49 | 16:35 | ||||
| 2/D | Audrey Merle | 4:12 | 0:33 | 7:55 | 0:28 | 5:09 | 18:27 | ||||
| 9 |  Austria | 12/A | Lukas Pertl | 3:54 | 0:30 | 7:11 | 0:24 | 4:22 | 16:19 | 1:09:18 | +1:49 |
| 12/B | Julia Hauser | 4:08 | 0:31 | 8:10 | 0:31 | 4:48 | 18:17 | ||||
| 12/C | Alois Knabl | 3:40 | 0:31 | 7:01 | 0:26 | 4:20 | 16:06 | ||||
| 12/D | Sara Vilic | 4:13 | 0:28 | 8:12 | 0:25 | 5:11 | 18:38 | ||||
| 10 |  Slovakia | 16/A | Peter Rojtáš | 3:47 | 0:28 | 7:03 | 0:27 | 4:35 | 16:18 | 1:09:19 | +1:50 |
| 16/B | Margaréta Vráblová | 4:07 | 0:30 | 8:15 | 0:29 | 4:46 | 18:14 | ||||
| 16/C | Richard Varga | 3:42 | 0:30 | 7:11 | 0:28 | 4:22 | 16:21 | ||||
| 16/D | Zuzana Michaličková | 4:03 | 0:30 | 8:08 | 0:26 | 5:12 | 18:27 | ||||
| 11 |  Luxembourg | 15/A | Gregor Payet | 3:48 | 0:28 | 7:01 | 0:24 | 4:22 | 16:01 | 1:09:21 | +1:52 |
| 15/B | Jeanne Lehair | 4:00 | 0:30 | 7:45 | 0:26 | 4:30 | 17:20 | ||||
| 15/C | Lucas Cambresy | 3:52 | 0:27 | 7:42 | 0:29 | 4:43 | 17:20 | ||||
| 15/D | Eva Daniëls | 4:17 | 0:35 | 8:01 | 0:27 | 5:12 | 18:42 | ||||
| 12 |  Poland | 14/A | Michał Oliwa | 3:40 | 0:28 | 7:10 | 0:26 | 4:17 | 15:59 | 1:09:26 | +1:57 |
| 14/B | Magdalena Sudak | 4:14 | 0:29 | 7:51 | 0:31 | 4:57 | 18:08 | ||||
| 14/C | Maciej Bruździak | 3:47 | 0:27 | 7:20 | 0:26 | 4:24 | 16:33 | ||||
| 14/D | Józefina Młynarska | 4:23 | 0:31 | 8:02 | 0:30 | 5:14 | 18:48 | ||||
| 13 | Germany | 3/A | Jonas Osterholt | 3:45 | 0:28 | 7:04 | 0:25 | 4:11 | 15:51 | 1:09:52 | +2:23 |
| 3/B | Selina Klamt | 4:08 | 0:30 | 8:39 | 0:29 | 4:53 | 18:47 | ||||
| 3/C | Simon Henseleit | 3:40 | 0:27 | 7:01 | 0:25 | 4:07 | 15:48 | ||||
| 3/D | Jule Behrens | 4:25 | 0:33 | 8:13 | 0:30 | 5:38 | 19:27 | ||||
| 14 |  Ireland | 17/A | James Edgar | 3:45 | 0:28 | 7:06 | 0:25 | 4:07 | 15:50 | 1:10:57 | +3:28 |
| 17/B | Erin McConnell | 4:07 | 0:34 | 7:46 | 0:28 | 4:57 | 18:01 | ||||
| 17/C | Luke McCarron | 3:45 | 0:34 | 7:40 | 0:29 | 4:28 | 17:05 | ||||
| 17/D | Carolyn Hayes | 4:29 | 0:31 | 8:40 | 0:25 | 5:49 | 20:02 | ||||
| 15 |  Czech Republic | 10/A | Tomáš Zikmund | 3:45 | 0:29 | 7:05 | 0:26 | 4:21 | 16:05 | 1:11:12 | +3:43 |
| 10/B | Alžbeta Hrušková | 4:08 | 0:33 | 8:10 | 0:27 | 5:16 | 18:42 | ||||
| 10/C | Tomáš Kříž | 3:55 | 0:32 | 7:38 | 0:28 | 4:30 | 17:11 | ||||
| 10/D | Tereza Zimovjanová | 4:35 | 0:32 | 8:03 | 0:25 | 5:31 | 19:16 | ||||
 Netherlands | 9/A | Mitch Kolkman | Did not start | ||||||||
| 9/B | Barbara de Koning | ||||||||||
| 9/C | Donald Hillebregt | ||||||||||
| 9/D | Marit van den Berg | ||||||||||
References
- "Triathlon". European Games 2023. 2022-10-18. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
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- https://www.european-games.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EG2023_Terminarz_Igrzysk_Europejskich_EN_20230426_Triathlon.pdf
- Event actually held in 2021 due to Covid-19.
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- Triathlon, World. "Results: Mixed Relay | 2022 Europe Triathlon Championships Munich". World Triathlon. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
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