2008 ITU Triathlon World Cup

2008 ITU Triathlon World Cup

Series details
Races	12
Men's World Cup
1st	Javier Gómez (ESP)
2nd	Bevan Docherty (NZL)
3rd	Ivan Vasiliev (RUS)
Most wins	Javier Gómez (ESP) (5)
Women's World Cup
1st	Samantha Warriner (NZL)
2nd	Felicity Abram (AUS)
3rd	Helen Tucker (GBR)
Most wins	Emma Snowsill (AUS) (3)

The 2008 ITU Triathlon World Cup was a series of triathlon races organised by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) for elite-level triathletes. There were twelve races held in twelve countries, each held over a distance of 1500 m swim, 40 km cycle, 10 km run (an Olympic-distance triathlon). Alongside a prize purse, points were awarded at each race contributing towards the overall World Cup for which an additional prize purse was awarded. The 2008 World Cup was sponsored by BG Group. The 2008 World Cup series marked the final year of this race and championship format as the ITU shifted its focus to developing the World Championship Series.^[1]

Venues, dates and prize purses[]

Date	City	County	Prize purse (US$)
Mar 30	Mooloolaba	Australia	$100,000
Apr 6	New Plymouth	New Zealand	$100,000
Apr 13	Ishigaki	Japan	$100,000
Apr 26	Tongyeong	South Korea	$100,000
May 4	Richards Bay	South Africa	$100,000
May 25	Madrid	Spain	$100,000
Jun 22	Des Moines	United States	$700,000
Jul 5–6	Hamburg	Germany	$100,000
Jul 13	Tiszaújváros	Hungary	$100,000
Jul 20	Kitzbühel	Austria	$100,000
Sep 27–28	Lorient	France	$100,000
Oct 26	Huatulco	Mexico	$100,000

Event results[]

Mooloolaba[]

Place	Men		Women
	Name	Time	Name	Time
	Javier Gómez (ESP)	1:49:50	Emma Snowsill (AUS)	2:00:44
	Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS)	1:50:14	Vanessa Fernandes (POR)	2:01:22
	Tim Don (GBR)	1:50:23	Lisa Nordén (SWE)	2:01:22
Source:[2]

New Plymouth[]

Place	Men		Women
	Name	Time	Name	Time
	Javier Gómez (ESP)	1:47:33	Emma Moffatt (AUS)	2:01:01
	Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS)	1:48:03	Lisa Nordén (SWE)	2:01:07
	Andrew Johns (GBR)	1:48:16	Felicity Abram (AUS)	2:01:16
Source:[3]

Ishigaki[]

Place	Men		Women
	Name	Time	Name	Time
	Simon Whitfield (CAN)	1:51:12	Emma Snowsill (AUS)	2:03:10
	Rasmus Henning (DEN)	1:51:22	Erin Densham (AUS)	2:03:40
	Ivan Vasiliev (RUS)	1:51:32	Hollie Avil (GBR)	2:05:23
Source:[4]

Tongyeong[]

Place	Men		Women
	Name	Time	Name	Time
	Tim Don (GBR)	1:38:14	Samantha Warriner (NZL)	1:49:49
	Bevan Docherty (NZL)	1:38:22	Hollie Avil (GBR)	1:49:59
	Jan Frodeno (GER)	1:38:23	Vendula Frintová (CZE)	1:50:21
Source:[5]

Richards Bay[]

Place	Men		Women
	Name	Time	Name	Time
	Daniel Unger (GER)	1:52:49	Carolyn Murray (CAN)	2:03:32
	Matthew Reed (USA)	1:52:50	Felicity Abram (AUS)	2:03:35
	(RSA)	1:52:50	Magali di Marco Messmer (SUI)	2:03:41
Source:[6]

Madrid[]

Place	Men		Women
	Name	Time	Name	Time
	Javier Gómez (ESP)	1:56:25	Vanessa Fernandes (POR)	2:04:46
	Ivan Vasiliev (RUS)	1:56:44	Helen Tucker (GBR)	2:05:49
	Alistair Brownlee (GBR)	1:56:53	Daniela Ryf (SUI)	2:06:10
Source:[7]

Des Moines[]

Place	Men		Women
	Name	Time	Name	Time
	Rasmus Henning (DEN)	1:54:21	Emma Snowsill (AUS)	2:03:15
	Bevan Docherty (NZL)	1:54:29	Emma Moffatt (AUS)	2:04:35
	Greg Bennett (AUS)	1:54:32	Helen Tucker (GBR)	2:05:21
Source:[8]

Hamburg[]

Place	Men		Women
	Name	Time	Name	Time
	Daniel Unger (GER)	1:46:51	Ricarda Lisk (GER)	1:57:42
	Jan Frodeno (GER)	1:46:58	Felicity Abram (AUS)	1:58:25
	(GBR)	1:47:05	Debbie Tanner (NZL)	1:58:25
Source:[9]

Tiszaújváros[]

Place	Men		Women
	Name	Time	Name	Time
	Javier Gómez (ESP)	1:51:31	Andrea Whitcombe (GBR)	2:02:47
	Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS)	1:51:50	Felicity Abram (AUS)	2:03:33
	Steffen Justus (GER)	1:52:15	Mariana Ohata (BRA)	2:04:06
Source:[10]

Kitzbühel[]

Place	Men		Women
	Name	Time	Name	Time
	Iván Raña (ESP)	1:45:23	Nicola Spirig (SUI)	1:57:28
	Kris Gemmell (NZL)	1:45:29	Carole Peon (FRA)	1:57:34
	Sven Riederer (SUI)	1:45:30	Samantha Warriner (NZL)	1:58:04
Source:[11]

Lorient[]

Place	Men		Women
	Name	Time	Name	Time
	(FRA)	1:49:53	Lisa Nordén (SWE)	2:02:05
	Tony Moulai (FRA)	1:51:01	Samantha Warriner (NZL)	2:02:39
	Iván Raña (ESP)	1:51:10	Jessica Harrison (FRA)	2:02:44
Source:[12]

Huatulco[]

Place	Men		Women
	Name	Time	Name	Time
	Kris Gemmell (NZL)	2:03:23	Samantha Warriner (NZL)	2:14:02
	Jarrod Shoemaker (USA)	2:03:32	Sarah Groff (USA)	2:14:45
	Laurent Vidal (FRA)	2:04:22	Andrea Whitcombe (GBR)	2:15:02
Source:[13]

Overall rankings[]

At each race of the series points were awarded to the top 20 finishers per the table below. In addition to the points awarded for the twelve World Cup legs, double points were awarded for results achieved in the ITU Triathlon World Championship race in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on 7–8 June 2008.

Finishing position	World Cup points
1	50
2	44
3	39
4	35
5	31
6	27
7	24
8	21
9	18
10	15
11	13
12	11
13	9
14	7
15	6
16	5
17	4
18	3
19	2
20	1

Men[]

Rank	Name	Points
1	Javier Gómez (ESP)	300
2	Bevan Docherty (NZL)	246
3	Ivan Vasiliev (RUS)	214
4	Tim Don (GBR)	169
5	Laurent Vidal (FRA)	159
6	(GBR)	156
7	Iván Raña (ESP)	155
8	Reto Hug (SUI)	140
9	Tony Moulai (FRA)	136
10	Simon Whitfield (CAN)	135
Source:[14]

Women[]

Rank	Name	Points
1	Samantha Warriner (NZL)	282
2	Felicity Abram (AUS)	256
3	Helen Tucker (GBR)	210
4	Sarah Groff (USA)	200
5	Lisa Nordén (SWE)	197
6	Andrea Whitcombe (GBR)	180
7	Emma Moffatt (AUS)	174
8	Emma Snowsill (AUS)	150
9=	Erin Densham (AUS)	131
	Hollie Avil (GBR)	131
Source:[15]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Men			Women			Total
		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	Australia		3	1	4	5	1	14
2	Great Britain	1		4	1	2	3	11
3	New Zealand	1	3		2	1	2	9
4=	Germany	2	1	2	1			6
	Spain	5		1				6
6	France	1	1	1		1	1	5
7	Switzerland			1	1		2	4
8=	Sweden				1	1	1	3
	United States		2			1		3
10=	Canada	1			1			2
	Denmark	1	1					2
	Portugal				1	1		2
	Russia		1	1				2
14=	Brazil						1	1
	Czech Republic						1	1
	South Africa			1				1

Note: Rank is arranged by total number of medals.

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