Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Paratriathlon
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Paratriathlon; at the XVI Paralympic Games
	Paratriathlon pictogram of the ; 2020 Summer Paralympics
Venue	Odaiba Marine Park
Dates	28 to 29 August 2021
Competitors	80 in 8 events
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Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place at the Odaiba Marine Park. It was the second time that paratriathlon was scheduled in the Paralympics.^[1] Eight events were contested (four events for men and women each); two more events than previously contested at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

The race course consisted of a 750m swim, 20 km bike ride and 5 km run, the swimming part of the race took place at the Odaiba Bay while the cycling and running courses traveled through the West Promenade district of Odaiba, featuring waterfalls and public gardens.^[2]

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[3]^[4]

Qualification

There were 80 qualified slots in the paratriathlon (36 male, 36 female and 8 gender free). The Paralympic qualification period started on 28 June 2019 and was suspended for a period on 16 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic which caused the 2020 Summer Paralympics to be postponed to August 2021, the qualification ranking period ended on 15 July 2021.^[5]

A qualification slot is allocated to the NPC not to the individual athlete, however in Bipartite Commission Invitation the slot is allocated to the individual athlete not to the NPC.
An NPC can allocate a maximum of two slots per medal event and/or a maximum of sixteen athletes in total.
The ITU Paralympic Qualification Ranking List, the top nine ranked male or female athletes each obtain one qualification slot in each medal event.

	PTWC	PTS2	PTS4	PTS5	PTVI	Total
Men	Australia Austria France France Italy Italy Japan Tunisia	—	Brazil China Croatia France Great Britain Japan RPC Spain United States United States	Australia Austria Brazil Brazil Canada France Germany Great Britain Spain United States	Australia France France Great Britain Japan Spain Spain Ukraine United States	80
Women	Australia Australia Brazil France Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands Spain United States	Finland Great Britain Italy Japan RPC Spain United States United States United States	—	Canada France Great Britain Great Britain Hungary Japan RPC Ukraine United States United States	Australia Canada France Great Britain Great Britain Italy Japan Ukraine United States United States	80

Schedule

All events start at 6:30 am and finish at 11:10 am (in Japanese Standard Time UTC+9)

OC	Opening ceremony	●	Event finals	CC	Closing ceremony

Tues 24 Aug	Wed 25 Aug	Thurs 26 Aug	Fri 27 Aug	Sat 28 Aug	Sun 29 Aug	Mon 30 Aug	Tues 31 Aug	Wed 1 Sept	Thurs 2 Sept	Fri 3 Sept	Sat 4 Sept	Sun 5 Sept	Gold medals
OC				• • • •	• • • •							CC	8

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)

Medalists

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	PTWC details	Jetze Plat Netherlands	Florian Brungraber Austria	Giovanni Achenza Italy
	PTS4 details	Alexis Hanquinquant France	Hideki Uda Japan	Alejandro Sánchez Palomero Spain
	PTS5 details	Martin Schulz Germany	George Peasgood Great Britain	Stefan Daniel Canada
	PTVI details	United States Brad Snyder Guide: Greg Billington	Spain Héctor Catalá Laparra Guide: Gustavo Rodríguez Iglesias	Japan Satoru Yoneoka Guide: Kohei Tsubaki
Women	PTWC details	Kendall Gretsch United States	Lauren Parker Australia	Eva Moral Spain
	PTS2 details	Allysa Seely United States	Hailey Danz United States	Veronica Yoko Plebani Italy
	PTS5 details	Lauren Steadman Great Britain	Grace Norman United States	Claire Cashmore Great Britain
	PTVI details	Spain Susana Rodríguez Guide: Sara Loehr	Italy Anna Barbaro Guide: Charlotte Bonin	France Annouck Curzillat Guide: Céline Bousrez