1997 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships

International sports competition World Long Distance Triathlon Championships ITU 1997 70px Nice, France June 8 1997 48 (30 men, 18 women) Luc Van Lierde BEL Ines Estedt GER 1996 Muncie 1998 Sado Island International sports competition The 1997 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships was a triathlon competition held in Nice in France on June 8 1997 and organized by the International Triathlon Union, now World Triathlon. The Elite races for men and consisted of a 4 km mi on swim, 120 km mi on bike and 30 km mi on run, longer than the standard 1.5 km swim, 40 km bike and 10 km run associated with the World Triathlon Championship Series and the Olympic Games, but shorter than the classic Ironman Triathlon event. It was the fourth edition of the championships. Medal Summary EventGoldSilverBronze MenResults - elite men 1997 Nice ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships https://triathlon.org/events/1997-nizza-etu-long-distance-triathlon-world-championships/results 2026-10-06 World Triathlon en1970-01-01 LUC VAN LIERDE COACHING https://raceconnections.com/profiles/ 2026-10-06 Race CONNECTIONS en-GB Luc Van Lierde BEL 5:35:44 Rob Barel NED 5:39:47 Jean-Christophe Guinchard SUI 5:41:00WomenResults - elite women 1997 Nice ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships https://triathlon.org/events/1997-nizza-etu-long-distance-triathlon-world-championships/results 2026-10-06 World Triathlon enWechsel Frank 2024-06-26 Nizza vor 30 Jahren: Rob Barel siegt bei erster ITU-WM über die Langdistanz vor Lothar Leder https://tri-mag.de/szene/nizza-vor-30-jahren-rob-barel-siegt-bei-erster-itu-wm-ueber-die-langdistanz-vor-lothar-leder/ 2026-10-06 tri-mag.de de Ines Estedt de GER 6:14:23 Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys FRA 6:21:23 Virginia Berasategi ESP 6:25:51 Results The following are the results of the elite races: Men 30 athletes started and completed the race, led home by Belgian Luc Van Lierde nd. Rank Athlete Nation Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Overall time Luc Van Lierde 49:20 2:05 2:57:23 1:42 1:45:10 5:35:44 Rob Barel 51:31 1:49 2:56:31 1:38 1:41:16 5:39:47 Jean-Christophe Guinchard 51:40 1:56 2:59:35 1:34 1:46:12 5:41:00 4 Peter Sandvang 51:46 1:50 2:57:44 1:37 1:50:09 5:43:08 5 Christoph Mauch 54:04 1:49 3:04:00 n/r 1:46:49 5:46:42 6 David Hyam 51:37 1:57 3:03:01 1:46 1:49:39 5:48:01 7 Anton Van Zyl 49:19 1:52 3:01:11 1:42 1:55:38 5:49:43 8 Vasilis Krommidas 51:43 2:05 3:02:51 1:33 1:51:44 5:49:56 9 Olivier Marceau 51:43 1:52 2:59:45 1:42 1:55:06 5:50:10 10 Conrad Stoltz 51:35 2:06 3:07:36 1:54 1:48:22 5:51:36 11 Stefan Holzner 53:30 2:15 3:04:07 1:46 1:50:45 5:52:25 12 Cyrille Neveu 51:46 1:49 2:59:37 1:37 1:58:07 5:52:57 13 Francisco Javier Marco 49:16 1:49 3:05:28 1:46 1:54:57 5:53:17 14 Mark Bates 51:29 1:52 3:08:08 1:34 1:50:15 5:53:19 15 Matthias Klumpp 53:33 2:09 3:05:43 1:41 1:51:17 5:54:23 16 Rolf Lautenbacher 55:21 2:15 3:05:18 1:21 1:50:18 5:54:36 17 Francois Chabaud 51:46 1:53 3:07:34 1:42 1:53:12 5:56:09 18 Martin Breedijk 56:49 2:02 3:00:58 1:26 1:56:06 5:57:25 19 Dirk Van Gossum 55:18 2:08 3:05:13 1:33 1:55:12 5:59:25 20 Richard Van Diesen 56:59 1:54 3:06:25 1:41 1:53:05 6:00:07 21 Danilo Palmucci 53:33 2:01 3:12:26 1:50 1:50:32 6:00:26 22 Hektor Llanos Burguera 51:39 2:08 3:13:37 1:53 1:52:20 6:01:38 23 Joachim Van Der Auwera 55:07 1:53 3:00:39 1:34 2:02:37 6:01:52 24 Paul White 54:11 2:13 3:11:47 1:35 1:52:24 6:02:12 25 Andriy Yastrebov 54:10 1:49 3:12:11 1:46 1:54:01 6:03:57 26 Bernardo Zetina 51:48 1:46 3:09:48 1:46 2:01:03 6:05:14 27 Machiel Utmann 55:10 1:57 3:07:14 3:37 1:58:26 6:06:27 28 Trondeval Hansen 55:12 2:20 3:08:37 1:42 2:00:32 6:08:27 29 Per Nilsson 53:40 2:13 3:02:59 1:49 2:07:59 6:08:40 30 Taro Shirato 51:31 1:46 3:14:26 1:27 2:00:27 6:09:41Key : DNF - did not finish ; DNS - did not start; n/r : not recorded Women 18 athletes took to the water in Nice, all of whom completed the course. They were led home by the German Ines Estedt. Rank Athlete Nation Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Overall time Ines Estedt 54:01 2:05 3:12:19 3:26 2:02:27 6:14:23 Isabelle Mouthon-Michellys 53:51 1:54 3:24:37 2:36 1:59:22 6:21:23 Virginia Berasategi 53:57 2:20 3:19:03 3:46 2:06:44 6:25:51 4 Christine De Wit 53:52 2:12 3:24:22 1:39 2:11:22 6:33:28 5 Mieke Suys 53:59 1:47 3:32:53 1:49 2:05:24 6:35:57 6 Beatrice Mouthon 53:57 1:58 3:34:46 3:27 2:03:22 6:37:33 7 Sophie Delemer - - - - - 6:45:44 8 Julie Nievergelt - - - - - 6:43:29 9 Jackie Corrigan 57:18 2:20 3:33:49 2:15 2:15:19 6:51:03 10 Nerea Martinez Urruzola 58:59 2:40 3:33:03 1:47 2:17:26 6:53:57 11 Marijke Zeekant 57:00 2:08 3:31:34 2:05 2:21:30 6:54:17 12 Jacqueline Van Vliet 1:02:19 2:29 3:27:46 2:13 2:24:09 6:58:57 13 Mirella Gandellini 1:05:11 2:41 3:28:43 1:53 2:20:47 6:59:16 14 Kim Isherwood 59:36 3:13 3:37:58 2:28 2:20:06 7:03:22 15 Sonja Frank 58:56 2:39 3:40:25 2:05 2:24:09 7:08:16 16 Tara Lee Marshall 1:05:53 2:16 3:37:23 2:16 2:35:46 7:23:37 17 Rachel Louise Dumont Playfair 1:03:59 2:19 3:39:26 2:17 3:36:58 8:25:03 18 Suzanna Degazon 1:43:06 6:00 4:22:45 4:27 2:56:56 9:13:17Key : DNF - did not finish ; DNS - did not start References External links Category:International sports competitions hosted by France Category:Triathlon competitions in France Category:1997 in triathlon