1998 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships

International sports competition World Long Distance Triathlon Championships ITU 1998 70px Sado Island, Japan September 5 1998 67 (43 men, 24 women) Luc Van Lierde BEL Rina Bradshaw-Hill AUS 1997 Nice 1999 Säter International sports competition The 1998 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships was a triathlon competition held in Sado Island in Japan on September 5 1998 and organized by the International Triathlon Union, now World Triathlon. This was the first edition of the championships to take place in Asia, and the fifth edition overall. The Elite races for men and women consisted of a 3 km mi on swim, 136 km mi on bike and 28 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. Medal Summary EventGoldSilverBronze MenInterSportStats https://www.intersportstats.com/events/3000215730 2026-10-07 www.intersportstats.com Luc Van Lierde BEL 5:44:06 Rob Barel NED 5:52:32 Peter Sandvang fr de es it DEN 5:52:33WomenInterSportStats https://www.intersportstats.com/events/3000215731 2026-10-07 www.intersportstats.com Rina Bradshaw-Hill AUS 6:32:09 Lena Wahlqvist sv Lena Söderqvist es Lena Söderqvist fr Lena Söderqvist SWE 6:37:50 Megumi Shigaki nl de es jp 志垣めぐみ JPN 6:40:41 Results The following are the results of the elite races: Men 43 athletes began the race, with 35 completing the distance. Belgium's Luc Van Lierde was first home in 5 hrs 44 minutes and 6 seconds. The race for second involved an unusually close finish for the event, with 1994 champion Rob Barel pipping the Dane Peter Sandvang dk by a single second.Results 1998 Sado Island ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships https://triathlon.org/events/1998-sado-island-itu-long-distance-triathlon-world-championships/results?program=4375 2026-10-07 World Triathlon en Rank Athlete Nation Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Overall time Luc Van Lierde 38:54 0:24 3:20:01 0:39 1:44:08 5:44:06 Rob Barel 38:55 0:46 3:21:34 0:31 1:50:46 5:52:32 Peter Sandvang 41:22 0:31 3:19:23 0:45 1:50:32 5:52:33 4 Timothy Deboom 39:00 0:48 3:24:06 1:03 1:50:07 5:55:04 5 Jason Shortis 42:12 0:40 3:24:31 0:52 1:47:28 5:55:43 6 Rolf Lautenbacher 42:24 0:52 3:25:50 0:37 1:46:51 5:56:34 7 Péter Kropkó 40:05 1:00 3:31:39 1:19 1:43:16 5:57:19 8 Gilles Reboul 39:27 0:25 3:27:53 0:42 1:51:41 6:00:08 9 Xavier Galea 38:57 0:45 3:33:05 0:51 1:48:32 6:02:10 10 Cyrille Neveu 41:16 0:29 3:26:15 0:40 1:54:54 6:03:34 11 Massimo Guadagni 42:18 0:35 3:34:13 1:09 1:46:47 6:05:02 12 Felix Javier Martinez Rubio 47:48 0:53 3:30:25 0:54 1:46:26 6:06:26 13 Jamie Cleveland 41:12 0:42 3:29:53 1:07 1:54:05 6:06:59 14 Shingo Tani 42:19 0:33 3:32:31 0:28 1:51:53 6:07:44 15 Dan Dethier 45:29 0:39 3:27:46 0:45 1:53:51 6:08:30 16 Bryan Rhodes 38:44 0:35 3:31:32 0:38 1:57:36 6:09:05 17 Torbjorn Sindballe 42:19 0:38 3:27:35 1:00 1:58:10 6:09:42 18 Eduardo Arenal 47:48 0:57 3:37:12 0:44 1:45:11 6:11:52 19 Nobuo Kitazato 42:18 0:24 3:41:13 0:38 1:48:26 6:12:59 20 Damion Angus 42:09 0:45 3:30:30 1:17 1:58:37 6:13:18 21 Rodney Gordon 45:18 1:10 3:33:52 1:26 1:51:46 6:13:32 22 Allan Mansson 39:04 0:46 3:31:55 0:53 2:02:42 6:15:20 23 Yuji Fujiwara 47:29 0:26 3:38:44 0:42 1:48:23 6:15:44 24 Francisco Zurob 42:20 0:42 3:35:41 0:35 1:59:46 6:19:04 25 Jani Tomsic 43:40 0:53 3:29:46 1:50 2:03:02 6:19:11 26 Alejandro Santamaria Perez 45:24 0:27 3:40:16 0:44 1:52:55 6:19:46 27 Pim Veeger 48:10 1:02 3:30:27 0:52 2:00:24 6:20:55 28 Rolf Kristian Roll 45:14 0:43 3:34:53 0:47 1:59:27 6:21:04 29 Yannick Bourseaux 41:17 0:25 3:32:12 0:52 2:06:46 6:21:32 30 Glen Gore 38:50 0:56 3:54:12 0:42 1:46:58 6:21:38 31 Josef Neuhauser 45:22 0:50 3:33:55 0:43 2:02:42 6:23:32 32 Kazuo Sudo 42:21 0:33 3:48:41 0:27 1:56:24 6:28:26 33 Yoshinori Tamura 45:25 0:56 3:43:23 0:34 1:58:48 6:29:06 34 Mika Luoto 41:18 0:33 4:01:08 0:46 1:49:04 6:32:49 35 Georg Partlic 42:16 0:39 3:58:18 0:43 2:05:50 6:47:46 - Simon Malo 42:18 0:54 - - - DNF - Petr Vabrousek 42:23 0:33 5:01:37 0:57 - DNF - Matthew Bellfield 42:18 0:47 - - - DNF - Esteban Maroni 42:17 0:31 - - - DNF - Jaime Chimal 45:31 0:42 - - - DNF - Guido Savelkoul 42:19 0:25 - - - DNF - Reto Schawalder 42:14 1:03 3:33:51 1:08 - DNF - Hideya Miyazuka 45:14 0:40 - - - DNFKey : DNF - did not finish ; DNS - did not start Women 24 Athletes began the race, with 17 completing the journey, led home by Australia's Rita Bradshaw-Hill. Results 1998 Sado Island ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships https://triathlon.org/events/1998-sado-island-itu-long-distance-triathlon-world-championships/results 2026-10-07 World Triathlon en Rank Athlete Nation Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Overall time Rina Bradshaw-Hill 42:29 1:01 3:53:07 0:33 1:54:59 6:32:09 Lena Wahlqvist sv 42:58 0:36 3:53:01 0:50 2:00:25 6:37:50 Megumi Shigaki nl 47:38 0:40 3:54:57 0:41 1:56:45 6:40:41 4 Marijke Zeekant 44:09 0:39 3:51:39 0:48 2:07:17 6:44:32 5 Lisa Bentley 44:18 0:47 3:55:42 0:59 2:04:37 6:46:23 6 Agnes Eppers 53:34 0:38 3:56:16 1:02 2:06:20 6:57:50 7 Yoko Hori 52:16 0:37 3:56:45 0:49 2:08:38 6:59:05 8 Ann Eldegard 44:22 0:45 3:58:07 0:36 2:17:29 7:01:19 9 Kerstin Weule 44:23 0:39 4:02:08 0:37 2:15:26 7:03:13 10 Noriko Yakamura 47:35 0:46 4:10:43 0:35 2:04:14 7:03:53 11 Junko Takeuchi 53:35 1:00 4:05:49 1:12 2:03:14 7:04:50 12 Veronica Roldan 44:20 0:56 4:02:18 0:51 2:19:26 7:07:51 13 Sari Rairama 47:34 0:43 4:05:44 0:53 2:14:49 7:09:43 14 Belinda Smith 47:30 0:40 3:55:04 0:33 2:26:35 7:10:22 15 Jacqueline Van Vliet 52:24 0:48 4:03:15 0:55 2:17:36 7:14:58 16 Kim Isherwood 55:34 0:42 4:00:16 1:00 2:18:46 7:16:18 17 Sonja Terblanche 53:48 1:10 4:05:09 1:05 2:23:00 7:24:12 - Joanne King 44:10 0:44 4:00:17 0:39 - DNF - Raeleigh Tennant 44:08 0:51 - - - DNF - Julie Curwin 47:49 0:59 3:59:50 1:17 - DNF - Karin Schuch 53:33 1:18 - - - DNF - Chiharu Uehara 47:36 0:32 - - - DNF - Mika Sakane 45:09 0:50 4:13:07 1:19 - DNF - Stefanie Arndt 53:37 0:37 - - - DNFKey : DNF - did not finish ; DNS - did not start References External links Category:International sports competitions hosted by Japan Category:Triathlon competitions in Japan Category:1998 in triathlon