Olympic Triathlon 2024: Women's Individual Medal Winners, Times and Results

Amid questions about the water quality in the Seine River, the women's triathlon went on as scheduled Wednesday in Paris, and France's Cassandre Beaugrand won a gold medal in front of her home fans at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Over the course of a 1.5-kilometer (0.93-mile) swim, 40-kilometer (25-mile) cycle and 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) run, Beaugrand outlasted Switzerland's Julie Derron and Great Britain's Beth Potter, who won silver and bronze, respectively.

Here is a rundown of the top 10 finishers out of the 55-woman field and their finishing times in hours, minutes and seconds, courtesy of Olympics.com:

1. Cassandre Beaugrand (France): 1:54:55
2. Julie Derron (Switzerland): 1:55:01
3. Beth Potter (Great Britain): 1:55:10
4. Emma Lombardi (France): 1:55:16
5. Flora Duffy (Bermuda): 1:56.12
6. Georgia Taylor-Brown (Great Britain): 1:56:35
7. Maya Kingma (Netherlands): 1:56:53
8. Laura Lindemann (Germany): 1:57:01
9. Lisa Tertsch (Germany): 1:57:03
10. Taylor Spivey (USA): 1:57.11

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Since the addition of the triathlon to the Olympic program in 2000, Beaugrand was the first French athlete to win a medal of any kind in the event, let alone gold.

Per ESPN, Beaugrand made it clear after the race that she had no concern about the water quality in the Seine River, saying: "I have no doubts about the quality of the Seine. We've swum in worse water."

The men's triathlon had originally been scheduled to take place Tuesday in Paris, but it was postponed until Wednesday after the women's triathlon. Per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), E. coli and other bacteria levels in the Seine had risen to potentially dangerous levels due to rainfall, resulting in the postponement.

Although it rained Tuesday night and into Wednesday in Paris, the water was deemed safe enough for the athletes, and the Olympics moved forward with the event.

Had the Seine's quality not improved, the event could have been changed to a duathlon without a swimming element as a last result, but Beaugrand said doing so would have been "shameful for our sport."

While Beaugrand put France on the Olympic podium for the first time in triathlon, Switzerland continued its long history of success in the event, winning its fifth medal in seven Olympics.

Meanwhile, Potter helped Great Britain medal in women's triathlon for a third consecutive Summer Games.

Three years ago in Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bermuda's Flora Duffy and Great Britain's Georgia Taylor-Brown won gold and silver, but they finished off the podium in fifth and sixth, respectively this year.

As for Team USA, a streak of two consecutive Olympics with a medal in women's triathlon was broken, as Taylor Spivey finished 10th, Taylor Knibb came in 19th and Kirsten Kasper finished 49th.