Hamish Carter of New Zealand clinches men's triathlon gold

New Zealand's Hamish Carter reaches the finish line during the final lap of the men's triathlon event at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Aug. 26, 2004. He won the gold with a time of 1 hour 51 minutes 07.73 seconds.

Hamish Carter of New Zealand clinched the gold medal for men's triathlon at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games in Athens on August 26.

Carter won the three-discipline event at 1 hour 51 minutes and 7 seconds. His teammate Bevan Docherty won the silver while the bronze went to Swiss Sven Riederer.

Results of triathlon men's race

Following are the results of traithlon men's event at the Athens Olympic Games on Thursday:

1. Hamish Carter, New Zealand, one hour 51 minutes 7.73 seconds

2. Bevan Docherty, New Zealand, 1:51:15.60

3. Sven Riederer, Switzerland, 1:51:33.26

4. Greg Bennett, Australia, 1:51:41.58

5. Frederic Belaubre, France, 1:52:00.53

6. Andreas Raelert, Germany, 1:52:35.62

7. Rasmus Henning, Denmark, 1:52:37.32

8. Olivier Marceau, Switzerland, 1:52:44.36