The men's triathlon was won by Jan Frodeno of Germany with a time of 1:48:53.28. Simon Whitfield of Canada, who previously won this event in 2000, claimed the silver, while New Zealand's Bevan Docherty, silver medalist at the 2004 Athens, took the bronze. For the first time in Olympic history, two athletes had won more than a single medal in triathlon.
The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of {{convert|1500|m|mi}} swimming, {{convert|40|km|mi}}, road cycling, and {{convert|10|km|mi}} road running.[1]
| Rank | #[1] | Triathlete | Swimming | Cycling | Running | Total time* | Difference |
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| {{Gold1}} | 32 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jan Frodeno|GER|2008 Summer}} | 18:14 | 59:01 | 30:46 | 1:48:53.28 | — |
| {{Silver2}} | 16 | {{flagIOCathlete|Simon Whitfield|CAN|2008 Summer}} | 18:18 | 58:56 | 30:48 | 1:48:58.47 | +5.19 |
| {{Bronze3}} | 27 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bevan Docherty|NZL|2008 Summer}} | 18:23 | 58:51 | 30:57 | 1:49:05.59 | +12.31 |
| 4 | 30 | {{flagIOCathlete|Javier Gómez Noya|ESP|2008 Summer}} | 18:08 | 59:06 | 31:03 | 1:49:13.92 | +20.64 |
| 5 | 31 | {{flagIOCathlete|Iván Raña|ESP|2008 Summer}} | 18:22 | 58:52 | 31:14 | 1:49:22.03 | +28.75 |
| 6 | 34 | {{flagIOCathlete|Daniel Unger|GER|2008 Summer}} | 18:25 | 58:49 | 31:35 | 1:49:43.78 | +50.50 |
| 7 | 21 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hunter Kemper|USA|2008 Summer}} | 18:04 | 59:06 | 31:40 | 1:49:48.75 | +55.47 |
| 8 | 41 | {{flagIOCathlete|Rasmus Henning|DEN|2008 Summer}} | 18:18 | 58:57 | 31:48 | 1:49:57.47 | +1:04.19 |
| 9 | 26 | {{flagIOCathlete|Igor Sysoyev|RUS|2008 Summer}} | 18:02 | 59:15 | 31:41 | 1:49:59.38 | +1:06.10 |
| 10 | 38 | {{flagIOCathlete|Frédéric Belaubre|FRA|2008 Summer}} | 18:03 | 59:11 | 31:48 | 1:50:00.30 | +1:07.02 |
| 11 | 11 | {{flagIOCathlete|Courtney Atkinson|AUS|2008 Summer}} | 18:06 | 59:08 | 32:00 | 1:50:10.02 | +1:16.74 |
| 12 | 35 | {{flagIOCathlete|Alistair Brownlee|GBR|2008 Summer}} | 18:11 | 59:05 | 32:07 | 1:50:19.62 | +1:26.34 |
| 13 | 18 | {{flagIOCathlete|Axel Zeebroek|BEL|2008 Summer}} | 18:30 | 57:48 | 33:15 | 1:50:30.90 | +1:37.62 |
| 14 | 36 | {{flagIOCathlete|William Clarke|GBR|2008 Summer}} | 18:53 | 58:23 | 32:18 | 1:50:32.07 | +1:38.79 |
| 15 | 33 | {{flagIOCathlete|Christian Prochnow|GER|2008 Summer}} | 18:23 | 58:56 | 32:21 | 1:50:33.90 | +1:40.62 |
| 16 | 12 | {{flagIOCathlete|Brad Kahlefeldt|AUS|2008 Summer}} | 18:17 | 58:56 | 32:26 | 1:50:36.00 | +1:42.72 |
| 17 | 54 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bruno Pais|POR|2008 Summer}} | 18:28 | 58:47 | 32:32 | 1:50:40.22 | +1:46.94 |
| 18 | 23 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jarrod Shoemaker|USA|2008 Summer}} | 18:19 | 59:03 | 32:27 | 1:50:46.39 | +1:53.11 |
| 19 | 44 | {{flagIOCathlete|Olivier Marceau|SUI|2008 Summer}} | 18:55 | 58:18 | 32:37 | 1:50:50.07 | +1:56.79 |
| 20 | 42 | {{flagIOCathlete|Filip Ospaly|CZE|2008 Summer}} | 18:17 | 58:56 | 32:41 | 1:50:53.69 | +2:00.41 |
| 21 | 52 | {{flagIOCathlete|Danylo Sapunov|KAZ|2008 Summer}} | 18:11 | 59:05 | 32:42 | 1:50:58.98 | +2:05.70 |
| 22 | 25 | {{flagIOCathlete|Dmitry Polyanski|RUS|2008 Summer}} | 18:15 | 59:07 | 32:53 | 1:51:11.61 | +2:18.33 |
| 23 | 45 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sven Riederer|SUI|2008 Summer}} | 18:14 | 58:52 | 33:11 | 1:51:19.45 | +2:26.17 |
| 24 | 24 | {{flagIOCathlete|Alexander Brukhankov|RUS|2008 Summer}} | 18:10 | 59:08 | 33:01 | 1:51:22.59 | +2:29.31 |
| 25 | 55 | {{flagIOCathlete|Dirk Bockel|LUX|2008 Summer}} | 18:26 | 57:52 | 34:19 | 1:51:31.01 | +2:37.73 |
| 26 | 8 | {{flagIOCathlete|Juraci Moreira|BRA|2008 Summer}} | 18:24 | 58:50 | 33:22 | 1:51:35.57 | +2:42.29 |
| 27 | 17 | {{flagIOCathlete|Peter Croes|BEL|2008 Summer}} | 18:26 | 58:51 | 33:25 | 1:51:40.94 | +2:47.66 |
| 28 | 15 | {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Tichelaar|CAN|2008 Summer}} | 18:24 | 58:51 | 33:34 | 1:51:46.81 | +2:53.53 |
| 29 | 43 | {{flagIOCathlete|Reto Hug|SUI|2008 Summer}} | 18:55 | 58:20 | 33:53 | 1:52:04.93 | +3:11.65 |
| 30 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ryosuke Yamamoto|JPN|2008 Summer}} | 18:27 | 58:53 | 33:56 | 1:52:11.98 | +3:18.70 |
| 31 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sander Berk|NED|2008 Summer}} | 18:13 | 59:06 | 33:57 | 1:52:18.09 | +3:24.81 |
| 32 | 22 | {{flagIOCathlete|Matthew Reed|USA|2008 Summer}} | 18:25 | 58:48 | 34:19 | 1:52:30.44 | +3:37.16 |
| 33 | 10 | {{flagIOCathlete|Daniel Fontana|ITA|2008 Summer}} | 18:22 | 58:55 | 34:26 | 1:52:39.21 | +3:45.93 |
| 34 | 29 | {{flagIOCathlete|Shane Reed|NZL|2008 Summer}} | 18:00 | 59:19 | 34:34 | 1:52:48.16 | +3:54.88 |
| 35 | 19 | {{flagIOCathlete|Volodymyr Polikarpenko|UKR|2008 Summer}} | 18:23 | 58:58 | 34:32 | 1:52:51.74 | +3:58.46 |
| 36 | 40 | {{flagIOCathlete|Laurent Vidal|FRA|2008 Summer}} | 18:49 | 58:24 | 34:51 | 1:53:02.79 | +4:09.51 |
| 37 | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Reinaldo Colucci|BRA|2008 Summer}} | 18:52 | 58:28 | 34:56 | 1:53:13.94 | +4:20.66 |
| 38 | 47 | {{flagIOCathlete|Simon Agoston|AUT|2008 Summer}} | 18:20 | 59:00 | 35:02 | 1:53:23.98 | +4:30.70 |
| 39 | 28 | {{flagIOCathlete|Kris Gemmell|NZL|2008 Summer}} | 18:41 | 58:34 | 35:42 | 1:53:49.47 | +4:56.19 |
| 40 | 9 | {{flagIOCathlete|Emilio D'Aquino|ITA|2008 Summer}} | 18:22 | 58:56 | 35:43 | 1:53:58.22 | +5:04.94 |
| 41 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Marko Albert|EST|2008 Summer}} | 18:09 | 59:12 | 35:54 | 1:54:13.58 | +5:20.30 |
| 42 | 20 | {{flagIOCathlete|Chris Felgate|ZIM|2008 Summer}} | 18:21 | 59:00 | 36:09 | 1:54:31.61 | +5:38.33 |
| 43 | 50 | {{flagIOCathlete|Daniel Lee Chi Wo|HKG|2008 Summer}} | 18:54 | 58:24 | 36:22 | 1:54:40.78 | +5:47.50 |
| 44 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Francisco Serrano|MEX|2008 Summer}} | 18:56 | 58:08 | 36:42 | 1:54:46.09 | +5:52.81 |
| 45 | 53 | {{flagIOCathlete|Duarte Marques|POR|2008 Summer}} | 18:20 | 59:06 | 36:47 | 1:55:06.57 | +6:13.29 |
| 46 | 56 | {{flagIOCathlete|Wang Daqing|CHN|2008 Summer}} | 18:06 | 59:15 | 37:17 | 1:55:41.87 | +6:48.59 |
| 47 | 51 | {{flagIOCathlete|Csaba Kuttor|HUN|2008 Summer}} | 18:09 | 59:13 | 37:27 | 1:55:53.38 | +7:00.10 |
| 48 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hirokatsu Tayama|JPN|2008 Summer}} | 18:04 | 59:12 | 37:58 | 1:56:13.68 | +7:20.40 |
| 49 | 48 | {{flagIOCathlete|Omar Tayara|SYR|2008 Summer}} | 18:23 | 58:56 | 38:19 | 1:56:40.54 | +7:47.26 |
| 50 | 14 | {{flagIOCathlete|Colin Jenkins|CAN|2008 Summer}} | 18:12 | 58:59 | 38:39 | 1:56:50.85 | +7:57.57 |
| — | 39 | {{flagIOCathlete|Tony Moulai|FRA|2008 Summer}} | 18:27 | 58:49 | Did not finish |
| — | 37 | {{flagIOCathlete|Tim Don|GBR|2008 Summer}} | 18:54 | {{tooltip|LAP|Lapped}} |
| — | 49 | {{flagIOCathlete|Marek Jaskolka|POL|2008 Summer}} | 18:55 | {{tooltip|LAP|Lapped}} |
| — | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Andriy Glushchenko|UKR|2008 Summer}} | 18:59 | {{tooltip|LAP|Lapped}} |
| — | 46 | {{flagIOCathlete|Pavel Šimko|SVK|2008 Summer}} | Did not finish |
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1. ^http://www.triathlon.org/zpg/zevt-dtl-prtcpnts_v4.php?call=TVRFdw==&keep=sh&id=MTEzMQ==&sh=st&stid=3216#
2. ^1 According to the official Olympic Competition Rules {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907003917/http://en.beijing2008.cn/sports/triathlon/n214432225.shtml |date=2008-09-07 }} and the {{cite web |url = http://www.triathlon.org/docs/downloads_Competition_Rules_2006_10a.pdf?ts=1219209707 |format = pdf |title = ITU Competition Rules |pages = 9 |date = October 2006 |publisher = ITU |accessdate = 2008-08-21}}
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