McNamee opened a lead with a 2nd-fastest 24:03 swim and a race-best 1:54:49 bike split and held on for the victory with an 8th-best 1:07:12 for the 20 kilometer run. McNamee finished in 3:26:04 with a 2:22 margin of victory over Emilio Muñoz of Spain and 2:26 over James Cunnama of South Africa.

Muñoz started his day 29 seconds back of McNamee on the swim, surrendered 3:06 more on the bike leg, then outran McNamee by 1:13 which left him 2:22 short of the win.

Cunnama gave up 1:59 on the swim, 1:31 more on the bike leg, then earned back 56 seconds on the run which left him 2:26 back of McNamee and 4 seconds back of Muñoz.

Women

Loher opened with a 30:21 swim which left her 1:08 behind women's swim leader Ewa Komander of Poland, 6 seconds ahead of Nikki Bartlett of Great Britain and 1:52 ahead of Erika Csomor of Hungary.

After a women’s 2nd-fastest 2:14:25 bike leg, which was 2:42 slower than Bartlett and 1:09 faster than Komander, Loher started the run 2:36 behind Bartlett and 1 second ahead of Komander.

After a women’s-best 1:14:15 run, Loher finished in 3:59:01 with a 1:41 margin of victory over Bartlett (1:18:52 run) and 6:19 over 3rd place finisher Csomor, who closed with a 1:17:07 run.