We are finally counting down to the men’s individual triathlon race at the Olympic Games of Paris 2024 – and what a field we have.

Following Tuesday’s postponement, and after the go ahead a little earlier today the world’s greatest short-course specialists will now line up on Wednesday (1045 local time, 0945 UK, 0445 EST, 0145 PST) with history beckoning as they bid for medal glory in the sport’s biggest dance of all.

Three years ago in Tokyo it was Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt storming to victory with that lung-bursting sprint which finally saw off the challenges of Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde.

This time it is Yee and Wilde who are favoured to fight for gold, with ‘Big Blu’ looking to once again supercharge those run legs after coming back down from racing at longer distances.

It should be epic entertainment in an iconic setting, and we have a stellar field.

Paris 2024 triathlon start list – Elite Men

The start list for Wednesday’s race is as follows:

Number	Athlete Name	Country
1	Rostislav Pevtsov	AZE
2	Alessio Crociani	ITA
3	Gianluca Pozzatti	ITA
4	Matthew Wright	BAR
5	Shachar Sagiv	ISR
6	Mitch Kolkman	NED
7	Richard Murray	NED
8	Cristanto Grajales Valencia	MEX
9	Aram Michell Peñaflor Moysen	MEX
10	Jean Gael Laurent L`entete	MRI
11	Jelle Geens	BEL
12	Marten Van Riel	BEL
14	Tyler Smith	BER
15	Alberto Gonzalez Garcia	ESP
16	Roberto Sanchez Mantecon	ESP
17	Antonio Serrat Seoane	ESP
18	Kenji Nener	JPN
19	Makoto Odakura	JPN
20	Dylan McCullough	NZL
21	Hayden Wilde	NZL
22	Adrien Briffod	SUI
23	Max Studer	SUI
24	Jawad Abdelmoula	MAR
25	Miguel Hidalgo	BRA
26	Manoel Messias	BRA
27	Léo Bergere	FRA
28	Dorian Coninx	FRA
29	Pierre Le Corre	FRA
30	Morgan Pearson	USA
31	Seth Rider	USA
32	Jamie Riddle	RSA
33	Henri Schoeman	RSA
34	Diego Moya	CHI
35	Gaspar Riveros	CHI
36	Tim Hellwig	GER
37	Lasse Lührs	GER
38	Jonas Schomburg	GER
39	Jason Tai Long Ng	HKG
40	Emil Holm	DEN
41	Tjebbe Kaindl	AUT
42	Alois Knabl	AUT
43	Kristian Blummenfelt	NOR
44	Vetle Bergsvik Thorn	NOR
45	Matthew Hauser	AUS
46	Luke Willian	AUS
47	Ricardo Batista	POR
48	Vasco Vilaca	POR
49	Tyler Mislawchuk	CAN
50	Charles Paquet	CAN
51	Eloi Adjavon	TOG
52	Bence Bicsák	HUN
53	Csongor Lehmann	HUN
54	Felix Douchampt	ROU
55	Sam Dickinson	GBR
56	Alex Yee	GBR

Start time and how to watch live on TV

The race, as stated, gets under way at 1045 local time on Wednesday July 31, 2024. That is 0945 UK time, 0445 on the East Coast of the United States and 0145 PST Monday on the West Coast. If you’re watching in Australia, the action gets under way at 1845 Sydney time.

The action in the French capital will be available to watch via media rights holders, which vary from country-to-country. In the United Kingdom, the racing will be available on BBC Sport, with Discovery Eurosport providing coverage across Europe.

Additionally, in France the racing will be live on France Télévisions, with German viewers able to watch the race on ARD/ZDF. In North America, CBC will be providing coverage in Canada and NBC will broadcast the race in the United States.

Elsewhere, the race will be available on Nine in Australia, Globo in Brazil, Fuji TV/NHK/Nippon TV/TBS/TV Asahi/TV Tokyo in Japan, SKY NZ in New Zealand and SuperSport in South Africa.

Olympic triathlon predictons – who wins gold?

Our sage expert John Levison has provided the in-depth analysis, and you can access his podium picks and full race preview here.

Why are the Brownlee brothers not racing?

For the first time since 2004, we have an Olympic Games men’s triathlon WITHOUT the Brownlee brothers.

The British swim/bike/run icons have been incredible ambassadors for the sport, but neither will be on the start line in Paris on Tuesday.

Alistair retired from short-course Olympic-distance racing after injury halted his bid to make the British team for Tokyo in 2021, while Jonny missed out agonisingly for Paris selection. You can get the full details by clicking here.