Step 1 : Introduction to the question "What is the order of events in a triathlon?"
...What do you have to do in a triathlon? In the late 1980s, a 1.5 kilometer swim, 40 kilometer bike ride and a 10 kilometer run (0.9 miles swimming, 24.8 miles of cycling and 6.2 miles of running) was often called "International-Distance Triathlon" because that distance was accepted as the international standard and used at the first Triathlon World...What are the distances in a triathlon? Distances are displayed as swim/bike/run: Super sprint triathlon: 400m/10km/2.5km. Sprint distance triathlon: 750m/20km/5km. Standard distance triathlon: 1500m/40km/10km. Middle distance triathlon: 2.5km/80km/20k. Long distance triathlon: 4km/120km/30km. Ironman distance triathlon: 3.8km/180km/42km.