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Table 1 Number of ITU elite male and female starters and finishers in Olympic distance races from 2003 to 2013, WC = World Championship, ITU = International Triathlon Union

Race	Date	Location	Women finished	Women started	Men finished	Men started
WC	11-09-2013	London	47	54	60	67
ITU	24-08-2013	Stockholm	40	45	43	58
ITU	20-07-2013	Hamburg	61	65	58	65
ITU	06-07-2013	Kitzbuehel	38	39	62	65
ITU	01-06-2013	Madrid	40	53	47	62
ITU	11-05-2013	Yokohama	21	22	35	38
ITU	19-04-2013	San Diego	36	40	46	55
ITU	06-04-2013	Auckland	24	31	28	33
WC	20-10-2012	Auckland	33	43	39	44
ITU	29-09-2012	Yokohama	28	33	35	39
ITU	25-08-2012	Stockholm	51	57	58	65
ITU	21-07-2012	Hamburg	46	50	59	61
ITU	23-06-2012	Kitzbuehel	30	39	46	53
ITU	26-05-2012	Madrid	55	63	54	65
ITU	10-05-2012	San Diego	58	70	61	70
ITU	14-04-2012	Sydney	60	68	57	70
WC	19-09-2011	Yokohama	46	55	52	65
ITU	09-09-2011	Beijing	58	69	59	72
ITU	06-08-2011	London	56	65	59	65
ITU	16-07-2011	Hamburg	51	59	50	63
ITU	18-06-2011	Kitzbuehel	58	65	52	64
ITU	04-06-2011	Madrid	53	65	58	65
ITU	09-04-2011	Sydney	56	56	52	65
WC	08-09-2010	Budapest	56	68	66	75
ITU	14-08-2010	Kitzbuehel	48	64	52	65
ITU	24-07-2010	London	50	65	56	65
ITU	17-07-2010	Hamburg	52	64	53	65
ITU	05-06-2010	Madrid	56	67	54	54
ITU	08-05-2010	Seoul	42	50	55	68
ITU	11-04-2010	Sydney	39	45	46	55
WC	09-09-2009	Gold Coast	37	42	51	53
ITU	22-08-2009	Yokohama	28	30	36	44
ITU	15-08-2009	London	47	58	47	65
ITU	25-07-2009	Hamburg	37	46	51	62
ITU	11-07-2009	Kitzbuehel	40	43	49	66
ITU	21-06-2009	Washington	30	38	31	46
ITU	31-05-2009	Madrid	35	47	41	60
ITU	02-05-2009	Tongyeong	41	48	66	69
WC	08-06-2008	Vancouver	51	67	71	79
WC	01-09-2007	Hamburg	60	77	68	80
WC	03-09-2006	Lausanne	64	76	68	86
WC	11-09-2005	Gamagori	43	51	55	77
WC	09-05-2004	Madeira	57	74	72	89
WC	07-12-2003	Queenstown	52	61	57	75