PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. -- Bay County authorities are calling the death of a Georgia man who was pulled from the water during a triathlon an accidental drowning.

Patrick Kane of Roswell, Ga., died at a hospital shortly after he was pulled from the Gulf of Mexico during the Gulf Coast Triathlon on Saturday.

Jeff Martin, the office director for the Bay County Medical Examiner's Office, says the agency classified the death as an accidental drowning after the 38-year-old's family requested an autopsy not be conducted.

This year's Gulf Coast Triathlon drew 1,800 athletes from 36 states and 15 countries, according to its Web site. Participants start on the beach and swim one loop over a 1.2-mile open-water swim, then exit the water to run on land. Participants run for 13.1 miles and bicycle for 56 miles.