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'''[[Triathlon]]''' is one of the sports at the quadrennial '''[[Commonwealth Games]]''' competition. It was first granted  [[Commonwealth Games sport]] status in 2002, and has been held in each edition since, except in [[2010 Commonwealth Games|Delhi 2010 Games]] due to the lack of suitable venue for the swimming leg in Delhi. Until 2022, it was a core sport which had to be included in each competition's sporting programme. Para-triathlon was first included as an optional sport in the [[2018 Commonwealth Games|Gold Coast 2018 games]]. The next appearance of the sport will take place in the [[2026 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Victoria, Australia]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122278/ioa-archery-shooting-wrestling-victoria|title=IOA demands addition of archery, shooting and wrestling at Victoria 2026|date=24 April 2022|website=Insidethegames.biz|access-date=22 July 2022}}</ref>

Currently there are five triathlon events in the Commonwealth Games.

Individual events are held for men and women and have been since the sport's introduction in 2002, while a mixed team relay has been on the programme since 2014.

Additionally, as part of its program of integrating parasport into the Commonwealth Games, two paratriathlon events were included in the [[Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Games in Gold Coast, Australia]]. These events, one for each sex, where wheelchair paratriathlon events ('PTW1' and 'PTW2' classifications) using a multiple start format to ensure fairness across different wheelchair classes. In [[Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|the 2022 Games]] the paratriathlon events were retained, and were  for athletes with visual impairments ('PTVI' classification). A third set of paratriathlon events, as yet undesignated, has been announced for [[2026 Commonwealth Games|Victoria 2026.]]

At the 1990 Commonwealth Games at Auckland, [[Triathlon]] was a [[demonstration event]]; won by [[Erin Baker]] (women) and [[Rick Wells]] (men), both from New Zealand.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/other.htm#TRIATHLON Triathlon]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-27.</ref>

[[Flora Duffy]] of Bermuda is the only triathlete of either sex to win two individual gold medals, or to win gold medals in separate Games, while [[Alistair Brownlee]]. [[Jodie Stimpson]] and [[Alex Yee]] have each won two Commonwealth Games gold medals, one individual, one mixed relay, in a single Games. Alistair Brownlee, with two golds and one silver medal, is overall the most successful triathlete in Commonwealth Games history. [[Jacob Birtwhistle]], [[Matthew Hauser]], [[Jonny Brownlee]] and [[Vicky Holland]] have also won 3 medals, including at least one relay gold.



==Editions==
{|class=wikitable 
|-
!width=60|Games
!width=100|Year 
!width=200|Host city
!width=200|Host country
!width=200|Best nation
!width=100|Events
|-
| [[2002 Commonwealth Games|XVII]] || [[Triathlon at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002]] || [[Manchester]] || {{ENG}} || {{flagCGF|CAN|2002}} || 2
|-
| [[2006 Commonwealth Games|XVIII]] || [[Triathlon at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|2006]] || [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] || {{AUS}} || {{flagCGF|AUS|2006}} || 2
|-
| [[2014 Commonwealth Games|XX]] || [[Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|2014]] || [[Glasgow]] || {{SCO}} || {{flagCGF|ENG|2014}} || 3
|-
| [[2018 Commonwealth Games|XXI]] || [[Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018]] || [[Gold Coast, Queensland]]  || {{AUS}} || {{flagCGF|ENG|2018}} || 5
|-
| [[2022 Commonwealth Games|XXII]] || [[Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022]] || [[Birmingham]] || {{ENG}} ||  {{flagCGF|ENG|2022}} || 5
|-
|colspan=6 {{n/a|''Future Event''}}
|-
| [[2026 Commonwealth Games|XXIII]] || [[2026 Commonwealth Games#Sports|2026]] || [[Geelong]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] || {{AUS}} || TBC || 5
|}

==Medalists==

;Men

{|{{MedalistTable|type=Games}}
|-
|2002 ({{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2002 Commonwealth Games#Men's competition}})
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Simon Whitfield]]|CAN|2002}} 
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Miles Stewart]]|AUS|2002}} 
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Hamish Carter]]|NZL|2002}} 
|-
|2006 ({{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2006 Commonwealth Games#Men's competition}})
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Brad Kahlefeldt]]|AUS|2006}} 
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Bevan Docherty]]|NZL|2006}} 
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Peter Robertson (triathlete)|Peter Robertson]]|AUS|2006}} 
|-
|2010 
|colspan=3 ''{{n/a|not held}}''
|-
|2014 ({{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's}})
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Alistair Brownlee]]|ENG|2014}} 
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Jonathan Brownlee]]|ENG|2014}} 
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Richard Murray (triathlete)|Richard Murray]]|RSA|2014}} 
|-
|2018 ({{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's}})
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Henri Schoeman]]|RSA|2018}} 
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Jacob Birtwhistle]]|AUS|2018}} 
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Marc Austin]]|SCO|2018}} 
|-
|2022 ({{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's}})
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Alex Yee]]|ENG|2022}}
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Hayden Wilde]]|NZL|2022}}
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Matt Hauser]]|AUS|2022}}
|}

;Women

{|{{MedalistTable|type=Games}}
|-
|2002 ({{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2002 Commonwealth Games#Women's competition}})
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Carol Montgomery]]|CAN|2002}} 
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Leanda Cave]]|WAL|2002}} 
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Nicole Hackett]]|AUS|2002}} 
|-
|2006 ({{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2006 Commonwealth Games#Women's competition}})
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Emma Snowsill]]|AUS|2006}} 
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Samantha Warriner]]|NZL|2006}} 
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Andrea Hewitt]]|NZL|2006}} 
|-
|2010 
|colspan=3 ''{{n/a|not held}}''
|-
|2014 ({{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's}})
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Jodie Stimpson]]|ENG|2014}} 
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Kirsten Sweetland]]|CAN|2014}}
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Vicky Holland]]|ENG|2014}}
|-
|2018 ({{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's}})
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Flora Duffy]]|BER|2018}}
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Jessica Learmonth]]|ENG|2018}}
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Joanna Brown]]|CAN|2018}}
|-
|2022 ({{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's}})
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Flora Duffy]]|BER|2022}}
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Georgia Taylor-Brown]]|ENG|2022}}
| {{flagCGFathlete|[[Beth Potter]]|SCO|2022}}
|}

;Mixed team

{|{{MedalistTable|type=Games}}
|-
|2014 {{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Mixed relay}}
|{{flagCGFteam|ENG|2014}}<br />[[Vicky Holland]]<br />[[Jonathan Brownlee]]<br />[[Jodie Stimpson]]<br />[[Alistair Brownlee]]
|{{flagCGFteam|RSA|2014}}<br />[[Kate Roberts (triathlete)|Kate Roberts]]<br />[[Henri Schoeman]]<br />[[Gillian Sanders]]<br />[[Richard Murray (triathlete)|Richard Murray]]
|{{flagCGFteam|AUS|2014}}<br />[[Emma Moffatt]]<br />[[Aaron Royle]]<br />[[Emma Jackson (triathlete)|Emma Jackson]]<br />[[Ryan Bailie]]
|-
| 2018 {{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Mixed relay}}
|{{flagCGFteam|AUS|2018}}<br />[[Gillian Backhouse]]<br />[[Matthew Hauser]]<br />[[Ashleigh Gentle]]<br />[[Jacob Birtwhistle]]
|{{flagCGFteam|ENG|2018}}<br />[[Vicky Holland]]<br />[[Jonny Brownlee]]<br />[[Jessica Learmonth]]<br />[[Alistair Brownlee]]
|{{flagCGFteam|NZL|2018}}<br />[[Nicole van der Kaay]]<br />[[Ryan Sissons]]<br />[[Andrea Hewitt]]<br />[[Tayler Reid]]
|-
|2022 ({{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Mixed relay}})
|{{flagCGFteam|ENG|2022}}<br />[[Alex Yee]]<br />[[Sophie Coldwell]]<br />[[Sam Dickinson (triathlete)|Sam Dickinson]] <br />[[Georgia Taylor-Brown]]
|{{flagCGFteam|WAL|2022}}<br />[[Iestyn Harrett]]<br/>[[Olivia Mathias]]<br/>[[Dominic Coy]]<br/>[[Non Stanford]]
|{{flagCGFteam|AUS|2022}}<br />[[Jacob Birtwhistle]]<br />[[Natalie van Coevorden]]<br />[[Matthew Hauser]]<br />[[Sophie Linn]]
|}

;Paratriathlon men

{|{{MedalistTable|type=Games}}
|-
| 2018 PTWC {{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's PTWC}}
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Joe Townsend]]|ENG|2018}}
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Nic Beveridge]]|AUS|2018}}
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Bill Chaffey (paratriathlete)|Bill Chaffey]]|AUS|2018}}
|-
| 2022 PTVI {{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's PTVI}}
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[David Ellis (paratriathlete)|David Ellis]]|ENG|2022}} <br /><small>pilot : Luke Pollard</small>
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Sam Harding (athlete)|Sam Harding]]|AUS|2022}}  <br /><small>pilot :  Luke Harvey </small>
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Jonathan Goerlach]]|AUS|2022}}   <br /><small>pilot :  David Mainwaring </small>
|}

;Paratriathlon women

{|{{MedalistTable|type=Games}}
|-
| 2018 PTWC {{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's PTWC}}
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Jade Jones-Hall|Jade Jones]]|ENG|2018}}
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Emily Tapp]]|AUS|2018}}
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Lauren Parker]]|AUS|2018}}
|-
| 2022 PTVI {{DetailsLink|Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's PTVI}}
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Katie Crowhurst]]|ENG|2022}} <br /><small> Guide: Jessica Fullagar</small>
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Chloe MacCombe]]|NIR|2022}}  <br /><small> Guide: Catherine A Sands</small>
|{{flagCGFathlete|[[Jessica Tuomela]]|AUS|2022}}  <br /><small> Guide: Emma Skaug</small>
|}

==All-time medal table==

{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagCGF
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_ENG = 9 | silver_ENG = 4 | bronze_ENG = 1
 | gold_AUS = 3 | silver_AUS = 5 | bronze_AUS = 8
 | gold_CAN = 2 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 2
 | gold_RSA = 1 | silver_RSA = 1 | bronze_RSA = 1
 | gold_BER = 2 | silver_BER = 0 | bronze_BER = 0
 | gold_NZL = 0 | silver_NZL = 3 | bronze_NZL = 3
 | gold_WAL = 0 | silver_WAL = 2 | bronze_WAL = 0
 | gold_NIR = 0 | silver_NIR = 1 | bronze_NIR = 0
 | gold_SCO = 0 | silver_SCO = 0 | bronze_SCO = 2
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090309055358/http://www.thecgf.com/sports/sports_index.asp Commonwealth Games sport index]

{{Commonwealth Games Sports}}
{{Commonwealth Games Triathlon}}

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