ITU Triathlon World Championships

The ITU Triathlon World Championships have been held annually since 1989, the same year as the formation of the International Triathlon Union – the world governing body of triathlon. The championship races for elite (adult) men and women was complemented with junior races from 1990 and with under-23 events from 2002.

The elite championship races are currently held over the standard (Olympic) distance of 1500 m mass-start open-water swim, 40 km draft-legal cycle and 10 km run.

Beginning with the 2009 racing season, the format of the ITU Triathlon World Championship was changed from a single championship race format to a series of world championship events culminating with a grand final race, branded as the World Triathlon Series. Men's and women's champions are determined through points accumulated over the course of the season.

Champions

Men's championship

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1989	Mark Allen (USA)	Glenn Cook (GBR)	Rick Wells (NZL)
1990	Greg Welch (AUS)	Brad Beven (AUS)	Stephen Foster (AUS)
1991	Miles Stewart (AUS)	Rick Wells (NZL)	Mike Pigg (USA)
1992	Simon Lessing (GBR)	Rainer Müller-Hörner (GER)	Rob Barel (NED)
1993	Spencer Smith (GBR)	Simon Lessing (GBR)	Hamish Carter (NZL)
1994	Spencer Smith (GBR) (2)	Brad Beven (AUS)	Ralf Eggert (GER)
1995	Simon Lessing (GBR) (2)	Brad Beven (AUS)	Ralf Eggert (GER)
1996	Simon Lessing (GBR) (3)	Luc Van Lierde (BEL)	Leandro Macedo (BRA)
1997	Chris McCormack (AUS)	Hamish Carter (NZL)	Simon Lessing (GBR)
1998	Simon Lessing (GBR) (4)	Paul Amey (NZL)	Miles Stewart (AUS)
1999	Dmitriy Gaag (KAZ)	Simon Lessing (GBR)	Miles Stewart (AUS)
2000	Olivier Marceau (FRA)	Peter Robertson (AUS)	Craig Walton (AUS)
2001	Peter Robertson (AUS)	Chris Hill (AUS)	Craig Watson (NZL)
2002	Iván Raña (ESP)	Peter Robertson (AUS)	Andrew Johns (GBR)
2003	Peter Robertson (AUS) (2)	Iván Raña (ESP)	Olivier Marceau (SUI)
2004	Bevan Docherty (NZL)	Iván Raña (ESP)	Dmitriy Gaag (KAZ)
2005	Peter Robertson (AUS) (3)	Reto Hug (SUI)	Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS)
2006	Tim Don (GBR)	Hamish Carter (NZL)	Frédéric Belaubre (FRA)
2007	Daniel Unger (GER)	Javier Gómez (ESP)	Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS)
2008	Javier Gómez (ESP)	Bevan Docherty (NZL)	Reto Hug (SUI)
2009	Alistair Brownlee (GBR)	Javier Gómez (ESP)	Maik Petzold (GER)
2010	Javier Gómez (ESP) (2)	Steffen Justus (GER)	Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS)
2011	Alistair Brownlee (GBR) (2)	Jonathan Brownlee (GBR)	Javier Gómez (ESP)
2012	Jonathan Brownlee (GBR)	Javier Gómez (ESP)	Dmitry Polyanskiy (RUS)

Women's championship

Australian Emma Snowsill captured the title on 3 different occasions.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1989	Erin Baker (NZL)	Jan Ripple (USA)	Laurie Samuelson (USA)
1990	Karen Smyers (USA)	Carol Montgomery (CAN)	Joy Hansen (USA)
1991	Joanne Ritchie (CAN)	Terri Smith (CAN)	Michellie Jones (AUS)
1992	Michellie Jones (AUS)	Joanne Ritchie (CAN)	Melissa Mantak (USA)
1993	Michellie Jones (AUS)	Karen Smyers (USA)	Joanne Ritchie (CAN)
1994	Emma Carney (AUS)	Anette Pedersen (DEN)	Sarah Harrow (NZL)
1995	Karen Smyers (USA)	Jackie Gallagher (AUS)	Joy Leutner (USA)
1996	Jackie Gallagher (AUS)	Emma Carney (AUS)	Carol Montgomery (CAN)
1997	Emma Carney (AUS)	Jackie Gallagher (AUS)	Michellie Jones (AUS)
1998	Joanne King (AUS)	Michellie Jones (AUS)	Evelyn Williamson (NZL)
1999	Loretta Harrop (AUS)	Jackie Gallagher (AUS)	Emma Carney (AUS)
2000	Nicole Hackett (AUS)	Carol Montgomery (CAN)	Michellie Jones (AUS)
2001	Siri Lindley (USA)	Michellie Jones (AUS)	Joanna Zeiger (USA)
2002	Leanda Cave (GBR)	Barbara Lindquist (USA)	Michelle Dillon (GBR)
2003	Emma Snowsill (AUS)	Laura Bennett (USA)	Michellie Jones (AUS)
2004	Sheila Taormina (USA)	Loretta Harrop (AUS)	Laura Bennett (USA)
2005	Emma Snowsill (AUS)	Annabel Luxford (AUS)	Laura Bennett (USA)
2006	Emma Snowsill (AUS)	Vanessa Fernandes (POR)	Felicity Abram (AUS)
2007	Vanessa Fernandes (POR)	Emma Snowsill (AUS)	Laura Bennett (USA)
2008	Helen Tucker (GBR)	Sarah Haskins (USA)	Samantha Warriner (NZL)
2009	Emma Moffatt (AUS)	Lisa Nordén (SWE)	Andrea Hewitt (NZL)
2010	Emma Moffatt (AUS)	Nicola Spirig (SUI)	Lisa Nordén (SWE)
2011	Helen Jenkins (GBR)	Andrea Hewitt (NZL)	Sarah Groff (USA)
2012	Lisa Nordén (SWE)	Anne Haug (GER)	Andrea Hewitt (NZL)

Venues

Year	Date	Location
1989	6 August	Avignon, France
1990	15 September	Orlando, FL, United States
1991	13 October	Queensland, Australia
1992	12 September	Muskoka, Canada
1993	22 August	Manchester, United Kingdom
1994	27 November	Wellington, New Zealand
1995	12 November	Cancún, Mexico
1996	24 August	Cleveland, OH, United States
1997	16 November	Perth, WA, Australia
1998	30 August	Lausanne, Switzerland
1999	12 September	Montreal, Canada
2000	30 April	Perth, WA, Australia
2001	22 July	Edmonton, Canada
2002	9–10 November	Cancún, Mexico
2003	6–7 December	Queenstown, New Zealand
2004	9 May	Madeira, Portugal
2005	10–11 September	Gamagōri, Japan
2006	2–3 September	Lausanne, Switzerland
2007	30 August–2 September	Hamburg, Germany
2008	5–8 June	Vancouver, Canada

World Triathlon Series Grand Final locations from 2009

Year	Date	Location
2009	9–13 September	Gold Coast, Australia
2010	8–12 September	Budapest, Hungary
2011	10–11 September	Beijing, China
2012	20–21 October	Auckland, New Zealand
2013	14–15 September	London, Great Britain

World Triathlon Series locations from 2009

Country	City	Year
		2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Australia	Gold Coast	GF
	Sydney		•	•	•
Austria	Kitzbühel	•	•	•	•	•
China	Beijing			GF
Germany	Hamburg	•	•	•	•	•
Great Britain	London	•	•	•		GF
Hungary	Budapest		GF
Japan	Yokohama	•		•	•	•
New Zealand	Auckland				GF	•
Spain	Madrid	•	•	•	•	•
South Korea	Seoul		•
	Tongyeong	•
Sweden	Stockholm				•	•
Switzerland	Lausanne			•
United States	Washington, D.C.	•
	San Diego				•	•

GF = Grand Final

See also

• International Triathlon Union
• ITU Triathlon World Cup
• ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships
• ITU Duathlon World Championships
• ITU Aquathlon World Championships

References

• "ITU Statistics & History". International Triathlon Union. Retrieved 2008-11-05.