Triathlon at the Commonwealth Games

Triathlon is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It was first granted Commonwealth Games sport status in 2002. It is an optional sport which may, or may not, be included in each competition's sporting programme.

At the 1990 Commonwealth Games at Auckland, the Triathlon was a demonstration event; won by Erin Baker (women) and Rick Wells (men), both from New Zealand.[1]

Editions

Games Year Host city Host country Best nation
XVII 2002 Manchester  England Canada
XVIII 2006 Melbourne, Victoria  Australia Australia
XX 2014 Glasgow  Scotland England

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2014 Commonwealth Games

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 England 3 1 1 5
2 Australia 2 1 3 6
3 Canada 2 1 0 3
4 New Zealand 0 2 2 4
5 South Africa 0 1 1 2
6 Wales 0 1 0 1
Total 7 7 7 21

References

  1. ↑ Triathlon. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-27.

External links

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