World Triathlon Champions - Elite Men
Updated: 19 Oct, 2023 04:14 pmThe World Triathlon Championship Series is the annual series of races used to crown an annual world champion. There are multiple rounds of races culminating in a Grand Final race, to cap the season. Athletes compete head-to-head for points in these races that will determine the overall world champion. The elite championship races are held over two distances: the standard and the sprint distance.
Prior to 2009, the world champion was formerly crowned in the ITU Triathlon World Championship, a single championship race that was held annually from 1989, the same year as the formation of the International Triathlon Union (ITU), to 2008.
In 2008, the day after the 2008 Men’s Olympic triathlon race, the ITU announced starting next year it would be replacing the single race world championship with a six-race World Championship points super series culminating in a Grand Final, it was to be called the World Championship Series.
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World Triathlon Champions - Elite Men
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pontevedra, ESP | Dorian Coninx (FRA) | Hayden Wilde (NZL) | Léo Bergere (FRA) |
| 2022 | Abu Dhabi, UAE | Léo Bergere (FRA) | Alex Yee (GBR) | Hayden Wilde (NZL) |
| 2021 | Edmonton, Canada | Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR) | Marten Van Riel (BEL) | Alex Yee (GBR) |
| 2020 | Hamburg, Germany | Vincent Luis (FRA) | Vasco Vilaça (POR) | Léo Bergere (FRA) |
| 2019 | Lausanne, Switzerland | Vincent Luis (FRA) | Mario Mola (ESP) | Javier Gómez Noya (ESP) |
| 2018 | Gold Coast, Australia | Mario Mola (ESP) (3) | Vincent Luis (FRA) | Jacob Birtwhistle (AUS) |
| 2017 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Mario Mola (ESP) (2) | Javier Gómez Noya (ESP) | Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR) |
| 2016 | Cozumel, Mexico | Mario Mola (ESP) | Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) | Fernando Alarza (ESP) |
| 2015 | Chicago, United States | Javier Gómez Noya (ESP) (5) | Mario Mola (ESP) | Vincent Luis (FRA) |
| 2014 | Edmonton, Canada | Javier Gómez Noya (ESP) (4) | Mario Mola (ESP) | Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) |
| 2013 | London, Great Britain | Javier Gómez Noya (ESP) (3) | Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) | Mario Mola (ESP) |
| 2012 | Auckland, New Zealand | Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) | Javier Gómez Noya (ESP) | Dmitry Polyanskiy (RUS) |
| 2011 | Beijing, China | Alistair Brownlee (GBR) (2) | Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) | Javier Gómez Noya (ESP) |
| 2010 | Budapest, Hungary | Javier Gómez Noya (ESP) (2) | Steffen Justus (GER) | Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) |
| 2009 | Gold Coast, Australia | Alistair Brownlee (GBR) | Javier Gómez Noya (ESP) | Maik Petzold (GER) |
ITU Triathlon World Champions - Elite Men
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Vancouver, Canada | Javier Gómez (ESP) | Bevan Docherty (NZL) | Reto Hug (SUI) |
| 2007 | Hamburg, Germany | Daniel Unger (GER) | Javier Gómez (ESP) | Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) |
| 2006 | Lausanne, Switzerland | Tim Don (GBR) | Hamish Carter (NZL) | Frédéric Belaubre (FRA) |
| 2005 | Gamagōri, Japan | Peter Robertson (AUS) (3) | Reto Hug (SUI) | Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) |
| 2004 | Madeira, Portugal | Bevan Docherty (NZL) | Iván Raña (ESP) | Dmitriy Gaag (KAZ) |
| 2003 | Queenstown, New Zealand | Peter Robertson (AUS) (2) | Iván Raña (ESP) | Olivier Marceau (SUI) |
| 2002 | Cancún, Mexico | Iván Raña (ESP) | Peter Robertson (AUS) | Andrew Johns (GBR) |
| 2001 | Edmonton, Canada | Peter Robertson (AUS) | Chris Hill (AUS) | Craig Watson (NZL) |
| 2000 | Perth, Australia | Olivier Marceau (FRA) | Peter Robertson (AUS) | Craig Walton (AUS) |
| 1999 | Montreal, Canada | Dmitriy Gaag (KAZ) | Simon Lessing (GBR) | Miles Stewart (AUS) |
| 1998 | Lausanne, Switzerland | Simon Lessing (GBR) (4) | Paul Amey (NZL) | Miles Stewart (AUS) |
| 1997 | Perth, Australia | Chris McCormack (AUS) | Hamish Carter (NZL) | Simon Lessing (GBR) |
| 1996 | Cleveland, United States | Simon Lessing (GBR) (3) | Luc Van Lierde (BEL) | Leandro Macedo (BRA) |
| 1995 | Cancún, Mexico | Simon Lessing (GBR) (2) | Brad Beven (AUS) | Ralf Eggert (GER) |
| 1994 | Wellington, New Zealand | Spencer Smith (GBR) (2) | Brad Beven (AUS) | Ralf Eggert (GER) |
| 1993 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Spencer Smith (GBR) | Simon Lessing (GBR) | Hamish Carter (NZL) |
| 1992 | Muskoka, Canada | Simon Lessing (GBR) | Rainer Müller-Hörner (GER) | Rob Barel (NED) |
| 1991 | Queensland, Australia | Miles Stewart (AUS) | Rick Wells (NZL) | Mike Pigg (USA) |
| 1990 | Orlando, United States | Greg Welch (AUS) | Brad Beven (AUS) | Stephen Foster (AUS) |
| 1989 | Avignon, France | Mark Allen (USA) | Glenn Cook (GBR) | Rick Wells (NZL) |