Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's explained

Event:	Women's Triathlon
Games:	2014
Venue:	Strathclyde Country Park
Date:	24 July 2014
Competitors:	24
Nations:	12
Gold:	Jodie Stimpson
Goldcga:	ENG
Silver:	Kirsten Sweetland
Silvercga:	CAN
Bronze:	Vicky Holland
Bronzecga:	ENG
Win Value:	1:58:56
Prev:	2006
Next:	2018

The women's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games program. The competition was held on 24 July 2014 at Strathclyde Country Park in Glasgow.

Competition format

The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of 1500m (4,900feet) swimming, 40km (30miles) road bicycling, and 10km (10miles) road running.^[1]

Results

A total of 24 athletes participated.^[2] Jodie Stimpson won the gold medal.^[3]

Rank		Triathlete	Swimming	Cycling	Running	Total time^[4]	Difference
	1		19:37	1:04:01	34:21	1:58:56	-
	6		19:53	1:03:41	34:26	1:59:01	+0:05
	10		19:35	1:04:00	34:37	1:59:11	+0:15
4	2		19:47	1:03:44	34:51	1:59:25	+0:29
5	4		19:57	1:03:39	34:58	1:59:34	+0:38
6	5		19:39	1:03:57	35:11	1:59:46	+0:50
7	3		19:43	1:03:50	36:55	2:01:31	+2:35
8	18		19:45	1:03:52	37:40	2:02:18	+3:22
9	8		20:24	1:06:14	35:43	2:03:24	+4:28
10	9		19:39	1:03:55	39:16	2:03:52	+4:56
11	15		19:33	1:04:03	40:36	2:05:13	+6:17
12	14		20:23	1:06:10	38:40	2:06:20	+7:24
13	12		20:59	1:10:41	38:19	2:11:01	+12:05
14	17		19:49	1:11:48	39:04	2:11:45	+12:49
15	26		22:55	1:14:15	42:57	2:21:14	+22:18
16	20		24:07	1:13:05	43:43	2:22:00	+23:04
	11		20:59	1:10:40	Did not finish
	16		19:51	Did not finish
	22		24:08
	30		27:37
	28		Did not finish
	23
	27
	24		Did not finish

Notes and References

1. Web site: Triathlon. Glasgow 2014 Ltd. 22 February 2014.
2. Web site: Elite Women Start List. International Triathlon Union. 15 July 2014.
3. News: Stimpson captures triathlon gold. BBC Sport.
4. http://www.triathlon.org/uploads/events/CWG2014ResultsFemale.pdf Official results