Triathlon at the Island Games explained

Triathlon is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies. Men's and Women's triathlons were included in the Games for the first time in the Isle of Man, in 2001. Not every Games has included a triathlon competition.

Distances! !!Swimming!!Non-Drafting

Cycling!!Running

Standard (individual)	1500 m	40 km	10 km
Relay (each team member)	400 m	6 km	1.5 km^[1]

Events

Event											XIX 2023
Men's	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Women's	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Men's team	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Women's team	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Team Relay											X

Top medalists

Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Men's individual	4		11
Women's individual	3		9
Team events	12		14

Men's individual

Games	Year	Host
			Gold	width=10%	Time	Silver	width=10%	Time	Bronze	width=10%	Time
IX	2001	Isle of Man	Jersey Paul Clements	2:00:25	Jersey James Amy	2:01:25	IOW Chris Volley	2:03:59
X	2003	Guernsey	IOW Chris Volley	1:57:36	Gibraltar Christopher Walker	2:00:19	Jersey Paul Clements	2:01:37
XII	2007	Rhodes	Jersey Paul Clements	2:01:08	Jersey Daniel Halksworth	2:03:11	Jersey Scott Pitcher	2:04:34
XV	2013	Bermuda	Bobby Oag^[2]	2:00:04	Faroe Islands Gudmundur Joensen	2:01:17	Shetland Islands Peter Fenwick	2:01:31
XVI	2015	Jersey	Jersey Daniel Halksworth^[3]	1:57:09.84	Guernsey James Travers	2:02:22.49	Jersey Tom Perchard	2:04:43.69
XVII	2017			1:45:00.2		1:46:46.9		1:46:59.9
XVIII	2019			2:03:51		2:05:22		2:06:00
XIX	2023		^[4]	1:52:42		1:55:08		1:55:19

Women's individual

Games	Year	Host
			Gold	width=10%	Time	Silver	width=10%	Time	Bronze	width=10%	Time
IX	2001	IOM	Jersey Melissa Messervy	2:18:37	Jersey Natasha Abels	2:25:38	Jersey Samantha Kemp	2:27:27
X	2003	Guernsey	Jersey Melissa Messervy	2:10:49	Guernsey Gail Merrien	2:16:41	Cayman Islands Andrea Kilam	2:20:44
XII	2007	Rhodes	Guernsey Sam Herridge^[5]	2:16:04	Guernsey Gail Merrien	2:19:28	Faroe Islands Anna Karina Ottosen	2:21:02
XV	2013	Bermuda	Western Isles Kerry MacPhee	2:10:52	Shetland Islands Lynsey Henderson	2:18:57	Bermuda Laurie Orchard	2:19:39
XVI	2015	Jersey	Faroe Islands Karina Ottosen	2:16:48.10	Jersey Joanne Gorrod	2:19:34.60	Jersey Samantha Lee	2:19:47.95
XVII	2017	Gotland	Jersey Joanne Gorrod	1:59:43.3	Faroe Islands Karina Ottosen	2:02:14.5	Jersey Melissa Messervy-Gross	2:02:35.2
XVIII	2019			2:31:27		2:32:56		2:36:59
XIX	2023			2:15:24		2:19:44		2:22:59

Men's team

Games	Year	Host
			Gold	width=10%	Time	Silver	width=10%	Time	Bronze	width=10%	Time
IX	2001	Isle of Man		6:12:30		6:32:39		6:34:14
X	2003	Guernsey		6:14:53		6:26:24		6:27:25
XII	2007	Rhodes		6:08:53		6:23:41		6:38:54
XV	2013	Bermuda		6:20:55		6:22:26		6:29:24
XVI	2015	Jersey		6:09:05		6:18:32		6:23:55
XVII	2017			5:26:03.10		5:29:04.70		5:34:35.30
XVIII	2019			6:29:48		6:33:16		6:42:21
XIX	2023			6:02:05		6:04:59		6:07:02

Women's team

Games	Year	Host
			Gold	width=10%	Time	Silver	width=10%	Time	Bronze	width=10%	Time
IX	2001	Isle of Man		4:44:15		5:02:51
X	2003	Guernsey		4:36:30		4:39:32		4:52:23
XII	2007	Rhodes		4:35:32	Faroe Islands	4:42:24		4:51:38
XV	2013	Bermuda		4:34:17		4:43:55		4:44:43
XVI	2015	Jersey		4:39:23		4:52:51		4:57:42
XVII	2017			6:12:13.20		6:29:22.60		6:54:09.30
XVIII	2019			7:57:24		8:00:19		8:30:26
XIX	2023			7:03:47		7:29:08		7:34:53

Team relay

Games	Year	Host
			Gold	width=10%	Time	Silver	width=10%	Time	Bronze	width=10%	Time
XIX	2023		valign=top		01:06:16	valign=top		01:09:05	valign=top		01:09:39

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Island Games Association The Sports and Sports By-Laws . IIGA.
2. http://www.natwestislandgames2013results.com/Sports/TRIATHLON/default.aspx?SportID=19&EventID=199 natwestislandgames2013results.com
3. https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/triathlon/33300243 BBC.com - Island Games 2015: Jersey's Dan Halksworth takes triathlon gold
4. Web site: Our future's so bright, we gotta wear shades . 10 July 2023.
5. Web site: Sam still learning . 9 August 2007 . Guernsey Press.