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Chapter 9

Prizes And Awards

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9.1 Prize Money p. 72

a.) General Rules:

  • (i) Prize money for the World Triathlon Events shall be distributed equally between men and women in both amount and depth, according to the World Triathlon Prize Money Percentage Breakdown, as outlined in Appendix H;
  • (ii) Prize money will be paid regardless of the points cut-off percentage time of the winner.

9.2 Awards p. 72

  • a.) Athletes or team members who place first, second or third at any event will be awarded an official podium medal (gold, silver, bronze);
  • b.) In addition, teams may receive a medal and/or trophy for first, second and third positions.

9.3 Prizes, Points and Awards in combined events/categories p. 72

  • a.) In case of events which take place together or different categories competing together in the same wave, the awards, prize money and points will be distributed as follows:
Events taking place together: Awards (medals) to: Prize money to: Points to:
Elite and U23 - Elite awards for all athletes - U23 awards for U23 athletes - Overall - Overall
Elite, U23 and Junior - Elite awards for all athletes - U23 awards for U23 athletes - Junior awards for Junior athletes - Overall - Overall
U23 and Junior - U23 awards for U23 athletes - Junior awards for Junior athletes - Overall - Overall
All categories - Elite awards for all athletes - Categories awards per categories - Overall - Overall
Triathlon Continental Championships with athletes from other continents - Award for the athletes from the continent - All are eligible - Athletes from the continent
Multisport Continental Championships with athletes from other - Award for the athletes from the continent - All are eligible - Overall
Continental Cups - Overall - Overall - World Triathlon points: overall
- Continental points: Athletes from the continent
  • b.) Following the Continental Confederation approval, athletes from other continents can participate in Continental Championships provided that the competition is not full with the athletes from the host continent. In this case, points and medals are going to athletes from the host continent, but prize money is distributed to the athletes in the overall results. The exceptions to this paragraph are the Duathlon and Long-distance Triathlon Continental Championships that are part of the World Series as well: in this case points are distributed to the overall results.