The 2026 World Triathlon Championship Series is the 18th season of the World Triathlon Championship Series, the top level international series for triathlon, since its establishment in 2009, and will crown the 38th official World Triathlon Champion for both men and women since the first was crowned in 1989. The defending champions were Matthew Hauser of Australia and Lisa Tertsch of Germany.
The season consists of nine pairs of triathlon races for both a men's and women's competition, beginning on 14 April in Samarkand, and concluding on 27 September with the grand final in Pontevedra, Spain. A tenth race, the opening WTCS Abu Dhabi event was postponed due to the conflict in the middle East and adverse weather conditions.
The WTCS Abu Dhabi event was eventually rescheduled for after the Pontevedra Grand final, and so does not form part of this years overall world championship. It however remains a 'Championship Series' event for 2026, with identical ranking points and prize money, and will be held alongside the final WTCS mixed relay event for 2026, and the World Triathlon Multisports Championships..
The World Champion is decided on a cumulative points basis, with the sum of their three best points scores, plus their score in Pontevedra, deciding the series rankings, medallists and champions. In addition, points were available on a reduced scale for results in the relevant continental championship where it is held.
The Grand Final incorporates the 2026 World Triathlon Para Championships for elite para triathletes, the World championships in elite age-group classes (junior and under-23) and a number of amateur age-group championships in triathlon and aquabike.
2026 World Triathlon Championship Series summary
All standard distance races unless specified.
Men
World Triathlon Championship Series EventsSamarkand April 25 Yokohama May 16 Alghero May 30 Quiberon June 20 (sprint) Hamburg July 11 (sprint) London July 25 (sprint) WeihaiAugust 29 Karlovy VarySeptember 14 Pontevedra : Grand FinalSeptember 27 Abu Dhabi : rescheduledNovember 13 Continental championshipsEuropean ChampionshipsTarragona June 13 Americas ChampionshipsAntofagasta July 4 Asian GamesGamagōri September 20 African ChampionshipsAntofagasta October 10 Oceania ChampionshipsDevenport March 14 Overall World Championship
Women
All standard distance races unless specified.
World Triathlon Championship Series EventsSamarkand 25 April Yokohama May 16 Alghero May 30 Quiberon June 21 (sprint) Hamburg July 11 (sprint) London July 25 (sprint) WeihaiAugust 29 Karlovy VarySeptember 14 Pontevedra : Grand FinalSeptember 27 Abu Dhabi : rescheduledNovember 13 Continental championshipsEuropean ChampionshipsTarragona June 13 Americas ChampionshipsAntofagasta July 4 Asian GamesGamagōri September 20African ChampionshipsHurghada October 10 Oceania ChampionshipsDevenport March 14 Overall World Championship
Race results
Men
Key: OD - Olympic distance: SD - Sprint distance
Samarkand OD Rank Athlete Time 1:43:33 1:43:37 1:43:41 4 1:43:47 5 1:43:50 6 1:43:52 7 1:43:55 8 1:44:08 9 1:44:32 10 1:44:39
Quiberon SD Rank Athlete Time 53:16 53:17 53:19 4 53:30 5 53:31 6 53:32 7 53:32 8 53:36 9 53:38 10 53:39
Weihei OD Rank Athlete Time 1:41:08 1:41:18 1:41:25 4 1:41:41 5 1:41:54 6 1:41:55 7 1:41:59 8 1:42:02 9 1:42:08 10 1:42:10
Yokohama OD Rank Athlete Time 1:38:48 1:39:08 1:39:16 4 1:39:21 5 1:39:32 6 1:40:29 7 1:40:31 8 1:40:48 9 1:40:59 10 1:41:01
Hamburg SD Rank Athlete Time 50:07 50:10 50:15 4 50:19 5 50:20 6 50:24 7 50:27 8 50:32 9 50:33 10 50:37
Karlovy Vary OD Rank Athlete Time 1:50:50 1:51:00 1:51:07 4 1:51:18 5 1:51:47 6 1:51:55 7 1:51:56 8 1:51:58 9 1:52:03 10 1:52:12
Alghero OD Rank Athlete Time 1:45:16 1:45:35 1:45:45 4 1:45:46 5 1:45:49 6 1:45:50 7 1:45:53 8 1:46:04 9 1:46:14 10 1:46:18
London SD Rank Athlete Time 50:28 50:31 50:36 4 50:45 5 50:53 6 50:53 7 50:55 8 50:57 9 50:59 10 51:03
Grand Final Pontevedra OD Rank Athlete Time 1:39:31 1:39:31 1:39:35 4 1:39:36 5 1:40:26 6 1:40:36 7 1:40:38 8 1:40:55 9 1:41:07 10 1:41:08
Women
Key: OD - Olympic distance: SD - Sprint distance
Samarkand OD Rank Athlete Time 1:53:17 1:53:26 1:54:20 4 1:54:32 5 1:54:53 6 1:55:05 7 1:55:05 8 1:55:09 9 1:55:16 10 1:55:21
Quiberon SD Rank Athlete Time 58:29 58:37 58:42 4 58:51 5 58:57 6 59:01 7 59:04 8 59:07 9 59:09 10 59:12
Weihei OD Rank Athlete Time 1:49:20 1:49:26 1:49:44 4 1:50:33 5 1:50:36 6 1:50:44 7 1:50:55 8 1:50:58 9 1:51:02 10 1:51:25
Yokohama OD Rank Athlete Time 1:50:13 1:50:15 1:50:36 4 1:51:02 5 1:51:05 6 1:51:09 7 1:51:18 8 1:51:38 9 1:51:44 10 1:51:46
Hamburg SD Rank Athlete Time 55:51 55:56 56:03 4 56:05 5 56:08 6 56:15 7 56:18 8 56:19 9 56:19 10 56:23
Karlovy Vary OD Rank Athlete Time 2:03:05 2:03:41 2:04:33 4 2:05:06 5 2:05:21 6 2:05:31 7 2:05:37 8 2:05:42 9 2:06:04 10 2:06:21
Alghero OD Rank Athlete Time 1:53:49 1:53:53 1:53:58 4 1:54:09 5 1:54:16 6 1:54:40 7 1:54:51 8 1:55:20 9 1:55:33 10 1:55:45
London SD Rank Athlete Time 56:06 56:11 56:21 4 56:26 5 56:28 6 56:32 7 56:33 8 56:36 9 56:42 10 56:43
Grand Final Pontevedra OD Rank Athlete Time 1:50:52 1:51:57 1:52:23 4 1:52:55 5 1:53:05 6 1:53:10 7 1:53:21 8 1:53:47 9 1:53:52 10 1:54:08
Overall points totals
Men Final points Rank Athlete Points 5006.25 4745.76 4071.45 4 3865.28 5 3152.18 6 3089.57 7 2771.61 8 2743.48 9 2495.46 10 2494.17 11 2449.18 12 2420.92 13 2407.03 14 2401.44 15 2388.20 16 2307.64 17 2196.38 18 2057.15 19 2010.59 20 1966.67
Women Final points: Rank Athlete Points 5250 4764.32 4302.08 4 4231.21 5 4113.45 6 3879.42 7 3601.39 8 3601.19 9 3205.07 10 3118.31 11 2732.93 12 2645.97 13 2521.55 14 2272.15 15 2245.61 16 2119.26 17 1928.24 18 1926.17 19 1891.78 20 1855.18
Mixed relay Mixed relay events were held for elite athletes as part of the Championship Series. The event in Hamburg was designated the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships. Quiberon June 21 Léonie PériaultYanis SeguinEmma LombardiDorian Coninx Bianca SeregniNicola Azzano Carlotta MissagliaEuan de Nigro Ana CarballoPelayo GonzálezMarta PintanelIzan Edo Aguilar Hamburg : World ChampionshipsJuly 12 Léonie PériaultTom RichardEmma LombardiDorian Coninx Márta KropkóMárk DévayFanni SzalaiCsonger Lehmann Beth PotterMax StapleyJessica FullagarOliver ConwayAbu Dhabi November 14
List of 2026 World Championship podiums
The following is a list of all the World Championship medalists (not including para-triathlon; see below) crowned on the various legs of the World Triathlon Championship series up to and including Pontevedra. The majority of those disciplines outside the elite men's and women's events are decided in single championship races in Pontevedra. The Elite mixed relay world championship was held at the Hamburg leg of the World Triathlon Championship series. While three of the Championship Series legs were in sprint format, no specific Elite sprint distance championship was designated in 2026.
The championships awarded alongside the WTCS Abu Dhabi event are set out further below.
Elite EliteMen's individualSeason long Women's individualSeason long Under-23Men's individual Women's individual JuniorMen's individual Women's individual Mixed relayElite Léonie PériaultTom RichardEmma LombardiDorian Coninx Márta KropkóMárk DévayFanni SzalaiCsonger Lehmann Beth PotterMax StapleyJessica FullagarOliver ConwayU-23/Junior
Medal table
2026 World Triathlon Para Championships
The 2026 World Triathlon Para Championships, a series of single event championship races to crown world champions from para-triathlon will be held on 25 (individual) and 27 (mixed relay) September 2026 as part of the series of events around the 2026 World Triathlon Championship Series Grand Final in Pontevedra, Spain.
Medalists Men'sPTWC PTS2 PTS3 PTS4 PTS5 PTVI Women'sPTWC PTS2 PTS3 PTS4 PTS5 PTVI Mixed relay Mixed Para Relay Kendall GretschCarson CloughGrace NormanOwen Cravens Lauren ParkerMatthew EngesserMaggie SandlesJack Howell Jessica FerreiraRuta Goncalves Silva*Erica da Rosa Rodriguez *ran two stages
Result summary (top ten only) Men
PTWC Rank Athlete Time (H1) 1:02:33 (H2) 1:03:28 (H1) 1:04:36 4 (H2) 1:05:42 5 (H1) 1:06:04 6 (H1) 1:06:45 7 (H2) 1:12:13 8 (H1) 1:14:31 9 (H1) 1:15:18 - (H1) DNF
PTS2 Rank Athlete Time 1:12:27 1:12:41 1:13:14 4 1:15:38 5 1:17:13 6 1:17:41 7 1:21:38 8 1:25:21 9 1:32:07 10 1:35:24
PTS3 Rank Athlete Time 1:07:17 1:09:11 1:10:13 4 1:10:16 5 1:10:25 6 1:11:04 7 1:15:05 8 1:15:36 9 1:20:23
PTS4 Rank Athlete Time 59:54 1:00:07 1:00:17 4 1:02:00 5 1:05:41 6 1:05:50 7 1:06:13 8 1:06:24 9 1:07:02 10 1:08:29
PTS5 Rank Athlete Time 1:00:06 1:00:22 1:00:26 4 1:00:32 5 1:01:04 6 1:01:28 7 1:02:59 8 1:03:23 9 1:04:45 10 1:05:14
PTVI Rank Athlete Time B3 1:00:37 (B1) 1:00:56 (B1) 1:01:13 4 (B2) 1:01:20 5 (B3) 1:01:30 6 (B2) 1:02:08 7 (B3) 1:03:02 8 (B3) 1:03:16 9 (B3) 1:05:10 10 (B3) 1:07:36
Women
PTWC Rank Athlete Time (H1) 1:10:13 (H2) 1:11:18 (H1) 1:11:25 4 (H1) 1:14:23 5 (H1) 1:16:21 6 (H1) 1:16:41 7 (H1) 1:17:59
PTS2 Rank Athlete Time 1:19:37 1:22:07 1:23:45 4 1:28:18 5 1:28:27 6 1:29:59 7 1:32:50 8 1:36:27
PTS3 Rank Athlete Time 1:21:30 1:23:47 1:25:42 4 1:26:47 5 1:32:29
PTS4 Rank Athlete Time 1:15:34 1:18:04 1:19:27 4 1:19:58 5 1:20:26 6 1:22:39 7 1:24:05 8 1:35:14 - DSQ - DSQ
PTS5 Rank Athlete Time 1:08:19 1:10:00 1:10:29 4 1:12:36 5 1:13:09 6 1:13:35 7 1:14:42 8 1:15:51 9 1:17:38
PTVI Rank Athlete Time (B1) 1:06:37 (B3) 1:08:30 (B3) 1:09:44 4 (B1) 1:10:03 5 (B3) 1:10:08 6 (B3) 1:10:37 7 (B3) 1:12:29 8 (B1) 1:19:20 9 (B3) 1:19:35 10 1:21:10
Mixed relay
Medal table
2026 World Triathlon Junior and Under-23 Finals
(top ten only)
Junior
Both junior races were over the sprint distance.
Men Rank Athlete Overall time Gap 54:05 - 54:07 + 2 54:17 + 12 4 54:19 + 14 5 54:20 + 15 6 54:28 + 23 7 54:34 + 29 8 54:40 + 35 9 54:42 + 37 10 54:44 + 39
Women Rank Athlete Overall time Gap 59:21 - 59:58 + 37 1:00:39 + 1:18 4 1:00:54 + 1:33 5 1:00:58 + 1:37 6 1:01:06 + 1:45 7 1:01:14 + 1:53 8 1:01:20 + 1:59 9 1:01:27 + 2:06 10 1:01:45 + 2:24
Under-23
Both under-23 races were over the standard Olympic distance.
Men Rank Athlete Overall time Gap 1:46:01 - 1:46:22 + 21 1:46:24 + 23 4 1:46:30 + 29 5 1:46:34 + 33 6 1:46:37 + 36 7 1:47:02 + 1:01 8 1:47:07 + 1:06 9 1:47:15 + 1:14 10 1:47:16 + 1:15
Women Rank Athlete Overall time Gap 1:58:11 - 1:59:26 + 1:15 2:01:06 + 2:55 4 2:01:23 + 3:12 5 2:01:30 + 3:19 6 2:01:39 + 3:28 7 2:01:46 + 3:35 8 2:01:54 + 3:43 9 2:02:21 + 4:10 10 2:02:22 + 4:11
Jr-U23 Mixed relay Rank Team Time Team France 1:07:45 Team Hungary 1:07:59 Team Spain 1:08:09 4 Team Great Britain 1:08:18 5 Team Australia 1:08:32 6 Team Germany 1:08:38 7 Team United States 1:08:48 8 Team Belgium 1:09:55 9 Team Switzerland 1:10:04 10 Team Poland 1:10:16
2026 World Triathlon and Aquabike Age-group Championships
The following list is of the age-group champions crowned in sprint triathlon, standard triathlon and aquabike at World Triathlon Championship Series events at the Grand Final at Ponteverda. Elite junior and under-23 championship races held outside the WTCS format, and the Para-triathlon World Championship races are not included.
The men's races were redesignated 'Open' races to enhance inclusivity.
Triathlon Sprint : 24 September; Standard : 26 September Age-grade Open standard Women's standard Open sprint Women's sprint Pontevedra, 16-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89
Aquabike Standard : 26 September Age-grade Open standard Women's standard Pontevedra, 16-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89
Mixed relay
Mixed Relay : 27 September