The 2011 ITU Triathlon World Cup was a series of triathlon races organised by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) for elite-level triathletes to be held during the 2011 season. For 2011, nine races were announced as part of the World Cup series. [1] The ninth and final race in Auckland, New Zealand, was added as a test race for the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final. [2] Each race was held over a distance of 1500 m swim, 40 km cycle, 10 km run (an Olympic-distance triathlon). Alongside a prize purse, points were awarded at each race contributing towards the overall 2011 ITU Triathlon World Championships point totals.
| Date | City | County | Prize purse (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27 | Mooloolaba |  Australia | 50,000 |
| Apr 27 | Ishigaki |  Japan | 50,000 |
| May 8 | Monterrey |  Mexico | 50,000 |
| Jul 10 | Edmonton |  Canada | 50,000 |
| Aug 14 | Tiszaújváros |  Hungary | 50,000 |
| Oct 9 | Huatulco | Mexico | 50,000 |
| Oct 15 | Tongyeong |  South Korea | 50,000 |
| Nov 6 | Guatapé |  Colombia | 50,000 |
| Nov 20 | Auckland |  New Zealand | 50,000 |
| Place | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time | |
 | Brad Kahlefeldt | Australia | 1:51:53 | Nicky Samuels | New Zealand | 2:03:13 |
 | Brendan Sexton | Australia | 1:51:55 | Emma Moffatt | Australia | 2:03:33 |
 | David Hauss |  France | 1:51:55 | Bárbara Riveros Díaz |  Chile | 2:03:56 |
| Source: [3] | ||||||
| Place | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time | |
| | Hunter Kemper |  United States | 1:50:30 | Bárbara Riveros Díaz | Chile | 2:01:57 |
| | Artem Parienko |  Russia | 1:50:48 | Aileen Morrison |  Ireland | 2:02:20 |
| | Marek Jaskolka |  Poland | 1:50:50 | Kiyomi Niwata | Japan | 2:03:34 |
| Source: [4] | ||||||
| Place | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time | |
| | Brendan Sexton | Australia | 1:46:56 | Sarah Haskins | United States | 1:57:15 |
| | Frédéric Belaubre | France | 1:47:06 | Ai Ueda | Japan | 1:57:21 |
| | Hunter Kemper | United States | 1:47:11 | Anne Haug |  Germany | 1:57:27 |
| Source: [5] | ||||||
| Place | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time | |
| | Bevan Docherty | New Zealand | 1:46:47 | Ashleigh Gentle | Australia | 2:00:14 |
| | Aurélien Lescure | France | 1:46:49 | Mateja Simic |  Slovenia | 2:01:06 |
| | Hunter Kemper | United States | 1:46:54 | Lisa Perterer |  Austria | 2:01:07 |
| Source: [6] | ||||||
| Place | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time | |
| | Brent McMahon | Canada | 1:48:16 | Gwen Jorgensen | United States | 1:59:54 |
| | Aaron Harris |  United Kingdom | 1:48:22 | Annamaria Mazzetti |  Italy | 2:00:02 |
| | Akos Vanek | Hungary | 1:48:43 | Irina Abysova | Russia | 2:00:18 |
| Source: [7] | ||||||
| Place | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time | |
| | Matt Chrabot | United States | 2:00:37 | Juri Ide | Japan | 2:12:52 |
| | Richard Murray |  South Africa | 2:00:50 | Annamaria Mazzetti | Italy | 2:13:39 |
| | Bruno Pais |  Portugal | 2:01:05 | Marina Damlaimcourt |  Spain | 2:13:52 |
| Source: [8] | ||||||
| Place | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time | |
| | Dmitry Polyanski | Russia | 1:49:33 | Jessica Harrison | France | 2:00:41 |
| | José Miguel Pérez | Spain | 1:49:49 | Aileen Morrison | Ireland | 2:01:09 |
| | Simon De Cuyper |  Belgium | 1:49:52 | Zuriñe Rodríguez | Spain | 2:01:18 |
| Source: [9] | ||||||
| Place | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time | |
| | Etienne Diemunsch | France | 57:15 | Carole Peon | France | 1:04:11 |
| | Crisanto Grajales | Mexico | 57:22 | Tomoko Sakimoto | Japan | 1:04:30 |
| | Tony Moulai | France | 57:26 | Zuriñe Rodríguez | Spain | 1:04:37 |
| Source: [10] | ||||||
Overnight rains in the region forced organizers to shorten the course from an Olympic distance event to a sprint distance event. [11]
| Place | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time | |
| | Kris Gemmell | New Zealand | 1:59:58 | Andrea Hewitt | New Zealand | 2:14:12 |
| | Bevan Docherty | New Zealand | 2:01:05 | Tomoko Sakimoto | Japan | 2:15:09 |
| | Ryan Fisher | New Zealand | 2:01:18 | Mariko Adachi | Japan | 2:15:22 |
| Source: [12] | ||||||
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