| Mixed relay Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games | |
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| Venue | Strathclyde Country Park |
| Date | 26 July 2014 |
| Competitors | 36 from 9 nations |
| Winning time | 1:13:24 |
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The mixed relay triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games program. The competition was held on 26 July 2014 at Strathclyde Country Park in Glasgow. This was the first time the event has been held at the Commonwealth Games.
Each team consisted of four athletes (two male and two female) and each had to cover a course of 250 metres (0.16 mi) swimming, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) road bicycling, and 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) road running. [1]
| Rank | Team | Triathletes | Individual Time | Total time [2] |
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 |  England (ENG) | Vicky Holland Jonathan Brownlee Jodie Stimpson Alistair Brownlee | 18:59 17:29 19:20 17:36 | 1:13:24 |
 |  South Africa (RSA) | Kate Roberts Henri Schoeman Gillian Sanders Richard Murray | 19:24 17:29 19:18 18:02 | 1:14:13 |
 |  Australia (AUS) | Emma Moffatt Aaron Royle Emma Jackson Ryan Bailie | 19:29 17:22 19:17 18:04 | 1:14:14 |
| 4 |  Canada (CAN) | Kirsten Sweetland Matthew Sharpe Sarah-Anne Brault Andrew Yorke | 18:54 17:58 19:19 18:06 | 1:14:17 |
| 5 |  New Zealand (NZL) | Andrea Hewitt Tony Dodds Nicky Samuels Ryan Sissons | 18:59 17:45 19:13 18:45 | 1:14:42 |
| 6 |  Northern Ireland (NIR) | Aileen Reid Conor Murphy Eimear Mullan Russell White | 18:59 17:48 20:14 18:51 | 1:15:52 |
| 7 |  Scotland (SCO) | Natalie Milne Grant Sheldon Seonaid Thompson David McNamee | 19:24 18:27 21:11 18:48 | 1:17:50 |
| 8 |  Wales (WAL) | Carol Bridge Liam Lloyd Holly Lawrence Morgan Davies | 20:21 18:37 19:54 19:01 | 1:17:53 |
| 9 |  Mauritius (MRI) | Fabienne St Louis Boris Toulet Emilie Ng Foong Po Boris De Chazal | 21:11 20:00 22:12 21:38 | 1:25:01 |
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