| Men's PTWC triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Southport Broadwater Parklands | |||||||||
| Date | 7 April 2018 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 6 from 3 nations | |||||||||
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| Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | |||
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The men's PTWC triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games program. The competition was held on 7 April 2018 in the Southport Broadwater Parklands.
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Saturday 7 April 2018 | 09:31 | Race |
The race was held over the "sprint distance" and consisted of swimming, road bicycling, and road running. [1] As the event included multiple para-sport classifications, a 'compensation' time system was used, with athletes in more restricted classifications beginning the event a factored time period ahead of other athletes to create fair competition.
| Rank | Triathlete | Nationality | Class | Comp | Swimming | T1 | Cycling | T2 | Running | Total time | Diff |
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 | Joe Townsend |  England | PTWC2 | 3:00 | 12:32 | 1:08 | 31:55 | 0:36 | 13:28 | 1:02:39 | - |
 | Nic Beveridge |  Australia | PTWC1 | 0:00 | 11:10 | 1:44 | 35:40 | 1:05 | 13:49 | 1:03:28 | +0:49 |
 | Bill Chaffey | Australia | PTWC2 | 3:00 | 10:55 | 1:36 | 35:20 | 0:45 | 12:37 | 1:04:13 | +1:34 |
| 4 | Mark Conway | England | PTWC1 | 0:00 | 12:00 | 1:37 | 38:23 | 0:47 | 13:30 | 1:06:17 | +3:38 |
| 5 | Scott Crowley | Australia | PTWC2 | 3:00 | 11:49 | 1:37 | 36:24 | 0:56 | 14:48 | 1:08:34 | +5:55 |
| 6 | David Kerr |  Northern Ireland | PTWC1 | 0:00 | 12:44 | 1:59 | 39:56 | 1:15 | 16:36 | 1:12:30 | +9:51 |
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