| Women'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 women'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]
| Rank | Triathlete | Nationality | Class | Comp | Swimming | T1 | Cycling | T2 | Running | Total time | Diff |
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 | Jade Jones |  England | PTWC2 | 3:58 | 13:10 | 1:22 | 38:05 | 0:53 | 13:39 | 1:11:07 | - |
 | Emily Tapp |  Australia | PTWC1 | 0:00 | 14:10 | 2:08 | 41:14 | 0:49 | 14:35 | 1:12:56 | +1:49 |
 | Lauren Parker | Australia | PTWC1 | 0:00 | 13:31 | 1:50 | 38:51 | 0:58 | 18:38 | 1:13:48 | +2:41 |
| 4 | Karen Darke |  Scotland | PTWC1 | 0:00 | 17:53 | 1:55 | 38:56 | 1:02 | 16:51 | 1:16:37 | +5:30 |
| 5 | Lizzie Tench | England | PTWC2 | 3:58 | 14:10 | 2:01 | 41:58 | 1:18 | 16:39 | 1:20:04 | +8:57 |
| 6 | Sara Tait | Australia | PTWC1 | 0:00 | 17:51 | 1:37 | 45:22 | 1:15 | 17:27 | 1:23:32 | +12:25 |
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