Top medalists
| Gold Medals | Total Medals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No: | Team | No: | Team | |
| Men's individual | 4 |  Jersey | 11 | Jersey |
| Women's individual | 3 | Jersey | 9 | Jersey |
| Team events | 12 | Jersey | 14 | Jersey |
Triathlon is an event at the Island Games , the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies. Men's and Women's triathlons were included in the Games for the first time in the Isle of Man, in 2001. Not every Games has included a triathlon competition.
| Swimming | Non-Drafting [ clarification needed ] Cycling | Running | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (individual) | 1500 m | 40 km | 10 km |
| Relay (each team member) | 400 m | 6 km | 1.5 km [1] |
| Event | IX 2001 | X 2003 | XI | XII 2007 | XIII 2009 | XIV 2011 | XV 2013 | XVI 2015 | XVII 2017 | XVIII 2019 | XIX 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Women's | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Men's team | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Women's team | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Team Relay | X |
| Gold Medals | Total Medals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No: | Team | No: | Team | |
| Men's individual | 4 | Jersey | 11 | Jersey |
| Women's individual | 3 | Jersey | 9 | Jersey |
| Team events | 12 | Jersey | 14 | Jersey |
| Games | Year | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | |||
| IX | 2001 |  Isle of Man | Jersey Paul Clements | 2:00:25 | Jersey James Amy | 2:01:25 |  IOW Chris Volley | 2:03:59 |
| X | 2003 |  Guernsey | IOW Chris Volley | 1:57:36 |  Gibraltar Christopher Walker | 2:00:19 | Jersey Paul Clements | 2:01:37 |
| XII | 2007 |  Rhodes | Jersey Paul Clements | 2:01:08 | Jersey Daniel Halksworth | 2:03:11 | Jersey Scott Pitcher | 2:04:34 |
| XV | 2013 |  Bermuda |  Orkney Islands Bobby Oag [2] | 2:00:04 |  Faroe Islands Gudmundur Joensen | 2:01:17 |  Shetland Islands Peter Fenwick | 2:01:31 |
| XVI | 2015 | Jersey | Jersey Daniel Halksworth [3] | 1:57:09.84 | Guernsey James Travers | 2:02:22.49 | Jersey Tom Perchard | 2:04:43.69 |
| XVII | 2017 |  Gotland | Daniel Haksworth Jersey | 1:45:00.2 | Nil Riudavets Victory Menorca | 1:46:46.9 | Bobby Oag Orkney | 1:46:59.9 |
| XVIII | 2019 | Gibraltar | Joshua Lewis Guernsey | 2:03:51 | Will Draper Isle of Man | 2:05:22 | Oliver Turner Jersey | 2:06:00 |
| XIX | 2023 | Guernsey | Joshua Lewis Guernsey [4] | 1:52:42 | Oliver Turner Jersey | 1:55:08 | Will Draper Isle of Man | 1:55:19 |
| Games | Year | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | |||
| IX | 2001 | IOM | Jersey Melissa Messervy | 2:18:37 | Jersey Natasha Abels | 2:25:38 | Jersey Samantha Kemp | 2:27:27 |
| X | 2003 | Guernsey | Jersey Melissa Messervy | 2:10:49 | Guernsey Gail Merrien | 2:16:41 |  Cayman Islands Andrea Kilam | 2:20:44 |
| XII | 2007 | Rhodes | Guernsey Sam Herridge [5] | 2:16:04 | Guernsey Gail Merrien | 2:19:28 | Faroe Islands Anna Karina Ottosen | 2:21:02 |
| XV | 2013 | Bermuda |  Western Isles Kerry MacPhee | 2:10:52 | Shetland Islands Lynsey Henderson | 2:18:57 | Bermuda Laurie Orchard | 2:19:39 |
| XVI | 2015 | Jersey | Faroe Islands Karina Ottosen | 2:16:48.10 | Jersey Joanne Gorrod | 2:19:34.60 | Jersey Samantha Lee | 2:19:47.95 |
| XVII | 2017 |  Gotland | Jersey Joanne Gorrod | 1:59:43.3 | Faroe Islands Karina Ottosen | 2:02:14.5 | Jersey Melissa Messervy-Gross | 2:02:35.2 |
| XVIII | 2019 | Gibraltar | Súsanna Skylv Sørensen Faroe Islands | 2:31:27 | Megan Chapple Guernsey | 2:32:56 | Lynsey Elliott Isle of Man | 2:36:59 |
| XIX | 2023 | Guernsey | Megan Chapple Guernsey [4] | 2:15:24 | Kimberley Garrett Jersey | 2:19:44 | Amy Critchlow Guernsey | 2:22:59 |
| Games | Year | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | |||
| IX | 2001 | Isle of Man | Jersey | 6:12:30 | Isle of Man | 6:32:39 | Cayman Islands | 6:34:14 |
| X | 2003 | Guernsey | Jersey | 6:14:53 | Guernsey | 6:26:24 | Isle of Man | 6:27:25 |
| XII | 2007 | Rhodes | Jersey | 6:08:53 | Guernsey | 6:23:41 | Orkney Islands | 6:38:54 |
| XV | 2013 | Bermuda | Gibraltar | 6:20:55 | Orkney Islands | 6:22:26 | Isle of Man | 6:29:24 |
| XVI | 2015 | Jersey | Jersey | 6:09:05 | Guernsey | 6:18:32 | Gibraltar | 6:23:55 |
| XVII | 2017 | Gotland | Jersey | 5:26:03.10 | Guernsey | 5:29:04.70 | Gibraltar | 5:34:35.30 |
| XVIII | 2019 | Gibraltar | Jersey | 6:29:48 | Guernsey | 6:33:16 | Isle of Man | 6:42:21 |
| XIX | 2023 | Guernsey | Jersey | 6:02:05 | Guernsey | 6:04:59 | Isle of Man | 6:07:02 |
| Games | Year | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | |||
| IX | 2001 | Isle of Man | Jersey | 4:44:15 | Cayman Islands | 5:02:51 | ||
| X | 2003 | Guernsey | Jersey | 4:36:30 | Guernsey | 4:39:32 | Cayman Islands | 4:52:23 |
| XII | 2007 | Rhodes | Guernsey | 4:35:32 | Faroe Islands | 4:42:24 | Isle of Man | 4:51:38 |
| XV | 2013 | Bermuda | Western Isles | 4:34:17 | Bermuda | 4:43:55 | Guernsey | 4:44:43 |
| XVI | 2015 | Jersey | Jersey | 4:39:23 | Isle of Man | 4:52:51 | Shetland Islands | 4:57:42 |
| XVII | 2017 | Gotland | Jersey | 6:12:13.20 | Guernsey | 6:29:22.60 | Shetland | 6:54:09.30 |
| XVIII | 2019 | Gibraltar | Guernsey | 7:57:24 | Jersey | 8:00:19 | Shetland | 8:30:26 |
| XIX | 2023 | Guernsey | Guernsey | 7:03:47 | Jersey | 7:29:08 | Shetland | 7:34:53 |
| Games | Year | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | |||
| XIX | 2023 | Guernsey | Jersey | 01:06:16 | Guernsey | 01:09:05 | Isle of Man | 01:09:39 |
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