Champions
Men's championship
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Women's championship
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The World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships is a aquathlon championship competition organised by World Triathlon. The competition has been held annually since 1998. The championships is a continually timed race containing a swim stage and either one or two run stages. Typically, the race consists of run—swim—run segments. When the water is less 22 degrees Celsius, a wetsuit is required and the race starts with the swim stage, followed by a single run stage, so that participants do not have to put on a wetsuit mid race. [1] The total run distance is around 5 km and the swim is between 750m and 1 km. However the distances have varied during the event's history depending on local circumstances.
Source: [8]
Source: [8]
| Year | Date | Location | Distances (kilometers) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Run | Swim | Second Run | |||
| 1998 | 8 November |  Noosa, Australia | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 1999 | 31 August | Noosa, Australia | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2000 | 28 October |  Cancún, Mexico | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2001 | 18 July |  Edmonton, Canada | 2 | 0,75 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 November | Cancún, Mexico | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2003 | December |  Queenstown, New Zealand | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2004 | 5 May |  Madeira, Portugal | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2005 | 8 September |  Gamagōri, Japan | 3,2 | 1 | 1,6 |
| 2006 | 30 August |  Lausanne, Switzerland | - | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 12 May | Ixtapa, Mexico | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2008 | 28 June | Monterrey, Mexico | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2009 | 9 September | Gold Coast, Australia | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2010 | 8 September |  Budapest, Hungary | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2011 | 7 September |  Beijing, China | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2012 | 7 October | Auckland, New Zealand | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2013 | 11 September |  London, UK | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2014 | 27 August | Edmonton, Canada | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2015 | 16 September |  Chicago, USA | - | 1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 14 September | Cozumel, Mexico | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2017 | 25 August | Penticton, Canada | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2019 | 2 May |  Pontevedra, Spain | – | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 30–31 October | Extremadura, Spain | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2022 | 18 August |  Šamorín, Slovakia | 2,5 | 1 | 2,5 |
| 2023 | 1 May | Santa Eulària, Spain | 1 | 5 | |
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