The 2009 ITU World Championship Series was a series of seven triathlon events leading to a Grand Final held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia in September 2009. The series was organised under the auspices of the world governing body of triathlon – the International Triathlon Union (ITU) – and was sponsored by Dextro Energy. The 2009 World Championship Series (WCS) was the first year of a change in format replacing the single World Championship race of prior years. Additionally, points accumulated in 2009 ITU Triathlon World Cup events would contribute to an athlete's overall point total in the Championship Series.

Series events

The series featured on four continents in the inaugural year, stopping in some locations previously used as successful World Cup race destinations, as well as the first chance for athletes to try out the venue of the 2012 Olympic Triathlon at Hyde Park in London.

DateLocationStatus
2–3 MaySouth Korea TongyeongEvent
30–31 MaySpain Madrid, SpainEvent
20–21 JuneUnited States Washington, DC, United StatesEvent
11–12 JulyAustria Kitzbühel, AustriaEvent
25–26 JulyGermany Hamburg, GermanyEvent
15–16 AugustUnited Kingdom London, United KingdomEvent
22–23 AugustJapan Yokohama, JapanEvent
9–13 SeptemberAustralia Gold Coast, AustraliaGrand Final

Prize purses

The prize purses offered to the top performers during the series were significantly greater than previous World Championship events, with a total of US$700,000 being distributed. Additionally $150,000 was distributed at each of the 2009 World Championship Events, and $250,000 at the Grand Final.

Results

Overall world championship

Points were distributed at each World Championship Event to the top 40 finishers in the men's and women's elite races, and to the top 50 finishers at the Grand Final. Points towards the ITU World Championship ranking could also be obtained at the World Cup events. The sum of each athlete's best four points scores in the World Championship and World Cup Events (maximum of two World Cup scores) and the points score from the World Championship Grand Final determined the final ranking.

Men's championship

RankNameNationWorld CupsWorld Championship EventsGrand FinalTotal
12KORESPUSAAUTGERUKJPN
1Alistair BrownleeGreat Britain80080080080012004400
2Javier GomezSpain20368574074068511103960
3Maik PetzoldGermany6336856335423979503443
4Jan FrodenoGermany25739754239780010273163
5Steffen JustusGermany5864296337407523140
6Laurent VidalFrance2204643145016855866336433048
7Courtney AtkinsonAustralia3003003977403395014648792980
8Kris GemmellNew Zealand2782376334295016857403452904
9Dmitry PolyanskiRussia3006855013974643148132860
10Jarrod ShoemakerUnited States2201745423394648005424362783

Full ranking:

Women's championship

RankNameNationWorld CupsWorld Championship EventsGrand FinalTotal
12KORESPUSAAUTGERUKJPN
1Emma MoffattAustralia30027874080080080012004340
2Lisa NordénSweden18874031474074080011004130
3Andrea HewittNew Zealand203418005426854297406953462
4Daniela RyfSwitzerland2571744646856855422488133187
5Helen JenkinsGreat Britain14929024858658668510273173
6Sarah HaskinsUnited States1615866335424299503139
7Juri IdeJapan3006854646853452479
8Magali Di Marco MessmerSwitzerland2375015421973143143147522423
9Jessica HarrisonFrance3396855011976432365
10Annabel LuxfordAustralia1882482905868792191

Full ranking:

Event medalists

Tongyeong

2–3 May 2009

MedalMen's raceWomen's race
NameNationTimeNameNationTime
Bevan DochertyNew Zealand1:50:25Emma SnowsillAustralia2:02:42
Brad KahlefeldtAustralia1:50:25Emma MoffattAustralia2:02:52
Dmitry PolyanskiyRussia1:50:30Juri IdeJapan2:03:30

Madrid

30–31 May 2009

MedalMen's raceWomen's race
NameNationTimeNameNationTime
Alistair BrownleeGreat Britain1:51:26Andrea HewittNew Zealand2:05:58
Courtney AtkinsonAustralia1:52:14Lisa NordénSweden2:05:59
Javier GomezSpain1:52:18Jessica HarrisonFrance2:05:59

Washington, DC

20–21 June 2009

MedalMen's raceWomen's race
NameNationTimeNameNationTime
Alistair BrownleeGreat Britain1:48:58Emma MoffattAustralia1:59:55
Javier GomezSpain1:49:11Emma SnowsillAustralia2:00:20
Maik PetzoldGermany1:49:24Daniela RyfSwitzerland2:01:01

Kitzbühel

11–12 July 2009

MedalMen's raceWomen's race
NameNationTimeNameNationTime
Alistair BrownleeGreat Britain1:43:13Emma MoffattAustralia1:54:38
Javier GomezSpain1:43:21Nicola SpirigSwitzerland1:55:12
Laurent VidalFrance1:43:24Andrea HewittNew Zealand1:55:17

Hamburg

25–26 July 2009

MedalMen's raceWomen's race
NameNationTimeNameNationTime
Jarrod ShoemakerUnited States1:44:06Emma MoffattAustralia1:56:12
Brad KahlefeldtAustralia1:44:14Lisa NordénSweden1:57:06
Alexander BrukhankovRussia1:44:16Daniela RyfSwitzerland1:57:39

London

15–16 August 2009

MedalMen's raceWomen's race
NameNationTimeNameNationTime
Alistair BrownleeGreat Britain1:41:50Nicola SpirigSwitzerland1:54:24
Steffen JustusGermany1:41:58Lisa NordénSweden1:54:26
Kris GemmellNew Zealand1:42:01Helen JenkinsGreat Britain1:54:29

Yokohama

22–23 August 2009

MedalMen's raceWomen's race
NameNationTimeNameNationTime
Jan FrodenoGermany1:44:31Lisa NordénSweden1:55:55
Kris GemmellNew Zealand1:44:49Andrea HewittNew Zealand1:56:00
Javier GomezSpain1:44:51Juri IdeJapan1:56:03

Gold Coast – Grand Final

9–13 September 2009

MedalMen's raceWomen's race
NameNationTimeNameNationTime
Alistair BrownleeGreat Britain1:44:51Emma MoffattAustralia1:59:14
Javier GomezSpain1:44:57Lisa NordénSweden1:59:19
Jan FrodenoGermany1:45:21Helen JenkinsGreat Britain1:59:41

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