Team Scotland

Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) is the lead body for Commonwealth Games sport in Scotland. CGS is one of 71 Commonwealth Games Associations who are members of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), the parent body for the Games.

Commonwealth Games Scotland is responsible for selecting, preparing and managing Scotland’s team at the Commonwealth Games every four years and since 2010 the CGS team has been known as Team Scotland.

Triathlon in the Commonwealth Games

Triathlon made its Commonwealth Games debut in 2002 at the Manchester Games and returned to the sport programme at Glasgow 2014, having not featured at the Delhi 2010 Games. It has since featured 2018 and 2022 along with Paratriathlon, which made its debut in Gold Coast, and was also included in Birmingham.

Triathlon and Paratriathlon are not included in the reduced Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Triathlon races are held according to the rules of World Triathlon.

In the Commonwealth Games Triathlon competition there are five medal events consisting of: Individual Women, Individual Men, Paratriathlon Women, Paratriathlon Men and the Mixed Team Relay. In  Paratriathlon the category can change at different Games.

Each nation is allowed to enter a maximum of three men and three women for the Individual events, from which it then selects two men and two women to combine for the Mixed Team Relay. Each nation is allowed to enter a maximum of two men and two women into the Paratriathlon competition.