# 2009 ITU World Championship Series

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.
| Date | Location | Status |
| 2–3 May | Tongyeong | Event |
| 30–31 May | Madrid, Spain | Event |
| 20–21 June | Washington, DC, United States | Event |
| 11–12 July | Kitzbühel, Austria | Event |
| 25–26 July | Hamburg, Germany | Event |
| 15–16 August | London, United Kingdom | Event |
| 22–23 August | Yokohama, Japan | Event |
| 9–13 September | Gold Coast, Australia | Grand 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

| Rank | Name | Nation | World Cups | World Cups | World Championship Events | World Championship Events | World Championship Events | World Championship Events | World Championship Events | World Championship Events | World Championship Events | Grand Final | Total |
| Rank | Name | Nation | 1 | 2 | KOR | ESP | USA | AUT | GER | UK | JPN | Grand Final | Total |
| 1 | Alistair Brownlee | Great Britain | | | | 800 | 800 | 800 | | 800 | | 1200 | 4400 |
| 2 | Javier Gomez | Spain | 203 | | | 685 | 740 | 740 | | | 685 | 1110 | 3960 |
| 3 | Maik Petzold | Germany | | | | 633 | 685 | 633 | 542 | | 397 | 950 | 3443 |
| 4 | Jan Frodeno | Germany | 257 | | | 397 | 542 | | 397 | | 800 | 1027 | 3163 |
| 5 | Steffen Justus | Germany | | | 586 | | 429 | | 633 | 740 | | 752 | 3140 |
| 6 | Laurent Vidal | France | 220 | | 464 | 314 | 501 | 685 | | 586 | 633 | 643 | 3048 |
| 7 | Courtney Atkinson | Australia | 300 | 300 | 397 | 740 | | 339 | | 501 | 464 | 879 | 2980 |
| 8 | Kris Gemmell | New Zealand | 278 | 237 | 633 | | | 429 | 501 | 685 | 740 | 345 | 2904 |
| 9 | Dmitry Polyanski | Russia | 300 | | 685 | | 501 | 397 | 464 | 314 | | 813 | 2860 |
| 10 | Jarrod Shoemaker | United States | 220 | 174 | 542 | 339 | 464 | | 800 | | 542 | 436 | 2783 |
Full ranking:

#### Women's championship

| Rank | Name | Nation | World Cups | World Cups | World Championship Events | World Championship Events | World Championship Events | World Championship Events | World Championship Events | World Championship Events | World Championship Events | Grand Final | Total |
| Rank | Name | Nation | 1 | 2 | KOR | ESP | USA | AUT | GER | UK | JPN | Grand Final | Total |
| 1 | Emma Moffatt | Australia | 300 | 278 | 740 | | 800 | 800 | 800 | | | 1200 | 4340 |
| 2 | Lisa Nordén | Sweden | 188 | | | 740 | 314 | | 740 | 740 | 800 | 1100 | 4130 |
| 3 | Andrea Hewitt | New Zealand | 203 | | 41 | 800 | 542 | 685 | | 429 | 740 | 695 | 3462 |
| 4 | Daniela Ryf | Switzerland | 257 | 174 | | 464 | 685 | | 685 | 542 | 248 | 813 | 3187 |
| 5 | Helen Jenkins | Great Britain | 149 | | 290 | 248 | 586 | 586 | | 685 | | 1027 | 3173 |
| 6 | Sarah Haskins | United States | 161 | | | 586 | 633 | | 542 | | 429 | 950 | 3139 |
| 7 | Juri Ide | Japan | 300 | | 685 | | 464 | | | | 685 | 345 | 2479 |
| 8 | Magali Di Marco Messmer | Switzerland | 237 | | 501 | 542 | 197 | 314 | 314 | 314 | | 752 | 2423 |
| 9 | Jessica Harrison | France | | | 339 | 685 | 501 | 197 | | | | 643 | 2365 |
| 10 | Annabel Luxford | Australia | 188 | | | | | | 248 | 290 | 586 | 879 | 2191 |
Full ranking:

### Event medalists
#### Tongyeong

2–3 May 2009
| Medal | Men's race | Men's race | Men's race | Women's race | Women's race | Women's race |
| Medal | Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time |
| | Bevan Docherty | New Zealand | 1:50:25 | Emma Snowsill | Australia | 2:02:42 |
| | Brad Kahlefeldt | Australia | 1:50:25 | Emma Moffatt | Australia | 2:02:52 |
| | Dmitry Polyanskiy | Russia | 1:50:30 | Juri Ide | Japan | 2:03:30 |

#### Madrid

30–31 May 2009
| Medal | Men's race | Men's race | Men's race | Women's race | Women's race | Women's race |
| Medal | Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time |
| | Alistair Brownlee | Great Britain | 1:51:26 | Andrea Hewitt | New Zealand | 2:05:58 |
| | Courtney Atkinson | Australia | 1:52:14 | Lisa Nordén | Sweden | 2:05:59 |
| | Javier Gomez | Spain | 1:52:18 | Jessica Harrison | France | 2:05:59 |

#### Washington, DC

20–21 June 2009
| Medal | Men's race | Men's race | Men's race | Women's race | Women's race | Women's race |
| Medal | Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time |
| | Alistair Brownlee | Great Britain | 1:48:58 | Emma Moffatt | Australia | 1:59:55 |
| | Javier Gomez | Spain | 1:49:11 | Emma Snowsill | Australia | 2:00:20 |
| | Maik Petzold | Germany | 1:49:24 | Daniela Ryf | Switzerland | 2:01:01 |

#### Kitzbühel

11–12 July 2009
| Medal | Men's race | Men's race | Men's race | Women's race | Women's race | Women's race |
| Medal | Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time |
| | Alistair Brownlee | Great Britain | 1:43:13 | Emma Moffatt | Australia | 1:54:38 |
| | Javier Gomez | Spain | 1:43:21 | Nicola Spirig | Switzerland | 1:55:12 |
| | Laurent Vidal | France | 1:43:24 | Andrea Hewitt | New Zealand | 1:55:17 |

#### Hamburg

25–26 July 2009
| Medal | Men's race | Men's race | Men's race | Women's race | Women's race | Women's race |
| Medal | Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time |
| | Jarrod Shoemaker | United States | 1:44:06 | Emma Moffatt | Australia | 1:56:12 |
| | Brad Kahlefeldt | Australia | 1:44:14 | Lisa Nordén | Sweden | 1:57:06 |
| | Alexander Brukhankov | Russia | 1:44:16 | Daniela Ryf | Switzerland | 1:57:39 |

#### London

15–16 August 2009
| Medal | Men's race | Men's race | Men's race | Women's race | Women's race | Women's race |
| Medal | Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time |
| | Alistair Brownlee | Great Britain | 1:41:50 | Nicola Spirig | Switzerland | 1:54:24 |
| | Steffen Justus | Germany | 1:41:58 | Lisa Nordén | Sweden | 1:54:26 |
| | Kris Gemmell | New Zealand | 1:42:01 | Helen Jenkins | Great Britain | 1:54:29 |

#### Yokohama

22–23 August 2009
| Medal | Men's race | Men's race | Men's race | Women's race | Women's race | Women's race |
| Medal | Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time |
| | Jan Frodeno | Germany | 1:44:31 | Lisa Nordén | Sweden | 1:55:55 |
| | Kris Gemmell | New Zealand | 1:44:49 | Andrea Hewitt | New Zealand | 1:56:00 |
| | Javier Gomez | Spain | 1:44:51 | Juri Ide | Japan | 1:56:03 |

#### Gold Coast – Grand Final

9–13 September 2009
| Medal | Men's race | Men's race | Men's race | Women's race | Women's race | Women's race |
| Medal | Name | Nation | Time | Name | Nation | Time |
| | Alistair Brownlee | Great Britain | 1:44:51 | Emma Moffatt | Australia | 1:59:14 |
| | Javier Gomez | Spain | 1:44:57 | Lisa Nordén | Sweden | 1:59:19 |
| | Jan Frodeno | Germany | 1:45:21 | Helen Jenkins | Great Britain | 1:59:41 |