ITU World Triathlon Series

Prize Money

The 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series will once again offer the largest prize purse in triathlon history.

With an overall increase of 15 per cent from 2011, prize money from the eight series events and the year-end bonus pool will total $2.06-million (all funds USD).

The Grand Final in Auckland will feature a $270,000 prize purse while the prize money for every other series event will be $170,000. Also, each race and the Grand Final will also now award prize money down to the 20th place, whereas in 2011 only athletes who finished in the top-15 claimed prize money.

Athletes will vie for an additional $600,000 in the year-end bonus pool which pays the top 30 ranked women and men - up from top-20 - at season's end. This figure is up from $500,000 in the 2011 season. Overall, it means that there is an increase of $260,000 to the overall pool, up from $1.8-million to $2.06-million. Finishing the year atop the series rankings will not only earn an athlete the coveted title of "ITU World Champion" but also net $60,000 of the bonus pool.

ITU Triathlon World Cup races offer a minimum of $50,000 as prize money.

Position	Event	Grand Final	Bonus Pool
1	20,000	30,000	60,000
2	14,000	22,000	45,000
3	9,800	16,000	33,000
4	7,200	12,000	21,500
5	5,500	9,800	17,000
6	4,500	8,000	13,000
7	3,800	6,400	11,000
8	3,200	5,200	9,000
9	2,600	4,100	8,500
10	2,200	3,500	8,000
11	1,900	2,900	7,500
12	1,600	2,500	7,000
13	1,400	2,200	6,500
14	1,200	2,000	6,000
15	1,100	1,800	5,500
16	1,000	1,600	5,000
17	1,000	1,400	4,500
18	1,000	1,300	4,000
19	1,000	1,200	3,500
20	1,000	1,100	3,000
21			2,500
22			2,400
23			2,300
24			2,200
25			2,100
26			2,000
27			2,000
28			2,000
29			2,000
30			2,000