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[World Triathlon flag]
image from Flags and Anthems Manual: Tokyo 2020, p. 134 (July 2021)


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Overview

The World Triathlon (formerly International Triathlon Union, ITU) is the international governing body for the multi-sport disciplines of triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon and other nonstandard variations. The ITU is headquartered in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The World Triathlon was founded on April 1, 1989, at the first ITU Congress in Avignon, France.
It was formed in part to give the growing sport of triathlon an official organizing body and in part to advocate for the entry of triathlon into the Olympic Games. There are more than 120 affiliated National Federations around the world.
Home page: www.triathlon.org
Zoltan Horvath, 1 March 2011

The ITU has gone through a rebranding process, carried out in 2020, now being identified as World Triathlon, based on the Branding Guidelines Documents, and more specifically the Branding guidelines (PDF document) issued in its fourth version in March of 2021.
Esteban Rivera, 1 August 2023


The Flag

[World Triathlon flag]
Vertical flag; image from Flags and Anthems Manual: Tokyo 2020, p. 134 (July 2021)

There was a flag used for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, as described by their flag manual. It used the new logo on a dark blue background; a secondary logo is placed as an background element at the hoist.
Zachary Harden, 23 October 2023

The current logo is defined as: "The logo consists of our logomark, combined with the World Triathlon logotype". (source: page 16 of the Branding guidelines document). The colors are (source: page 24 of the Branding guidelines document): - Transition Blue: R34 G80 B227 ; C100 M70 Y0 K0 ; Pantone 2728C - Sky Blue: R82 G173 B245 ; C63 M21 Y0 K0 ; Pantone 284C The typography is Ubuntu ( fonts.adobe.com/fonts/ubuntu ), with the secondary font being Arial (source: pages 27-28 of the Branding guidelines document).
Esteban Rivera, 1 August 2023


Former flag (until 2020)

[World Triathlon flag]
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 1 March 2011

This is the ITU (World Triathlon) flag, based on the Flag Manual of the 2010 Beijing Olympic Games.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 1 March 2011


Flag at the London 2012 Olympics

The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics (Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012 [loc12]) provides recommendations for flag designs. Each international federation and international paralympics federation was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not be the official version of each flag, they are certainly what the international federation and international paralympics federation believed the flag to be.
For ITU: PMS 2955 dark blue, 144 orange, 2955 at 80% light blue. The vertical flag is simply the horizontal version in 5:3, with the logo in the centre.
Ian Sumner, 10 October 2012


European Triathlon Union

[European Triathlon Union flag]
image by Luis Miguel Arias Pérez, 17 June 2015

The flag of the European Triathlon Union
Source: http://img.baku2015.com/mm/Photo/Photo/General/04/01/37/40137_12-MD-HD.jpg
Luis Miguel Arias Pérez, 17 June 2015