Half distance · 5 September 2027
Triathlon Locarno – Medium Distance
Also known as Triathlon Locarno
Locarno, Switzerland
The race at a glance
- Circuit
- Independent
- Organiser
- Associazione Triathlon Locarno
- Distance
- Middle distance
- Terrain
- Road
- Swim
- 1.9 km
- Bike
- 90 km
- Run
- 21 km
- Date
- 5 Sept 2027
- Registration
- Opening soon
- Swim venue
- Lake
- Bike elevation gain
- 530 m
- High air temperature
- 23 °C
- Low air temperature
- 15 °C
- Altitude
- 198 m
- Swim start
- Wave start
Edition history
| 2026 | Held | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Held | |
| 2024 | Held | |
| 2023 | Held | |
| 2022 | Held | |
| 2021 | 5 Sept 2021 | Held |
| 2020 | Cancelled | |
| 2019 | Held | |
| 2018 | Held | |
| 2017 | Held |
How the day is laid out
The swim is held in a lake. The wetsuit call is made on race morning, against the temperature measured then.
The organiser publishes 1.9 km of swimming, 90 km on the bike and 21 km of running.
The swim starts in waves.
The bike course has about 530 m of climbing.
Typical temperatures for the month run from 15 to 23 °C.
Group starts, clock-time cut-offs and a licence
Men start at 8:30 and women at 8:32. The organiser publishes its limits as clock times: swim exit by 10:00, bike finished by 13:00 and race closed at 15:30. Athletes need a Swiss Triathlon StartPass or a recognised foreign licence; a day licence can be bought in the race village on race day.
Source: 3locarno.ch, read on 30 October 2026.
Against the calendar
Where this race sits among the others
Ranks are computed across every race of the same distance.
High air temperature
23 °C · median 25 °C
The 43rd coolest of the 152 middle-distance races with a figure, across every circuit.
Bike elevation gain
530 m · median 569 m
The 48th flattest of the 105 middle-distance races with a figure, across every circuit.
45
races across every distance fall in September, out of 354.
160
races are held in Europe. 28 of them in the same month as this one.
Questions about this race
- When is Triathlon Locarno 2027?
- Triathlon Locarno is held on 5 September 2027 in Locarno, Switzerland. Registration has not opened yet.
- How hard is Triathlon Locarno?
- The bike course climbs about 530 m, the 48th flattest of 105 half-distance races with a figure. Expect highs of about 23 °C on race day.
Where to stay
Hotels and rentals around the race venue, for the nights around race day.
Suggested stay: 3 Sept 2027 to 6 Sept 2027
The map is provided by Stay22. Bookings are made with the provider.
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Entries are handled by the organiser
Registration and the athlete guide are on the official race page.