IAAF World Challenge

IAAF World Challenge
SportTrack and field
Founded2010
Ceased2019
Continentglobal
Official websiteIAAF World Challenge

The IAAF World Challenge was an annual, global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). First held in 2010, it replaced the IAAF Grand Prix and IAAF Super Grand Prix series to form the second tier of international one-day meetings, after the IAAF Diamond League. Unlike the Diamond League, the IAAF World Challenge comprised stand-alone meetings, and no overall winners are crowned. The series was made defunct at the end of 2019 and was replaced by the World Athletics Continental Tour, which includes series winners for non-Diamond League events.[1]

Editions

Edition Year Start date End date Meets Ref.
1 2010 4 March 1 September 13 [2]
2 2011 3 March 13 September 14 [3]
3 2012 3 March 9 September 14 [4]
4 2013 6 April 8 September 15 [5]
5 2014 22 March 7 September 13 [6]
6 2015 21 March 13 September 13 [7]
7 2016 5 March 6 September 12 [8]
8 2017 20 May 29 August 9 [9]
9 2018 19 May 4 September 9 [10]
10 2019 28 April 3 September 9 [11]
  • The Rieti Meeting was included in the original series schedule in 2016, but was later cancelled

Meetings

Meeting City Country 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Years
Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic X X X X X X X X X X 10
Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo Netherlands X X X X X X X X X X 10
ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany X X X X X X X X X X 10
Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia X X X X X X X X X X 10
Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain X X X X X X X X X — 9
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Belém Brazil X X X X X — X X X X 9
Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki Japan — X X X X X X X X X 9
Jamaica International Invitational Kingston Jamaica — X X X X X X X X X 9
Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy X X X X X X X — — — 7
Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia X X X X X X X — — — 7
Meeting de Rabat Rabat Morocco X X X X X X — — — — 6
Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo Ponce Puerto Rico — — X X X X — — — — 6
IAAF World Challenge Dakar Dakar Senegal X X — X — X X — — — 5
IAAF World Challenge Beijing Beijing China — — — X X X X — — — 4
Paavo Nurmi Games Turku Finland — — — — — — — X X X 3
Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting Daegu South Korea X X X — — — — — — — 3
Moscow Challenge Moscow Russia — — X X — — — — — — 2
Brothers Znamensky Memorial Zhukovsky Russia X X — — — — — — — — 2
Osaka Grand Prix Osaka Japan X — — — — — — — — — 1
Nanjing World Challenge Nanjing China — — — — — — — — — X 1

Series records

Men

Event Record Name Date Place Ref.
100 m 9.78 (+0.9 m/s)  Nesta Carter (JAM) 2010 Rieti
200 m 19.77 (+0.0 m/s)  Isaac Makwala (BOT) 2017 Madrid
300 m 30.81  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 2017 Ostrava
400 m 44.16  LaShawn Merritt (USA) 2014 Ostrava
800 m 1:41.01  David Rudisha (KEN) 2010 Rieti
1500 m 3:29.90  Nixon Chepseba (KEN) 2012 Hengelo
Mile 3:56.95  Charlie Grice (GBR) 20 June 2019 Ostrava [12]
3000 m 7:28.70  Tariku Bekele (ETH) 2010 Rieti
5000 m 12:57.56  Telahun Haile Bekele (ETH) 2019 Hengelo
110 m hurdles 12.97 (+1.2 m/s)  Aries Merritt (USA) 2012 Berlin
400 m hurdles 47.66  L. J. van Zyl (RSA) 2011 Ostrava
3000 m steeplechase 8:02.55  Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 2011 Ostrava
High jump 2.40 m  Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) 2014 Tokyo
Pole vault 5.92 m  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 2013 Ostrava
Long jump 8.66 m (+1.0 m/s)  Juan Miguel Echevarría (CUB) 13 June 2018 Ostrava [13]
Triple jump 17.57 m (-1.1 m/s)  Christian Taylor (USA) 2017 Ostrava
Shot put 22.28 m  Ryan Crouser (USA) 2016 Zagreb
Discus throw 71.84 m  Piotr Małachowski (POL) 2013 Hengelo
Hammer throw 83.44 m  Paweł Fajdek (POL) 2017 Ostrava
Javelin throw 91.28 m  Thomas Röhler (GER) 2016 Turku

Women

Event Record Name Date Place Ref.
100 m 10.76 (+1.1 m/s)  Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 2011 Ostrava
200 m 22.02 (-0.3 m/s)  Dafne Schippers (NED) 2016 Hengelo
300 m 34.41  Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) 2019 Ostrava
400 m 49.95  Sanya Richards-Ross (USA) 2015 Kingston
800 m 1:55.68  Caster Semenya (RSA) 2016 Berlin
1500 m 3:56.14  Sifan Hassan (NED) 2017 Hengelo
Mile 4:22.45  Marta Pen (POR) 2018 Berlin
3000 m 8:22.22  Almaz Ayana (ETH) 2015 Rabat
5000 m 14:37.22  Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi (KEN) 9 June 2019 Hengelo [14]
100 m hurdles 12.39 (+2.0 m/s)  Jasmin Stowers (USA) 2015 Kingston
400 m hurdles 53.32  Zuzana Hejnová (CZE) 2013 Ostrava
2000 m steeplechase 5:52.80  Gesa-Felicitas Krause (GER) 1 September 2019 Berlin [15]
3000 m steeplechase 9:03.70  Norah Jeruto (KEN) 2017 Berlin
High jump 2.06 m  Mariya Lasitskene (RUS) 20 June 2019 Ostrava [16]
Pole vault 4.90 m  Yarisley Silva (CUB) 2013 Hengelo
Long jump 6.96 m (+1.1 m/s)  Ivana Španović (SRB) 2016 Zagreb
Triple jump 15.02 m (-0.4 m/s)  Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 2016 Madrid
Shot put 20.88 m  Valerie Adams (NZL) 2013 Ostrava
Discus throw 70.83 m  Sandra Perković (CRO) 2017 Zagreb
Hammer throw 79.72 m  Anita Włodarczyk (POL) 2017 Ostrava
Javelin throw 70.53 m  Mariya Abakumova (RUS) 2013 Berlin

References

  1. ^ IAAF Diamond League reaches agreement on meetings for 2020 season . IAAF (2019-10-21). Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  2. ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2010. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  3. ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2011. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  4. ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2012. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  5. ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2013. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  6. ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2014. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  7. ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2015. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  8. ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2016. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  9. ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2017. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  10. ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2018. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  11. ^ IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2019. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  12. ^ Bob Ramsak (20 June 2019). "Miller-Uibo breaks 300m world best, Lasitskene tops 2.06m and Kirt joins 90-metre club in Ostrava". IAAF. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Long Jump Results" (PDF). zlatatretra.cz. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  14. ^ Eric Roeske (10 June 2019). "Victories for Kendricks, Kipkemboi and Bekele in Hengelo". IAAF. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  15. ^ "Krause smashes 2000m steeplechase world best in Berlin". IAAF. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  16. ^ Bob Ramsak (20 June 2019). "Miller-Uibo breaks 300m world best, Lasitskene tops 2.06m and Kirt joins 90-metre club in Ostrava". IAAF. Retrieved 7 September 2019.