2019 IAAF Combined Events Challenge

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2019 IAAF Combined Events Challenge
Edition22nd
Dates27 April–4 October
Meetings11
2018
2021

The 2019 IAAF Combined Events Challenge was the 22nd edition of the global series of combined track and field event meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It featured decathlon for men and heptathlon for women. A total of eleven meetings were in the 2019 series, starting at the Multistars meet on 27 April and finishing at the 2019 World Athletics Championships on 4 October.

Contents

Athletes scored points based on their performances at meetings in the series, with the overall winners being the athletes with the highest aggregate score over three meetings. The total prize money was US$202,000, split evenly between male and female athletes. The male and female winners each received $30,000, while second and third placed athletes were entitled to $20,000 and $15,000 respectively. Smaller prizes were given to the rest of the top eight finishers. The overall winners were Damian Warner of Canada with 25,753 points in the decathlon and Austrian Verena Preiner with 19,623 points in the heptathlon. [1]

Calendar

The 2019 challenge included eleven meetings, covering invitational meetings, as well as national, regional and international championships and games.

DateEventLocationCountryTypeResultsRef.
27–28 April Multistars Lana ItalyInvitational Results [2] [3]
25–26 May Hypo-Meeting Götzis AustriaInvitational Results [4] [5]
8–9 June Meeting Internacional Arona Arona SpainInvitational Results [6] [7]
22–23 June Décastar Talence FranceInvitational Results [8] [9]
29–30 June Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen Ratingen GermanyInvitational Results [10] [11]
5–7 July European Combined Events Team Championships
(Super League, 1st League, and 2nd League)
Ribeira Brava/Lutsk Portugal/UkraineContinental championships Results [12] [13]
25–28 July USA Championships Des Moines United StatesNational championships Results [14] [15]
6–8 August Pan American Games Lima PeruContinental games Decathlon/Heptathlon [16] [17]
2–4 October World Championships Doha QatarWorld championships Decathlon/Heptathlon [18] [19]

Results

Men

MeetFirstSecondThird
MultistarsFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Doležal  (CZE)8117Flag of Estonia.svg  Kristjan Rosenberg  (EST)7950Flag of Germany.svg  Mathias Brugger  (GER)7927
Hypo-MeetingFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Damian Warner  (CAN)8711Flag of Grenada.svg  Lindon Victor  (GRN)8473Flag of Estonia.svg  Maicel Uibo  (EST)8353
Meeting AronaFlag of Norway.svg  Martin Roe  (NOR)8037Flag of Estonia.svg  Kristjan Rosenberg  (EST)7878Flag of Estonia.svg  Risto Lillemets  (EST)7853
DécastarFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Pierce LePage  (CAN)8453Flag of the United States.svg  Zach Ziemek  (USA)8344Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Thomas van der Plaetsen  (BEL)8214
Mehrkampf-Meeting RatingenFlag of Germany.svg  Kai Kazmirek  (GER)8444Flag of France.svg  Basile Rolnin  (FRA)8205Flag of South Africa.svg  Fredriech Pretorius  (RSA)7872
ECETC Super LeagueFlag of Belarus.svg  Vital Zhuk  (BLR)8237Flag of Estonia.svg  Maicel Uibo  (EST)8181Flag of Spain.svg  Jorge Ureña  (ESP)8073
ECETC 1st LeagueFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jiří Sýkora  (CZE)8104Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Doležal  (CZE)8083Flag of Sweden.svg  Fredrik Samuelsson  (SWE)7925
ECETC 2nd LeagueFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Niels Pittomvils  (BEL)7837Flag of Ireland.svg  Michael Bowler  (IRL)7379Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sander Maes  (BEL)7303
USA ChampionshipsFlag of the United States.svg  Devon Williams  (USA)8295Flag of the United States.svg  Solomon Simmons  (USA)8227Flag of the United States.svg  Harrison Williams  (USA)8188
Pan American GamesFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Damian Warner  (CAN)8513Flag of Grenada.svg  Lindon Victor  (GRN)8240Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Pierce LePage  (CAN)8161
World ChampionshipsFlag of Germany.svg  Niklas Kaul  (GER)8691Flag of Estonia.svg  Maicel Uibo  (EST)8604Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Damian Warner  (CAN)8529

Women

MeetFirstSecondThird
MultistarsFlag of the United States.svg  Annie Kunz  (USA)5971Flag of Ireland.svg  Kate O'Connor  (IRL)5881Flag of the United States.svg  Riley Cooks  (USA)5873
Hypo-MeetingFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Katarina Johnson-Thompson  (GBR)6813Flag of Latvia.svg  Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa  (LAT)6476Flag of Hungary.svg  Xénia Krizsán  (HUN)6469
Meeting AronaFlag of Austria.svg  Verena Preiner  (AUT)6472Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Noor Vidts  (NED)6194Flag of Brazil.svg  Vanessa Chefer Spínola  (BRA)5955
DécastarFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Nafissatou Thiam  (BEL)6819Flag of Hungary.svg  Xénia Krizsán  (HUN)6619Flag of Latvia.svg  Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa  (LAT)6518
Mehrkampf-Meeting RatingenFlag of Austria.svg  Verena Preiner  (AUT)6591Flag of Austria.svg  Ivona Dadic  (AUT)6461Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nadine Broersen  (NED)6232
ECETC Super LeagueFlag of Ukraine.svg  Daryna Sloboda  (UKR)6165Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Katie Stainton  (GBR)6029Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marijke Esselink  (NED)5905
ECETC 1st LeagueFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Kateřina Cachová  (CZE)6034Flag of Finland.svg  Jutta Heikkinen  (FIN)5795Flag of Poland.svg  Paulina Ligarska  (POL)5589
ECETC 2nd LeagueFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Noor Vidts  (NED)6027Flag of Slovakia.svg  Lucia Vadlejch  (SVK)5755Flag of Iceland.svg  Maria Run Gunnlaugsdóttir  (ISL)5562
USA ChampionshipsFlag of the United States.svg  Erica Bougard  (USA)6663Flag of the United States.svg  Kendell Williams  (USA)6610Flag of the United States.svg  Chari Hawkins  (USA)6 230
Pan American GamesFlag of Cuba.svg  Adriana Rodríguez  (CUB)6113Flag of the United States.svg  Annie Kunz  (USA)5990Flag of Colombia.svg  Martha Araújo  (COL)5925
World ChampionshipsFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Katarina Johnson-Thompson  (GBR)6981Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Nafissatou Thiam  (BEL)6677Flag of Austria.svg  Verena Preiner  (AUT)6560

Points rankings

The following are the rankings of all athletes who competed at three series meets or more.

Men

RankAthleteNationMeetsTotal
1 Damian Warner Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 325753
2 Maicel Uibo Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 325138
3 Pierce LePage Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 325059
4 Janek Õiglane Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 324343
5 Tim Nowak Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 324215
6 Kai Kazmirek Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 324082
7 Martin Roe Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 423977
8 Kristjan Rosenberg Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 323861
9 Fredrik Samuelsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 323807
10 Paweł Wiesiołek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 323788
11 Vital Zhuk Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 423439
12 Risto Lillemets Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 322942
13 Andrew Murphy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 322145
14 Lindon Victor Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 316713
15 Ilya Shkurenyov ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes 316476
16 Devon Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 316219
17 Mathias Brugger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 315987
18 Bastien Auzeil Flag of France.svg  France 315304

Women

RankAthleteNationMeetsTotal
1 Verena Preiner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 319623
2 Erica Bougard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 319507
3 Kendell Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 319437
4 Nadine Broersen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 318921
5 Annie Kunz Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 518318
6 Chari Hawkins Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 318275
7 Noor Vidts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 318210
8 Riley Cooks Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 417707
9 Vanessa Chefer Spínola Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 317499
10 Allison Halverson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 317487
11 Carmen Ramos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 316318
24 Kateřina Cachová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 312021
28 Grit Šadeiko Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 311365
29 Marthe Koala Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 311330

References

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