This article lists the main competition climbing events and their results for 2019. This includes the World Cup, World Championships, International Climbing Series, and Continental Championships.
| Date | Location | Competition | Discipline | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5 – October 27 | Various | World Cup | Bouldering (6) |  Tomoa Narasaki |  Janja Garnbret |
| Lead (6) |  Adam Ondra |  Chaehyun Seo | |||
| Speed (6) |  Bassa Mawem |  YiLing Song | |||
| Combined | Tomoa Narasaki | Janja Garnbret |
| Date | Location | Competition | Discipline | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 11–21 | Hachiōji, Japan | World Championships | Bouldering | Tomoa Narasaki | Janja Garnbret | |
| Lead | Adam Ondra | Janja Garnbret | ||||
| Speed |  Ludovico Fossali |  Aleksandra Miroslaw | ||||
| Combined | Tomoa Narasaki | Janja Garnbret | ||||
| August 22–31 | Arco, Italy | World Youth Championships | Lead | Junior | Shuta Tanaka | Laura Rogora |
| Youth A | Hidemasa Nishida |  Nika Potapova | ||||
| Youth B | Junta Sekiguchi | Oriane Bertone | ||||
| Bouldering | Junior | Sohta Amagasa | Laura Rogora | |||
| Youth A | Ao Yurikusa | Luce Douady | ||||
| Youth B |  Nichol Tomas | Oriane Bertone | ||||
| Speed | Junior |  Sergey Rukin | Elena Remizova | |||
| Youth A | Iaroslav Pashkov |  Emma Hunt | ||||
| Youth B | Hryhorii Ilchyshyn | Callie Close | ||||
| Combined | Junior | Sohta Amagasa | Laura Rogora | |||
| Youth A | Ao Yurikusa | Natsumi Hirano | ||||
| Youth B | Junta Sekiguchi | Sara Copar | ||||
| Date | Location | Competition | Discipline | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 5–7 | Zakopane, Poland | European Championships | Bouldering | Mickaël Mawem | Urska Repusic |
| October 4–6 |  Edinburgh, Britain | Lead | Adam Ondra | Lucka Rakovec | |
| Speed | Vladislav Deulin | Aleksandra Miroslaw | |||
| November 6–10 |  Bogor, Indonesia | Asian Championships | Lead | Kokoro Fujii | Chaehyun Seo |
| Bouldering | Katsura Konishi | Chaehyun Seo | |||
| Speed | Veddriq Leonardo | Nurul Iqamah | |||
| Combined | Kokoro Fujii | Nurul Iqamah |
| Date | Location | Competition | Discipline | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 26–27 | Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, Tokyo | Japan Cup | Bouldering | Taisei Ishimatsu | Miho Nonaka |
| February 10 | Akishima city, Tokyo | Speed | Yudai Ikeda | Miho Nonaka | |
| March 2–3 | Inzai city, Chiba Prefecture | Lead | Kokoro Fujii | Akiyo Noguchi | |
| May 25–26 | Saijō city, Ehime Prefecture | Combined | Tomoa Narasaki | Miho Nonaka | |
| June 14–16 | Celje, Slovenia | Slovenian Championships [1] | Combined | Jernej Kruder | Janja Garnbret |
| June 13–16 | Innsbruck, Austria | Austrian Championships | Speed |  Matthias Erber | Alexandra Elmer |
| Bouldering | Florian Klingler | Jessica Pilz | |||
| Lead | Jakob Schubert | Jessica Pilz | |||
| Combined | Jakob Schubert | Jessica Pilz |
| Date | Location | Competition | Discipline | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 23–24 |  Pfungstadt, Germany | Studio Bloc Masters [2] [3] | Bouldering | Anze Peharc | Janja Garnbret |
| April 19–21 | Hiroshima, Japan | FISE World Series Hiroshima [4] | Bouldering | Keita Dohi | Ryu Nakagawa |
| May 12 | Akishima, Japan | au Speed Stars [5] | Speed | Ludovico Fossali | Anna Brozek |
| May 24–25 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Triglav The Rock Ljubljana [6] | Bouldering | Alexey Rubtsov | Janja Garnbret |
| August 31 | Arco, Italy | Rock Master [7] | Duel (Lead/Speed) | Jakob Schubert | Mia Krampl |
| September 13–14 | Stuttgart, Germany | Adidas Rockstars | Bouldering | Yoshiyuki Ogata | Futaba Ito |
| October 31–November 3 | Guangzhou, China | China Open | Combined | Keita Dohi | Miho Nonaka |
| November 28–December 1 | Toulouse, France | Olympic Qualifying Event | Combined | Kokoro Fujii | Futaba Ito |
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