IAAF World Challenge

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IAAF World Challenge
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Sport Track and field
Founded2010
Ceased2019
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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]

Contents

Editions

EditionYearStart dateEnd dateMeetsRef.
1 2010 4 March1 September13 [2]
2 2011 3 March13 September14 [3]
3 2012 3 March9 September14 [4]
4 2013 6 April8 September15 [5]
5 2014 22 March7 September13 [6]
6 2015 21 March13 September13 [7]
7 2016 5 March6 September12 [8]
8 2017 20 May29 August9 [9]
9 2018 19 May4 September9 [10]
10 2019 28 April3 September9 [11]

Meetings

MeetingCityCountry2010201120122013201420152016201720182019Years
Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech RepublicXXXXXXXXXX10
Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo NetherlandsXXXXXXXXXX10
ISTAF Berlin Berlin GermanyXXXXXXXXXX10
Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb CroatiaXXXXXXXXXX10
Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid SpainXXXXXXXXX9
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Belém BrazilXXXXXXXXX9
Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki JapanXXXXXXXXX9
Jamaica International Invitational Kingston JamaicaXXXXXXXXX9
Rieti Meeting Rieti ItalyXXXXXXX7
Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne AustraliaXXXXXXX7
Meeting de Rabat Rabat MoroccoXXXXXX6
Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo Ponce Puerto RicoXXXX6
IAAF World Challenge Dakar Dakar SenegalXXXXX5
IAAF World Challenge Beijing Beijing ChinaXXXX4
Paavo Nurmi Games Turku FinlandXXX3
Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting Daegu South KoreaXXX3
Moscow Challenge Moscow RussiaXX2
Brothers Znamensky Memorial Zhukovsky RussiaXX2
Osaka Grand Prix Osaka JapanX1
Nanjing World Challenge Nanjing ChinaX1

Series records

Men

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

Women

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

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