IAU 24 Hour World Championship

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The IAU 24 Hour World Championship is an international 24-hour run competition organised by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU). [1] Since 2015, the World Championship has alternated annually with the IAU 100 km World Championships. [2]

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Preceded in 2001 by the IAU World 24 Hours Track Championships, as a track running event, this competition became the IAU World 24 Hours Challenge in 2003. [3] The road running event was later upgraded to World Championships status after 2006. It is one of the IAU's four main world championship events (alongside the 100 km World Championships, 50 km World Championships, and Trail World Championships) and is the only one with a limited time format, rather than a distance-based one. [4]

The competition has often incorporated the IAU 24 Hour European Championships – a continental event which pre-dates the global competition, having first been held in 1992. [3] The annual schedule has twice been broken: first in 2011, with Brugg, Switzerland failing to proceed as host, [5] and again in 2014, with the agreed host (Plzeň, Czech Republic) being unable to hold the eleventh edition of the competition. [6] The event has mainly been held in Europe: in 2006, Taipei became the first Asian city to hold the races and Drummondville, Quebec followed as the first North American host in 2007. [5]

New Championship records were set at the 2019 Championship, including 278.972 kilometres by Aleksandr Sorokin from Lithuania and 270.119 kilometres by Camille Herron [7] from the United States.

Editions

  Edition in gold was held as the IAU World 24 Hours Track Championships
Ed.YearCityCountryDatesNo. of
nations		No. of
athletes
— 2001 San Giovanni Lupatoto [3] Italy22–23 September [5]
1st 2003 Uden [3] Netherlands11–12 October [5]
2nd 2004 Brno [3] Czech Republic23–24 October [5]
3rd 2005 Wörschach [3] Austria16–17 July [5]
4th 2006 Taipei [3] Republic of China25–26 February [8]
5th 2007 Drummondville, Quebec Canada28–29 July [9]
6th 2008 Seoul South Korea18–19 October [10]
7th 2009 Bergamo Italy2–3 May [11]
8th 2010 Brive-la-Gaillarde France13–14 May [12]
—2011Cancelled [13]
9th 2012  [ pl ] Katowice Poland8–9 September [14] [15]
10th 2013  [ pl ] Steenbergen Netherlands11–12 May [16] 22261
—2014Cancelled [13]
11th 2015  [ pl ] Turin Italy11–12 April [17] [18] 40302
12th 2017  [ pl ] Belfast United Kingdom1–2 July [19]
13th 2019  [ pl ] Albi France26–27 October [20]
—2021Cancelled [21]
14th 2023  [ pl ] Taipei Taiwan1–2 December [22]
15th 2025 Albi France25–26 October [23]

Medallists

Men's individual

YearGoldSilverBronze
2001Flag of Greece.svg  Yiannis Kouros  (GRE)275.828Flag of Slovakia.svg  Lubomír Hrmo  (SVK)270.337Flag of France.svg  Alain Prual  [ fr ] (FRA)259.778
2003Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Paul Beckers  (BEL)270.087Flag of Japan.svg  Ryōichi Sekiya  (JPN)267.223Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Étienne Van Acker  (BEL)264.967
2004Flag of Japan.svg  Ryōichi Sekiya  (JPN)269.085Flag of Slovakia.svg  Lubomír Hrmo  (SVK)259.064Flag of France.svg  Mohamed Magroun  [ fr ] (FRA)257.881
2005Flag of Russia.svg  Anatoliy Kruglikov  [ ru ] (RUS)268.065Flag of Austria.svg  Ewald Eder  (AUT)263.810Flag of Germany.svg  Jens Lukas  (GER)256.368
2006Flag of Japan.svg  Ryōichi Sekiya  (JPN)272.936Flag of France.svg  Mohamed Magroun  [ fr ] (FRA)248.563Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Bychkov  (RUS)246.098
2007Flag of Japan.svg  Ryōichi Sekiya  (JPN)263.562Flag of France.svg  Mohamed Magroun  [ fr ] (FRA)257.018Flag of Japan.svg  Masayuki Otaki  (JPN)253.814
2008Flag of Japan.svg  Ryōichi Sekiya  (JPN)273.366Flag of France.svg  Fabian Hoblea  [ fr ] (FRA)267.174Flag of Japan.svg  Yuji Sakai  (JPN)264.389
2009Flag of Sweden.svg  Henrik Olsson  (SWE)257.042Flag of Germany.svg  Ralf Weiss  (GER)244.492Flag of Japan.svg  Yuji Sakai  (JPN)242.713
2010Flag of Japan.svg  Shingo Inoue  (JPN)273.708Flag of the United States.svg  Scott Jurek  (USA)266.577Flag of Italy.svg  Ivan Cudin  [ it ] (ITA)263.841
2012  [ pl ]Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Morton  (USA)277.543 CR Flag of Germany.svg  Florian Reus  [ de ] (GER)261.718Flag of France.svg  Ludovic Dilmi  (FRA)257.819
2013  [ pl ]Flag of the United States.svg  Jon Olsen  (USA)269.675Flag of the United States.svg  John Dennis  (USA)262.734Flag of Germany.svg  Florian Reus  [ de ] (GER)259.939
2015  [ pl ]Flag of Germany.svg  Florian Reus  [ de ] (GER)263.899Flag of Poland.svg  Paweł Szynal  [ pl ] (POL)261.181Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Robbie Britton  (GBR)261.140
2017  [ pl ]Flag of Japan.svg  Yoshihiko Ishikawa  (JPN)270.870Flag of Poland.svg  Sebastian Białobrzeski  [ pl ] (POL)267.187Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Steene  (SWE)266.515
2019  [ pl ]Flag of Lithuania.svg  Aleksandr Sorokin  (LTU)278.972 CR Flag of Hungary.svg  Tamás Bódis  (HUN)276.222Flag of the United States.svg  Olivier Leblond  (USA)275.485
2023  [ pl ]Flag of Lithuania.svg  Aleksandr Sorokin  (LTU)301.790Flag of Greece.svg  Fotios Zisimopoulos  (GRE)292.254Flag of Ukraine.svg  Andrii Tkachuk  (UKR)284.540
2025

Men's team

YearGoldSilverBronze
2003Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 791.901 CR Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 739.569Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 729.956
2004Flag of France.svg  France 745.725Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 740.396Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 704.876
2005Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 734.498Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 731.299Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 725.897
2006Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 755.569Flag of France.svg  France 724.412Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 709.677
2007Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 761.842Flag of France.svg  France 742.206Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 673.092
2008Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 785.432Flag of France.svg  France 773.635Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 723.287
2009Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 706.984Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 693.445Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 689.111
2010Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 778.678Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 758.932Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 757.468
2012  [ pl ]Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 759.457Flag of France.svg  France 756.710Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 754.786
2013  [ pl ]Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 780.552Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 752.567Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 752.007
2015  [ pl ]Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 770.777Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 752.665Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 745.075
2017  [ pl ]Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 783.159Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 763.630Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 755.458
2019  [ pl ]Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 799.754 CR Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 782.241Flag of France.svg  France 779.076
2023  [ pl ]Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 813.368Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 787.964Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 772.127
2025

Women's individual

YearGoldSilverBronze
2001Flag of Hungary.svg  Edit Bérces  (HUN)235.029Flag of Russia.svg  Irina Reutovich  [ ru ] (RUS)226.781Flag of Russia.svg  Irina Koval  (RUS)222.445
2003Flag of Russia.svg  Irina Reutovich  [ ru ] (RUS)237.052Flag of Russia.svg  Galina Yeremina  (RUS)232.050Flag of France.svg  Joëlle Semur  [ fr ] (FRA)227.279
2004Flag of Japan.svg  Sumie Inagaki  (JPN)237.154Flag of Russia.svg  Galina Yeremina  (RUS)235.012Flag of the United States.svg  Stephanie Ehret  (USA)225.573
2005Flag of Russia.svg  Lyudmila Kalinina  [ ru ] (RUS)242.228Flag of Russia.svg  Galina Yeremina  (RUS)239.874Flag of Japan.svg  Sumie Inagaki  (JPN)234.803
2006Flag of Japan.svg  Sumie Inagaki  (JPN)237.144Flag of Russia.svg  Lyudmila Kalinina  [ ru ] (RUS)231.356Flag of Japan.svg  Kimie Noto  (JPN)229.146
2007Flag of Russia.svg  Lyudmila Kalinina  [ ru ] (RUS)236.848Flag of France.svg  Brigitte Bec  (FRA)233.137Flag of Russia.svg  Galina Yeremina  (RUS)230.288
2008Flag of France.svg  Anne-Marie Vernet  [ fr ] (FRA)239.685Flag of France.svg  Anne-Cécile Fontaine  [ fr ] (FRA)239.252Flag of France.svg  Brigitte Bec  [ fr ] (FRA)229.818
2009Flag of France.svg  Anne-Cécile Fontaine  [ fr ] (FRA)243.644Flag of France.svg  Brigitte Bec  [ fr ] (FRA)234.977Flag of Italy.svg  Monica Casiraghi  (ITA)223.848
2010Flag of France.svg  Anne-Cécile Fontaine  [ fr ] (FRA)239.797Flag of Italy.svg  Monica Casiraghi  (ITA)231.390Flag of Germany.svg  Julia Alter  (GER)230.258
2012  [ pl ]Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Michaela Dimitriadu  (CZE)244.232Flag of the United States.svg  Connie Gardner  (USA)240.385Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Emily Gelder  (GBR)238.875
2013  [ pl ]Flag of Japan.svg  Mami Kudo  (JPN)252.205Flag of the United States.svg  Sabrina Little  (USA)244.669Flag of the United States.svg  Suzanna Bon  (USA)236.228
2015  [ pl ] [24] Flag of the United States.svg  Katalin Nagy  (USA)244.495Flag of the United States.svg  Traci Falbo  (USA)239.740Flag of Sweden.svg  Maria Jansson  (SWE)238.964
2017  [ pl ]Flag of Poland.svg  Patrycja Bereznowska  (POL)259.991 CR WR Flag of Poland.svg  Aleksandra Niwińska  [ pl ] (POL)251.078Flag of the United States.svg  Katalin Nagy  (USA)248.970
2019  [ pl ]Flag of the United States.svg  Camille Herron  (USA)270.116 CR WR Flag of Germany.svg  Nele Alder-Baerens  (GER)254.288 NR Flag of Poland.svg  Patrycja Bereznowska  (POL)247.723
2023  [ pl ]Flag of Japan.svg  Miho Nakata  (JPN)270.363 WR Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olena Shevchenko  (UKR)254.463Flag of Poland.svg  Patrycja Bereznowska  (POL)249.541
2025

Women's team

YearGoldSilverBronze
2003Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 684.858Flag of France.svg  France 649.303Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 628.440
2004Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 661.558Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 657.610Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 635.932
2005Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 709.573Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 654.385Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 604.514
2006Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 671.477Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 654.555Flag of France.svg  France 596.172
2007Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 671.329Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 641.207Flag of France.svg  France 614.488
2008Flag of France.svg  France 708.755Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 650.257Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 629.868
2009Flag of France.svg  France 684.078Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 636.159Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 626.386
2010Flag of France.svg  France 685.800Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 658.112Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 654.863
2012  [ pl ]Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 694.620Flag of France.svg  France 666.503Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 666.461
2013  [ pl ]Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 710.599Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 705.582Flag of France.svg  France 670.698
2015  [ pl ]Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 720.046Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 684.981Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 678.468
2017  [ pl ]Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 740.856 CR Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 740.234Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 689.622
2019  [ pl ]Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 746.132 CR Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 721.124Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 696.846
2023  [ pl ]Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 726.552Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 702.911Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 697.275
2025

References

  1. ↑ IAU 24H World Championship. International Association of Ultrarunners. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  2. ↑ IAU Championships. International Association of Ultrarunners. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IAU World 24 Hours Challenge. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  4. ↑ IAU Championships Archived 2017-02-27 at the Wayback Machine . International Association of Ultrarunners. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Michiels, Paul & Milroy, Andy (2013-05-07). IAU 24 Hour Championships. Association of Road Running Statisticians. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  6. ↑ 2014 World 24-Hour Run Championships. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
  7. ↑ "2019 IAU 24 H World Championship – Official Results". International Association of Ultrarunners. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  8. ↑ 2006 IAU 24 Hour World Challenge. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
  9. ↑ Mountain/Ultra/Trail 2007 Annual Report. USATF (2007-10-08). Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  10. ↑ RECAP: IAU RACES 2008 . International Association of Ultrarunners. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  11. ↑ Olsson and Fontaine take IAU 24hr World Challenge titles in Bergamo. World Athletics (2009-05-05). Retrieved on 2025-04-07.
  12. ↑ Inoue and Fontaine take 24 Hour IAU World Championship titles. World Athletics (2010-05-19). Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  13. 1 2 International Ultrarunners Without a World Championship Race For The Second Time This Year. Ultra Running Magazine (2014-07-24). Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  14. ↑ "Katowice to host IAU 24 Hour World champs this weekend". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
  15. ↑ "Morton and Dimitriadu take IAU World 24 Hour titles". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
  16. ↑ "IAU - Olsen and Kudo take 24 Hour IAU World Championship titles". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
  17. ↑ 2015 IAU World 24 Hour Championships Selection Procedures. USATF. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  18. ↑ Pięć medali Polaków na MŚ i ME w biegu 24-godzinnym (in Polish). Maratony Polskie (2015-04-15). Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  19. ↑ "Belfast to host 24 Hour World Championships in 2017". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  20. ↑ "2019 IAU 24H World Championships was granted to Albi, France". iau-ultramarathon.org. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  21. ↑ Cancellations of 2021 IAU 24H and IAU 50 km World Championship. IAU (2021-06-25). Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  22. ↑ "2019 IAU 24H World Championships was granted to Albi, France" . Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  23. ↑ "2025 IAU 24 Hour World Championship announcement". iau-ultramarathon.org. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  24. ↑ General Results, female iau-ultramarathon.org
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