| 2016 IAAF World Indoor Tour | |
|---|---|
| Edition | inaugural |
| Dates | 6 February - 20 February |
| Meetings | 4 |
| Individual Prize Money (US$) | US$ 20,000 per winner |
← inaugural 2017 → | |
The 2016 IAAF World Indoor Tour was the inaugural edition of the IAAF World Indoor Tour, planned as an annual series of track and field indoor meetings. [1] It was designed to create an IAAF Diamond League-style circuit for indoor track and field events, to raise the profile of indoor track and field athletics.
The Tour was announced with initially four events for 2016, three in Europe and one in the United States, leading to the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, Oregon. Winners of the Tour enjoyed similar privileges in relation to World Indoor Championships qualification as Diamond League winners do in relation to World Championships in Athletics. [ citation needed ] This was the only edition of the tour that featured the Globen Galan, and the Stockholm leg was replaced by the International Copernicus Cup, a long-standing indoor event in Torún, Poland for 2017.
The following four meetings were confirmed for the 2016 season: [2]
| Meet | Stadium | City | Country | Date |
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| Weltklasse in Karlsruhe | Dm-Arena | Karlsruhe / Rheinstetten |  Germany | 6 February |
| New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center | Boston |  United States | 14 February |
| Globen Galan | Ericsson Globe | Stockholm |  Sweden | 17 February |
| Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix | Emirates Arena | Glasgow |  United Kingdom | 20 February |
At each meeting a minimum of 12 events were staged. Included in the 12 events will be a core group of five or six events split across the two-season cycle.
Tour events for 2016 were the men’s 60m, 800m, 3000/5000m, pole vault, triple jump and shot put, plus the women’s 400m, 1500m, 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump.
Points were allocated to the best four athletes in each event, with the winner getting 10 points, the runner up receiving seven points, the third-placed finisher getting five points and the athlete in fourth receiving three points.
The individual overall winner of each event received US $20,000 in prize money and, beginning with the 2016 edition in Portland, automatically qualified for the next edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships as a ‘wild card’ entry, provided the member federation of that World Indoor Tour winner agreed to enter the athlete. [3]
The following events are core Tour events for the 2019 indoor season:
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| # | Meeting | 60 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 3000 m | 60 m h |
| 1 | Karlsruhe [4] | Mike Rodgers (USA) 6.52 | - |  Adam Kszczot (POL)1:45.96 | - |  A. Kiprono Choge (KEN)7:43.22 | - |
| 2 | Boston [5] | Mike Rodgers (USA) 6.53 | Vernon Norwood (USA) (300m) 32.70 Boris Berian (USA)(600 m) 1:15.51 | Andrew Wheating (USA) (1000 m) 2:16.68 |  Nick Willis (NZL)(mile) 3:53.27 |  Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH)7:42.94 | - |
| 3 | Stockholm [6] | - |  Abdalleleh Haroun (QAT)(500m) 59.83 | Adam Kszczot (POL) 1:45.63 |  Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI)(1000m) 2:14.20 WR |  Abdalaati Iguider (MAR)7:39.04 | - |
| 4 | Glasgow [7] | Sean Safo-Antwi (GBR) 6.56 |  Pavel Maslák (CZE)46.02 | - | Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) 3:34.94 | Mo Farah (GBR) 7:39.55 | - Wenjun Xie (CHN)7.63 |
| Overall | Mike Rodgers (USA) | - | Adam Kszczot (POL) | - | A. Kiprono Choge (KEN) | - | |
| # | Meeting | High jump | Long jump | Triple jump | Pole vault | Shot put |
| 1 | Karlsruhe [4] | - | Julian Howard (GER) 8.03m |  Alexis Copello (CUB)16.99 m |  Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)5.91 m |  Tim Nedow (CAN)20.89m |
| 2 | Boston [5] | - | - | Omar Craddock (USA) 16.82 | Sam Kendricks (USA) 5.77 | Kurt Roberts (USA) 21.57 |
| 3 | Stockholm [6] | - | Andreas Otterling (SWE) 8.12 | - | - | Tim Nedow (CAN) 21.33 |
| 4 | Glasgow [7] | - |  Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)8.08 | Omar Craddock (USA) 16.93 | Shawnacy Barber (CAN) 5.89 | - |
| Overall | - | - | Omar Craddock (USA) | Shawnacy Barber (CAN) | Tim Nedow (CAN) | |
| # | Meeting | 60 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 3000 m | 60 m h |
| 1 | Karlsruhe [4] |  Dafne Schippers (NED)7.08 | Natasha Hastings (USA) 52.60 | - | Axumawit Embaye (ETH) 4:08.22 | - | Kendra Harrison (USA) 7.86 |
| 2 | Boston [5] | English Gardner (USA) 7.15 | Natasha Hastings (USA) (300 m) 36.35 | - | Dawit Seyaum (ETH) 4:01.86 | Meseret Defar (ETH) 8:30.83 | Brianna McNeal (USA) 7.87 |
| 3 | Stockholm [6] | Jeneba Tarmoh (USA) (200 m) 23.38 | Lisanne de Witte (NED) 53.21 | - | Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) (mile) 4:13.31 WR | - | - |
| 4 | Glasgow [7] | Dafne Schippers (NED) 7.10 |  Stephenie Ann McPherson (JAM)52.05 | Melissa Bishop (CAN) 2:00.19 | Sifan Hassan (NED) 4:01.40 | Nancy Chepkwemoi (KEN) 8:49.06 | Kendra Harrison (USA) 7.92 |
| Overall | - | Lisanne de Witte (NED) | - | Axumawit Embaye (ETH) | - | Nia Ali (USA) | |
| # | Meeting | High jump | Long jump | Triple jump | Pole vault | Shot put |
| 1 | Karlsruhe [4] | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (GER) 1.93 m | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Boston [5] | - | Janay DeLoach (USA) 6.63 | - | Jennifer Suhr (USA) 4.83 | - |
| 3 | Stockholm [6] |  Ruth Beitia (ESP)1.95 |  Ksenija Balta (EST)6.76 | - |  Nikoléta Kyriakopoúlou (GRE)4.81 | - |
| 4 | Glasgow [7] |  Alessia Trost (ITA) Levern Spencer (LCA)1.93 | Lorraine Ugen (GBR) 6.80 | - | - | - |
| Overall | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (GER) | Lorraine Ugen (GBR) | - | - | - | |
| 60 m | 800 m | 3000m | Triple jump | Pole vault | Shot put | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Rodgers (USA) | 27 | Adam Kszczot (POL) | 30 | Augustine Choge (KEN) | 17 | Omar Craddock (USA) | 20 | Shawnacy Barber (CAN) | 24 | Tim Nedow (CAN) | 20 |
 Kim Collins (SKN) | 17 | Nicholas Kiplangat (KEN) Andrew Wheating (USA) | 10 | Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) | 14 | Chris Carter (USA) | 14 | Sam Kendricks (USA) Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 10 | Kurt Roberts (USA) | 10 |
| Sean Safo-Antwi (GBR) | 10 | 3 athletes. [8] | 10 | Alexis Copello (CUB) | 10 | 3 athletes. [9] | 7 | ||||
| 400 m | 1500 | 60m hurdles | High jump | Long jump | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisanne de Witte (NED) | 15 | Axumawit Embaye (ETH) | 20 | Nia Ali (USA) | 21 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (GER) | 15 | Lorraine Ugen (GBR) | 17 |
| Natasha Hastings (USA) Stephenie Ann McPherson (JAM) | 10 | Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) | 14 | Kendra Harrison (USA) | 20 |  Oksana Okuneva (UKR) | 12 | Shara Proctor (GBR) | 12 |
| 3 athletes [11] | 10 | 2 athletes [12] | 10 | 3 athletes [13] | 10 | 2 athletes. [14] | 10 | ||
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