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Sport | Track and field |
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Founded | 2010 |
Ceased | 2019 |
Continent | global |
Official website | IAAF World Challenge |
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]
Edition | Year | Start date | End date | Meets | Ref. |
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1 | 2010 | 4 March | 1 September | 13 | [2] |
2 | 2011 | 3 March | 13 September | 14 | [3] |
3 | 2012 | 3 March | 9 September | 14 | [4] |
4 | 2013 | 6 April | 8 September | 15 | [5] |
5 | 2014 | 22 March | 7 September | 13 | [6] |
6 | 2015 | 21 March | 13 September | 13 | [7] |
7 | 2016 | 5 March | 6 September | 12 | [8] |
8 | 2017 | 20 May | 29 August | 9 | [9] |
9 | 2018 | 19 May | 4 September | 9 | [10] |
10 | 2019 | 28 April | 3 September | 9 | [11] |
Meeting | City | Country | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Years |
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Golden Spike Ostrava | Ostrava | Czech Republic | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
Fanny Blankers-Koen Games | Hengelo | Netherlands | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
ISTAF Berlin | Berlin | Germany | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
Hanžeković Memorial | Zagreb | Croatia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
Meeting de Atletismo Madrid | Madrid | Spain | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | — | 9 |
Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo | Belém | Brazil | X | X | X | X | X | — | X | X | X | X | 9 |
Golden Grand Prix | Kawasaki | Japan | — | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
Jamaica International Invitational | Kingston | Jamaica | — | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
Rieti Meeting | Rieti | Italy | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | — | — | — | 7 |
Melbourne Track Classic | Melbourne | Australia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | — | — | — | 7 |
Meeting de Rabat | Rabat | Morocco | X | X | X | X | X | X | — | — | — | — | 6 |
Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo | Ponce | Puerto Rico | — | — | X | X | X | X | — | — | — | — | 6 |
IAAF World Challenge Dakar | Dakar | Senegal | X | X | — | X | — | X | X | — | — | — | 5 |
IAAF World Challenge Beijing | Beijing | China | — | — | — | X | X | X | X | — | — | — | 4 |
Paavo Nurmi Games | Turku | Finland | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | X | X | X | 3 |
Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting | Daegu | South Korea | X | X | X | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Moscow Challenge | Moscow | Russia | — | — | X | X | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Brothers Znamensky Memorial | Zhukovsky | Russia | X | X | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Osaka Grand Prix | Osaka | Japan | X | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Nanjing World Challenge | Nanjing | China | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | X | 1 |
Event | Record | Name | Date | Place | Ref |
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100 m | 9.78 (+0.9 m/s) | ![]() |
2010 | Rieti | |
200 m | 19.77 (+0.0 m/s) | ![]() |
2017 | Madrid | |
300 m | 30.81 | ![]() |
2017 | Ostrava | |
400 m | 44.16 | ![]() |
2014 | Ostrava | |
800 m | 1:41.01 | ![]() |
2010 | Rieti | |
1500 m | 3:29.90 | ![]() |
2012 | Hengelo | |
Mile | 3:56.95 | ![]() |
20 June 2019 | Ostrava | [12] |
3000 m | 7:28.70 | ![]() |
2010 | Rieti | |
5000 m | 12:57.56 | ![]() |
2019 | Hengelo | |
110 m hurdles | 12.97 (+1.2 m/s) | ![]() |
2012 | Berlin | |
400 m hurdles | 47.66 | ![]() |
2011 | Ostrava | |
3000 m steeplechase | 8:02.55 | ![]() |
2011 | Ostrava | |
High jump | 2.40 m | ![]() |
2014 | Tokyo | |
Pole vault | 5.92 m | ![]() |
2013 | Ostrava | |
Long jump | 8.66 m (+1.0 m/s) | ![]() |
13 June 2018 | Ostrava | [13] |
Triple jump | 17.57 m (-1.1 m/s) | ![]() |
2017 | Ostrava | |
Shot put | 22.28 m | ![]() |
2016 | Zagreb | |
Discus throw | 71.84 m | ![]() |
2013 | Hengelo | |
Hammer throw | 83.44 m | ![]() |
2017 | Ostrava | |
Javelin throw | 91.28 m | ![]() |
2016 | Turku |
Event | Record | Name | Date | Place | Ref |
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100 m | 10.76 (+1.1 m/s) | ![]() |
2011 | Ostrava | |
200 m | 22.02 (-0.3 m/s) | ![]() |
2016 | Hengelo | |
300 m | 34.41 | ![]() |
2019 | Ostrava | |
400 m | 49.95 | ![]() |
2015 | Kingston | |
800 m | 1:55.68 | ![]() |
2016 | Berlin | |
1500 m | 3:56.14 | ![]() |
2017 | Hengelo | |
Mile | 4:22.45 | ![]() |
2018 | Berlin | |
3000 m | 8:22.22 | ![]() |
2015 | Rabat | |
5000 m | 14:37.22 | ![]() |
9 June 2019 | Hengelo | [14] |
100 m hurdles | 12.39 (+2.0 m/s) | ![]() |
2015 | Kingston | |
400 m hurdles | 53.32 | ![]() |
2013 | Ostrava | |
2000 m steeplechase | 5:52.80 | ![]() |
1 September 2019 | Berlin | [15] |
3000 m steeplechase | 9:03.70 | ![]() |
2017 | Berlin | |
High jump | 2.06 m | ![]() |
20 June 2019 | Ostrava | [16] |
Pole vault | 4.90 m | ![]() |
2013 | Hengelo | |
Long jump | 6.96 m (+1.1 m/s) | ![]() |
2016 | Zagreb | |
Triple jump | 15.02 m (-0.4 m/s) | ![]() |
2016 | Madrid | |
Shot put | 20.88 m | ![]() |
2013 | Ostrava | |
Discus throw | 70.83 m | ![]() |
2017 | Zagreb | |
Hammer throw | 79.72 m | ![]() |
2017 | Ostrava | |
Javelin throw | 70.53 m | ![]() |
2013 | Berlin |