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]

IAAF World Challenge

Sport	Track and field
Founded	2010
Ceased	2019
Continent	global
Official website	IAAF World Challenge

Editions

Edition	Year	Start date	End date	Meets	Ref.
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]

• The Rieti Meeting was included in the original series schedule in 2016, but was later cancelled

Meetings

Meeting	City	Country	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Years
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

Series records

Men

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

Women

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