IAAF World Challenge Beijing

IAAF World Challenge Beijing is an annual track and field competition held in Beijing, China, in May. First held in 2013, it takes place at the Beijing National Stadium, the venue for the Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It is part of the IAAF World Challenge circuit, the second tier of international track and field competitions after the IAAF Diamond League.^[1]

IAAF World Challenge Beijing
The host stadium – National Stadium (Birds Nest)
Date	May
Location	Beijing, China
Event type	Track and field
Established	2013
Official site	IAAF World Challenge Beijing Website

Meet records

Men

Men's meeting records of the IAAF World Challenge Beijing

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref.
100 m	9.87 (±0.0 m/s)	Justin Gatlin	United States	21 May 2014	[2]
200 m	20.40 (+0.3 m/s)	LaShawn Merritt	United States	21 May 2013	[3]
800 m	1:45.45	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	20 May 2015	[4]
110 m hurdles	13.15 (+0.6 m/s)	David Oliver	United States	20 May 2015	[5]
3000 m steeplechase	8:06.04	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	21 May 2014	[6]
High jump	2.36 m	Ivan Ukhov	Russia	21 May 2014	[7]
		Majd Eddin Ghazal	Syria	18 May 2016	[8]
Pole vault	5.92 m	Sam Kendricks	United States	18 May 2016	[9]
Long jump	8.31 m (+0.1 m/s)	Li Jinzhe	China	21 May 2013	[10]
Triple jump	16.72 m (+0.2 m/s)	Cao Shuo	China	21 May 2013	[11]
Javelin throw	83.94 m	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago	21 May 2014	[12]
4 × 100 m relay	38.21	Yang Yang Xie Zhenye Su Bingtian Zhang Peimeng	China	18 May 2016	[13]

Women

Women's meeting records of the IAAF World Challenge Beijing

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref.
100 m	11.04 (+1.2 m/s)	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	21 May 2013	[14]
200 m	22.29 (+0.2 m/s)	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	18 May 2016	[15]
1500 m	4:02.11	Hellen Obiri	Kenya	18 May 2016	[16]
100 m hurdles	12.58 (+0.2 m/s)	Brianna Rollins	United States	21 May 2014	[17]
400 m hurdles	54.37	Wenda Nel	South Africa	20 May 2015	[18]
3000 m steeplechase	9:25.68	Purity Kirui	Kenya	21 May 2014	[19]
High jump	2.02 m	Anna Chicherova	Russia	21 May 2013	[20]
Pole vault	4.50 m	Li Ling	China	21 May 2013	[21]
Long jump	6.58 m (+0.1 m/s)	Tori Polk	United States	21 May 2013	[22]
Shot put	20.77 m	Christina Schwanitz	Germany	20 May 2015	[23]
Hammer throw	77.73 m	Anita Włodarczyk	Poland	20 May 2015	[24]
Javelin throw	64.37 m	Kathryn Mitchell	Australia	18 May 2016	[25]
4 × 100 m relay	42.65	Yuan Qiqi Wei Yongli Ge Manqi Liang Xiaojing	China	18 May 2016	[26]