World Athletics Race Walking Tour

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World Athletics Race Walking Tour
SportRacewalking
Founded2003
Official websiteRace Walking
Liu Hong, the series' most successful athlete, racing at the 2013 World Championships

The World Athletics Race Walking Tour (formerly IAAF Race Walking Challenge and World Athletics Challenge - Race Walking) is a racewalking series organised by World Athletics. Athletes accumulate points in specific race walk meetings during the season. Performances in 10 kilometres race walk, 20 kilometres race walk and 50 kilometres race walk count towards athlete's final scores. Since 2011, racewalking performances at the World Athletics Championships and Olympic Games count towards the series. Women have competed in the 50 km distance since 2018.[1]

The series started as a global tour of elite-level, independently-held racewalking meetings. From 2007 to 2012, the series culminated in the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final. The inclusion of the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in 2008 marked a move to incorporate international championships into the series.[2] The World Cup returned to the tour in 2010, which was also the first time that the Australian Race Walking Championships was added to the calendar.[3] The 2011 World Championships in Athletics was the first time that performances at a major global athletics championship were included in the series,[4] and this was followed by 2012 Summer Olympics a year later.[5] The series was remodelled in 2013, as the Challenge Final was abolished and instead all the global and continental racewalking competitions were included: the Oceania Race Walking Championships, the Asian Race Walking Championships, the European Race Walking Cup, the African Race Walking Championships, South American Race Walking Championships and the Pan American Race Walking Cup.[6] The 2014 series included the African Championships in Athletics and European Athletics Championships for the first time.[7]

The highest points score achieved in a single series is 48, which was achieved by Norway's Kjersti Plätzer in 2009 and was matched by China's Wang Zhen in 2012. Chinese female walker Liu Hong is the most successful athlete of the series, being the only person to win the series on three occasions. Australian Jared Tallent is the most successful man, with two men's titles and runner-up on two occasions.

Editions[edit]

Edition Year Start date End date Meets Ref.
1 2003 8 March 7 June 4 [8]
2 2004 20 March 20 June 5 [9]
3 2005 19 March 4 June 5 [10]
4 2006 25 March 1 May 4 [11]
5 2007 10 March 29 September 7 [12]
6 2008 8 March 21 September 8 [2]
7 2009 8 March 19 September 10 [13]
8 2010 13 February 18 September 11 [3]
9 2011 19 February 17 September 10 [4]
10 2012 25 February 14 September 12 [5]
11 2013 23 February 13 August 14 [6]
12 2014 2 February 14 August 12 [7]
13 2015 22 February 28 August 10 [14]
14 2016 21 February 19 August 11 [15]
15 2017 19 February 13 August 10 [16]
16 2018 11 February 24 September 10 [17]
17 2019 1 December 2018 22 October 12 [18]
18 2021 5 June 5 June 1 [19]
19 2022 19 December 2021 29 October 24 [20]
20 2023 18 December 2022 28 October 21 [21]
21 2024 17 December 2023 26 October 18 [22]

Meetings[edit]

# Meeting City Country 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
1 Grand Prix Internacional de Marcha Tijuana Tijuana Mexico X X X
2 Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha Atlética Rio Maior Portugal X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
3 Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña A Coruña Spain X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
4 Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni Sesto San Giovanni Italy X X X X X X X X X X X
5 Kunshan IAAF Race Walking Challenge Kunshan China X
6 Cixi IAAF Race Walking Challenge Cixi China X
7 Yangzhou IAAF Race Walking Challenge Yangzhou China X
8 Tlalnepantla de Baz IAAF Race Walking Challenge Tlalnepantla de Baz Mexico X
9 Naucalpan IAAF Race Walking Challenge Naucalpan Mexico X
10 Shenzhen IAAF Race Walking Challenge Shenzhen China X
11 Na Rynek Marsz! Kraków Poland X X X X
12 IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final Various Various X X X X X X
13 Circuito Internacional de Marcha Chihuahua Chihuahua City Mexico X X X X X X X X X
14 Beijing IAAF Race Walking Challenge Beijing China X
15 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Various Various X X X X X X
16 Memorial Mario Albisetti Lugano Switzerland X X X X X X
17 Marxa Santa Eulalia Santa Eulària des Riu Spain X
18 Wuxi IAAF Race Walking Challenge Wuxi China X
19 Dublin Grand Prix of Race Walking Dublin Ireland X X X
20 Australian Race Walking Championships/
Oceania Race Walking Championships
Various Australia X X X X X X X X X X
21 Meeting de Marcha Atlética da Cidade de Olhão Olhão Portugal X
22 Dudinská Päťdesiatka Dudince Slovakia X X X X X X
23 Alytus Race Walking festival Alytus Lithuania X X ††
24 Taicang IAAF Race Walking Challenge Taicang China X X X X X X X
25 World Championships Various Various X X X X X
26 Olympic Games Various Various X X
27 Asian Race Walking Championships Nomi Japan X X X X X X X
28 Poděbrady Race Walking Poděbrady Czech Republic X X
29 African Race Walking Championships Belle Vue Harel Mauritius X
30 European Race Walking Cup Various Various X X X X
31 Pan American Race Walking Cup Various Various X X X X
32 South American Race Walking Championships Various Various X X X
33 African Championships in Athletics Various Various X X X
34 European Athletics Championships Various Various X X
35 Memorial Jerzy Hausleber Monterrey Mexico X X
36 Around Taihu International Race Walking Suzhou China X X
  • The IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships was known as the IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016
  • † = Meeting hosted IAAF World Cup/Team Championships
  • ‡ = Meeting hosted Challenge Final
  • †† = Meeting hosted the European Race Walking Cup
  • The 2016 and 2017 Chihuahua meeting was held in Ciudad Juárez
  • The 2019 series featured three Oceania championship events: the 50 km, the 20 km and the 10,000 m walks[18]

Results[edit]

Men[edit]

Robert Korzeniowski of Poland won the first two men's titles
Australia's Jared Tallent is a two-time winner
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2003 (details) Robert Korzeniowski
 Poland
33 Paquillo Fernández
 Spain
28 Aigars Fadejevs
 Latvia
27
2004 (details) Robert Korzeniowski
 Poland
28 Jefferson Pérez
 Ecuador
27 Ivano Brugnetti
 Italy
23
2005 (details) Paquillo Fernández
 Spain
30 Nathan Deakes
 Australia
29 Juan Manuel Molina
 Spain
19
2006 (details) Paquillo Fernández
 Spain
28 Ilya Markov
 Russia
28 Hatem Ghoula
 Tunisia
20
2007 (details) Luke Adams
 Australia
36 Erik Tysse
 Norway
33 Paquillo Fernández
 Spain
32
2008 (details) Jared Tallent
 Australia
46 Jefferson Pérez
 Ecuador
40 Eder Sánchez
 Mexico
38
2009 (details)[23] Eder Sánchez
 Mexico
44 Hao Wang
 China
42 Luke Adams
 Australia
22
2010 (details) Chu Yafei
 China
40 Matej Tóth
 Slovakia
30 Wang Hao
 China
28
2011 (details) Valeriy Borchin
 Russia
44 Wang Zhen
 China
30 Chu Yafei
 China
17
2012 (details) Wang Zhen
 China
48 Jared Tallent
 Australia
40 Chen Ding
 China
38
2013 (details) Jared Tallent
 Australia
34 Joao Vieira
 Portugal
28 Matej Tóth
 Slovakia
26
2014 (details) Ruslan Dmytrenko
 Ukraine
29 Jared Tallent
 Australia
23 Caio Bonfim
 Brazil
18
2015 (details) Matej Tóth
 Slovakia
29 Miguel Ángel López
 Spain
25 Chen Ding
 China
24
2016 (details) Wang Zhen
 China
36 Jared Tallent
 Australia
27 Andrés Chocho
 Ecuador
26
2017 (details) Éider Arévalo
 Colombia
36 Caio Bonfim
 Brazil
Andrés Chocho
 Ecuador
25 Not awarded
2018 (details)[24] Diego García
 Spain
Lebogang Shange
 South Africa
27 Not awarded Andrés Chocho
 Ecuador
25
2019 (details)[25] Perseus Karlstrom
 Sweden
32 Toshikazu Yamanishi
 Japan
30 Diego García
 Spain
26

Women[edit]

Claudia Ștef had minor placings before winning the 2006 series
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2003 (details) Gillian O'Sullivan
 Ireland
29 Kjersti Plätzer
 Norway
24 Elisabetta Perrone
 Italy
22
2004 (details) Elisa Rigaudo
 Italy
30 Claudia Ștef
 Romania
26 María Vasco
 Spain
24
2005 (details) Ryta Turava
 Belarus
29 Susana Feitor
 Portugal
24 Claudia Ștef
 Romania
22
2006 (details) Claudia Ștef
 Romania
28 Ryta Turava
 Belarus
20 Jane Saville
 Australia
18
2007 (details) Ryta Turava
 Belarus
40 Kjersti Plätzer
 Norway
37 Sabine Zimmer
 Germany
27
2008 (details) Kjersti Plätzer
 Norway
44 Athanasia Tsoumeleka
 Greece
38 Claudia Ștef
 Romania
26
2009 (details)[23] Kjersti Plätzer
 Norway
48 Olive Loughnane
 Ireland
26 Elisa Rigaudo
 Italy
28
2010 (details) Vera Santos
 Portugal
40 Melanie Seeger
 Germany
30 Inês Henriques
 Portugal
25
2011 (details) Olga Kaniskina
 Russia
44 Liu Hong
 China
34 Melanie Seeger
 Germany
10
2012 (details) Liu Hong
 China
36 Beatriz Pascual
 Spain
32 Lü Xiuzhi
 China
30
2013 (details) Elena Lashmanova
 Russia
38 Inês Henriques
 Portugal
34 Ana Cabecinha
 Portugal
23
2014 (details) Liu Hong
 China
34 Eleonora Giorgi
 Italy
23 Ana Cabecinha
 Portugal
22
2015 (details) Liu Hong
 China
40 Eleonora Giorgi
 Italy
27 Érica de Sena
 Brazil
25
2016 (details) Maria Guadalupe González
 Mexico
Qieyang Shenjie
 China
34 Not awarded Eleonora Giorgi
 Italy
32
2017 (details) Érica de Sena
 Brazil
34 Maria Guadalupe González
 Mexico
28 Inês Henriques
 Portugal
24
2018 (details)[24] Qieyang Shenjie
 China
34 Érica de Sena
 Brazil
23 Inês Henriques
 Portugal
22
2019 (details)[25] Qieyang Shenjie
 China
34 Liu Hong
 China
32 Érica de Sena
 Brazil
22

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2015 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  2. ^ a b 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  3. ^ a b 2010 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  4. ^ a b 2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  5. ^ a b 2012 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  6. ^ a b 2013 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  7. ^ a b 2014 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  8. ^ 2003 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  9. ^ 2004 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  10. ^ 2005 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  11. ^ 2006 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  12. ^ 2007 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  13. ^ 2009 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  14. ^ 2015 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  15. ^ 2016 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  16. ^ 2017 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  17. ^ 2018 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  18. ^ a b 2019 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  19. ^ "2021 Race Walking Tour". World Athletics.
  20. ^ "2022 Race Walking Tour". World Athletics.
  21. ^ "2023 Race Walking Tour". World Athletics.
  22. ^ "2024 Race Walking Tour". World Athletics.
  23. ^ a b Plätzer and Sanchez receive US$30,000 each – IAAF Race Walking Challenge 2009. IAAF (2009-09-22). Retrieved on 2009-10-01.
  24. ^ a b "2018 IAAF Race Walking Challenge standings revised". World Athletics.
  25. ^ a b "Karlstrom and Qieyang win 2019 IAAF Race Walking Challenge". World Athletics.

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