World Athletics Continental Tour

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World Athletics Continental Tour
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Current sports event 2024 World Athletics Continental Tour
SportTrack and field
Founded2020
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The World Athletics Continental Tour is an annual series of independent track and field athletic competitions, recognised by World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF). The Tour forms the second tier of international one-day meetings after the Diamond League. First held in 2020, it replaced the IAAF World Challenge series.[1][2]

Initially divided into three levels – Gold, Silver and Bronze – The Continental Tour was expanded in 2022 with the fourth tier: Challenger. The Gold meetings are organised globally, with investment from World Athletics, and represent the second tier of meetings in the sport. Area associations are responsible for managing the Silver and Bronze level competitions.

Editions[edit]

Edition Year Start date End date Meets Gold Silver Bronze Challenger Ref.
1 2020 22 February 6 December 28 7 5 16 [3]
2 2021 6 February 18 September 69 12 16 41 [4]
3 2022 22 January 17 December 152 12 18 53 69 [5]
4 2023 21 January 10 September 165 14 25 48 78 [6]
5 2024 20 January 20 September 221 12 33 70 106 [7]

Gold standard meetings[edit]

# Meeting City Country 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 USATF Bermuda Games Devonshire Bermuda 1 6
2 USATF Golden Games Walnut, CA United States 3 2
3 USATF Grand Prix Eugene, OR United States 1
4 Kip Keino Classic Nairobi Kenya 7 12 3 4 3
5 Seiko Golden Grand Prix Tokyo Japan 3 2 4 5 5
6 Ostrava Golden Spike Ostrava Czech Republic 5 4 5 12 6
7 Adidas Games Boston, MA United States 5
8 Irena Szewińska Memorial Bydgoszcz Poland 8 6 9 9
9 Janusz Kusociński Memorial Chorzów Poland 7
10 FBK Games Hengelo Netherlands 6 8 8 10
11 USATF New York Grand Prix New York, NY United States 9 11 7
12 Paavo Nurmi Games Turku Finland 1 7 10 10 8
13 Gyulai István Memorial Székesfehérvár Hungary 2 9 11 13 11
14 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Chorzów Poland 4 10
15 Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia 6 11 12 14 12
16 Maurie Plant Meet Melbourne Australia 1 1
17 Grenada Invitational St. George's Grenada 2
18 Botswana Golden Grand Prix Gaborone Botswana 3 2
19 USATF Los Angeles Invitational Los Angeles, CA United States 7 4

The number in the table represents the order in which the meeting took place.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "World Athletics Continental Tour to launch in 2020 ". World Athletics. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Triple jump and 200m cut from 2020 Diamond League". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. ^ "World Athletics Continental Tour | Calendar/Results – 2020". World Athletics. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  4. ^ "World Athletics Continental Tour | Calendar/Results – 2021". World Athletics. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  5. ^ "World Athletics Continental Tour | Calendar/Results – 2022". World Athletics. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  6. ^ "World Athletics Continental Tour | Calendar/Results – 2023". World Athletics. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  7. ^ "World Athletics Continental Tour | Calendar/Results – 2024". World Athletics.

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