IAAF Race Walking Challenge


The IAAF Race Walking Challenge is a racewalking series organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. 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.
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. 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. The 2011 World Championships in Athletics was the first time that performances at a major global athletics championship were included in the series, and this was followed by 2012 Summer Olympics a year later. 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. The 2014 series included the African Championships in Athletics and European Athletics Championships for the first time.
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.

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Meetings

#MeetingCityCountry200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
1Grand Prix Internacional de Marcha TijuanaTijuanaMexicoXXX
2Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha AtléticaRio MaiorPortugalXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
3Gran Premio Cantones de La CoruñaA CoruñaSpainXXX†XXXX‡XXXXXXXX
4Coppa Città di Sesto San GiovanniSesto San GiovanniItalyXXXXXXXXXXX
5Kunshan IAAF Race Walking ChallengeKunshanChinaX
6Cixi IAAF Race Walking ChallengeCixiChinaX
7Yangzhou IAAF Race Walking ChallengeYangzhouChinaX
8Tlalnepantla de Baz IAAF Race Walking ChallengeTlalnepantla de BazMexicoX
9Naucalpan IAAF Race Walking ChallengeNaucalpanMexicoX
10Shenzhen IAAF Race Walking ChallengeShenzhenChinaX
11Na Rynek Marsz!KrakówPolandXXXX
12IAAF Race Walking Challenge FinalVariousVariousXXXXXX
13Circuito Internacional de Marcha ChihuahuaChihuahua CityMexicoXX†XXXXXXX
14Beijing IAAF Race Walking ChallengeBeijingChinaX‡
15IAAF World Race Walking Team ChampionshipsVariousVariousXXXXXX
16Memorial Mario AlbisettiLuganoSwitzerlandXXXXXX
17Marxa Santa EulaliaSanta Eulària des RiuSpainX
18Wuxi IAAF Race Walking ChallengeWuxiChinaX
19Dublin Grand Prix of Race WalkingDublinIrelandXXX
20Australian Race Walking Championships/
Oceania Race Walking Championships		VariousAustraliaXXXXXXXXXX
21Meeting de Marcha Atlética da Cidade de OlhãoOlhãoPortugalX
22Dudinská PäťdesiatkaDudinceSlovakiaXXXXXX
23Alytus Race Walking festivalAlytusLithuaniaXX††
24Taicang IAAF Race Walking ChallengeTaicangChinaXXX†XXX†X
25World ChampionshipsVariousVariousXXXXX
26Olympic GamesVariousVariousXX
27Asian Race Walking ChampionshipsNomiJapanXXXXXXX
28Poděbrady Race WalkingPoděbradyCzech RepublicXX
29African Race Walking ChampionshipsBelle Vue HarelMauritiusX
30European Race Walking CupVariousVariousXXXX
31Pan American Race Walking CupVariousVariousXXXX
32South American Race Walking ChampionshipsVariousVariousXXX
33African Championships in AthleticsVariousVariousXXX
34European Athletics ChampionshipsVariousVariousXX
35Memorial Jerzy HausleberMonterreyMexicoXX
36Around Taihu International Race WalkingSuzhouChinaXX

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