World Athletics Race Walking Tour Explained

Sport:Racewalking
Founded:2003
Website:Race Walking

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. 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.

Editions

EditionYearStart dateEnd dateMeetsRef.
1 8 March 7 June 4 [2]
2 20 March 20 June 5 [3]
3 19 March 4 June 5 [4]
4 25 March 1 May 4 [5]
5 10 March 29 September 7 [6]
6 8 March 21 September 8 [7]
7 8 March 19 September 10 [8]
8 13 February 18 September 11 [9]
9 19 February 17 September 10 [10]
10 25 February 14 September 12 [11]
11 23 February 13 August 14 [12]
12 2 February 14 August 12 [13]
13 22 February 28 August 10 [14]
14 21 February 19 August 11 [15]
15 19 February 13 August 10 [16]
16 11 February 24 September 10 [17]
17 1 December 2018 22 October 12 [18]
18 5 June 5 June 1 [19]
19 19 December 2021 29 October 24 [20]
20 18 December 2022 28 October 21 [21]
21 17 December 2023 26 October 18 [22]

Meetings

Meeting City Country 200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
1Grand Prix Internacional de Marcha TijuanaTijuanaMexicoX X X
2Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha AtléticaRio MaiorPortugalX X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
3Gran Premio Cantones de La CoruñaA CoruñaSpainX X X † X X X X ‡ X X X X X X X X
4Coppa Città di Sesto San GiovanniSesto San GiovanniItalyX X X X X X X X X X X
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!KrakówPolandX X X X
12IAAF Race Walking Challenge FinalVariousVariousX X X X X X
13Circuito Internacional de Marcha ChihuahuaChihuahua CityMexicoX X † X X X X X X X
14Beijing IAAF Race Walking ChallengeBeijingChinaX ‡
15IAAF World Race Walking Team ChampionshipsVariousVariousX X X X X X
16Memorial Mario AlbisettiLuganoSwitzerlandX X X X X X
17Marxa Santa EulaliaSanta Eulària des RiuSpainX
18Wuxi IAAF Race Walking ChallengeWuxiChinaX
19Dublin Grand Prix of Race WalkingDublinIrelandX X X
20Australian Race Walking Championships/
Oceania Race Walking Championships		VariousAustraliaX X X X X X X X X X
21Meeting de Marcha Atlética da Cidade de OlhãoOlhãoPortugalX
22Dudinská PäťdesiatkaDudinceSlovakiaX X X X X X
23Alytus Race Walking festivalAlytusLithuaniaX X ††
24Taicang IAAF Race Walking ChallengeTaicangChinaX X X † X X X † X
25World ChampionshipsVariousVariousX X X X X
26Olympic GamesVariousVariousX X
27Asian Race Walking ChampionshipsNomiJapanX X X X X X X
28Poděbrady Race WalkingPoděbradyCzech RepublicX X
29African Race Walking ChampionshipsBelle Vue HarelMauritiusX
30European Race Walking CupVariousVariousX X X X
31Pan American Race Walking CupVariousVariousX X X X
32South American Race Walking ChampionshipsVariousVariousX X X
33African Championships in AthleticsVariousVariousX X X
34European Athletics ChampionshipsVariousVariousX X
35Memorial Jerzy HausleberMonterreyMexicoX X
36Around Taihu International Race WalkingSuzhouChinaX X

Results

Men

2003 Robert Korzeniowski
33Paquillo Fernández
28Aigars Fadejevs
27
2004 Robert Korzeniowski
28Jefferson Pérez
27Ivano Brugnetti
23
2005 Paquillo Fernández
30Nathan Deakes
29Juan Manuel Molina
19
2006 Paquillo Fernández
28Ilya Markov
28Hatem Ghoula
20
2007 Luke Adams
36Erik Tysse
33Paquillo Fernández
32
2008 Jared Tallent
46Jefferson Pérez
40Eder Sánchez
38
2009 [23] Eder Sánchez
44Hao Wang
42Luke Adams
22
2010 Chu Yafei
40Matej Tóth
30Wang Hao
28
2011 Valeriy Borchin
44Wang Zhen
30Chu Yafei
17
2012 Wang Zhen
48Jared Tallent
40Chen Ding
38
2013 Jared Tallent
34Joao Vieira
28Matej Tóth
26
2014 Ruslan Dmytrenko
29Jared Tallent
23Caio Bonfim
18
2015 Matej Tóth
29Miguel Ángel López
25Chen Ding
24
2016 Wang Zhen
36Jared Tallent
27Andrés Chocho
26
2017 Éider Arévalo
36Caio Bonfim
Andrés Chocho
25Not awarded
2018 [24] Diego García
Lebogang Shange
27Not awardedAndrés Chocho
25
2019 [25] Perseus Karlstrom
32Toshikazu Yamanishi
30Diego García
26

Women

2003 Gillian O'Sullivan
29Kjersti Plätzer
24Elisabetta Perrone
22
2004 Elisa Rigaudo
30Claudia Ștef
26María Vasco
24
2005 Ryta Turava
29Susana Feitor
24Claudia Ștef
22
2006 Claudia Ștef
28Ryta Turava
20Jane Saville
18
2007 Ryta Turava
40Kjersti Plätzer
37Sabine Zimmer
27
2008 Kjersti Plätzer
44Athanasia Tsoumeleka
38Claudia Ștef
26
2009 Kjersti Plätzer
48Olive Loughnane
26Elisa Rigaudo
28
2010 Vera Santos
40Melanie Seeger
30Inês Henriques
25
2011 Olga Kaniskina
44Liu Hong
34Melanie Seeger
10
2012 Liu Hong
36Beatriz Pascual
32Lü Xiuzhi
30
2013 Elena Lashmanova
38Inês Henriques
34Ana Cabecinha
23
2014 Liu Hong
34Eleonora Giorgi
23Ana Cabecinha
22
2015 Liu Hong
40Eleonora Giorgi
27Érica de Sena
25
2016 Maria Guadalupe González
Qieyang Shenjie
34Not awardedEleonora Giorgi
32
2017 Érica de Sena
34Maria Guadalupe González
28Inês Henriques
24
2018 Qieyang Shenjie
34Érica de Sena
23Inês Henriques
22
2019 Qieyang Shenjie
34Liu Hong
32Érica de Sena
22

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/information/organizer-details 2015 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20031003062042/http://www.iaaf.org/WRC03/results/year=2003/event=WRC/index.html 2003 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge
  3. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2004 2004 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  4. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2005 2005 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  5. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2006 2006 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  6. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2007 2007 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  7. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2008 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  8. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2009 2009 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  9. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2010 2010 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  10. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2011 2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  11. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2012 2012 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  12. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2013 2013 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  13. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2014 2014 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  14. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2015 2015 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  15. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2016 2016 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  16. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2017 2017 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  17. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2018 2018 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  18. https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-race-walking-challenge/calendar/2019 2019 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
  19. Web site: 2021 Race Walking Tour. World Athletics.
  20. Web site: 2022 Race Walking Tour. World Athletics.
  21. Web site: 2023 Race Walking Tour. World Athletics.
  22. Web site: 2024 Race Walking Tour. World Athletics.
  23. http://www.iaaf.org/WRC09/news/kind=101/newsid=54469.html Plätzer and Sanchez receive US$30,000 each – IAAF Race Walking Challenge 2009
  24. Web site: 2018 IAAF Race Walking Challenge standings revised . World Athletics.
  25. Web site: Karlstrom and Qieyang win 2019 IAAF Race Walking Challenge . World Athletics.

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