IAAF Continental Cup explained

IAAF Continental Cup
Status:	defunct
Genre:	Track and field
Date:	varying
Frequency:	biennial
Country:	varying
Years Active:	1977–2018
Last:	2018
Organised:	World Athletics

The IAAF Continental Cup was an international track and field competition organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

The event was proposed by IAAF former President Primo Nebiolo and was first held in 1977 as the IAAF World Cup.^[1] The event was initially held every two years, but following the establishment of the World Athletics Championships it moved to a quadrennial basis. The 1989 edition was held the same year as the World Indoor Championships, then moved to the even-year between the Summer Olympics, ensuring the sport of athletics had a global competition in all years.

The original format included separate men's and women's competitions consisting of 21 events each, with team points being awarded for the finishing position of each athlete. Eight teams, five continental and three national, entered an athlete in each event: if the stadium had a ninth lane, the host nation would also be permitted to enter.

The eight entrants included the United States, the top two nations in the preceding European Cup and continental teams comprising Africa, Asia, Oceania, the rest of the Americas (North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association and Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo), and the rest of Europe.

From 2010, the event was rebranded to the IAAF Continental Cup, with the national teams being removed, and team scoring incorporated both the sexes. Two athletes per individual event were entered by four regional teams: Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe and the Americas), though the regions had only one team each for the relay events.^[2]

After a decision at the 206th IAAF Council Meeting, held after the 2016 Summer Olympics, long-distance events were removed from the programme, and the 4 × 400 metres relay event was modified to a mixed-gender event.^[3]

A nation-based competition, the Athletics World Cup, was staged in 2018 by an independent promoter. The IAAF competition was briefly rebranded as the World Athletics Continental Cup in 2019, but the event was scrapped in March 2020.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Results

IAAF World Cup

Edition ! Year	Venue ! Division	Cup winners ! Second place	Third place	-	1st			Men				-	Women				-	2nd			Men				-	Women				-	3rd			Men				-	Women				-	4th			Men				-	Women				-	5th			Men				-	Women				-	6th			Men				-	Women				-	7th			Men				-	Women				-	8th			Men				-	Women				-	9th			Men				-	Women				-	10th		Athens^[7]	Men				-	Women				-

IAAF Continental Cup

Year	Venue		Cup winners	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
2010	Split, Croatia	Overall	Americas	Europe	Africa	Asia/Pacific
		Points	424.5^[8]	410	295	292.5
		Men	Europe	Americas	Africa	Asia/Pacific
		Women	Americas	Europe	Africa	Asia/Pacific
2014	Marrakesh, Morocco	Overall	Europe	Americas	Africa	Asia/Pacific
		Points	447.5	390	339	257.5
		Men	Europe	Americas	Africa	Asia/Pacific
		Women	Europe	Americas	Africa	Asia/Pacific
2018	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Overall	Americas	Europe	Asia/Pacific	Africa
		Points	262	233	188	142

Cup records

Key to tables:

Men

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Team	Date	Games	Ref
100 m	9.87 (-0.2 m/s)	Obadele Thompson		Americas	11 September 1998	1998 Johannesburg
200 m	19.87 (+0.1 m/s)	Wallace Spearmon		United States	17 September 2006	2006 Athens
400 m	44.22	Jeremy Wariner		Americas	4 September 2010	2010 Split	^[9]
800 m	1:43.37	David Rudisha		Africa	5 September 2010		^[10]
1500 m	3:31.20	Bernard Lagat		United States	20 September 2002	2002 Madrid
3000 m	7:32.19	Craig Mottram		Oceania	17 September 2006	2006 Athens
5000 m	13:13.82	Miruts Yifter	Ethiopia	Africa	3 July 1977	1977 Düsseldorf
10,000 m	27:38.43	Werner Schildhauer		East Germany	4 September 1981	1981 Rome
3000 m steeplechase	8:09.67	Richard Mateelong		Africa	5 September 2010	2010 Split	^[11]
110 m hurdles	12.96 (+0.4 m/s)	Allen Johnson		United States	17 September 2006	2006 Athens
400 m hurdles	47.37	Edwin Moses		United States	4 September 1981	1981 Rome
		Abderrahman Samba		Asia-Pacific	8 September 2018		^[12]
High jump	2.40 m	Javier Sotomayor		Americas	11 September 1994	1994 London
Pole vault	5.95 m	Steve Hooker		Oceania	5 September 2010	2010 Split	^[13]
Long jump	8.52 m (0.0 m/s)	Larry Myricks		United States	26 September 1979	1979 Montreal
Triple jump	17.61 m (+0.6 m/s)	Yoelbi Quesada		Americas	10 September 1994	1994 London
Shot put	22.00 m	Ulf Timmermann		East Germany	5 October 1985	1985 Canberra
Discus throw	71.25 m	Róbert Fazekas		Europe	21 September 2002	2002 Madrid
Hammer throw	82.68 m	Tibor Gécsek		Europe	12 September 1998	1998 Johannesburg
Javelin throw	89.26 m	Andreas Thorkildsen		Europe	5 September 2010	2010 Split	^[14]
4 × 100 m relay	37.59	Kaaron Conwright Wallace Spearmon Tyson Gay Jason Smoots		United States	16 September 2006	2006 Athens
4 × 400 m relay	2:59.00		Various	Americas	5 September 2010	2010 Split	^[15]

Women

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Games	Ref
100 m	10.65 (+1.1 m/s)	Marion Jones		United States	12 September 1998	1998 Johannesburg
200 m	21.62 (-0.6 m/s)	Marion Jones		United States	11 September 1998
400 m	47.60	Marita Koch		East Germany	6 October 1985	1985 Canberra
800 m	1:54.44	Ana Fidelia Quirot		Americas	9 September 1989	1989 Barcelona
1500 m	4:00.84	Maryam Yusuf Jamal		Asia	17 September 2006	2006 Athens
3000 m	8:27.50	Sifan Hassan		Europe	8 September 2018	2018 Ostrava	^[16]
5000 m	14:39.11	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	Africa	17 September 2006	2006 Athens
10,000 m	30:52.51	Elana Meyer		Africa	10 September 1994	1994 London
100 m hurdles	12.47 (+0.7 m/s)	Dawn Harper-Nelson	United States	Americas	14 September 2014	2014 Marrakech	^[17]
400 m hurdles	52.96	Nezha Bidouane		Africa	11 September 1998	1998 Johannesburg
3000 m steeplechase	9:07.92	Beatrice Chepkoech		Africa	9 September 2018	2018 Ostrava	^[18]
High jump	2.05 m	Blanka Vlašić		Europe	5 September 2010	2010 Split	^[19]
Pole vault	4.85 m	Anzhelika Sidorova		Europe	8 September 2018	2018 Ostrava	^[20]
		Katerina Stefanidi		Europe
		Sandi Morris		Americas
Long jump	7.27 m (+0.7 m/s)	Heike Drechsler		East Germany	6 October 1985	1985 Canberra
Triple jump	15.25 m (+1.7 m/s)	Olga Rypakova		Asia	4 September 2010	2010 Split	^[21]
Shot put	20.98 m	Ilona Slupianek		East Germany	24 August 1979	1979 Montreal
Discus throw	71.54 m	Ilke Wyludda		East Germany	10 September 1989	1989 Barcelona
Hammer throw	75.46 m	DeAnna Price		Americas	8 September 2018	2018 Ostrava	^[22]
Javelin throw	65.52 m	Barbora Špotáková		Europe	13 September 2014	2014 Marrakech
	68.14 m	Mariya Abakumova		Europe	4 September 2010	2010 Split	^[23]
4 × 100 m relay	41.37	Silke Möller Sabine Günther Ingrid Auerswald Marlies Göhr		East Germany	6 October 1985	1985 Canberra
4 × 400 m relay	3:19.50	Kirsten Emmelmann Sabine Busch Dagmar Neubauer Marita Koch		East Germany	4 October 1985

Trophy

A silver trophy was presented to winners of the men's competition. The women's equivalent was later remodelled and used for the Continental Cup. The winners' names were engraved around the bottom and the winners would keep a hold of the trophy until the next edition.^[24]

As the IAAF World Cup, World Cup trophies were presented to the athletes of the winning team. It was the sole prize awarded by the IAAF for the team category.^[25]

As the IAAF Continental Cup, in 2018, a new trophy was unveiled for the winners of the combined team event (men and women). All individual athletes of the winning team were presented with awards for the first time.^[26]

External links

• World Athletics Continental Cup
• IAAF World Cup and Continental Cup Statistic Handbook
• Mark Butler's top ten moments: Men, Women

See main article: world cups.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Past Presidents of the IAAF. iaaf.org. 29 October 2012.
2. http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=48375.html IAAF Council Meeting notes, Monaco - 21 November
3. https://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=616ad3fb-d1a8-48d8-952b-4c64fc80834c.pdf&urlSlug=competitions-update-200816 Competitions Update
4. Web site: World Athletics Continental Cup. worldathletics.org. 20 May 2021.
5. Web site: Continental Cup scrapped by World Athletics after 43 years. insidethegames.biz. 12 March 2020. 20 May 2021.
6. News: Pavitt . Michael . Continental Cup scrapped by World Athletics after 43 years . 12 March 2020 . inside the games . 12 April 2020.
7. Web site: "10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics 2006 Athens Olympic Stadium" photos.
8. Web site: Americas awarded the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech| News.
9. Web site: 400 Metres Results. IAAF. 2010-09-04. 2010-09-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110511124730/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4435/AT-400-M-f--1--.RS1.pdf. 2011-05-11.
10. Web site: 800 Metres Results. IAAF. 2010-09-05. 2010-09-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110511124903/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4435/AT-800-M-f--1--.RS1.pdf. 2011-05-11.
11. Web site: 3000 Metres Steeplechase Results. IAAF. 2010-09-05. 2010-09-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110511124659/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4435/AT-3KSC-M-f--1--.RS1.pdf. 2011-05-11.
12. Web site: 400 Metres Hurdles Men Results. IAAF. 8 September 2018. 9 September 2018.
13. Web site: Pole Vault Results. IAAF. 2010-09-05. 2010-09-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110511124744/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4435/AT-PV-M-f--A--.RS1.pdf. 2011-05-11.
14. Web site: Javelin Throw Results. IAAF. 2010-09-05. 2010-09-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110511125101/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4435/AT-JT-M-f--A--.RS1.pdf. 2011-05-11.
15. Web site: 4x400 Metres Relay Results. IAAF. 2010-09-05. 2010-09-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110511124848/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4435/AT-4X4-M-f--1--.RS1.pdf. 2011-05-11.
16. Web site: 3000 Metres Women Results. IAAF. 8 September 2018. 9 September 2018.
17. Web site: 100m Hurdles Results. IAAF. 14 September 2014. 14 September 2014.
18. Web site: 3000 Metres Steeplechase Women Results. IAAF. 9 September 2018. 9 September 2018.
19. Web site: High Jump Results. IAAF. 2010-09-05. 2010-09-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110511124715/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4435/AT-HJ-W-f--A--.RS1.pdf. 2011-05-11.
20. Web site: Pole vault Women Results. IAAF. 8 September 2018. 9 September 2018.
21. Web site: Triple Jump Results. IAAF. 2010-09-04. 2010-09-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110511125116/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4435/AT-TJ-W-f--A--.RS1.pdf. 2011-05-11.
22. Web site: Hammer Throw Women Results. IAAF. 8 September 2018. 9 September 2018.
23. Web site: Javelin Throw Results. IAAF. 2010-09-04. 2010-09-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110511124919/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4435/AT-JT-W-f--A--.RS1.pdf. 2011-05-11.
24. Web site: The original IAAF World Cup – IAAF Heritage . World Athletics . 30 May 2018 . 5 August 2022 .
25. Web site: Continental Cup scrapped by World Athletics after 43 years . Inside the Games . 12 March 2020 . 5 August 2022 .
26. Web site: Organisers unveil trophy for the IAAF Continental Cup . European Athletics . 17 August 2018 . 5 August 2022 .