IAU 24 Hour World Championship

The IAU 24 Hour World Championship is an international 24-hour run competition organised by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU).[1] Since 2015, the World Championship has alternated annually with the IAU 100 km World Championships.[2]

Preceded in 2001 by the IAU World 24 Hours Track Championships, as a track running event, this competition became the IAU World 24 Hours Challenge in 2003.[3] The road running event was later upgraded to World Championships status after 2006. It is one of the IAU's four main world championship events (alongside the 100 km World Championships, 50 km World Championships, and Trail World Championships) and is the only one with a limited time format, rather than a distance-based one.[4]

The competition has often incorporated the IAU 24 Hour European Championships – a continental event which pre-dates the global competition, having first been held in 1992.[3] The annual schedule has twice been broken: first in 2011, with Brugg, Switzerland failing to proceed as host,[5] and again in 2014, with the agreed host (Plzeň, Czech Republic) being unable to hold the eleventh edition of the competition.[6] The event has mainly been held in Europe: in 2006, Taipei became the first Asian city to hold the races and Drummondville, Quebec followed as the first North American host in 2007.[5]

New Championship records were set at the 2019 Championship, including 278.972 kilometres by Aleksandr Sorokin from Lithuania and 270.119 kilometres by Camille Herron[7] from the United States.

Editions

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  Edition in gold was held as the IAU World 24 Hours Track Championships
Ed. Year City Country Dates No. of
nations
No. of
athletes
2001 San Giovanni Lupatoto[3] Italy 22–23 September[5]
1st 2003 Uden[3] Netherlands 11–12 October[5]
2nd 2004 Brno[3] Czech Republic 23–24 October[5]
3rd 2005 Wörschach[3] Austria 16–17 July[5]
4th 2006 Taipei[3] Republic of China 25–26 February[8]
5th 2007 Drummondville, Quebec Canada 28–29 July[9]
6th 2008 Seoul South Korea 18–19 October[10]
7th 2009 Bergamo Italy 2–3 May[11]
8th 2010 Brive-la-Gaillarde France 13–14 May[12]
2011 Cancelled[13]
9th 2012 Katowice Poland 8–9 September[14][15]
10th 2013 Steenbergen Netherlands 11–12 May[16] 22 261
2014 Cancelled[13]
11th 2015 [pl] Turin Italy 11–12 April[17][18] 40 302
12th 2017 [pl] Belfast United Kingdom 1–2 July[19]
13th 2019 [pl] Albi France 26–27 October[20]
2021 Cancelled[21]
14th 2023 [pl] Taipei Taiwan 1–2 December[22]
15th 2025 Albi France 25–26 October[23]

Medallists

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Men's individual

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
2001   Yiannis Kouros (GRE) 275.828   Lubomír Hrmo (SVK) 270.337   Alain Prual [fr] (FRA) 259.778
2003   Paul Beckers (BEL) 270.087   Ryōichi Sekiya (JPN) 267.223   Étienne Van Acker (BEL) 264.967
2004   Ryōichi Sekiya (JPN) 269.085   Lubomír Hrmo (SVK) 259.064   Mohamed Magroun [fr] (FRA) 257.881
2005   Anatoliy Kruglikov [ru] (RUS) 268.065   Ewald Eder (AUT) 263.810   Jens Lukas (GER) 256.368
2006   Ryōichi Sekiya (JPN) 272.936   Mohamed Magroun [fr] (FRA) 248.563   Vladimir Bychkov (RUS) 246.098
2007   Ryōichi Sekiya (JPN) 263.562   Mohamed Magroun [fr] (FRA) 257.018   Masayuki Otaki (JPN) 253.814
2008   Ryōichi Sekiya (JPN) 273.366   Fabian Hoblea [fr] (FRA) 267.174   Yuji Sakai (JPN) 264.389
2009   Henrik Olsson (SWE) 257.042   Ralf Weiss (GER) 244.492   Yuji Sakai (JPN) 242.713
2010   Shingo Inoue (JPN) 273.708   Scott Jurek (USA) 266.577   Ivan Cudin [it] (ITA) 263.841
2012   Michael Morton (USA) 277.543 CR   Florian Reus [de] (GER) 261.718   Ludovic Dilmi (FRA) 257.819
2013   Jon Olsen (USA) 269.675   John Dennis (USA) 262.734   Florian Reus [de] (GER) 259.939
2015   Florian Reus [de] (GER) 263.899   Paweł Szynal (POL) 261.181   Robbie Britton (GBR) 261.140
2017 [pl]   Yoshihiko Ishikawa (JPN) 270.870   Sebastian Białobrzeski (POL) 267.187   Johan Steene (SWE) 266.515
2019   Aleksandr Sorokin (LTU) 278.972 CR   Tamás Bódis (HUN) 276.222   Olivier Leblond (USA) 275.485
2023   Aleksandr Sorokin (LTU) 301.790   Fotios Zisimopoulos (GRE) 292.254   Andrii Tkachuk (UKR) 284.540
2025

Men's team

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
2003   Belgium 791.901 CR   Russia 739.569   Japan 729.956
2004   France 745.725   Japan 740.396   Russia 704.876
2005   Japan 734.498   Russia 731.299   Italy 725.897
2006   Japan 755.569   France 724.412   Italy 709.677
2007   Japan 761.842   France 742.206   Germany 673.092
2008   Japan 785.432   France 773.635   Russia 723.287
2009   Japan 706.984   Russia 693.445   Germany 689.111
2010   Japan 778.678   Italy 758.932   United States 757.468
2012   Germany 759.457   France 756.710   United States 754.786
2013   United States 780.552   Japan 752.567   Germany 752.007
2015   United Kingdom 770.777   Australia 752.665   Germany 745.075
2017 [pl]   Japan 783.159   Poland 763.630   United States 755.458
2019 [pl]   United States 799.754 CR   Hungary 782.241   France 779.076
2023 [pl]   Lithuania 813.368   Poland 787.964   United Kingdom 772.127
2025

Women's individual

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
2001   Edit Bérces (HUN) 235.029   Irina Reutovich [ru] (RUS) 226.781   Irina Koval (RUS) 222.445
2003   Irina Reutovich [ru] (RUS) 237.052   Galina Yeremina (RUS) 232.050   Joëlle Semur [fr] (FRA) 227.279
2004   Sumie Inagaki (JPN) 237.154   Galina Yeremina (RUS) 235.012   Stephanie Ehret (USA) 225.573
2005   Lyudmila Kalinina [ru] (RUS) 242.228   Galina Yeremina (RUS) 239.874   Sumie Inagaki (JPN) 234.803
2006   Sumie Inagaki (JPN) 237.144   Lyudmila Kalinina [ru] (RUS) 231.356   Kimie Noto (JPN) 229.146
2007   Lyudmila Kalinina [ru] (RUS) 236.848   Brigitte Bec (FRA) 233.137   Galina Yeremina (RUS) 230.288
2008   Anne-Marie Vernet [fr] (FRA) 239.685   Anne-Cécile Fontaine [fr] (FRA) 239.252   Brigitte Bec [fr] (FRA) 229.818
2009   Anne-Cécile Fontaine [fr] (FRA) 243.644   Brigitte Bec [fr] (FRA) 234.977   Monica Casiraghi (ITA) 223.848
2010   Anne-Cécile Fontaine [fr] (FRA) 239.797   Monica Casiraghi (ITA) 231.390   Julia Alter (GER) 230.258
2012   Michaela Dimitriadu (CZE) 244.232   Connie Gardner (USA) 240.385   Emily Gelder (GBR) 238.875
2013   Mami Kudo (JPN) 252.205   Sabrina Little (USA) 244.669   Suzanna Bon (USA) 236.228
2015[24]   Katalin Nagy (USA) 244.495   Traci Falbo (USA) 239.740   Maria Jansson (SWE) 238.964
2017 [pl]   Patrycja Bereznowska (POL) 259.991 CR WR   Aleksandra Niwińska [pl] (POL) 251.078   Katalin Nagy (USA) 248.970
2019 [pl]   Camille Herron (USA) 270.116 CR WR   Nele Alder-Baerens (GER) 254.288 NR   Patrycja Bereznowska (POL) 247.723
2023 [pl]   Miho Nakata (JPN) 270.363 WR   Olena Shevchenko (UKR) 254.463   Patrycja Bereznowska (POL) 249.541
2025

Women's team

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
2003   Russia 684.858   France 649.303   Japan 628.440
2004   Russia 661.558   Japan 657.610   United States 635.932
2005   Russia 709.573   Japan 654.385   United States 604.514
2006   Russia 671.477   Japan 654.555   France 596.172
2007   Russia 671.329   Japan 641.207   France 614.488
2008   France 708.755   Japan 650.257   Germany 629.868
2009   France 684.078   United States 636.159   Italy 626.386
2010   France 685.800   Italy 658.112   Australia 654.863
2012   United States 694.620   France 666.503   Great Britain 666.461
2013   United States 710.599   Japan 705.582   France 670.698
2015   United States 720.046   Sweden 684.981   Poland 678.468
2017 [pl]   United States 740.856 CR   Poland 740.234   Germany 689.622
2019 [pl]   United States 746.132 CR   Poland 721.124   Germany 696.846
2023 [pl]   Poland 726.552   Japan 702.911   Czech Republic 697.275
2025

References

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  1. ^ IAU 24H World Championship. International Association of Ultrarunners. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  2. ^ IAU Championships. International Association of Ultrarunners. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g IAU World 24 Hours Challenge. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  4. ^ IAU Championships Archived 2017-02-27 at the Wayback Machine. International Association of Ultrarunners. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Michiels, Paul & Milroy, Andy (2013-05-07). IAU 24 Hour Championships. Association of Road Running Statisticians. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  6. ^ 2014 World 24-Hour Run Championships. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
  7. ^ "2019 IAU 24 H World Championship – Official Results". International Association of Ultrarunners. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  8. ^ 2006 IAU 24 Hour World Challenge. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
  9. ^ Mountain/Ultra/Trail 2007 Annual Report. USATF (2007-10-08). Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  10. ^ RECAP: IAU RACES 2008 . International Association of Ultrarunners. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  11. ^ Olsson and Fontaine take IAU 24hr World Challenge titles in Bergamo. IAAF (2009-05-05). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
  12. ^ Inoue and Fontaine take 24 Hour IAU World Championship titles. IAAF (2010-05-19). Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  13. ^ a b International Ultrarunners Without a World Championship Race For The Second Time This Year. Ultra Running Magazine (2014-07-24). Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  14. ^ Katowice to host IAU 24 Hour World champs this weekend. IAAF (2012-09-05). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
  15. ^ Morton and Dimitriadu take IAU World 24 Hour titles. IAAF (2012-09-11). Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  16. ^ IAU - Olsen and Kudo take 24 Hour IAU World Championship titles. IAAF (2013-05-28). Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  17. ^ 2015 IAU World 24 Hour Championships Selection Procedures. USATF. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
  18. ^ Pięć medali Polaków na MŚ i ME w biegu 24-godzinnym (in Polish). Maratony Polskie (2015-04-15). Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  19. ^ "Belfast to host 24 Hour World Championships in 2017". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  20. ^ "2019 IAU 24H World Championships was granted to Albi, France". iau-ultramarathon.org. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  21. ^ Cancellations of 2021 IAU 24H and IAU 50 km World Championship. IAU (2021-06-25). Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  22. ^ "2019 IAU 24H World Championships was granted to Albi, France". Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  23. ^ "2025 IAU 24 Hour World Championship announcement". iau-ultramarathon.org. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  24. ^ General Results, female iau-ultramarathon.org
Medalists
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