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World Athletics Race Walking Tour

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]

World Athletics Race Walking Tour
SportRacewalking
Founded2003
Official websiteRace Walking
Liu Hong, the series' most successful athlete, racing at the 2013 World Championships

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.[2] 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.[3] The 2011 World Championships in Athletics was the first time that performances at a major global athletics championship were included in the series,[4] and this was followed by 2012 Summer Olympics a year later.[5] 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.[6] The 2014 series included the African Championships in Athletics and European Athletics Championships for the first time.[7]

The highest points score achieved in a single series before 2019 is 48, which was achieved by Norway's Kjersti Plätzer in 2009 for women and China's Wang Zhen in 2012 for men. After two seasons when the competition did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the points system was overhauled.

Chinese female walkers Liu Hong and Qieyang Shijie are the most successful athletes of the series, both having won the series on three occasions and being runners-up on one. Australian Jared Tallent and Brazilian Caio Bonfim are the most successful man, with two men's titles and runner-up on two occasions each.

Editions

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World Athletics Race Walking Tour editions
Ed. Year Start date End date Meets Ref.
1 2003 8 March 7 June 4 [8]
2 2004 20 March 20 June 5 [9]
3 2005 19 March 4 June 5 [10]
4 2006 25 March 1 May 4 [11]
5 2007 10 March 29 September 7 [12]
6 2008 8 March 21 September 8 [2]
7 2009 8 March 19 September 10 [13]
8 2010 13 February 18 September 11 [3]
9 2011 19 February 17 September 10 [4]
10 2012 25 February 14 September 12 [5]
11 2013 23 February 13 August 14 [6]
12 2014 2 February 14 August 12 [7]
13 2015 22 February 28 August 10 [14]
14 2016 21 February 19 August 11 [15]
15 2017 19 February 13 August 10 [16]
16 2018 11 February 24 September 10 [17]
17 2019 1 December 2018 22 October 12 [18]
18 2021 5 June 5 June 1 [19]
19 2022 19 December 2021 29 October 24 [20]
20 2023 18 December 2022 28 October 21 [21]
21 2024 17 December 2023 26 October 18 [22]

Meetings

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World Athletics Race Walking Tour meetings
# Meeting City Country 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
1 Grand Prix Internacional de Marcha Tijuana Tijuana Mexico X X X
2 Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha Atlética Rio Maior Portugal X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
3 Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña A Coruña Spain X X X † X X X X ‡ X X X X X X X X
4 Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni Sesto San Giovanni Italy X X X X X X X X X X X
5 Kunshan IAAF Race Walking Challenge Kunshan China X
6 Cixi IAAF Race Walking Challenge Cixi China X
7 Yangzhou IAAF Race Walking Challenge Yangzhou China X
8 Tlalnepantla de Baz IAAF Race Walking Challenge Tlalnepantla de Baz Mexico X
9 Naucalpan IAAF Race Walking Challenge Naucalpan Mexico X
10 Shenzhen IAAF Race Walking Challenge Shenzhen China X
11 Na Rynek Marsz! Kraków Poland X X X X
12 IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final Various Various X X X X X X
13 Circuito Internacional de Marcha Chihuahua Chihuahua City Mexico X X † X X X X X X X
14 Beijing IAAF Race Walking Challenge Beijing China X ‡
15 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Various Various X X X X X X
16 Memorial Mario Albisetti Lugano Switzerland X X X X X X
17 Marxa Santa Eulalia Santa Eulària des Riu Spain X
18 Wuxi IAAF Race Walking Challenge Wuxi China X
19 Dublin Grand Prix of Race Walking Dublin Ireland X X X
20 Australian Race Walking Championships/
Oceania Race Walking Championships 		Various Australia X X X X X X X X X X
21 Meeting de Marcha Atlética da Cidade de Olhão Olhão Portugal X
22 Dudinská Päťdesiatka Dudince Slovakia X X X X X X
23 Alytus Race Walking festival Alytus Lithuania X X ††
24 Taicang IAAF Race Walking Challenge Taicang China X X X † X X X † X
25 World Championships Various Various X X X X X
26 Olympic Games Various Various X X
27 Asian Race Walking Championships Nomi Japan X X X X X X X
28 Poděbrady Race Walking Poděbrady Czech Republic X X
29 African Race Walking Championships Belle Vue Harel Mauritius X
30 European Race Walking Cup Various Various X X X X
31 Pan American Race Walking Cup Various Various X X X X
32 South American Race Walking Championships Various Various X X X
33 African Championships in Athletics Various Various X X X
34 European Athletics Championships Various Various X X
35 Memorial Jerzy Hausleber Monterrey Mexico X X
36 Around Taihu International Race Walking Suzhou China X X
  • The IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships was known as the IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016
  • † = Meeting hosted IAAF World Cup/Team Championships
  • ‡ = Meeting hosted Challenge Final
  • †† = Meeting hosted the European Race Walking Cup
  • The 2016 and 2017 Chihuahua meeting was held in Ciudad Juárez
  • The 2019 series featured three Oceania championship events: the 50 km, the 20 km and the 10,000 m walks[18]

Results

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Men

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Robert Korzeniowski of Poland won the first two men's titles
 
Australia's Jared Tallent is a two-time winner
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2003 (details) Robert Korzeniowski
  Poland		 33 Paquillo Fernández
  Spain		 28 Aigars Fadejevs
  Latvia		 27
2004 (details) Robert Korzeniowski
  Poland		 28 Jefferson Pérez
  Ecuador		 27 Ivano Brugnetti
  Italy		 23
2005 (details) Paquillo Fernández
  Spain		 30 Nathan Deakes
  Australia		 29 Juan Manuel Molina
  Spain		 19
2006 (details) Paquillo Fernández
  Spain		 28 Ilya Markov
  Russia		 28 Hatem Ghoula
  Tunisia		 20
2007 (details) Luke Adams
  Australia		 36 Erik Tysse
  Norway		 33 Paquillo Fernández
  Spain		 32
2008 (details) Jared Tallent
  Australia		 46 Jefferson Pérez
  Ecuador		 40 Eder Sánchez
  Mexico		 38
2009 (details)[23] Eder Sánchez
  Mexico		 44 Hao Wang
  China		 42 Luke Adams
  Australia		 22
2010 (details) Chu Yafei
  China		 40 Matej Tóth
  Slovakia		 30 Wang Hao
  China		 28
2011 (details) Valeriy Borchin
  Russia		 44 Wang Zhen
  China		 30 Chu Yafei
  China		 17
2012 (details) Wang Zhen
  China		 48 Jared Tallent
  Australia		 40 Chen Ding
  China		 38
2013 (details) Jared Tallent
  Australia		 34 Joao Vieira
  Portugal		 28 Matej Tóth
  Slovakia		 26
2014 (details) Ruslan Dmytrenko
  Ukraine		 29 Jared Tallent
  Australia		 23 Caio Bonfim
  Brazil		 18
2015 (details) Matej Tóth
  Slovakia		 29 Miguel Ángel López
  Spain		 25 Chen Ding
  China		 24
2016 (details) Wang Zhen
  China		 36 Jared Tallent
  Australia		 27 Andrés Chocho
  Ecuador		 26
2017 (details) Éider Arévalo
  Colombia		 36 Caio Bonfim
  Brazil
Andrés Chocho
  Ecuador		 25 Not awarded
2018 (details)[24] Diego García
  Spain
Lebogang Shange
  South Africa		 27 Not awarded Andrés Chocho
  Ecuador		 25
2019 (details)[25] Perseus Karlström
  Sweden		 32 Toshikazu Yamanishi
  Japan		 30 Diego García
  Spain		 26
2022 (details)[26] Perseus Karlström
  Sweden		 3969 Caio Bonfim
  Brazil		 3920 Brian Pintado
  Ecuador		 3887
2023 (details)[27] Caio Bonfim
  Brazil		 4075 Perseus Karlström
  Sweden		 4032 Brian Pintado
  Ecuador		 4008
2024 (details)[28] Caio Bonfim
  Brazil		 4072 Brian Pintado
  Ecuador		 4068 Álvaro Martín
  Spain		 4035

Women

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Claudia Ștef had minor placings before winning the 2006 series
Year Gold Silver Bronze
2003 (details) Gillian O'Sullivan
  Ireland		 29 Kjersti Plätzer
  Norway		 24 Elisabetta Perrone
  Italy		 22
2004 (details) Elisa Rigaudo
  Italy		 30 Claudia Ștef
  Romania		 26 María Vasco
  Spain		 24
2005 (details) Ryta Turava
  Belarus		 29 Susana Feitor
  Portugal		 24 Claudia Ștef
  Romania		 22
2006 (details) Claudia Ștef
  Romania		 28 Ryta Turava
  Belarus		 20 Jane Saville
  Australia		 18
2007 (details) Ryta Turava
  Belarus		 40 Kjersti Plätzer
  Norway		 37 Sabine Zimmer
  Germany		 27
2008 (details) Kjersti Plätzer
  Norway		 44 Athanasia Tsoumeleka
  Greece		 38 Claudia Ștef
  Romania		 26
2009 (details)[23] Kjersti Plätzer
  Norway		 48 Olive Loughnane
  Ireland		 26 Elisa Rigaudo
  Italy		 28
2010 (details) Vera Santos
  Portugal		 40 Melanie Seeger
  Germany		 30 Inês Henriques
  Portugal		 25
2011 (details) Olga Kaniskina
  Russia		 44 Liu Hong
  China		 34 Melanie Seeger
  Germany		 10
2012 (details) Liu Hong
  China		 36 Beatriz Pascual
  Spain		 32 Lü Xiuzhi
  China		 30
2013 (details) Elena Lashmanova
  Russia		 38 Inês Henriques
  Portugal		 34 Ana Cabecinha
  Portugal		 23
2014 (details) Liu Hong
  China		 34 Eleonora Giorgi
  Italy		 23 Ana Cabecinha
  Portugal		 22
2015 (details) Liu Hong
  China		 40 Eleonora Giorgi
  Italy		 27 Érica de Sena
  Brazil		 25
2016 (details) Maria Guadalupe González
  Mexico
Qieyang Shijie
  China		 34 Not awarded Eleonora Giorgi
  Italy		 32
2017 (details) Érica de Sena
  Brazil		 34 Maria Guadalupe González
  Mexico		 28 Inês Henriques
  Portugal		 24
2018 (details)[24] Qieyang Shijie
  China		 34 Érica de Sena
  Brazil		 23 Inês Henriques
  Portugal		 22
2019 (details)[25] Qieyang Shijie
  China		 34 Liu Hong
  China		 32 Érica de Sena
  Brazil		 22
2022 (details)[29] Kimberly García
  Peru		 4040 Qieyang Shijie
  China		 3999 Jemima Montag
  Australia		 3864
2023 (details)[30] Kimberly García
  Peru		 4092 Alegna González
  Mexico		 3881 Jemima Montag
  Australia		 3864
2024 (details)[31] Yang Jiayu
  China		 3998 Jemima Montag
  Australia		 3938 Kimberly García
  Peru		 3901

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 2015 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  2. ^ a b 2008 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  3. ^ a b 2010 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  4. ^ a b 2011 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  5. ^ a b 2012 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  6. ^ a b 2013 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  7. ^ a b 2014 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  8. ^ 2003 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  9. ^ 2004 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  10. ^ 2005 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  11. ^ 2006 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  12. ^ 2007 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  13. ^ 2009 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  14. ^ 2015 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  15. ^ 2016 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  16. ^ 2017 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  17. ^ 2018 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  18. ^ a b 2019 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  19. ^ "2021 Race Walking Tour". World Athletics.
  20. ^ "2022 Race Walking Tour". World Athletics.
  21. ^ "2023 Race Walking Tour". World Athletics.
  22. ^ "2024 Race Walking Tour". World Athletics.
  23. ^ a b Plätzer and Sanchez receive US$30,000 each – IAAF Race Walking Challenge 2009. IAAF (2009-09-22). Retrieved on 2009-10-01.
  24. ^ a b "2018 IAAF Race Walking Challenge standings revised". World Athletics.
  25. ^ a b "Karlstrom and Qieyang win 2019 IAAF Race Walking Challenge". World Athletics.
  26. ^ "2022 World Race Walking Tour Standings". World Athletics.
  27. ^ "2023 World Race Walking Tour Standings". World Athletics.
  28. ^ "2024 World Race Walking Tour Standings". World Athletics.
  29. ^ "2022 World Race Walking Tour Standings". World Athletics.
  30. ^ "2023 World Race Walking Tour Standings". World Athletics.
  31. ^ "2024 World Race Walking Tour Standings". World Athletics.
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