The 2019 IAAF World Indoor Tour was the fourth edition of the

IAAF World Indoor Tour The World Athletics Indoor Tour, formerly the IAAF World Indoor Tour, is an annual series of indoor track and field meetings, held since 2016. It was designed to create a Diamond League-style circuit for indoor track and field events, to raise th ...

, the highest series of international

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indoor meetings. It was designed to create an

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-style circuit for indoor track and field events, to raise the profile of indoor track and field athletics. The Tour retains six events for 2019, five in

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and one in the

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. All six 2018 meetings returned, although the order of the meetings has been rearranged from 2018, and the

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has returned from Glasgow to Birmingham as part of a long term deal, having hosted the

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. Glasgow, in turn, will host the

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at the end of the indoor season, from 1–3 March 2019.

Meetings

Continuing the long term agreement alternating venues of the Great Britain leg, the Glasgow Grand Prix returns to Birmingham, England, accommodating in this case the holding of the

in Glasgow, Scotland.

Scoring system

At each meeting a minimum of 12 events were staged. Included in the 12 events will be a core group of five or six events split across the two-season cycle. Tour counting events for 2019 were the men’s 60m, hurdles 400m, 1500m, high jump and long jump, plus the women’s 60m, 800m, 3,000/5,000m, pole vault, triple jump and shot put. Points were allocated to the best four athletes in each event, with the winner getting 10 points, the runner up receiving seven points, the third-placed finisher getting five points and the athlete in fourth receiving three points. There is a bonus 3 points awarded to any athlete who set a world record. The individual overall winner of each event received US $20,000 in prize money. In each event the finishing positions offered the following money: 1st: $3000. 2nd: $1500. 3rd: $1000. 4th: $750. 5th: $500. 6th: $300. For middle distance races, $200 and $150 will be awarded to 7th and 8th place. All tour winners qualify for the 2020 IAAF World Indoor Championships, taking a wildcard spot subject to ratification by their country.

Indoor Tour Events

The following events are core Tour events for the 2019 indoor season:https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/a1ccd334-dc9f-4a48-b205-ff1f32d75a81.pdf ;Men * 400 metres * 1500 metres * 60 metre hurdles * High jump * Long jump ; Women *60 metres *800 metres *3000 metres *Pole vault *Triple jump *Shot put

Meetings

Scoring system

Indoor Tour Events

Results

Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Women's field

Final 2019 World Indoor Tour standings

Men

Women

References