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event, this competition became the IAU World 24 Hours Challenge in 2003.IAU World 24 Hours Challenge
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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

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) and is the only one with a limited time format, rather than a distance-based one. The competition has often incorporated the

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– a continental event which pre-dates the global competition, having first been held in 1992. The annual schedule has twice been broken: first in 2011, with

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, Switzerland failing to proceed as host,Michiels, Paul & Milroy, Andy (2013-05-07)
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. Retrieved on 2015-03-21. and again in 2014, with the agreed host ( Pilzen, Czech Republic) being unable to hold the eleventh edition of the competition. The event has mainly been held in Europe: in 2006,

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became the first Asian city to hold the races and

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followed as the first North American host in 2007. New Championship records were set at the 2019 Championship (awaiting ratification), including 278.972 kilometres by

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from Lithuania and 270.119 kilometres by

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. from the

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Editions

Medallists

Men's individual

Men's team

Women's individual

Women's team

References

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. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
All-Time Winners
International Association of Ultrarunners. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.

External links

IAU 24 Hour World Championship
at statistik.d-u-v.org 24 Hour Ultramarathons Recurring sporting events established in 2003