The IAAF World Challenge was an annual, global circuit of one-day

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping even ...

competitions organized by the

International Association of Athletics Federations World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...

(IAAF). First held in 2010, it replaced the

IAAF Grand Prix The IAAF Grand Prix was an annual, global circuit of one-day outdoor track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It was created in 1985 as the IAAF's first seasonal track and field circu ...

and

IAAF Super Grand Prix The IAAF Super Grand Prix was an annual series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Over the competition's history, a total of nine different meetings were part of the ...

series to form the second tier of international one-day meetings, after the

IAAF Diamond League The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fourteen of the best invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF) one-day mee ...

. Unlike the Diamond League, the IAAF World Challenge comprised stand-alone meetings, and no overall winners are crowned. The series was made defunct at the end of 2019 and was replaced by the World Athletics Continental Tour, which includes series winners for non-Diamond League events.IAAF Diamond League reaches agreement on meetings for 2020 season
IAAF (2019-10-21). Retrieved 2019-10-23.

Editions

*The Rieti Meeting was included in the original series schedule in 2016, but was later cancelled

Meetings

Series records

Men

Women

References

External links

IAAF website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Iaaf World Challenge Recurring sporting events established in 2010 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2019 Annual athletics series World Challenge Defunct athletics competitions