The IAU 100 km World Championships have been held annually since 1987, at different locations, and is organized by the
International Association of Ultrarunners
The International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) is the world governing body of ultra running, race events longer than the marathon distance of 42.2 km. It regulates and sanctions the World Championships for various ultramarathon distanc ...
(IAU). Due to lack of sponsorship, the 2013 event, planned for
Jeju Island
Jeju Island (Jeju language, Jeju/) is South Korea's largest island, covering an area of , which is 1.83% of the total area of the country. Alongside outlying islands, it is part of Jeju Province and makes up the majority of the province.
The i ...
, South Korea, was cancelled and the 2014 event, originally due to be held at
Daugavpils
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, Latvia, was held instead in
Doha
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,
Qatar
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.
The championships from 2007 to 2012 incorporated the
IAU 100 km European Championships
The IAU 100 km European Championships is an annual, ultrarunning competition over 100 kilometres (60 miles) for European athletes. It is organised by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) and was first held in 1992 – five years aft ...
.
[Khan, Nadeem (2012-04-24)]
Calcaterra and Sproston win the 26th IAU 100km World Championship
World Athletics. Retrieved on 2025-04-07.
Editions
Men
Women
Total medals tables
Men
Women
See also
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Ultramarathon
An ultramarathon is a footrace longer than the traditional marathon distance of . The sport of running ultramarathons is called ultra running or ultra distance running.
Various distances, surfaces, and formats are raced competitively, from the ...
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International Association of Ultrarunners
The International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) is the world governing body of ultra running, race events longer than the marathon distance of 42.2 km. It regulates and sanctions the World Championships for various ultramarathon distanc ...
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IAU 50 km World Championships
The IAU 50 km World Championships is an annual, global ultrarunning competition over 50 kilometres organized by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU).
The competition began life as the IAU 50 km World Trophy in 2005. It s ...
References
External links
IAU official site*World Athletics reports
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{{Main world championships
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The following are examples of orders of magnitude for different lengths.
Overview
Detailed list
To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following list describes various lengths between 1.6 \times 10^ metres and 10^metres.
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Recurring sporting events established in 1987
Ultramarathons