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{{Infobox sports league
|sport= [[Track and field]]
|logo=IAAF World Challenge.jpg
|founded=2010
|folded=2019
|website=[https://web.archive.org/web/20191109002218/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge IAAF World Challenge]
|continent= global
|}}
The '''IAAF World Challenge''' was an annual, global circuit of one-day [[track and field]] competitions organized by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF). First held in 2010, it replaced the [[IAAF Grand Prix]] and [[IAAF Super Grand Prix]] series to form the second tier of international one-day meetings, after the [[IAAF Diamond League]]. 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.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/diamond-league-2020-season-meetings IAAF Diamond League reaches agreement on meetings for 2020 season ]. IAAF (2019-10-21). Retrieved 2019-10-23.</ref>

==Editions==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Edition
!Year
!Start date
!End date
!Meets
!class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 1 || [[2010 IAAF World Challenge|2010]] || 4 March || 1 September || 13 || <ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/calendar/2010 IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2010]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
|-
| 2 || [[2011 IAAF World Challenge|2011]] || 3 March || 13 September || 14 || <ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/calendar/2011 IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2011]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
|-
| 3 || [[2012 IAAF World Challenge|2012]] || 3 March || 9 September || 14 || <ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/calendar/2012 IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2012]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
|-
| 4 || [[2013 IAAF World Challenge|2013]] || 6 April || 8 September || 15 || <ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/calendar/2013 IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2013]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
|-
| 5 || [[2014 IAAF World Challenge|2014]] || 22 March || 7 September || 13 || <ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/calendar/2014 IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2014]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
|-
| 6 || [[2015 IAAF World Challenge|2015]] || 21 March || 13 September || 13 || <ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/calendar/2015 IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2015]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
|-
| 7 || [[2016 IAAF World Challenge|2016]] || 5 March || 6 September || 12 || <ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/calendar/2016 IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2016]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
|-
| 8 || [[2017 IAAF World Challenge|2017]] || 20 May || 29 August || 9 || <ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/calendar/2017 IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2017]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
|-
| 9 || [[2018 IAAF World Challenge|2018]] || 19 May || 4 September || 9 || <ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/calendar/2018 IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2018]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
|-
| 10 || [[2019 IAAF World Challenge|2019]] || 28 April || 3 September || 9 || <ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/calendar/2019 IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2019]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
|}
*The Rieti Meeting was included in the original series schedule in 2016, but was later cancelled

==Meetings==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:center; font-size:90%"
!Meeting || City || Country || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || Years
|-
|align=left|[[Golden Spike Ostrava]] ||align=left|[[Ostrava]] ||align=left|Czech Republic
|X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X
|10
|-
|align=left|[[Fanny Blankers-Koen Games]] ||align=left|[[Hengelo]] ||align=left|Netherlands
|X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X
|10
|-
|align=left|[[ISTAF Berlin]] ||align=left|[[Berlin]] ||align=left|Germany
|X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X
|10
|-
|align=left|[[Hanžeković Memorial]] ||align=left|[[Zagreb]] ||align=left|Croatia
|X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X
|10
|-
|align=left|[[Meeting de Atletismo Madrid]] ||align=left|[[Madrid]] ||align=left|Spain
|X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||—
|9
|-
|align=left|[[Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo]] ||align=left|[[Belém]] ||align=left|Brazil
|X||X||X||X||X||—||X||X||X||X
|9
|-
|align=left|[[Golden Grand Prix]] ||align=left|[[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]] ||align=left|Japan
|—||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X
|9
|-
|align=left|[[Jamaica International Invitational]] ||align=left|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] ||align=left|Jamaica
|—||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X||X
|9
|-
|align=left|[[Rieti Meeting]] ||align=left|[[Rieti]] ||align=left|Italy
|X||X||X||X||X||X||X||—||—||—
|7
|-
|align=left|[[Melbourne Track Classic]] ||align=left|[[Melbourne]] ||align=left|Australia
|X||X||X||X||X||X||X||—||—||—
|7
|-
|align=left|[[Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat|Meeting de Rabat]] ||align=left|[[Rabat]] ||align=left|Morocco
|X||X||X||X||X||X||—||—||—||—
|6
|-
|align=left|[[Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo]] ||align=left|[[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] ||align=left|Puerto Rico
|—||—||X||X||X||X||—||—||—||—
|6
|-
|align=left|[[IAAF World Challenge Dakar]] ||align=left|[[Dakar]] ||align=left|Senegal
|X||X||—||X||—||X||X||—||—||—
|5
|-
|align=left|[[IAAF World Challenge Beijing]] ||align=left|[[Beijing]] ||align=left|China
|—||—||—||X||X||X||X||—||—||—
|4
|-
|align=left|[[Paavo Nurmi Games]] ||align=left|[[Turku]] ||align=left|Finland
|—||—||—||—||—||—||—||X||X||X
|3
|-
|align=left|[[Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting]] ||align=left|[[Daegu]] ||align=left|South Korea
|X||X||X||—||—||—||—||—||—||—
|3
|-
|align=left|[[Moscow Challenge]] ||align=left|[[Moscow]] ||align=left|Russia
|—||—||X||X||—||—||—||—||—||—
|2
|-
|align=left|[[Brothers Znamensky Memorial]] ||align=left|[[Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast|Zhukovsky]] ||align=left|Russia
|X||X||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—
|2
|-
|align=left|[[Osaka Grand Prix]] ||align=left|[[Osaka]] ||align=left|Japan
|X||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—
|1
|-
|align=left|[[Nanjing World Challenge]] ||align=left|[[Nanjing]] ||align=left|China
|—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||X
|1
|}

==Series records==
===Men===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width: 95%;"
|-
!Event
!Record
!Name
!Date
!Place
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|[[100 metres|100 m]]
|9.78 <small>(+0.9&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Nesta Carter]]|JAM}}
|2010
|Rieti
|-
|[[200 metres|200 m]]
|19.77 <small>(+0.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Isaac Makwala]]|BOT}}
|2017
|Madrid
|-
|[[300 metres|300 m]]
|30.81
|{{flagathlete|[[Wayde van Niekerk]]|RSA}}
|2017
|Ostrava
|-
|[[400 metres|400 m]]
|44.16
|{{flagathlete|[[LaShawn Merritt]]|USA}}
|2014
|Ostrava 
|-
|[[800 metres|800 m]]
|1:41.01
|{{flagathlete|[[David Rudisha]]|KEN}}
|2010
|Rieti
|-
|[[1500 metres|1500 m]]
|3:29.90
|{{flagathlete|[[Nixon Chepseba]]|KEN}}
|2012
|Hengelo
|-
|[[Mile run|Mile]]
|3:56.95
|{{flagathlete|[[Charlie Grice]]|GBR}}
|20 June 2019
|Ostrava
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Miller-Uibo breaks 300m world best, Lasitskene tops 2.06m and Kirt joins 90-metre club in Ostrava|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/kirt-lasitskene-miller-uibo-ostrava|publisher=IAAF|author=Bob Ramsak|date=20 June 2019|access-date=7 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[3000 metres|3000 m]]
|7:28.70
|{{flagathlete|[[Tariku Bekele]]|ETH}}
|2010
|Rieti
|-
|[[5000 metres|5000 m]]
|12:57.56
|{{flagathlete|[[Telahun Haile Bekele]]|ETH}}
|2019
|Hengelo
|-
|[[110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]
|12.97 <small>(+1.2&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Aries Merritt]]|USA}}
|2012
|Berlin
|-
|[[400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
|47.66
|{{flagathlete|[[L. J. van Zyl]]|RSA}}
|2011
|Ostrava
|-
|[[3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]
|8:02.55
||{{flagathlete|[[Paul Kipsiele Koech]]|KEN}}
|2011
|Ostrava
|-
|[[High jump]]
|2.40 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Bohdan Bondarenko]]|UKR}}
|2014
|Tokyo
|-
|[[Pole vault]]
|5.92 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Renaud Lavillenie]]|FRA}}
|2013
|Ostrava
|-
|[[Long jump]]
|8.66 m <small>(+1.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Juan Miguel Echevarría]]|CUB}}
|13 June 2018
|Ostrava
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Long Jump Results|url=http://www.zlatatretra.cz/results2018/re29892.pdf|work=zlatatretra.cz|date=13 June 2018|access-date=21 June 2018}}</ref>
|-
|[[Triple jump]]
|17.57 m <small>(-1.1&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Christian Taylor (athlete)|Christian Taylor]]|USA}}
|2017
|Ostrava
|-
|[[Shot put]]
|22.28 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Ryan Crouser]]|USA}}
|2016
|Zagreb
|-
|[[Discus throw]]
|71.84 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Piotr Małachowski]]|POL}}
|2013
|Hengelo
|-
|[[Hammer throw]]
|83.44 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Paweł Fajdek]]|POL}}
|2017
|Ostrava
|-
|[[Javelin throw]]
|91.28 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Thomas Röhler]]|GER}}
|2016
|Turku
|}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width: 95%;"
|-
!Event
!Record
!Name
!Date
!Place
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|[[100 metres|100 m]]
|10.76 <small>(+1.1&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Veronica Campbell-Brown]]|JAM}}
|2011
|Ostrava
|-
|[[200 metres|200 m]]
|22.02 <small>(-0.3&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Dafne Schippers]]|NED}}
|2016
|Hengelo	
|-
|[[300 metres|300 m]]
|34.41
|{{flagathlete|[[Shaunae Miller-Uibo]]|BAH}}
|2019
|Ostrava
|-
|[[400 metres|400 m]]
|49.95
|{{flagathlete|[[Sanya Richards-Ross]]|USA}}
|2015
|Kingston
|-
|[[800 metres|800 m]]
|1:55.68
|{{flagathlete|[[Caster Semenya]]|RSA}}
|2016
|Berlin
|-
|[[1500 metres|1500 m]]
|3:56.14
|{{flagathlete|[[Sifan Hassan]]|NED}}
|2017
|Hengelo
|-
|[[Mile run|Mile]]
|4:22.45
|{{flagathlete|[[Marta Pen]]|POR}}
|2018
|Berlin
|-
|[[3000 metres|3000 m]]
|8:22.22
|{{flagathlete|[[Almaz Ayana]]|ETH}}
|2015
|Rabat
|-
|[[5000 metres|5000 m]]
|14:37.22
|{{flagathlete|[[Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi]]|KEN}}
|9 June 2019
|Hengelo
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Victories for Kendricks, Kipkemboi and Bekele in Hengelo|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/fbk-games-hengelo-world-challenge-2019-kendri|publisher=IAAF|author=Eric Roeske|date=10 June 2019|access-date=7 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[100 metres hurdles|100 m hurdles]]
|12.39 <small>(+2.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Jasmin Stowers]]|USA}}
|2015
|Kingston
|-
|[[400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
|53.32
|{{flagathlete|[[Zuzana Hejnová]]|CZE}}
|2013
|Ostrava
|-
|[[2000 metres steeplechase|2000 m steeplechase]]
|5:52.80
|{{flagathlete|[[Gesa-Felicitas Krause]]|GER}}
|1 September 2019
|Berlin
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Krause smashes 2000m steeplechase world best in Berlin|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/gesa-felicitas-krause-smashed-the-world-best|website=IAAF|date=1 September 2019|access-date=8 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]
|9:03.70
|{{flagathlete|[[Norah Jeruto]]|KEN}}
|2017
|Berlin
|-
|[[High jump]]
|2.06 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Mariya Lasitskene]]|RUS}}
|20 June 2019
|Ostrava
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Miller-Uibo breaks 300m world best, Lasitskene tops 2.06m and Kirt joins 90-metre club in Ostrava|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/kirt-lasitskene-miller-uibo-ostrava|publisher=IAAF|author=Bob Ramsak|date=20 June 2019|access-date=7 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[Pole vault]]
|4.90 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Yarisley Silva]]|CUB}}
|2013
|Hengelo
|-
|[[Long jump]]
|6.96 m <small>(+1.1&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Ivana Španović]]|SRB}}
|2016
|Zagreb
|-
|[[Triple jump]]
|15.02 m <small>(-0.4&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|{{flagathlete|[[Yulimar Rojas]]|VEN}}
|2016
|Madrid
|-
|[[Shot put]]
|20.88 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Valerie Adams]]|NZL}}
|2013
|Ostrava
|-
|[[Discus throw]]
|70.83 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Sandra Perković]]|CRO}}
|2017
|Zagreb
|-
|[[Hammer throw]]
|79.72 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Anita Włodarczyk]]|POL}}
|2017
|Ostrava
|-
|[[Javelin throw]]
|70.53 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Mariya Abakumova]]|RUS}}
|2013
|Berlin
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109002218/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge|date=2019-11-09|title=IAAF World Challenge website}}

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