Current season, competition or edition: 2024 World Athletics Continental Tour | |
Sport | Track and field |
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Founded | 2020 |
Continent | global |
Official website | World Continental Tour |
The World Athletics Continental Tour is an annual series of independent track and field athletic competitions, recognised by World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF). The Tour forms the second tier of international one-day meetings after the Diamond League. First held in 2020, it replaced the IAAF World Challenge series. [1] [2]
Initially divided into three levels – Gold, Silver and Bronze – The Continental Tour was expanded in 2022 with the fourth tier: Challenger. The Gold meetings are organised globally, with investment from World Athletics, and represent the second tier of meetings in the sport. Area associations are responsible for managing the Silver and Bronze level competitions.
Edition | Year | Start date | End date | Meets | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Challenger | Ref. |
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1 | 2020 | 22 February | 6 December | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | — | [3] |
2 | 2021 | 6 February | 18 September | 69 | 12 | 16 | 41 | — | [4] |
3 | 2022 | 22 January | 17 December | 152 | 12 | 18 | 53 | 69 | [5] |
4 | 2023 | 21 January | 10 September | 165 | 14 | 25 | 48 | 78 | [6] |
5 | 2024 | 20 January | 20 September | 221 | 12 | 33 | 70 | 106 | [7] |
# | Meeting | City | Country | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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1 | USATF Bermuda Games | Devonshire | Bermuda | — | — | 1 | 6 | — |
2 | USATF Golden Games | Walnut | United States | — | 3 | 2 | — | — |
3 | USATF Grand Prix | Eugene | United States | — | 1 | — | — | — |
4 | Kip Keino Classic | Nairobi | Kenya | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
5 | Seiko Golden Grand Prix | Tokyo | Japan | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
6 | Ostrava Golden Spike | Ostrava | Czech Republic | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
7 | Adidas Games | Boston | United States | — | 5 | — | — | — |
8 | Irena Szewińska Memorial | Bydgoszcz | Poland | — | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
9 | Janusz Kusociński Memorial | Chorzów | Poland | — | — | 7 | — | — |
10 | FBK Games | Hengelo | Netherlands | — | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
11 | USATF New York Grand Prix | New York City | United States | — | — | 9 | 11 | 7 |
12 | Paavo Nurmi Games | Turku | Finland | 1 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
13 | Gyulai István Memorial | Székesfehérvár | Hungary | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 |
14 | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | Chorzów | Poland | 4 | 10 | — | — | — |
15 | Hanžeković Memorial | Zagreb | Croatia | 6 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
16 | Maurie Plant Meet | Melbourne | Australia | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
17 | Grenada Invitational | St. George's | Grenada | — | — | — | 2 | — |
18 | Botswana Golden Grand Prix | Gaborone | Botswana | — | — | — | 3 | 2 |
19 | USATF Los Angeles Invitational | Los Angeles | United States | — | — | — | 7 | 4 |
The number in the table represents the order in which the meeting took place.
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