The 2019

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was the 22nd edition of the global series of combined track and field event meetings organised by the

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(IAAF). It featured

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for men and

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for women. A total of eleven meetings were in the 2019 series, starting at the

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meet on 27 April and finishing at the

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on 4 October. Athletes scored points based on their performances at meetings in the series, with the overall winners being the athletes with the highest aggregate score over three meetings. The total prize money was US$202,000, split evenly between male and female athletes. The male and female winners each received $30,000, while second and third placed athletes were entitled to $20,000 and $15,000 respectively. Smaller prizes were given to the rest of the top eight finishers. The overall winners were

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of Canada with 25,753 points in the decathlon and Austrian

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with 19,623 points in the heptathlon. Warner and Preiner win 2019 IAAF Combined Events Challenge
World Athletics (2019-10-17). Retrieved 2019-11-17.

Calendar

The 2019 challenge included eleven meetings, covering invitational meetings, as well as national, regional and international championships and games.

Results

Men

Women

Points rankings

The following are the rankings of all athletes who competed at three series meets or more.

Men

Women

References

;Rankings
2019 Standing Men IAAF Combined Events Challenge
World Athletics. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
2019 Standing Women IAAF Combined Events Challenge
World Athletics. Retrieved 2019-11-17. {{2019 in athletics

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