The World Athletics Race Walking Tour (formerly ''IAAF Race Walking Challenge'' and ''World Athletics Challenge - Race Walking'') is a

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series organised by

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. Athletes accumulate points in specific race walk meetings during the season. Performances in

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and

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count towards athlete's final scores. Since 2011, racewalking performances at the

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and

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count towards the series. Women have competed in the 50 km distance since 2018.2015 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge

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. Retrieved 2015-05-02. The series started as a global tour of elite-level, independently-held racewalking meetings. From 2007 to 2012, the series culminated in the

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. The inclusion of the

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in 2008 marked a move to incorporate international championships into the series. The World Cup returned to the tour in 2010, which was also the first time that the

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was added to the calendar. The

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was the first time that performances at a major global athletics championship were included in the series, and this was followed by

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a year later. The series was remodelled in 2013, as the Challenge Final was abolished and instead all the global and continental racewalking competitions were included: the Oceania Race Walking Championships, the

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, the

European Race Walking Cup The European Race Walking Team Championships (European Race Walking Cup until 2021) is a race walking event established in 1996, and organised by the European Athletic Association. In 1996, the team scores were calculated by aggregating the points ...

, the African Race Walking Championships,

South American Race Walking Championships The South American Race Walking Championships (''Spanish language, Spanish: Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Marcha Atlética'') is a biennial racewalking competition organized by Atletismo Sudamericano for athletes representing the countries of its me ...

and the

Pan American Race Walking Cup The Pan American Race Walking Cup (''Spanish: Copa Panamericana de Marcha'') is a biennial race walking competition for athletes representing countries from the Americas, organized by the Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA). It was establish ...

. The 2014 series included the

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and

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for the first time. The highest points score achieved in a single series before 2019 is 48, which was achieved by Norway's

Kjersti Plätzer Kjersti Tysse Plätzer (born Tysse; 18 January 1972) is a Norwegian race walker, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in the 20 kilometres race. She finished 12th in the same race in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athen ...

in 2009 for women and China's Wang Zhen in 2012 for men. After two seasons when the competition did not take place due to the

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, the points system was overhauled. Chinese female walkers Liu Hong and

Qieyang Shijie Qieyang Shijie (; , Amdo Tibetan language: ɕʰeɣjaŋ ʂcəl born 11 November 1990), also known as Qieyang Shenjie or Choeyang Kyi; is a Chinese race walker. She was born in Haiyan, Haibei T.A.P, Qinghai province, and her family are Tibetan ...

are the most successful athletes of the series, both having won the series on three occasions and being runners-up on one. Australian

Jared Tallent Jared Tallent (born 17 October 1984) is an Australian race walker and Olympic gold medallist in the 50 km walk from London in 2012. He is a four-time Olympic medallist, three-time World Championship medallist and holds the current Olympic ...

and Brazilian

Caio Bonfim Caio Oliveira de Sena Bonfim (born 19 March 1991) is a Brazilian Racewalking, racewalker. In the 20 km walk, he was a silver medalist at the 2024 Olympic Games and a bronze medalist at the 2017 and 2023 World Championships. He also finish ...

are the most successful man, with two men's titles and runner-up on two occasions each.

Editions

Meetings

* The IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships was known as the IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016 * † = Meeting hosted IAAF World Cup/Team Championships * ‡ = Meeting hosted Challenge Final * †† = Meeting hosted the European Race Walking Cup * The 2016 and 2017 Chihuahua meeting was held in

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* The 2019 series featured three Oceania championship events: the 50 km, the 20 km and the 10,000 m walks

Results

Men

Women

References

External links

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Results 1961–2006
at gbrathletics.com
2008 Rules
(PDF) {{International sports tours Race Walking Challenge Recurring sporting events established in 2003 Race walking competitions Annual athletics series World Athletics Tours