The 2011 IAAF World Race Walking Challenge

IAAF World Race Walking Challenge

The IAAF World Race Walking Challenge is a race walking contest organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The athletes accumulate points in three specific racewalk meets during the season...

was the 9th edition of the annual international race walking

Race walking

Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...

 competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations

International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded in 1912 at its first congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation...

 (IAAF). Ten meetings were scheduled for the competition: the race walk events at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

2011 World Championships in Athletics

The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....

, five IAAF permit meetings, and four area permit meetings.

Athletes who gained enough points from competing at these meetings were entered into the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge Final, where they competed for a total pot of US $200,000 in prize money.

Calendar

The following ten meetings, as well as the competition final, form the schedule of the 2011 World Race Walking Challenge. The "A" category meetings are worth the most points, with progressively fewer points being available through the "B" and "C" categories.

Date	Meeting	Category	Events	Venue	Country	Report
	Australian 20k Racewalking Championships	C	20 km (Men/Women)	Hobart Hobart Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
	IAAF Permit Chihuahua	C	20 km (Men/Women) 50 km (Men)	Chihuahua Chihuahua, Chihuahua The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 825,327. The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras.-History:It has been said that the...
	Gran Premio Citta di Lugano – Memorial Mario Albisetti	C	20 km (Men/Women)	Lugano Lugano Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
	Dudinska 50-ka	C	10 km (Women) 20 km (Men) 50 km (Men)	Dudince Dudince Dudince is a spa town in southern Slovakia, with a population of 1,500. It is known for its healing mineral waters and spas.-Geography:...
	Grande Premio Internacional en Marcha Atletica	B	20 km (Men/Women)	Rio Maior Rio Maior Rio Maior is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 272.8 km² and a total population of 21,621 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 14 parishes, and is located in the Santarém District.The present Mayor is Isaura Morais, elected by the PSD....
	IAAF Permit Taicang	B	10 km (Men/Women)	Taicang Taicang Taicang is a coastal city in Jiangsu Province of People's Republic of China. It is approximately to the northwest of Shanghai, and to the east of Suzhou. It is a county level city under jurisdiction of Suzhou prefecture level city. In 2008, the registered population was at 466,300, and total GDP...
	Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni	B	20 km (Men/Women)	Sesto San Giovanni Sesto San Giovanni Sesto San Giovanni is a comune in the Milan metropolitan area, located in the province of Milan and region of Lombardy in Italy. Its railway station is the northernmost stop on the Milan Metro M1 line. The city is informally referred to as "Sesto"...
	Dublin International Racewalking GP	C	20 km (Men/Women)	Dublin		Warburton, Paul (2011-06-27). Victories go to China and Finland in Dublin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-21.
	2011 World Championships in Athletics 2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....	A	20 km (Men/Women) 50 km (Men)	Daegu Daegu Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...
	IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final	B	10 km (Men/Women)	La Coruña

Winners

#	| Meeting	| Men's winners	| Women's winners
		10 km	20 km	50 km	10 km	20 km
1	Hobart
2	Chihuahua
3	Lugano
4	Dudince
5	Rio Maior
6	Taicang
7	Sesto San Giovanni
8	Dublin
9	Daegu 2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....
10	La Coruña
Overall points winner		|TBD	|TBD

External links

• Official homepage from IAAF
• Past winners from GBR Athletics
• Competition archive from IAAF