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IAAF Continental Cup

Not to be confused withAthletics World Cup.

TheIAAF Continental Cupwas an internationaltrack and fieldcompetition organized by theInternational Association of Athletics Federations(IAAF).

IAAF Continental Cup
Statusdefunct
GenreTrack and field
Date(s)varying
Frequencybiennial
Countryvarying
Years active1977–2018
Inaugurated1977(1977)
Most recent2018
Organised byWorld Athletics
Websiteworldathletics.org

The event was proposed by IAAF former PresidentPrimo Nebioloand was first held in 1977 as theIAAF World Cup.[1]The event was initially held every two years, but following the establishment of theWorld Athletics Championshipsit moved to a quadrennial basis. The 1989 edition was held the same year as theWorld Indoor Championships,then moved to the even-year between the Summer Olympics, ensuring the sport of athletics had a global competition in all years.

The original format included separate men's and women's competitions consisting of 21 events each, with team points being awarded for the finishing position of each athlete. Eight teams, five continental and three national, entered an athlete in each event: if the stadium had a ninth lane, the host nation would also be permitted to enter.

The eight entrants included theUnited States,the top two nations in the precedingEuropean Cupand continental teams comprisingAfrica,Asia,Oceania,the rest of theAmericas(North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic AssociationandConfederación Sudamericana de Atletismo), and the rest ofEurope.

From 2010, the event was rebranded to the IAAF Continental Cup, with the national teams being removed, and team scoring incorporated both the sexes. Two athletes per individual event were entered by four regional teams:Africa,Asia/Pacific,Europeand theAmericas), though the regions had only one team each for the relay events.[2]

After a decision at the 206th IAAF Council Meeting, held after the2016 Summer Olympics,long-distance events were removed from the programme, and the4 × 400 metres relayevent was modified to a mixed-gender event.[3]

A nation-based competition, theAthletics World Cup,was staged in 2018 by an independent promoter. The IAAF competition was briefly rebranded as theWorld Athletics Continental Cupin 2019, but the event was scrapped in March 2020.[4][5][6]

Results

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IAAF World Cup

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Edition Year Venue Division Cup winners Second place Third place
1st 1977 Düsseldorf Men East Germany United States West Germany
Women Europe East Germany Soviet Union
2nd 1979 Montreal Men United States Europe East Germany
Women East Germany Soviet Union Europe
3rd 1981 Rome Men Europe East Germany United States
Women East Germany Europe Soviet Union
4th 1985 Canberra Men United States Soviet Union East Germany
Women East Germany Soviet Union Europe
5th 1989 Barcelona Men United States Europe Great Britain
Women East Germany Soviet Union America
6th 1992 Havana Men Africa Great Britain Europe
Women Unified Team Europe America
7th 1994 London Men Africa Great Britain America
Women Europe America Germany
8th 1998 Johannesburg Men Africa Europe Germany
Women United States Europe Africa
9th 2002 Madrid Men Africa Europe United States
Women Russia Europe America
10th 2006 Athens[7] Men Europe United States Africa
Women Russia Europe America

IAAF Continental Cup

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Year Venue Cup winners Second place Third place Fourth place
2010 Split,Croatia Overall Americas Europe Africa Asia/Pacific
Points 424.5[8] 410 295 292.5
Men Europe Americas Africa Asia/Pacific
Women Americas Europe Africa Asia/Pacific
2014 Marrakesh,Morocco Overall Europe Americas Africa Asia/Pacific
Points 447.5 390 339 257.5
Men Europe Americas Africa Asia/Pacific
Women Europe Americas Africa Asia/Pacific
2018 Ostrava,Czech Republic Overall Americas Europe Asia/Pacific Africa
Points 262 233 188 142

Cup records

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Key to tables: not ratified or later rescinded by IAAF

Men

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Event Record Name Nationality Team Date Games Ref.
100 m 9.87(−0.2m/s) Obadele Thompson Barbados Americas 11 September 1998 1998 Johannesburg
200 m 19.87(+0.1m/s) Wallace Spearmon United States United States 17 September 2006 2006 Athens
400 m 44.22 Jeremy Wariner United States Americas 4 September 2010 2010 Split [9]
800 m 1:43.37 David Rudisha Kenya Africa 5 September 2010 [10]
1500 m 3:31.20 Bernard Lagat United States United States 20 September 2002 2002 Madrid
3000 m 7:32.19 Craig Mottram Australia Oceania 17 September 2006 2006 Athens
5000 m 13:13.82 Miruts Yifter Ethiopia Africa 3 July 1977 1977 Düsseldorf
10,000 m 27:38.43 Werner Schildhauer East Germany East Germany 4 September 1981 1981 Rome
3000 m steeplechase 8:09.67 Richard Mateelong Kenya Africa 5 September 2010 2010 Split [11]
110 m hurdles 12.96(+0.4m/s) Allen Johnson United States United States 17 September 2006 2006 Athens
400 m hurdles 47.37 Edwin Moses United States United States 4 September 1981 1981 Rome
Abderrahman Samba Qatar Asia-Pacific 8 September 2018 2018 Ostrava [12]
High jump 2.40 m Javier Sotomayor Cuba Americas 11 September 1994 1994 London
Pole vault 5.95 m Steve Hooker Australia Oceania 5 September 2010 2010 Split [13]
Long jump 8.52 m(±0.0m/s) Larry Myricks United States United States 26 September 1979 1979 Montreal
Triple jump 17.61 m(+0.6m/s) Yoelbi Quesada Cuba Americas 10 September 1994 1994 London
Shot put 22.00 m Ulf Timmermann East Germany East Germany 5 October 1985 1985 Canberra
Discus throw 71.25 m Róbert Fazekas Hungary Europe 21 September 2002 2002 Madrid
Hammer throw 82.68 m Tibor Gécsek Hungary Europe 12 September 1998 1998 Johannesburg
Javelin throw 89.26 m Andreas Thorkildsen Norway Europe 5 September 2010 2010 Split [14]
4 × 100 m relay 37.59 Kaaron Conwright
Wallace Spearmon
Tyson Gay
Jason Smoots 		United States United States 16 September 2006 2006 Athens
4 × 400 m relay 2:59.00 Nery Brenes(CRC)
Bershawn Jackson(USA)
Greg Nixon(USA)
Ricardo Chambers(JAM) 		Various Americas 5 September 2010 2010 Split [15]

Women

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Event Record Name Nationality Date Games Ref.
100 m 10.65(+1.1m/s) Marion Jones United States United States 12 September 1998 1998 Johannesburg
200 m 21.62(−0.6m/s) Marion Jones United States United States 11 September 1998
400 m 47.60 Marita Koch East Germany East Germany 6 October 1985 1985 Canberra
800 m 1:54.44 Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba Americas 9 September 1989 1989 Barcelona
1500 m 4:00.84 Maryam Yusuf Jamal Bahrain Asia 17 September 2006 2006 Athens
3000 m 8:27.50 Sifan Hassan Netherlands Europe 8 September 2018 2018 Ostrava [16]
5000 m 14:39.11 Meseret Defar Ethiopia Africa 17 September 2006 2006 Athens
10,000 m 30:52.51 Elana Meyer South Africa Africa 10 September 1994 1994 London
100 m hurdles 12.47(+0.7m/s) Dawn Harper-Nelson United States Americas 14 September 2014 2014 Marrakech [17]
400 m hurdles 52.96 Nezha Bidouane Morocco Africa 11 September 1998 1998 Johannesburg
3000 m steeplechase 9:07.92 Beatrice Chepkoech Kenya Africa 9 September 2018 2018 Ostrava [18]
High jump 2.05 m Blanka Vlašić Croatia Europe 5 September 2010 2010 Split [19]
Pole vault 4.85 m Anzhelika Sidorova Russia Europe 8 September 2018 2018 Ostrava [20]
Katerina Stefanidi Greece Europe
Sandi Morris United States Americas
Long jump 7.27 m(+0.7m/s) Heike Drechsler East Germany East Germany 6 October 1985 1985 Canberra
Triple jump 15.25 m(+1.7m/s) Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan Asia 4 September 2010 2010 Split [21]
Shot put 20.98 m Ilona Slupianek East Germany East Germany 24 August 1979 1979 Montreal
Discus throw 71.54 m Ilke Wyludda East Germany East Germany 10 September 1989 1989 Barcelona
Hammer throw 75.46 m DeAnna Price United States Americas 8 September 2018 2018 Ostrava [22]
Javelin throw 65.52 m Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic Europe 13 September 2014 2014 Marrakech
68.14 m Mariya Abakumova Russia Europe 4 September 2010 2010 Split [23]
4 × 100 m relay 41.37 Silke Möller
Sabine Günther
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr 		East Germany East Germany 6 October 1985 1985 Canberra
4 × 400 m relay 3:19.50 Kirsten Emmelmann
Sabine Busch
Dagmar Neubauer
Marita Koch 		East Germany East Germany 4 October 1985

Trophy

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A silver trophy was presented to winners of the men's competition. The women's equivalent was later remodelled and used for the Continental Cup. The winners' names were engraved around the bottom and the winners would keep a hold of the trophy until the next edition.[24]

As the IAAF World Cup, World Cup trophies were presented to the athletes of the winning team. It was the sole prize awarded by theIAAFfor the team category.[25]

As the IAAF Continental Cup, in 2018, a new trophy was unveiled for the winners of the combined team event (men and women). All individual athletes of the winning team were presented with awards for the first time.[26]

References

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  1. ^"Past Presidents of the IAAF".iaaf.org.Retrieved29 October2012.
  2. ^IAAF Council Meeting notes, Monaco - 21 November.IAAF(2008-11-21). Retrieved on 2009-09-11.
  3. ^Competitions Update.IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.
  4. ^"World Athletics Continental Cup".worldathletics.org.Retrieved20 May2021.
  5. ^"Continental Cup scrapped by World Athletics after 43 years".insidethegames.biz. 12 March 2020.Retrieved20 May2021.
  6. ^Pavitt, Michael (12 March 2020)."Continental Cup scrapped by World Athletics after 43 years".inside the games.Retrieved12 April2020.
  7. ^""10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics 2006 Athens Olympic Stadium" photos ".
  8. ^"Americas awarded the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech| News".
  9. ^"400 Metres Results"(PDF).IAAF.4 September 2010. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 May 2011.Retrieved6 September2010.
  10. ^"800 Metres Results"(PDF).IAAF.5 September 2010. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 May 2011.Retrieved6 September2010.
  11. ^"3000 Metres Steeplechase Results"(PDF).IAAF.5 September 2010. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 May 2011.Retrieved6 September2010.
  12. ^"400 Metres Hurdles Men Results"(PDF).IAAF.8 September 2018.Retrieved9 September2018.
  13. ^"Pole Vault Results"(PDF).IAAF.5 September 2010. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 May 2011.Retrieved6 September2010.
  14. ^"Javelin Throw Results"(PDF).IAAF.5 September 2010. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 May 2011.Retrieved6 September2010.
  15. ^"4x400 Metres Relay Results"(PDF).IAAF.5 September 2010. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 May 2011.Retrieved6 September2010.
  16. ^"3000 Metres Women Results"(PDF).IAAF.8 September 2018.Retrieved9 September2018.
  17. ^"100m Hurdles Results".IAAF. 14 September 2014.Retrieved14 September2014.
  18. ^"3000 Metres Steeplechase Women Results"(PDF).IAAF.9 September 2018.Retrieved9 September2018.
  19. ^"High Jump Results"(PDF).IAAF.5 September 2010. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 May 2011.Retrieved5 September2010.
  20. ^"Pole vault Women Results"(PDF).IAAF.8 September 2018.Retrieved9 September2018.
  21. ^"Triple Jump Results"(PDF).IAAF.4 September 2010. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 May 2011.Retrieved5 September2010.
  22. ^"Hammer Throw Women Results"(PDF).IAAF.8 September 2018.Retrieved9 September2018.
  23. ^"Javelin Throw Results"(PDF).IAAF.4 September 2010. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 May 2011.Retrieved5 September2010.
  24. ^"The original IAAF World Cup – IAAF Heritage".World Athletics. 30 May 2018.Retrieved5 August2022.
  25. ^"Continental Cup scrapped by World Athletics after 43 years".Inside the Games. 12 March 2020.Retrieved5 August2022.
  26. ^"Organisers unveil trophy for the IAAF Continental Cup".European Athletics. 17 August 2018.Retrieved5 August2022.
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