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IAAF Continental Cup

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The IAAF Continental Cup was an international track and field competition organized by the International 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 President Primo Nebiolo and was first held in 1977 as the IAAF World Cup.[1] The event was initially held every two years, but following the establishment of the World Athletics Championships it moved to a quadrennial basis. The 1989 edition was held the same year as the World 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 the United States, the top two nations in the preceding European Cup and continental teams comprising Africa, Asia, Oceania, the rest of the Americas (North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association and Confederación Sudamericana de Atletismo), and the rest of Europe.

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, Europe and the Americas), though the regions had only one team each for the relay events.[2]

After a decision at the 206th IAAF Council Meeting, held after the 2016 Summer Olympics, long-distance events were removed from the programme, and the 4 × 400 metres relay event was modified to a mixed-gender event.[3]

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

Results

IAAF World Cup

EditionYearVenueDivisionCup winnersSecond placeThird place
1st1977DüsseldorfMen East Germany United States West Germany
Women Europe East Germany Soviet Union
2nd1979MontrealMen United States Europe East Germany
Women East Germany Soviet Union Europe
3rd1981RomeMen Europe East Germany United States
Women East Germany Europe Soviet Union
4th1985CanberraMen United States Soviet Union East Germany
Women East Germany Soviet Union Europe
5th1989BarcelonaMen United States Europe Great Britain
Women East Germany Soviet Union America
6th1992HavanaMen Africa Great Britain Europe
Women Unified Team Europe America
7th1994LondonMen Africa Great Britain America
Women Europe America Germany
8th1998JohannesburgMen Africa Europe Germany
Women United States Europe Africa
9th2002MadridMen Africa Europe United States
Women Russia Europe America
10th2006Athens[7]Men Europe United States Africa
Women Russia Europe America

IAAF Continental Cup

YearVenueCup winnersSecond placeThird placeFourth place
2010Split, CroatiaOverall Americas Europe AfricaAsia/Pacific
Points424.5[8]410295292.5
Men Europe Americas AfricaAsia/Pacific
Women Americas Europe AfricaAsia/Pacific
2014Marrakesh, MoroccoOverall Europe Americas AfricaAsia/Pacific
Points447.5390339257.5
Men Europe Americas AfricaAsia/Pacific
Women Europe Americas AfricaAsia/Pacific
2018Ostrava, Czech RepublicOverall Americas EuropeAsia/Pacific Africa
Points262233188142

Cup records

Key to tables:  not ratified or later rescinded by IAAF

Men

EventRecordNameNationalityTeamDateGamesRef
100 m9.87 (-0.2 m/s)Obadele Thompson  BarbadosAmericas11 September 19981998 Johannesburg
200 m19.87 (+0.1 m/s)Wallace Spearmon  United StatesUnited States17 September 20062006 Athens
400 m44.22Jeremy Wariner  United StatesAmericas4 September 20102010 Split[9]
800 m1:43.37David Rudisha  KenyaAfrica5 September 2010[10]
1500 m3:31.20Bernard Lagat  United StatesUnited States20 September 20022002 Madrid
3000 m7:32.19Craig Mottram  AustraliaOceania17 September 20062006 Athens
5000 m13:13.82Miruts Yifter  EthiopiaAfrica3 July 19771977 Düsseldorf
10,000 m27:38.43Werner Schildhauer  East GermanyEast Germany4 September 19811981 Rome
3000 m steeplechase8:09.67Richard Mateelong  KenyaAfrica5 September 20102010 Split[11]
110 m hurdles12.96 (+0.4 m/s)Allen Johnson  United StatesUnited States17 September 20062006 Athens
400 m hurdles47.37Edwin Moses  United StatesUnited States4 September 19811981 Rome
Abderrahman Samba  QatarAsia-Pacific8 September 20182018 Ostrava[12]
High jump2.40 mJavier Sotomayor  CubaAmericas11 September 19941994 London
Pole vault5.95 mSteve Hooker  AustraliaOceania5 September 20102010 Split[13]
Long jump8.52 m (0.0 m/s)Larry Myricks  United StatesUnited States26 September 19791979 Montreal
Triple jump17.61 m (+0.6 m/s)Yoelbi Quesada  CubaAmericas10 September 19941994 London
Shot put22.00 mUlf Timmermann  East GermanyEast Germany5 October 19851985 Canberra
Discus throw71.25 mRóbert Fazekas  HungaryEurope21 September 20022002 Madrid
Hammer throw82.68 mTibor Gécsek  HungaryEurope12 September 19981998 Johannesburg
Javelin throw89.26 mAndreas Thorkildsen  NorwayEurope5 September 20102010 Split[14]
4 × 100 m relay37.59Kaaron Conwright
Wallace Spearmon
Tyson Gay
Jason Smoots		  United StatesUnited States16 September 20062006 Athens
4 × 400 m relay2:59.00  Nery Brenes (CRC)
 Bershawn Jackson (USA)
 Greg Nixon (USA)
 Ricardo Chambers (JAM)		VariousAmericas5 September 20102010 Split[15]

Women

EventRecordNameNationalityDateGamesRef
100 m10.65 (+1.1 m/s)Marion Jones  United StatesUnited States12 September 19981998 Johannesburg
200 m21.62 (-0.6 m/s)Marion Jones  United StatesUnited States11 September 1998
400 m47.60Marita Koch  East GermanyEast Germany6 October 19851985 Canberra
800 m1:54.44Ana Fidelia Quirot  CubaAmericas9 September 19891989 Barcelona
1500 m4:00.84Maryam Yusuf Jamal  BahrainAsia17 September 20062006 Athens
3000 m8:27.50Sifan Hassan  NetherlandsEurope8 September 20182018 Ostrava[16]
5000 m14:39.11Meseret Defar  EthiopiaAfrica17 September 20062006 Athens
10,000 m30:52.51Elana Meyer  South AfricaAfrica10 September 19941994 London
100 m hurdles12.47 (+0.7 m/s)Dawn Harper-Nelson  United StatesAmericas14 September 20142014 Marrakech[17]
400 m hurdles52.96Nezha Bidouane  MoroccoAfrica11 September 19981998 Johannesburg
3000 m steeplechase9:07.92Beatrice Chepkoech  KenyaAfrica9 September 20182018 Ostrava[18]
High jump2.05 mBlanka Vlašić  CroatiaEurope5 September 20102010 Split[19]
Pole vault4.85 mAnzhelika Sidorova  RussiaEurope8 September 20182018 Ostrava[20]
Katerina Stefanidi  GreeceEurope
Sandi Morris  United StatesAmericas
Long jump7.27 m (+0.7 m/s)Heike Drechsler  East GermanyEast Germany6 October 19851985 Canberra
Triple jump15.25 m (+1.7 m/s)Olga Rypakova  KazakhstanAsia4 September 20102010 Split[21]
Shot put20.98 mIlona Slupianek  East GermanyEast Germany24 August 19791979 Montreal
Discus throw71.54 mIlke Wyludda  East GermanyEast Germany10 September 19891989 Barcelona
Hammer throw75.46 mDeAnna Price  United StatesAmericas8 September 20182018 Ostrava[22]
Javelin throw65.52 mBarbora Špotáková  Czech RepublicEurope13 September 20142014 Marrakech
68.14 mMariya Abakumova  RussiaEurope4 September 20102010 Split[23]
4 × 100 m relay41.37Silke Möller
Sabine Günther
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr		  East GermanyEast Germany6 October 19851985 Canberra
4 × 400 m relay3:19.50Kirsten Emmelmann
Sabine Busch
Dagmar Neubauer
Marita Koch		  East GermanyEast Germany4 October 1985

Trophy

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 the IAAF for 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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