# World Athletics Race Walking Tour

The World Athletics Race Walking Tour (formerly IAAF Race Walking Challenge and World Athletics Challenge - Race Walking) is a racewalking series organised by World Athletics. Athletes accumulate points in specific race walk meetings during the season. Performances in 10 kilometres race walk, 20 kilometres race walk and 50 kilometres race walk count towards athlete's final scores. Since 2011, racewalking performances at the World Athletics Championships and Olympic Games count towards the series. Women have competed in the 50 km distance since 2018.
The series started as a global tour of elite-level, independently-held racewalking meetings. From 2007 to 2012, the series culminated in the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final. The inclusion of the 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup 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 Australian Race Walking Championships was added to the calendar. The 2011 World Championships in Athletics was the first time that performances at a major global athletics championship were included in the series, and this was followed by 2012 Summer Olympics 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 Asian Race Walking Championships, the European Race Walking Cup, the African Race Walking Championships, South American Race Walking Championships and the Pan American Race Walking Cup. The 2014 series included the African Championships in Athletics and European Athletics Championships 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 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 COVID-19 pandemic, the points system was overhauled.
Chinese female walkers Liu Hong and Qieyang Shijie 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 and Brazilian Caio Bonfim are the most successful man, with two men's titles and runner-up on two occasions each.

## Editions

World Athletics Race Walking Tour editions :
| Ed. | Year | Start date | End date | Meets |
| 1 | 2003 | 8 March | 7 June | 4 |
| 2 | 2004 | 20 March | 20 June | 5 |
| 3 | 2005 | 19 March | 4 June | 5 |
| 4 | 2006 | 25 March | 1 May | 4 |
| 5 | 2007 | 10 March | 29 September | 7 |
| 6 | 2008 | 8 March | 21 September | 8 |
| 7 | 2009 | 8 March | 19 September | 10 |
| 8 | 2010 | 13 February | 18 September | 11 |
| 9 | 2011 | 19 February | 17 September | 10 |
| 10 | 2012 | 25 February | 14 September | 12 |
| 11 | 2013 | 23 February | 13 August | 14 |
| 12 | 2014 | 2 February | 14 August | 12 |
| 13 | 2015 | 22 February | 28 August | 10 |
| 14 | 2016 | 21 February | 19 August | 11 |
| 15 | 2017 | 19 February | 13 August | 10 |
| 16 | 2018 | 11 February | 24 September | 10 |
| 17 | 2019 | 1 December 2018 | 22 October | 12 |
| 18 | 2021 | 5 June | 5 June | 1 |
| 19 | 2022 | 19 December 2021 | 29 October | 24 |
| 20 | 2023 | 18 December 2022 | 28 October | 21 |
| 21 | 2024 | 17 December 2023 | 26 October | 18 |

## Meetings

World Athletics Race Walking Tour meetings :
| # | Meeting | City | Country | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 1 | Grand Prix Internacional de Marcha Tijuana | Tijuana | Mexico | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha Atlética | Rio Maior | Portugal | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 3 | Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña | A Coruña | Spain | X | X | X | † | X | X | X | X | ‡ | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 4 | Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni | Sesto San Giovanni | Italy | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | | | | |
| 5 | Kunshan IAAF Race Walking Challenge | Kunshan | China | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Cixi IAAF Race Walking Challenge | Cixi | China | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Yangzhou IAAF Race Walking Challenge | Yangzhou | China | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Tlalnepantla de Baz IAAF Race Walking Challenge | Tlalnepantla de Baz | Mexico | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Naucalpan IAAF Race Walking Challenge | Naucalpan | Mexico | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Shenzhen IAAF Race Walking Challenge | Shenzhen | China | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Na Rynek Marsz! | Kraków | Poland | | | | | X | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final | Various | Various | | | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Circuito Internacional de Marcha Chihuahua | Chihuahua City | Mexico | | | | | | X | X | † | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | |
| 14 | Beijing IAAF Race Walking Challenge | Beijing | China | | | | | | X | | ‡ | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships | Various | Various | | | | | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X | |
| 16 | Memorial Mario Albisetti | Lugano | Switzerland | | | | | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | | | |
| 17 | Marxa Santa Eulalia | Santa Eulària des Riu | Spain | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Wuxi IAAF Race Walking Challenge | Wuxi | China | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Dublin Grand Prix of Race Walking | Dublin | Ireland | | | | | | | X | | X | | X | | | | | | |
| 20 | Australian Race Walking Championships/ Oceania Race Walking Championships | Various | Australia | | | | | | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 21 | Meeting de Marcha Atlética da Cidade de Olhão | Olhão | Portugal | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Dudinská Päťdesiatka | Dudince | Slovakia | | | | | | | | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | | |
| 23 | Alytus Race Walking festival | Alytus | Lithuania | | | | | | | | X | | X | | | | | | | †† |
| 24 | Taicang IAAF Race Walking Challenge | Taicang | China | | | | | | | | | X | X | X | † | X | X | X | † | X |
| 25 | World Championships | Various | Various | | | | | | | | | X | | X | | X | | X | | X |
| 26 | Olympic Games | Various | Various | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | X | | | |
| 27 | Asian Race Walking Championships | Nomi | Japan | | | | | | | | | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 28 | Poděbrady Race Walking | Poděbrady | Czech Republic | | | | | | | | | | | X | X | | | | | |
| 29 | African Race Walking Championships | Belle Vue Harel | Mauritius | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | |
| 30 | European Race Walking Cup | Various | Various | | | | | | | | | | | X | | X | | X | | X |
| 31 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Various | Various | | | | | | | | | | | X | | X | | X | | X |
| 32 | South American Race Walking Championships | Various | Various | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | X | | X | |
| 33 | African Championships in Athletics | Various | Various | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | X | | X | |
| 34 | European Athletics Championships | Various | Various | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | X | |
| 35 | Memorial Jerzy Hausleber | Monterrey | Mexico | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | X | |
| 36 | Around Taihu International Race Walking | Suzhou | China | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | X |
* 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 Ciudad Juárez
* The 2019 series featured three Oceania championship events: the 50 km, the 20 km and the 10,000 m walks

## Results
### Men

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2003 (details) | Robert Korzeniowski Poland | 33 | Paquillo Fernández Spain | 28 | Aigars Fadejevs Latvia | 27 |
| 2004 (details) | Robert Korzeniowski Poland | 28 | Jefferson Pérez Ecuador | 27 | Ivano Brugnetti Italy | 23 |
| 2005 (details) | Paquillo Fernández Spain | 30 | Nathan Deakes Australia | 29 | Juan Manuel Molina Spain | 19 |
| 2006 (details) | Paquillo Fernández Spain | 28 | Ilya Markov Russia | 28 | Hatem Ghoula Tunisia | 20 |
| 2007 (details) | Luke Adams Australia | 36 | Erik Tysse Norway | 33 | Paquillo Fernández Spain | 32 |
| 2008 (details) | Jared Tallent Australia | 46 | Jefferson Pérez Ecuador | 40 | Eder Sánchez Mexico | 38 |
| 2009 (details) | Eder Sánchez Mexico | 44 | Hao Wang China | 42 | Luke Adams Australia | 22 |
| 2010 (details) | Chu Yafei China | 40 | Matej Tóth Slovakia | 30 | Wang Hao China | 28 |
| 2011 (details) | Valeriy Borchin Russia | 44 | Wang Zhen China | 30 | Chu Yafei China | 17 |
| 2012 (details) | Wang Zhen China | 48 | Jared Tallent Australia | 40 | Chen Ding China | 38 |
| 2013 (details) | Jared Tallent Australia | 34 | Joao Vieira Portugal | 28 | Matej Tóth Slovakia | 26 |
| 2014 (details) | Ruslan Dmytrenko Ukraine | 29 | Jared Tallent Australia | 23 | Caio Bonfim Brazil | 18 |
| 2015 (details) | Matej Tóth Slovakia | 29 | Miguel Ángel López Spain | 25 | Chen Ding China | 24 |
| 2016 (details) | Wang Zhen China | 36 | Jared Tallent Australia | 27 | Andrés Chocho Ecuador | 26 |
| 2017 (details) | Éider Arévalo Colombia | 36 | Caio Bonfim BrazilAndrés Chocho Ecuador | 25 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2018 (details) | Diego García SpainLebogang Shange South Africa | 27 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Andrés Chocho Ecuador | 25 |
| 2019 (details) | Perseus Karlström Sweden | 32 | Toshikazu Yamanishi Japan | 30 | Diego García Spain | 26 |
| 2022 (details) | Perseus Karlström Sweden | 3969 | Caio Bonfim Brazil | 3920 | Brian Pintado Ecuador | 3887 |
| 2023 (details) | Caio Bonfim Brazil | 4075 | Perseus Karlström Sweden | 4032 | Brian Pintado Ecuador | 4008 |
| 2024 (details) | Caio Bonfim Brazil | 4072 | Brian Pintado Ecuador | 4068 | Álvaro Martín Spain | 4035 |

### Women

| Year | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 2003 (details) | Gillian O'Sullivan Ireland | 29 | Kjersti Plätzer Norway | 24 | Elisabetta Perrone Italy | 22 |
| 2004 (details) | Elisa Rigaudo Italy | 30 | Claudia Ștef Romania | 26 | María Vasco Spain | 24 |
| 2005 (details) | Ryta Turava Belarus | 29 | Susana Feitor Portugal | 24 | Claudia Ștef Romania | 22 |
| 2006 (details) | Claudia Ștef Romania | 28 | Ryta Turava Belarus | 20 | Jane Saville Australia | 18 |
| 2007 (details) | Ryta Turava Belarus | 40 | Kjersti Plätzer Norway | 37 | Sabine Zimmer Germany | 27 |
| 2008 (details) | Kjersti Plätzer Norway | 44 | Athanasia Tsoumeleka Greece | 38 | Claudia Ștef Romania | 26 |
| 2009 (details) | Kjersti Plätzer Norway | 48 | Olive Loughnane Ireland | 26 | Elisa Rigaudo Italy | 28 |
| 2010 (details) | Vera Santos Portugal | 40 | Melanie Seeger Germany | 30 | Inês Henriques Portugal | 25 |
| 2011 (details) | Olga Kaniskina Russia | 44 | Liu Hong China | 34 | Melanie Seeger Germany | 10 |
| 2012 (details) | Liu Hong China | 36 | Beatriz Pascual Spain | 32 | Lü Xiuzhi China | 30 |
| 2013 (details) | Elena Lashmanova Russia | 38 | Inês Henriques Portugal | 34 | Ana Cabecinha Portugal | 23 |
| 2014 (details) | Liu Hong China | 34 | Eleonora Giorgi Italy | 23 | Ana Cabecinha Portugal | 22 |
| 2015 (details) | Liu Hong China | 40 | Eleonora Giorgi Italy | 27 | Érica de Sena Brazil | 25 |
| 2016 (details) | Maria Guadalupe González MexicoQieyang Shijie China | 34 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Eleonora Giorgi Italy | 32 |
| 2017 (details) | Érica de Sena Brazil | 34 | Maria Guadalupe González Mexico | 28 | Inês Henriques Portugal | 24 |
| 2018 (details) | Qieyang Shijie China | 34 | Érica de Sena Brazil | 23 | Inês Henriques Portugal | 22 |
| 2019 (details) | Qieyang Shijie China | 34 | Liu Hong China | 32 | Érica de Sena Brazil | 22 |
| 2022 (details) | Kimberly García Peru | 4040 | Qieyang Shijie China | 3999 | Jemima Montag Australia | 3864 |
| 2023 (details) | Kimberly García Peru | 4092 | Alegna González Mexico | 3881 | Jemima Montag Australia | 3864 |
| 2024 (details) | Yang Jiayu China | 3998 | Jemima Montag Australia | 3938 | Kimberly García Peru | 3901 |