IAU 24 Hour World Championship
The IAU 24 Hour World Championship is an international 24-hour run competition organised by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU).[1] Since 2015, the World Championship has alternated annually with the IAU 100 km World Championships.[2]
Preceded in 2001 by the IAU World 24 Hours Track Championships, as a track running event, this competition became the IAU World 24 Hours Challenge in 2003.[3] The road running event was later upgraded to World Championships status after 2006. It is one of the IAU's four main world championship events (alongside the 100 km World Championships, 50 km World Championships, and Trail World Championships) and is the only one with a limited time format, rather than a distance-based one.[4]
The competition has often incorporated the IAU 24 Hour European Championships – a continental event which pre-dates the global competition, having first been held in 1992.[3] The annual schedule has twice been broken: first in 2011, with Brugg, Switzerland failing to proceed as host,[5] and again in 2014, with the agreed host (Plzeň, Czech Republic) being unable to hold the eleventh edition of the competition.[6] The event has mainly been held in Europe: in 2006, Taipei became the first Asian city to hold the races and Drummondville, Quebec followed as the first North American host in 2007.[5]
New Championship records were set at the 2023 Championship, including 301.790 kilometres by Aleksandr Sorokin from Lithuania and 270.363 kilometres by Miho Nakata[7] from Japan.
Editions
[edit | edit source]| Ed. | Year | City | Country | Dates | No. of nations |
No. of athletes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2001 | San Giovanni Lupatoto[3] | Italy | 22–23 September[5] | ||
| 1st | 2003 | Uden[3] | Netherlands | 11–12 October[5] | ||
| 2nd | 2004 | Brno[3] | Czech Republic | 23–24 October[5] | ||
| 3rd | 2005 | Wörschach[3] | Austria | 16–17 July[5] | ||
| 4th | 2006 | Taipei[3] | Republic of China | 25–26 February[8] | ||
| 5th | 2007 | Drummondville, Quebec | Canada | 28–29 July[9] | ||
| 6th | 2008 | Seoul | South Korea | 18–19 October[10] | ||
| 7th | 2009 | Bergamo | Italy | 2–3 May[11] | ||
| 8th | 2010 | Brive-la-Gaillarde | France | 13–14 May[12] | ||
| — | Cancelled[13] | |||||
| 9th | 2012 | Katowice | Poland | 8–9 September[14][15] | ||
| 10th | 2013 | Steenbergen | Netherlands | 11–12 May[16] | 22 | 261 |
| — | Cancelled[13] | |||||
| 11th | 2015 | Turin | Italy | 11–12 April[17][18] | 40 | 302 |
| 12th | 2017 | Belfast | United Kingdom | 1–2 July[19] | ||
| 13th | 2019 | Albi | France | 26–27 October[20] | ||
| — | Cancelled[21] | |||||
| 14th | 2023 | Taipei | Taiwan | 1–2 December[22] | ||
| 15th | 2025 | Albi | France | 25–26 October[23] | ||
Medallists
[edit | edit source]Men's individual
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Men's team
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Women's individual
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Women's team
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ IAU 24H World Championship. International Association of Ultrarunners. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ^ IAU Championships. International Association of Ultrarunners. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ^ a b c d e f g IAU World 24 Hours Challenge. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ^ IAU Championships Archived 2017-02-27 at the Wayback Machine. International Association of Ultrarunners. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
- ^ a b c d e f Michiels, Paul & Milroy, Andy (2013-05-07). IAU 24 Hour Championships. Association of Road Running Statisticians. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
- ^ 2014 World 24-Hour Run Championships. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
- ^ 2023 IAU 24H World Championships Final Results
- ^ 2006 IAU 24 Hour World Challenge. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
- ^ Mountain/Ultra/Trail 2007 Annual Report. USATF (2007-10-08). Retrieved 2015-03-21.
- ^ RECAP: IAU RACES 2008 . International Association of Ultrarunners. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ^ Olsson and Fontaine take IAU 24hr World Challenge titles in Bergamo. World Athletics (2009-05-05). Retrieved on 2025-04-07.
- ^ Inoue and Fontaine take 24 Hour IAU World Championship titles. World Athletics (2010-05-19). Retrieved 2025-04-07.
- ^ a b International Ultrarunners Without a World Championship Race For The Second Time This Year. Ultra Running Magazine (2014-07-24). Retrieved 2025-04-07.
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- ^ 2015 IAU World 24 Hour Championships Selection Procedures. USATF. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
- ^ Pięć medali Polaków na MŚ i ME w biegu 24-godzinnym (in Polish). Maratony Polskie (2015-04-15). Retrieved 2025-04-07.
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- ^ Cancellations of 2021 IAU 24H and IAU 50 km World Championship. IAU (2021-06-25). Retrieved 2022-06-08.
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- ^ General Results, female iau-ultramarathon.org
- Medalists
- Michiels, Paul & Milroy, Andy (2013-05-07). IAU 24 Hour Championships. Association of Road Running Statisticians. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- IAU 24 Hour World Championship at statistik.d-u-v.org