The 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions, recognised by World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF). The Tour forms the second tier of international one-day meetings after the Diamond League[1] except in the 200m, 3000m steeplechase, discus, hammer and triple jump, where it forms the top-tier, these events having been removed from the Diamond League from 2020.[2] 2020 was the series' inaugural season.[3]
| 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour | |
|---|---|
| Organisers | World Athletics |
| Edition | 1st |
2021 → | |
2020 schedule edit
The Continental Tour will be divided into three levels – Gold, Silver and Bronze – whose status will be determined by the quality of competition and prize money on offer.[4]
Continental Tour gold level schedule edit
| 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour - Gold Meeting calendar[4] | |||
| Date | Meeting | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August | Paavo Nurmi Games | Turku |  Finland
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| 19 August | Gyulai István Memorial | Szekesfehervar |  Hungary
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| 23 August | Golden Grand Prix | Tokyo |  Japan
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| 6 September | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | Chorzów |  Poland
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| 8 September | Ostrava Golden Spike | Ostrava |  Czech Republic
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| 15 September | Hanžeković Memorial | Zagreb |  Croatia
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| 3 October | Kip Keino Classic | Nairobi |  Kenya
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Continental Tour silver level schedule edit
| 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour - Silver Meeting calendar[4] | |||
| Date | Meeting | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August | Janusz Kusociński Memorial | Chorzów | Poland
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| 8 September | Palio Città della Quercia | Rovereto |  Italy
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| 11 September | P-T-S Meeting | Šamorín |  Slovakia
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| 13 September | ISTAF Berlin | Berlin |  Germany
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| 6 December | Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa | Bragança Paulista |  Brazil
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Continental Tour bronze level schedule edit
| 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour - Bronze Meeting calendar[4] | |||
| Date | Meeting | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 February | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney |  Australia
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| 23 February | Sir Graeme Douglas International | Auckland |  New Zealand
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| TBA | Michitaka Kinami Memorial Meet | Osaka | Japan
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| TBA | Denka Athletics Challenge Cup 2020 | Niigata | Japan
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| 8 June | Memorial Josefa Odlozila | Prague | Czech Republic
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| 8 July | Karlstad GP | Karlstad |  Sweden
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| TBA | Sunset Tour - UCLA | Los Angeles |  United States
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| 1 August | Kuortane Games | Kuortane | Finland
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| 10 August | Sollentuna GP | Sollentuna | Sweden
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| 12 August | Meeting Città di Padova | Padova | Italy
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| 19 August | Irena Szewinska Memorial | Bydgoszcz | Poland
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| 23 August | Meeting International de la Province de Liège | Liège |  Belgium
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| 29 August | Drake Blue Oval Showcase | Des Moines | United States
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| 29 August | Göteborg Friidrott GP | Göteborg | Sweden
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| 3 September | Meeting de Marseille | Marseille |  France
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| 6 September | Nacht Van de Atletiek | Heusden | Belgium
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| 8 September | International Leichtathletik Meeting "Anhalt 2020" | Dessau-Roßlau | Germany
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| 15 September | Galà dei Castelli | Bellinzona |  Switzerland
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| 16 September | Kladno Hazi a Kladenske Memorialy | Kladno | Czech Republic
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Events cancelled edit
Continental Tour gold level schedule edit
| 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour - Gold Meeting calendar[4] | |||
| Meeting | City | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Nanjing Continental Tour Meeting | Nanjing |  China
| |
| FBK Games | Hengelo |  Netherlands
| |
| Racers Adidas Grand Prix | Kingston |  Jamaica
| |
Continental Tour silver level schedule edit
| 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour - Silver Meeting calendar[4] | |||
| Meeting | City | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Track Classic | Brisbane | Australia
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| Grenada International Invitational | St. George's |  Grenada
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| Drake Relays | Des Moines | United States
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| Florida Invitational | Miramar | United States
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| Meeting Madrid 2020 | Madrid |  Spain
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| Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern | Luzern | Switzerland
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| Jamaica International Invitational | Kingston | Jamaica
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Continental Tour bronze level schedule edit
| 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour - Bronze Meeting calendar[4] | |||
| Meeting | City | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oda Memorial Meet | Hiroshima | Japan
| |
| Shizuoka International Meet | Fukuroi | Japan
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| Meeting Stanislas | Nancy | France
| |
| Meeting Int. d'Athletisme Grande Caraibe - Region Guadeloupe | Baie Mahault | France
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| Meeting Jaen Paraiso Interior | Andújar | Spain
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| Trond Mohn Games | Bergen |  Norway
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| Venizelia | Chania |  Greece
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| Joensuu Games | Joensuu | Finland
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| Aliann Pompey Invitational | Georgetown |  Guyana
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| Meeting Iberoamericano | Huelva | Spain
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| Athleticagenève - Memorial Georges Caillat | Genève | Switzerland
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| XXX Qosanov Memorial | Almaty |  Kazakhstan
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| Copenhagen Athletics Games | Copenhagen |  Denmark
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| Meeting International de Montreuil | Montreuil | France
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| Meeting International de Sotteville | Sotteville-lès-Rouen | France
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| 56. International Pfingstsportfest | Rehlingen | Germany
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| Citius Meeting | Bern | Switzerland
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References edit
- ^ Continental tour launches in 2020, from WorldAthletics.org.
- ^ Events cut from Diamond League, from Athletics Weekly.
- ^ "IAAF to launch global Diamond League of 1 Day Meetings". IAAF. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour Calendar Archived 2020-03-29 at the Wayback Machine World Athletics