2013 IAAF Race Walking Challenge
The 2013 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Calendar
The following meetings, as well as the competition final, formed the schedule of the 2013 Race Walking Challenge.[1] The "A" category meetings are worth the most points, with progressively fewer points being available through the "B" and "C" categories.
| Date | Meeting | Category | Events | Venue | Country | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 February | Circuito Internacional de Marcha Chihuahua | C | 20 km (Men/Women) 50 km (Men) |
Chihuahua City | Mexico | [2] |
| 24 February | Oceania Race Walk Championships
|
C | 20 km (Men/Women) | Hobart | Australia | [3] |
| 1 March | IAAF Race Walking Challenge Taicang | B | 10 km (Men/Women) | Taicang | China | [4] |
| 10 March | Asian 20 km Race Walking Championships
|
B | 20 km (Men/Women) | Nomi | Japan | [5] |
| 17 March | Lugano Trophy - Memorial Mario Albisetti
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C | 20 km (Men/Women) | Lugano | Switzerland | [6] |
| 6 April | Grande Prémio Internacional de Rio Maior em Marcha Atlética | B | 20 km (Men/Women) | Rio Maior | Portugal | [7] |
| 6 April | African Race Walking Championships | B | 20 km (Men/Women) | Belle Vue Harel | Mauritius | |
| 13 April | Poděbrady Race Walking
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B | 20 km (Men/Women) | Poděbrady | Czech Republic | |
| 1 May | Coppa Città di Sesto San Giovanni | B | 20 km (Men/Women) | Sesto San Giovanni | Italy | |
| 19 May | 10th European Cup Race Walking
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C | 10 km (Women) 20 km (Men) 50 km (Men) |
Dudince | Slovakia | |
| 1 June | Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruña
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B | 10 km (Men/Women) | A Coruña | Spain | |
| 29 June | Dublin Grand Prix of Race Walking | C | 20 km (Men/Women) | Dublin | Ireland | |
| 10–18 August | 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics
|
A | 20 km (Men/Women) 50 km (Men) |
Moscow | Russia | [8] |
Winners
| # | Meeting | Men's winners | Women's winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km | 20 km | 50 km | 10 km | 20 km | ||
| 1 | Chihuahua |  Isaac Palma (MEX)
|
 Erik Tysse (NOR)
|
 Inês Henriques (POR)
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| 2 | Hobart | |||||
| 3 | Taicang
|
 Li Jianbo (CHN)
|
Sun Huanhuan (CHN)
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| 4 | Nomi City |  Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)
|
Kumi Otoshi (JPN)
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| 5 | Lugano | Zhen Wang (CHN)
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Hong Liu (CHN)
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| 6 | Rio Maior | João Vieira (POR)
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 Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
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| 7 | Belle Vue Harel | |||||
| 8 | Poděbrady
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| 9 | Sesto San Giovanni |  Matej Tóth (SVK)
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Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
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| 10 | Dudince | |||||
| 11 | La Coruña
|
 Jared Tallent (AUS)
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Inês Henriques (POR)
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| 12 | Dublin | |||||
| 13 | Moscow | Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)
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 Robert Heffernan (IRL)
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Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
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| Overall points winner | Jared Tallent (AUS) |
Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
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