The Athletics World Cup was a team-based international athletics competition held in 2018. It featured eight national teams based on world rankings, with each team entering one athlete per event, and points gained on the basis of finishing position. Although the majority of world championship events were contested, no races over 1500 metres were held, and no road events or multi-events were on the program. The competition focused on an overall team prize, the Platinum Trophy and Platinum team medals, but individual gold, silver and bronze medals were also awarded in each individual event.

The United States won the inaugural edition, finishing ahead of Poland, with Great Britain and Northern Ireland in third overall. While the event was organised outside of the official World Athletics structures, at the time the IAAF expressed support for the event notwithstanding the existence of its own IAAF Continental Cup event. The event was branded a failure by sports journalists, with many big-name star athletes failing to take part. The event was discontinued after its first edition.

History The competition was announced on 5 February 2018 with London hosting. All events were held at London Stadium on 14 & 15 July 2018.

Competition structure The competition featured just 8 nations taking part in all events over two days. Each nation entered one male and one female athlete in every event in a straight final format. For its inaugural event, all nations' captains were female in celebration of 100 years since women were given the right to vote in the United Kingdom.

Events In 2018, the following events were contested: 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, 100 metre hurdles (women), 110 metre hurdles (men), 400 metre hurdles, 4 x 100 metres relay, 4 x 400 metres relay, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw, pole vault and high jump.

Nations Participation was based on placings at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in World Cup events (multi-events, and races longer than 1500m were therefore ignored). The following eight nations competed:

China France Germany Great Britain and Northern Ireland (host) Jamaica Poland South Africa United States

Traditional distance-running powers, Kenya and Ethiopia, were ranked among the first eight nations in the placing table overall at the 2017 Championships, but were not invited as they finished outside the top eight when considering only World Cup events.

Media coverage On 20 June 2018, Sky Sports were announced as the host broadcaster within the UK and Ireland. They exclusively broadcast both evenings of the competition and also produced the world feed for other nations.

Event schedule and standings

Schedule

Date → 14 VII 15 VII Event ↓ Men Women Men Women 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 100 m hurdles 110 m hurdles 400 m hurdles 4 × 100 m relay 4 × 400 m relay Long jump Triple jump High jump Pole vault Shot put Discus throw Hammer throw Javelin throw

Final standings

PosCountryPtsPrize money1219$450,0002162$400,0003155$350,0004153$300,0005146$250,0006137$200,0007135$150,000881$100,000

Medal table

Key Host nation (Great Britain)

Results summary

Men's results100 metres 10.03 10.05 10.11200 metres 20.25 20.45 20.51400 metres 44.48 45.48 45.64800 metres 1:46.52 1:46.98 1:47.401500 metres 3:52.88 3:53.11 3:53.24110 m hurdles 13.22 13.30 13.36400 m hurdles 48.97 49.02 49.484 × 100 m relay Jeff DempsKendal WilliamsObi IgbokweCameron Burrell 38.42 Javoy TuckerNesta CarterKenroy AndersonTyquendo Tracey 38.52 Antonio AlkanaSimon MagakweRoscoe EngelLuxolo Adams 38.534 × 400 m relay Nathan StrotherObi IgbokwePaul DedewoKahmari Montgomery 2:59.77 Dariusz KowalukRafał OmelkoMateusz RzeźniczakKarol Zalewski 3:02.80 Johannes TrefzTorben JunkerFabian DammermannPatrick Schneider 3:03.16High jump 2.30 2.27 2.24Pole vault 5.83 5.75 5.65Long jump 8.51 8.30 8.13Triple jump 16.74 16.73 16.67Shot put 21.95 21.43 20.05Discus throw 65.32 63.73 63.48Hammer throw 77.94 76.14 74.98Javelin throw 82.80 80.25 75.47 Women's results100 metres 11.07 11.09 11.21200 metres 22.35 22.45 22.95400 metres 50.69 51.84 51.89800 metres 2:00.20 2:01.05 2:01.591500 metres 4:07.66 4:08.04 4:09.05100 m hurdles 12.88 12.95 12.99400 m hurdles 55.10 55.90 56.23 4 × 100 m relay Asha PhilipImani LansiquotBianca WilliamsShannon Hylton 42.52 Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceShericka JacksonJonielle SmithTissanna Hickling 42.60 Liang XiaojingWei YongliGe ManqiYuan Qiqi 42.944 × 400 m relay Brionna ThomasJasmine BlockerKiana HortonCourtney Okolo 3:24.28 Christine DayJanieve RussellTiffany JamesStephenie Ann McPherson 3:2429 Elea-Mariama DiarraDéborah SananesCynthia AnaïsFloria Gueï 3:25.91High jump 1.96 1.93 1.83 Pole vault 4.75 4.68 4.68Long jump 6.86 6.48 6.47Triple jump 14.61 14.60 14.08Shot put 19.90 19.29 18.23Discus throw 62.92 62.62 61.10Hammer throw 78.74 73.48 73.38Javelin throw 61.69 60.75 60.40

Detailed results Men

100 metres 15 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points 2 Tyquendo Tracey 10.03 PB 8 5 Kendal Williams 10.05 7 1 Simon Magakwe 10.11 6 4 7 Ojie Edoburun 10.22 5 5 3 Xu Zhouzheng 10.32 4 6 4 Marvin René 10.35 3 7 6 Lucas Jakubczyk 10.38 2 8 8 Remigiusz Olszewski 10.42 1

200 metres 14 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points 6 Xie Zhenye 20.25 8 2 Luxolo Adams 20.45 7 5 Ameer Webb 20.51 6 4 8 Jahnoy Thompson 20.84 5 5 3 Mickaël-Méba Zeze 20.92 4 6 1 Delano Williams 20.97 3 7 4 Karol Zalewski 21.14 2 8 7 Michael Bryan 21.45 1

400 metres 15 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points 5 Paul Dedewo 44.48 PB 8 6 Derrick Mokaleng 45.48 7 4 Ludvy Vaillant 45.64 6 4 3 Rabah Yousif 45.88 5 5 7 Rusheen McDonald 45.98 4 6 2 Jakub Krzewina 46.89 3 7 8 Marvin Schlegel 47.35 2

China withdrew from this event and were awarded 0 points.

800 metres 14 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points 6 Clayton Murphy 1:46.52 8 2 Adam Kszczot 1:46.98 7 7 Elliot Giles 1:47.40 6 4 4 Gabriel Tual 1:47.44 5 5 3 Benedikt Huber 1:48.52 4 6 1 Rynardt van Rensburg 1:49.14 3 7 8 Jauvaney James 1:51.44 2 8 5 Ma Junyi 1:53.57 1

1500 metres 15 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points 1 Marcin Lewandowski 3:52.88 8 2 Timo Benitz 3:53.11 7 3 Neil Gourley 3:53.24 6 4 4 Izaic Yorks 3:53.50 5 5 6 Jerry Motsau 3:55.00 4 6 8 Simon Denissel 3:55.35 3 7 5 Wang Shaojie 3:58.60 2 8 7 Kemoy Campbell 4:01.06 1

110 metres hurdles 14 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points 3 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 13.22 SB 8 6 Ronald Levy 13.30 7 8 Devon Allen 13.36 6 4 1 Antonio Alkana 13.38 5 5 7 Xie Wenjun 13.54 4 6 5 Damian Czykier 13.56 3 7 4 Martin Vogel 14.08 SB 2 2 Andrew Pozzi DNF 0

400 metres hurdles 15 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points 2 Kenny Selmon 48.97 8 5 Patryk Dobek 49.02 7 6 Dai Greene 49.48 6 4 8 Annsert Whyte 49.80 5 5 7 Victor Coroller 49.96 4 6 4 Joshua Abuaku 50.78 PB 3 7 3 Lindsay Hanekom 54.28 2

China withdrew from this event and were awarded 0 points.

4 × 100 metres relay 14 July Rank Lane Names Nationality Time Notes Points 8 Jeff DempsKendal WilliamsObi IgbokweCameron Burrell 38.42 8 2 Javoy TuckerNesta CarterKenroy AndersonTyquendo Tracey 38.52 7 5 Antonio AlkanaSimon MagakweRoscoe EngelLuxolo Adams 38.53 6 4 3 Michael BryanPatrick DomogalaRoy SchmidtAleixo-Platini Menga 38.56 SB 5 5 6 Mickaël-Méba ZezeMarvin RenéStuart DutambyMouhamadou Fall 38.61 SB 4 6 7 Xu HaiyangLiang JinshengBie GeXu Zhouzheng 38.87 3 7 1 Krzysztof GrześkowiakRemigiusz OlszewskiDominik KopećPrzemysław Słowikowski 38.91 SB 2 8 4 Reuben ArthurSam GordonAndy RobertsonConfidence Lawson 38.97 1

4 × 400 metres relay 15 July Rank Lane Names Nationality Time Notes Point 4 Nathan StrotherObi IgbokwePaul DedewoKahmari Montgomery 2:59.78 SB 8 5 Dariusz KowalukRafał OmelkoMateusz RzeźniczakKarol Zalewski 3:02.80 7 7 Johannes TrefzTorben JunkerFabian DammermannPatrick Schneider 3:03.16 6 4 6 Rusheen McDonaldIvan HenrySteven GayleDevaughn Baker 3:04.96 5 8 Mame-Ibra AnneMamoudou-Elimane HannePatrice MauriceThomas Jordier R170.19starting outside the takeover zone 0 3 Thapelo PhoraPieter ConradieZakhitine NeneDerrick Mokaleng R170.19 0 2 Cameron ChalmersDwayne CowanMartyn RooneyOwen Smith The lead-off runner got injured during the warm up 0

China withdrew from this event and were awarded 0 points.

High jump 14 July Rank Name Nationality 2.00 2.05 2.10 2.15 2.18 2.21 2.24 2.27 2.30 2.34 Mark Notes Points Jeron Robinson – – – – o o o o o xxx 2.30 8 Wang Yu – – – o – o xxo xo xxx 2.27 7 Tobias Potye – – xo xo xo xo xo xxx 2.24 6 4 Chris Moleya – – o o xo o xxx 2.21 5 5 Chris Baker – o o o xo xxo xxx 2.21 4 6 Sylwester Bednarek – – xo o o xxx 2.18 3 7 Quentin Aboukir xo o o xxx 2.10 2 Clayton Brown DNS 0

Pole vault 15 July Rank Name Nationality 5.00 5.20 5.35 5.50 5.65 5.75 5.83 6.05 Mark Notes Points Sam Kendricks – – o o o o o xxx 5.83 8 Raphael Holzdeppe – – – xo o xo xxx 5.75 7 Axel Chapelle – – o o o xx- x 5.65 6 4 Charlie Myers – o o o xxx 5.50 5 5 Piotr Lisek – – xo xxo xx- x 5.50 4 6 Xue Changrui – xo o xxx 5.35 3 Cameron Walker-Shepherd xxx NM 0 DNS 0

Long jump 15 July Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 Mark Notes Points Luvo Manyonga 8.51 8.48 8.50 8.50 8.51 8 Zack Bazile 7.84 x 8.09 8.30 8.30 7 Ramone Bailey 8.13 7.86 x x 8.13 SB 6 4 Tomasz Jaszczuk 7.85 7.92 7.95 8.05 8.05 SB 5 5 Huang Changzhou 7.96 x 8.01 x 8.01 4 6 Julian Howard 7.71 7.61 x 7.76 7.76 3 7 Yann Randrianasolo 7.68 7.63 x 7.50 7.68 2 8 Dan Bramble 7.46 7.64 x x 7.64 1

Triple jump 14 July Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 Mark Notes Points Karol Hoffmann 16.45 16.74 x x 16.74 SB 8 Donald Scott 15.71 16.51 16.41 16.73 16.73 7 Kevin Luron 16.55 16.67 x 16.08 16.67 6 4 Godfrey Mokoena 16.44 14.79 15.42 15.93 16.44 5 5 Jordan Scott x x 16.31 x 16.31 4 6 Nathan Douglas x 16.12 x 16.24 16.24 3 7 Benjamin Bauer 15.49 x 14.12 15.43 15.49 2 8 Dong Bin x x x 15.40 15.40 1

Shot put 14 July Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 Mark Notes Points Michał Haratyk 21.39 21.77 21.95 21.57 21.95 8 Darrell Hill 20.67 21.03 21.43 x 21.43 7 O'Dayne Richards 19.93 20.05 x x 20.05 6 4 Orazio Cremona 19.58 x 19.97 19.57 19.97 5 5 Frédéric Dagée x x 18.98 19.62 19.62 4 6 Simon Bayer 19.38 x x 19.43 19.43 3 7 Scott Lincoln 18.65 19.15 x 19.24 19.24 SB 2

China withdrew from this event and were awarded 0 points.

Discus throw 14 July Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 Mark Notes Points Fedrick Dacres 64.00 65.32 x x 65.32 8 Victor Hogan 63.73 63.42 61.67 x 63.73 7 Lolassonn Djouhan 62.56 63.48 x 61.89 63.48 6 4 Daniel Jasinski 59.80 60.31 63.17 61.59 63.17 5 5 Reggie Jager 60.24 63.15 x 62.61 63.15 4 6 Piotr Małachowski 62.80 62.40 62.97 x 62.97 3 7 Brett Morse 56.52 57.49 59.72 58.77 59.72 SB 2

China withdrew from this event and were awarded 0 points.

Hammer throw 15 July Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 Mark Notes Points Wojciech Nowicki 77.94 x x x 77.94 8 Nick Miller 73.43 x 76.14 x 76.14 7 Quentin Bigot 72.30 73.52 74.69 74.98 74.98 6 4 Rudy Winkler 69.62 71.72 71.61 70.68 71.72 5 5 Johannes Bichler 66.01 68.94 69.82 67.81 69.82 4 6 Tshepang Makhethe x x 63.40 67.23 67.23 3 7 Cannigia Raynor 54.61 65.60 66.20 x 66.20 SB 2

China withdrew from this event and were awarded 0 points.

Javelin throw 15 July Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 Mark Notes Points Julian Weber 82.80 78.77 73.45 74.32 82.80 8 Marcin Krukowski 78.56 80.23 78.78 80.25 80.25 7 Curtis Thompson 75.47 73.83 68.90 69.81 75.47 6 4 Johan Grobler 74.26 74.22 73.45 x 74.26 5 5 James Whiteaker 65.49 73.90 72.08 66.79 73.90 SB 4 6 Orlando Thomas 67.44 69.73 67.89 70.60 70.60 SB 3 7 Jérémy Nicollin 64.45 63.69 x 65.93 65.93 2

China withdrew from this event and were awarded 0 points.

Women

100 metres 14 July Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points 3 Ashley Henderson 11.07 8 2 Elaine Thompson 11.09 7 7 Carina Horn 11.21 6 4 4 Bianca Williams 11.25 5 5 8 Ewa Swoboda 11.28 4 6 5 Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue 11.28 3 7 6 Wei Yongli 11.32 2 8 1 Lisa-Marie Kwayie 11.46 1

200 metres 15 July