The 2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour was the third edition of the IAAF World Indoor Tour, the highest series of international track and field indoor meetings. It was designed to create an IAAF Diamond League-style circuit for indoor track and field events, to raise the profile of indoor track and field athletics.
The Tour had six events for 2018, five in Europe and one in the United States, leading to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Winners of the Tour enjoyed similar privileges in relation to World Indoor Championships qualification as Diamond League winners do in relation to World Championships in Athletics. This was the first edition of the tour that featured the Madrid Indoor Meeting. The five 2017 meetings returned, although the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix once more, as in 2016, moved to Glasgow as part of a long term deal, accommodating the hosting of the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.
Meetings For the 2018 edition, the Meeting Madrid was added. In addition, as part of a long term agreement alternating venues of the Great Britain leg, the Birmingham Grand Prix moved to Glasgow, Scotland, facilitating the hosting of the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.
MeetStadiumCityCountryDateWeltklasse in KarlsruheDm-ArenaKarlsruhe / Rheinstetten3 FebruaryPSD Bank MeetingArena SportparkDüsseldorf6 FebruaryMadrid IndoorGallurMadrid8 FebruaryNew Balance Indoor Grand PrixReggie Lewis Track and Athletic CenterBoston10 FebruaryCopernicus CupArena ToruńToruń15 FebruaryGlasgow Indoor Grand PrixEmirates ArenaGlasgow25 February
Scoring system At each meeting a minimum of 12 events were staged. Included in the 12 events will be a core group of five or six events split across the two-season cycle.
Tour events for 2016 were the men’s 60m, 800m, 3000/5000m, pole vault, triple jump and shot put, plus the women’s 400m, 1500m, 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump.
Points were allocated to the best four athletes in each event, with the winner getting 10 points, the runner up receiving seven points, the third-placed finisher getting five points and the athlete in fourth receiving three points.
The individual overall winner of each event received US $20,000 in prize money and automatically qualified for the 2018 edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships as a ‘wild card’ entry, provided the member federation of that World Indoor Tour winner agreed to enter the athlete.
Men
60 metres 800 metres 3000 metres Pole vault Triple jump Shot put
Women
400 metres 1500 metres 60 metre hurdles High jump Long jump
Results
Men's track
1Karlsruhe2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour - Karlsruhe results 6.47 - 1:46.90 - 7:39.71 -2Dusseldorf8017 IAAF World Indoor Tour - Dusseldorf results 6.43 - 1:46.47 3:36.86 7:40.55 7.643Madrid2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour - Madrid results 6.63 45.86 1:46.53 3:38.47 - -4Boston2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour - Boston results 6.46 (300 m)32.1046.25 1:45.11 3:37.03 7:38.74 -5Torun2017 IAAF World Indoor Tour - 2018 Torun results 6.57 46.03 1:46.75 3:37.41 - 7.596Glasgow2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour - Glasgow results 6.50 45.86 1:47.15 3:37.76 7:39.09(3000m walk) 10:30.28 7.49 Overall - - -
Men's field
1Karlsruhe - 7.97 5.88 -2Dusseldorf - - - 5.86 22.173Madrid - - 17.35 5.85 21.694Boston - - 16.67 - -5Torun - - 16.90 5.91 22.006Glasgow - 8.13 - - - Overall - -
Women's track
1Karlsruhe 7.10 52.03 - 3:57.45 - 7.802Dusseldorf 7.17 - - 4:04.21 - 7.773Madrid - 51.61 2:02.64 4:02.43 8:42.46 -4Boston - 51.82 2:01.22 4:04.38 8:40,31 7.895Torun 7.11 51.28 2:00.76 4:04.76 - 7.856Glasgow 7.07 52.00 2:02.01 4:02.21 - 7.79 Overall - - -
Women's field
1Karlsruhe 1.95 6.72 - - -2Dusseldorf - 6.77 - - -3Madrid 2.00 - 14.31 - -4Boston 1.91 - - - -5Torun 2.00 - - - -6Glasgow 1.95 6.92 - 4.75 - Overall - - -
Final 2018 World Indoor Tour standings
Men
60 m 800 m3000m Triple jumpPole vaultShot put 30 30 22 12 27 27 22 17 17 4 athletesChris Carter, Alexis Copello, Almir dos Santos and Cristian Napoles 10 20 15 12 14 11 15 2 athletes.Michal Haratyk and Stipe Zunic. 12 2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour Standings - Men, from IAAF.org
Women
400 m 1500 60m hurdles High jumpLong jump 30 25 27 30 21 17 20 18 20 14 14 15 14 2 athletes.Malaika Mihambo and Khaddi Sagnia. 10 2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour Standings - Women, from IAAF.org
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