These are the results of the 2018 IAAF Continental Cup, which took place in Ostrava, Czech Republic on 8–9 September 2018.Results
Men
Track Events100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 3000 m 110 m h 400 m h 3000 m st 4 × 100 m relay
Men's 100 metres 9 SeptemberMen's 100 m results
With a quick start, Su Bingtian gained the clear advantage, with =#2 of all time Yohan Blake the next contender. Blake steadily gained on Su, a metre up on a wall of the remaining competitors save a beaten Barakat Al-Harthi. Then 70 metres into the race, Blake suddenly pulled up, leaving Su all alone, with the year's new phenom Noah Lyles separating from the pack. Known more for the 200 metres, Lyles showed the late closing speed from the longer race, catching Su 5 metres out and on to the win. Akani Simbine separated from the group to take bronze. Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Team Result Points Notes 1 6 Noah Lyles Americas 10.01 8 2 4 Su Bingtian Asia-Pacific 10.03 7 3 3 Akani Simbine Africa 10.11 6 4 5 Jak Ali Harvey Europe 10.19 5 5 7 Arthur Cissé Africa 10.23 4 6 8 Barakat Al-Harthi Asia-Pacific 10.29 3 7 1 Churandy Martina Europe 10.36 2 8 2 Yohan Blake Americas 11.99 1 Team Points Rank Team Individual Points Team Points Notes 1 Asia-Pacific 10 7 1 Africa 10 7 3 Americas 9 4 4 Europe 7 2
Men's 200 metres 8 SeptemberMen's 200 m results
Ramil Guliyev came into the race with the fastest time of the field. From the gun, he took the lead, making up the stagger on Alonso Edward, to his outside 60 metres into the turn. Guliyev hit the straightaway with a metre lead, while Edward was just a nose ahead of Yuki Koike, Baboloki Thebe and Álex Quiñónez in the battle for second place. From there, rocking side to side, Edward powered away in a different gear from the others, catching Guliyev 30 metres from the finish line. Disadvantaged with the tight lane 1 turn, on the straightaway, Quiñónez was able to separate from Koike, while Thebe, known more for 400 metres, faded but still ran a personal best. Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Team Result Points Notes 1 5 Alonso Edward Americas 20.19 8 2 4 Ramil Guliyev Europe 20.28 7 3 1 Álex Quiñónez Americas 20.36 6 4 3 Yuki Koike Asia-Pacific 20.57 5 5 8 Churandy Martina Europe 20.68 4 6 2 Ncincihli Titi Africa 20.78 3 7 6 Baboloki Thebe Africa 20.79 2 8 7 Joseph Millar Asia-Pacific 21.68 1 Team Points Rank Team Individual Points Team Points Notes 1 Americas 14 8 2 Europe 11 6 3 Asia-Pacific 6 4 4 Africa 5 2
Men's 400 metres 9 SeptemberMen's 400 m results
Matthew Hudson-Smith took the lead through the first turn, marked by Abdalelah Haroun. Starting the race with his leg wrapped, Thapelo Phora pulled up 100 metres into the race, but rather than being assigned a DNF, he was disqualified for a lane violation for walking off the track. Down the back stretch, Haroun gained on Hudson-Smith taking the clear lead. Through the final turn, Baboloki Thebe asserted himself pull to even with Hudson-Smith 2 metres back of Haroun, with Luguelín Santos a metre back and Nathan Strother another metre behind him. Down the home stretch, Thebe made a run at Haroun, while Hudson-Smith and Santos went backward. Halfway down the home stretch, Thebe also started to tie up. Haroun glided across the line uncontested, Thebe's rush gave him enough of an advantage to hold off a fast closing Strother. And a late run by Mohammad Anas, caught Santos and almost caught Hudson-Smith, which became significant because this was the Asia-Pacific's Joker race, which they won and received the double points. Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Team Result Points Notes 1 4 Abdalelah Haroun Asia-Pacific 44.72 8 2 3 Baboloki Thebe Africa 45.10 7 3 6 Nathan Strother Americas 45.28 6 4 5 Matthew Hudson-Smith Europe 45.72 5 5 8 Mohammad Anas Asia-Pacific 45.72 4 6 2 Luguelín Santos Americas 45.81 3 7 1 Kevin Borlée Europe 46.26 2 7 Thapelo Phora Africa 0 Team Points Rank Team Individual Points Team Points Notes 1 Asia-Pacific* 12 16 2 Americas 9 6 3 Europe 7 3 3 Africa 7 3
Men's 800 metres 8 SeptemberMen's 800 m results
Andreas Kramer went to the lead at the break and held it through a modest 53.18 first lap, the rest of the field bunching up behind him. Down the back stretch, Emmanuel Korir edged into the lead, with Clayton Murphy on his shoulder and the field remaining bunched. Nijel Amos worked his way through the crowd to get to Murphy's back, the three starting to separate slightly from the rest of the pack. Amos moved to the outside to pass Murphy, but Murphy held his ground both athletes re-surging twice down the home stretch. Neither could make ground on the slight advantage of Korir who held on for the win, Murphy and Amos hitting the finish at the same time. The photo finish gave the silver to Murphy by 3 thousandths of a second. Rank Athlete Nationality Team Result Points Notes 1 Emmanuel Korir Africa 1:46.50 8 2 Clayton Murphy Americas 1:46.77 7 3 Nijel Amos Africa 1:46.77 6 4 Andreas Kramer Europe 1:47.03 5 5 Michał Rozmys Europe 1:47.05 4 6 Jamal Hairane Asia-Pacific 1:47.93 3 7 Jinson Johnson Asia-Pacific 1:48.44 2 8 Wesley Vázquez Americas 1:49.60 1 Team Points Rank Team Individual Points Team Points Notes 1 Africa 14 8 2 Europe 9 6 3 Americas 8 4 4 Asia-Pacific 5 2
Men's 1500 metres 9 SeptemberMen's 1500 m results
After the start sorted itself out, Drew Hunter emerged as the leader, trying to keep the field honest with a 60.76. After another 3/4 of a lap, Elijah Manangoi decided Hunter wasn't keeping up the pace and he went around. Seeing Manangoi hit the front, Jakob Ingebrigtsen played his hand and moved to the marking position, the two going through 800 in 2:03.52. As they approached the bell, Marcin Lewandowski moved to Ingebrigtsen's shoulder as the pace quickened. Bell at 2:47.08, 3 laps at 3:01.11. As they ran down the back stretch, Jinson Johnson moved into the lead group as four athletes began to separate. Johnson stayed to the outside of Lewandowski, running extra distance for the entire final turn. When they hit the final straightaway, Manangoi barely had half a meter on Lewandowski on his shoulder, with Ingebrigtsen but an arm's length behind him. As more of an 800-metre specialist, advantage might be expected to be with Lewandowski, but halfway down the straightaway, world champion Manangoi began to pull away to a two-metre victory. Manangoi was comfortable enough with his lead, he had time to salute the crowd before crossing the line. The 17 year old Ingebrigtsen faded four more metres back, but he was still able to hold off the late rush from Charles Philibert-Thiboutot and Ryan Gregson to retain bronze.
Rank Athlete Nationality Team Result Points Notes 1 Elijah Manangoi Africa 3:40.00 8 2 Marcin Lewandowski Europe 3:40.42 7 3 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Europe 3:40.80 6 4 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot Americas 3:40.90 5 5 Ryan Gregson Asia-Pacific 3:40.91 4 6 Jinson Johnson Asia-Pacific 3:41.72 3 7 Drew Hunter Americas 3:43.95 2 8 Ronald Musagala Africa 3:43.95 1 Team Points Rank Team Individual Points Team Points Notes 1 Europe 13 8 2 Africa 9 6 3 Asia-Pacific 7 3 3 Americas 7 3
Men's 3000 metres 9 SeptemberMen's 3000 m results
Conducted as an elimination race, Paul Chelimo took the early lead, with the pack content to follow for 2 and a half laps. Then Stewart McSweyn chose to take up the point. As they came up to the first elimination lap, it was a wall of runners tied for the lead, with Edward Zakayo left behind, until the last few metres of the home stretch when he sprinted out to lane 4 to join the wall. Suddenly it was Birhanu Balew left a step behind the wall, to his surprise getting the red paddle on the backstretch. The next lap turned almost into a shoving match, with each athlete protecting their position. The end of the lap again turned into a wall of athletes sprinting to avoid elimination, with Getaneh Molla a mere step behind. After easing through the next half lap, the field again positioned for a sprint to the line, with Zakayo and Marc Scott left behind when Henrik Ingebrigtsen accelerated away. Realizing they were behind both turned into an all out sprint, dipping at the line with Scott the odd man out. After that action Zakayo was spent and jogged the next lap, far behind the remaining competitive four. Chelimo held the advantage at the bell, while Henrik Ingebrigtsen was last in the pack. As Chelimo and Mohammed Ahmed started to pull away, Ingebrigtsen went in chase, as he went around, McSweyn had noting to offer. Ahmed moved forward to challenge Chelimo, clipping his teammate's heels, but Chelimo was having none of the challenge, pulling away the last 200 to an easy victory, the U.S. Army runner saluting as he crossed the finish line. As a Joker race, again Africa squandered their opportunity.
Rank Athlete Nationality Team Result Points Notes 1 Paul Chelimo Americas 7:57.13 8 2 Mohammed Ahmed Americas 7:57.99 7 3 Henrik Ingebrigtsen Europe 7:58.85 6 4 Stewart McSweyn Asia-Pacific 8:02.01 5 5 Edward Zakayo Africa 4 6 Marc Scott Europe 3 7 Getaneh Molla Africa 2 8 Birhanu Balew Asia-Pacific 1 Team Points Rank Team Individual Points Team Points Notes 1 Americas 15 8 2 Europe 9 6 3 Asia-Pacific 6 3 3 Africa* 6 3
Men's 110 metres hurdles 9 SeptemberMen's 110 m hurdles results
In the center of the track, Taioh Kanai and Antonio Alkana got off to good starts, while world leader Sergey Shubenkov seemed to be left in the blocks, Alkana had a clear advantage over the first hurdle. By the third hurdle, Ronald Levy had caught Alkana, barely ahead of a fast moving Shubenkov. It took two more hurdles for Shubenkov to catch Levy, with Pascal Martinot-Lagarde pulling even with Alkana. In this fast moving race of inches, Shubenkov was just snapping over the hurdles faster than Levy assuming the lead. Alkana rattled the seventh hurdle, just enough to give Martinot-Lagarde the advantage to carry across the line for bronze. More important for Europe, this was their Joker race, which they won handily with the 1-3 finish.
Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Team Result Points Notes 1 2 Sergey Shubenkov Europe 13.03 8 2 3 Ronald Levy Americas 13.12 7 3 6 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde Europe 13.31 6 4 4 Antonio Alkana Africa 13.36 5 5 7 Devon Allen Americas 13.57 4 6 5 Taioh Kanai Asia-Pacific 13.72 3 7 1 Ahmed Al-Muwallad Asia-Pacific 13.83 2 8 8 Oyeniyi Abejoye Africa 13.84 1 Team Points Rank Team Individual Points Team Points Notes 1 Europe* 14 16 2 Americas 11 6 3 Africa 6 4 4 Asia-Pacific 5 2
Men's 400 metres hurdles 8 SeptemberMen's 400 m results
Known for his fast starts, Karsten Warholm was out fast. Less noticed, in lane 1, Annsert Whyte was flying, clearing hurdles ahead of Warholm. Down the back stretch, #2 in history and #1 in 2018, Abderrahman Samba was gaining on Warholm. Into the final turn, Samba began to edge ahead of Warholm, a step behind Whyte, with Yasmani Copello coming into contention with Warholm. Between the eighth and ninth hurdles, Samba finally passed Whyte. Samba pulled away to an easy win. Warholm labored the final two hurdles but maintained his advantage over Copello. Europe played a Joker and tied for the win to gain the points. Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Team Result Points Notes 1 3 Abderrahman Samba Asia-Pacific 47.37 8 2 1 Annsert Whyte Americas 48.46 7 3 4 Karsten Warholm Europe 48.56 6 4 8 Yasmani Copello Europe 48.65 5 5 6 Abdelmalik Lahoulou Africa 49.12 4 6 7 Takatoshi Abe Asia-Pacific 49.80 3 7 2 Cornel Fredericks Africa 50.54 2 8 5 Kyron McMaster Americas 52.62 1
Team Points Rank Team Individual Points Team Points Notes 1 Europe* 11 14 2 Asia-Pacific 11 7 3 Americas 8 4 4 Africa 6 2
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase 8 SeptemberMen's 3000 m steeplechase results