World Challenges
The first international championship was held February 3–4, 1990 in Milton Keynes, England. Also in 1990 founded the European Cup (offset by the two best results), runs from 1992 European Championships. Since 2003 the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) annually organizes a world championship called 24h World Challenge.
| Year | Date | Location | Champion (m) | Champion (f) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 11/12.10 | Uden Netherlands | Paul Beckers 270.087 km | Irina Reutovich 237.052 km |
| 2004 | 23/24.10 | Brno Czech Republic | Ryoichi Sekiya 269.085km | Sumie Inagaki 237.154 km |
| 2005 | 16/17.07 | Wörschach Austria | Anatoliy Kruglikov 268.065 km | Lyudmila Kalinina 242.228 km |
| 2006 | 25/26.02 | Taipei Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) |
Ryoichi Sekiya -2- 272.936 km | Sumie Inagaki -2- 237.144 km |
| 2007 | 28/29.07 | Drummondville Canada | Ryoichi Sekiya -3- 263.562 km | Lyudmila Kalinina -2- 236.848 km |
| 2008 | 18/19.10 | Seoul South Korea | Ryoichi Sekiya -4- 273.366 km | Vernet Anne-Marie 239.685 km |
| 2009 | 02/03.05 | Bergamo Italy | Henrik Olsson 257.042 km | Anne-Cécile Fontaine 243.644 km |
| 2010 | 14/15.05 | Brive-la-Gaillarde France | Shingo Inoue 273.708 km | Anne-Cécile Fontaine -2- 239.797 km |
| 2011 | canceled | Brugg (Switzerland), then Taipei Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) |
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| 2012 | 08/09.09 | Katowice Poland | Mike Morton 277.543 km | Michaela Dimitriadu 244.232 km |
| 2013 | May | Steenbergen Netherlands |
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