The 1st IAAF Continental Cup was an international track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 sporting event held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations

International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded in 1912 at its first congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation...

. Originally scheduled as the 11th IAAF World Cup in Athletics

IAAF World Cup in Athletics

The IAAF Continental Cup is an international athletics competition which comprises track and field events. It is the only world cup contested by teams representing entire continents, rather than just those of individual nations...

, it was renamed in 2008 when the IAAF revamped the competition format. It was held in Split

Split (city)

Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 on 4–5 September 2010.

The competition mascot was an anthropomorphic white seagull with a blue hat and scarf, named Marino. Designed by children from the Juraj Bonači educational centre, the mascot builds on the fact that Split is a coastal city.

The attendance for the first day of the competition was about 15,000. On the second day of competition attendance nearly doubled, in part due to the appearance of Croatian high jumper Blanka Vlašić

Blanka Vlašic

Blanka Vlašić is a Croatian athlete who specialises in the high jump. She is the current Croatian record holder in the event, and also the current indoorWorld Champion. The daughter of Croatian decathlon record holder Joško Vlašić, she was a talented junior athlete and attended her first Olympic...

.

Format

The four teams competing in the event were Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

, the Americas, Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean...

 and Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. The African and European teams were selected via the results of the 2010 African Championships in Athletics

2010 African Championships in Athletics

The 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 28 July to 1 August 2010.-Background:The African Championships in Athletics were held in Kenya for the first time...

 and the 2010 European Athletics Championships, respectively. The Americas team selection was assembled from the athletes at the top of the season's lists on 31 July 2010. Two athletes from each region were selected per event, with the exception of the 1500 metres

1500 metres

The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...

 and long distance track events (where teams may field three athletes, although only two count towards the team points total).

These rules represented a departure from the previous format of the IAAF World Cup. National teams were removed from the programme and the areas governed by the Asian Athletics Association

Asian Athletics Association

The Asian Athletics Association is the continental governing body for the sport of athletics in Asia. It is headquartered in Singapore. It organises the Asian Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions....

 and the Oceania Athletics Association sent a combined team for the first time. The two-day competition comprised a programme of 20 track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 events for men and women, giving a total of 40 events.

Team points by position
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Relay points – 1st = 15pts / 2nd = 11pts / 3rd = 7pts / 4th = 3pts

Standings

Rank	Team	Places								Points
		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
1	Europe	13	15	12	16	6	9	2	1	429
2	Americas	13	12	14	7	11	8	6	5	419.5
3	Africa	7	9	7	5	8	10	15	10	292
4	Asia-Pacific	7	4	8	10	11	9	13	10	286.5

Men

100 metres	Europe	10.06	Americas	10.10	Europe	10.16 SB
200 metres	Americas	19.95	Americas	20.47	Africa	20.51
400 metres	Americas	44.22 CR	Americas	44.59	Europe	44.84 SB
800 metres	Africa	1:43.37 CR	Europe	1:44.81	Asia-Pacific	1:44.92
1500 metres	Africa	3:35.49	Africa	3:35.70	Americas	3:36.48
3000 metres	Americas	7:54.75	Africa	7:54.98 SB	Americas	7:55.52
5000 metres	Americas	13:58.23	Africa	13:58.35	Europe	13:58.79
110 metre hurdles	Americas	13.11	Europe	13.48	Asia-Pacific	13.53
400 metre hurdles	Europe	47.88 PB	Americas	48.08	Americas	48.62
3000 metre steeplechase	Africa	8:09.67 CR	Africa	8:09.87 NR	Europe	8:09.96
4×100 metre relay	Americas	38.25	Asia-Pacific	39.28	Africa	39.82
4×400 metre relay	Americas	2:59.00 CR	Europe	2:59.84	Africa	3:02.62
High jump	Asia-Pacific	2.28 PB	Americas	2.28	Europe	2.25
Pole vault	Asia-Pacific	5.95 CR	Europe	5.90	Americas	5.75
Long jump	Americas	8.34	Europe	8.10	Europe	7.99
Triple jump	Europe	17.29	Americas	17.25	Europe	17.24
Shot put	Americas	21.87	Europe	21.22	Europe	20.68
Discus throw	Europe	66.85	Asia-Pacific	66.45 AR	Asia-Pacific	64.55
Hammer throw	Europe	79.69	Asia-Pacific	78.76	Asia-Pacific	76.73
Javelin throw	Europe	89.26 CR	Africa	83.17 SB	Europe	82.89

Women

100 metres	Americas	11.05	Americas	11.09	Africa	11.14
200 metres	Europe	22.86	Europe	23.37	Americas	23.41
400 metres	Africa	49.89 SB	Americas	50.21	Europe	50.45
800 metres	Africa	1:57.88	Americas	1:58.16 SB	Europe	1:58.27
1500 metres	Europe	4:19.78	Americas	4:21.34	Americas	4:21.46
3000 metres	Africa	9:03.33	Europe	9:04.08	Americas	9:04.82
5000 metres	Africa	16:05.74	Africa	16:07.11	Americas	16:08.60
100 metre hurdles	Asia-Pacific	12.65	Americas	12.66	Americas	12.68
400 metre hurdles	Americas	54.52 SB	Africa	54.59 NR	Europe	54.89
3000 metre steeplechase	Europe	9:25.46 CR	Africa	9:25.84	Africa	9:29.53
4×100 metre relay	Americas	43.07	Europe	43.77	Africa	43.88
4×400 metre relay	Americas	3:26.37	Europe	3:26.58	Africa	3:27.99
High jump	Europe	2.05 CR, =WL	Europe	1.95	Americas Asia-Pacific	1.88
Pole vault	Europe	4.70 CR	Europe	4.60	Americas	4.50
Long jump	Asia-Pacific	6.70	Americas	6.63	Asia-Pacific	6.60 SB
Triple jump	Asia-Pacific	15.25 CR, AR	Europe	14.70	Americas	14.63
Shot put	Asia-Pacific	20.86 SB	Europe	20.18	Asia-Pacific	20.13 SB
Discus throw	Asia-Pacific	63.79	Europe	63.29	Americas	62.58
Hammer throw	Europe	73.88	Asia-Pacific	73.69	Americas	72.73
Javelin throw	Europe	68.14 CR	Africa	62.21	Asia-Pacific	61.36 SB

Score Table

Event		Africa		Americas		Asia-Pacific		Europe
100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	M	4	0	7	5	3	2	8	6
	W	6	2	8	7	3	1	5	4
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	M	6	3	8	7	4	2	5	0
	W	4	2	6	5	3	1	8	7
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	M	4	1	8	7	3	2	6	5
	W	8	4	7	5	2	1	6	3
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	M	8	2	5	4	6	1	7	3
	W	8	3	7	1	4	2	6	5
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	M	8	7	6	3	2	1	5	4
	W	2	1	7	6	5	3	8	4
3000 metres 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	M	7	5	8	6	4	2	3	1
	W	8	4	6	5	3	1	7	2
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	M	7	5	8	2	4	0	6	3
	W	8	7	6	2	4	0	5	3
3000 metre steeplechase Steeplechase (athletics) The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics, which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing.-Rules:The length of the race is usually 3000 m; junior events are 2000 m, as women's events formerly were. The circuit has four ordinary barriers and one water jump. Over 3000 m, each...	M	8	7	2	1	4	3	6	5
	W	7	6	5	4	2	1	8	3
110/100 metre hurdles	M	4	3	8	1	6	2	7	5
	W	3	2	7	6	8	1	5	4
400 metre hurdles	M	5	4	7	6	2	1	8	3
	W	7	2	8	3	4	0	6	5
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	M	7		15		11		0
	W	7		15		3		11
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	M	7		15		3		11
	W	7		15		3		11
Track Points	M	112		139		68		107
	W	108		141		55		126
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	M	5	0	7	3	8	4	6	2
	W	2	1	5.5	3	5.5	4	8	7
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	M	2	0	6	3	8	4	7	5
	W	2	0	6	4	5	3	8	7
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	M	3	1	8	4	5	2	7	6
	W	3	1	7	2	8	6	5	4
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	M	5	3	7	4	2	1	8	6
	W	3	2	6	1	8	5	7	4
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	M	3	1	8	4	5	2	7	6
	W	2	1	5	4	8	6	7	3
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	M	2	1	4	3	7	6	8	5
	W	2	1	6	4	8	5	7	3
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	M	2	1	4	3	7	6	8	5
	W	2	0	6	4	7	3	8	5
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	M	7	3	2	1	5	4	8	6
	W	7	4	3	2	6	0	8	5
Field Points	M	39		71		76		100
	W	33		68.5		87.5		96
Total Points	M	151		210		144		207
	W	141		209.5		142.5		222
Event		Africa		Americas		Asia-Pacific		Europe
		292		419.5		286.5		429

External links

• Official competition website