The 2018 IAAF Continental Cup was an international track and field sporting event that was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on 8–9 September 2018.

It was the third edition of the IAAF Continental Cup since the name and format was changed from the IAAF World Cup.

Format The four teams competing in the event were Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe. The two-day competition comprised a programme of 20 track and field events for men and women, giving a total of 40 events. Each team shall enter two athletes in each event, except for relays where one team competed, with a maximum of one athlete from each country per event."Entries, Team Selection, Scoring, Lane Draw and Competing Order" IAAF. Retrieved 15 April 2014.

Teams were selected as follows: Africa: 2018 African Championships (Asaba, 1–5 August) Americas: selection by rankings Asia-Pacific: selection by rankings Europe: 2018 European Championships (Berlin, 7–12 August)

Many events were conducted in elimination fashion. Field events were given three attempts to qualify to a semi-final round, where the best representative from each continental team was given one more attempt. The top two then had one more attempt for the championship, head to head. The 3000 metre and steeplechase running events were conducted in a "devil take the hindmost" fashion, where the last place runner in the last three laps of the race, was eliminated. Additionally, the ceremonial team captains were allowed to apply a "joker" to one male and female event through the competition. If the team won the individual points from the event, that team's score would be doubled.

Team captains: Africa: Nezha Bidouane Americas: Mike Powell Asia Pacific: Jana Pittman Europe: Colin JacksonEvent Bulletin Retrieved 6 March 2023

Scoring was based on team points earned in an 8-6-4-2 fashion based on the places of individual points. The individual points were distributed 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the places of finishing athletes. After those points were tallied, then team points were calculated. Ties divide points based on the total of both places. Example: If team A fished 1st and 5th they would get 8 + 4 = 12 points. Team B finished 2nd and 3rd would get 7 + 6 = 13 and would win that event. So Team B would get 8 team points, Team A, 6 points. If Team B were to have played their Joker, they would get 16 points. Had Team A's athlete finished in 4th, it would be a tie with 13 individual points each and the team points would be (8 + 6 / 2) 7 each, and with the Joker, Team B would get 14.

Athletes were encouraged to be fan friendly. As a result many played to the crowd.

Schedule Time EventSeptember 8 14:30 W Hammer Throw Final 14:35 M High Jump Final 14:40 W 100 Metres Hurdles Final 14:52 M 200 Metres Final 15:00 W Triple Jump Final 15:15 W 100 Metres Final 15:25 W 1500 Metres Final 15:47 W 400 Metres Final 15:52 M Discus Throw Final 15:57 W Pole Vault Final 15:59 M 3000 Metres Steeplechase Final 16:14 M 400 Metres Hurdles Final 16:22 M Long Jump Final 16:35 W 3000 Metres Final 16:52 M Shot Put Final 17:10 W Discus Throw Final 17:12 M 800 Metres Final 17:34 W 4x100 Metres Relay Final 17:56 M 4x100 Metres Relay FinalSeptember 914:38 M Hammer Throw Final 14:43 W High Jump Final 15:00 M Triple Jump Final 15:03 M 110 Metres Hurdles Final 15:24 W 800 Metres Final 15:32 M Pole Vault Final 15:48 W 200 Metres Final 15:57 M 400 Metres Final 16:05 M Javelin Throw Final 16:10 W 3000 Metres Steeplechase Final 16:25 W Long Jump Final 16:30 W 400 Metres Hurdles Final 16:48 M 1500 Metres Final 16:57 W Shot Put Final 17:13 W Javelin Throw Final 17:15 M 3000 Metres Final 17:39 M 100 Metres Final 17:59 4x400 Metres Relay Final IAAF CONTINENTAL CUP OSTRAVA 2018 CZECH REPUBLIC OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC 08 SEP 2018 - 09 SEP 2018 SCHEDULE By DAY IAAF

Standings Rank Team Points Americas 262 Europe 233 Asia-Pacific 188 4 Africa 142 4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed Results Retrieved 6 March 2023

Medal summary Men 100 metres Americas10.01 Asia-Pacific10.03 Africa10.11200 metres Americas20.19 Europe20.28 Americas20.36400 metres Asia-Pacific44.72 Africa45.10 Americas45.28800 metres Africa1:46.50 Americas1:46.77 Africa1:46.771500 metres Africa3:40.00 Europe3:40.42 Europe3:40.803000 metres Americas7:57.13 Americas7:57.99 Europe7:58.85110 m hurdles Europe13.03 Americas13.12 Europe13.31400 m hurdles Asia-Pacific47.37= Americas48.46 Europe48.563000 metres steeplechase Africa8:22.55 Americas8:29.70 Europe8:32.894 × 100 m relay Americas 38.05 Europe 38.96Asia-Pacific 39.55 High jump Americas2.30 Asia-Pacific2.30 Europe2.27 Pole vault Americas5.85 Europe5.80 Americas5.65 Long jump Africa 8.16 Europe8.00 Americas7.98 Triple jump Americas17.59 Africa 17.02 Asia-Pacific16.59 Shot put Americas21.89 Asia-Pacific21.43 Europe21.36 Discus throw Americas67.97 Asia-Pacific63.99 Europe66.95 Hammer throw Asia-Pacific77.34 Africa74.22 Europe74.80 Javelin throw Europe87.07 Asia-Pacific83.28 Americas80.86

Women 100 metres Africa11.14 Europe11.16 Americas11.21200 metres Americas22.16 Europe22.28 Africa22.61400 metres Asia-Pacific49.32 Africa49.62 Americas50.82800 metres Africa1:54.77 Americas1:57.16 Americas1:57.361500 metres Africa4:16.01 Americas4:16.36 Africa4:17.193000 metres Europe8:27.50 , Africa8:32.49 Africa8:36.20100 m hurdles Americas12.49 Americas12.52 Europe12.82400 m hurdles Americas53.62 Americas53.86 Europe54.473000 m steeplechase Africa9:07.92 Americas9:15.22 Asia-Pacific9:17.864 × 100 m relay Americas 42.11 Europe 42.55Asia-Pacific 42.93 High jump Europe2.00 Asia-Pacific1.95 Americas1.93 Pole vault Europe4.85 Europe4.85 Americas4.85 Long jump Americas6.93 Asia-Pacific6.71 Europe6.86 Triple jump Americas14.76 Asia-Pacific14.26 Europe14.22 Shot put Asia-Pacific19.63 Americas19.74 Europe19.73 Discus throw Americas65.30 Europe68.44 Asia-Pacific63.34 Hammer throw Americas75.46 Europe73.45 Asia-Pacific67.39 Javelin throw Asia-Pacific63.88 Europe62.96 Americas60.38

Mixed 4 × 400 m relay Americas 3:13.01Africa 3:16.19Asia-Pacific 3:18.55

Participating nations

Africa (1) (1) (3) (2) (2) (1) (4) (3) (1) (1) (9) (6) (15) (20) (1) (2) (1)

Americas (1) (2) (4) (1) (5) (2) (3) (1) (2) (1) (12) (1) (1) (2) (1) (1) (29) (1)

Asia-Pacific (27) (8) (15) (7) (6) (2) (1) (4) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

Europe (5) (2) (1) (2) (1) (4) (1) (5) (8) (9) (3) (1) (1) (1) (4) (3) (9) (1) (2) (2) (7) (3)

References

External links 2018 IAAF Continental Cup Homepage