London will host the first AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Championship race

Following the success of amateur world championship events like the Triathlon Middle Distance World Championships and for amateur cyclists the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, from 2020 there will also be a world championships for age group Marathon runners.

Qualifying is already well under way as the first qualifying period for the AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Rankings began on Sept. 16, 2018 at the 2018 BMW BERLIN MARATHON and the start of AbbottWMM Series XII. Qualifying will end on Sept. 29, 2019. The best two results in marathons over this period will count for each runner’s ranking.

The inaugural AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Championship race will be held as part of the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon. Following the end of the qualifying period on September 29 2019, when all points have been updated, the highest-ranked runners in each age group will be invited to take part in the 2020 Championship race in London. The highest ranked athletes in each age group will only be invited if they must create a profile on worldmarathonmajors.com

The AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Rankings comprise a one-year qualifying period during which athletes in nine separate age groups can compete in over 50 marathons across the world to earn ranking points. At the end of the qualifying period, the top ranked runners in each age group will be invited to the AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Championships, to be held within the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon.

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PLACE ALLOCATION PER AGE GROUP

There are the below places in total up for grabs between all the age groups.

Age Group	Female	Male	Total
40-44	100	100	200
45-49	85	85	170
50-54	65	65	130
55-59	40	40	80
60-64	20	20	40
65-69	10	10	20
70-74	10	10	20
80+	10	10	20

HOW TO SCORE POINTS

Maximum points per race is 4,000. The age group winners in any AbbottWMM race – the Tokyo, Boston, Virgin Money London, BMW BERLIN, Bank of America Chicago and TCS New York City Marathons – will automatically get 4,000 points. The minimum amount of points that can be scored is 1,000
Any age group athlete who is within 29 seconds of the age group winning time in an AbbottWMM race receives 10 points less, earning 3990 points. Runners within 30-59 seconds of the winning time receive 20 points less, and those earning times within 1 minute and 29 seconds less than the age group winning time receive 30 points less, and so on
Runners can earn points for their performances in marathons beyond the six AbbottWMM races, provided the event is an official AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Ranking qualifying race (see the full list of events below)
In events other than the six majors, the scoring will be based on a platinum time calculated for each age group and gender, using standard multiples of the ‘mean’ of the current marathon world record times for each age group and gender. Winners of any age group marathons that are not Abbott World Marathon Races must run faster than the platinum time for their age and gender to score 4000 points. The same points degradation according to time behind the winner applies. The full list of the platinum times is included below
If the age group winning time is below the platinum time, then the points awarded to the winner and every subsequent age group runner are reduced by the time the age group winner has missed platinum time for the age and gender of the athlete

Platinum times for each age group are as follows:

Men	Women
40-44 2:26	40-44 2:46
45-49 2:34	45-49 2:48
50-54 2:41	50-54 3:04
55-59 2:50	55-59 3:18
60-64 3:00	60-64 3:33
65-69 3:09	65-69 3:48
70-74 3:21	70-74 4:09
75-79 3:51	75-79 4:51
80+ 4:17	80+ 5:33

THE QUALIFYING RACES

Race	Location	Series XII Race Date
BMW BERLIN-MARATHON	Berlin, Germany	Sept 16, 2018
Absolute Moscow Marathon	Moscow, Russia	Sept 23, 2018
Sanlam Cape Town Marathon	Cape Town, South Africa	Sept 23, 2018
Rock ‘n’ Roll Oasis Montreal Marathon	Montreal, Canada	Sept 23, 2018
Bank of America Chicago Marathon	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Oct 7, 2018
Kosice Peace Marathon	Kosice, Slovakia	Oct 7, 2018
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon	Toronto, Canada	Oct 21, 2018
TCS Amsterdam Marathon	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Oct 21, 2018
Dongfeng Nissan Chengdu International Marathon	Chengdu, China	Oct 27, 2018
SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon	Dublin, Ireland	Oct 28, 2018
ASB Auckland Marathon	Auckland, New Zealand	Oct 28, 2018
TCS New York City Marathon	New York City, New York, USA	Nov 4, 2018
Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah Marathon	Savannah, Georgia, USA	Nov 4, 2018
Toyota Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Nov 11, 2018
California International Marathon	Sacramento, California, USA	Dec 2, 2018
Humana Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon	San Antonio, Texas, USA	Dec 2, 2018
Monterrey Powerade Marathon	Monterrey, Mexico	Dec 9, 2018
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon	Singapore	Dec 9, 2018
Chevron Houston Marathon	Houston, Texas, USA	Jan 20, 2019
TATA Mumbai Marathon	Mumbai, India	Jan 20, 2019
Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Jan 20, 2019
Humana Rock ‘n’ Roll New Orleans Marathon	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Feb 10, 2019
Tel Aviv Samsung Marathon	Tel Aviv, Israel	Feb 22, 2019
Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	Mar 3, 2019
United Airlines Rock ‘n’ Roll Washington DC Marathon	Washington DC, USA	Mar 9, 2019
Chengdu Panda Marathon	Chengdu, China	Mar 17, 2019
Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon	Los Angeles, California, USA	Mar 24, 2019
Sao Paulo Marathon	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Apr 7, 2019
Generali Milano Marathon	Milan, Italy	Apr 7, 2019
Santiago Chile Marathon	Santiago, Chile	Apr 7, 2019
Boston Marathon	Boston, Mass. USA	Apr 15, 2019
St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Nashville Marathon	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Apr 27, 2019
EDP Rock ‘n’ Roll Madrid Marathon	Madrid, Spain	Apr 27, 2019
Virgin Money London Marathon	London, England	Apr 28, 2019
Helsinki City Marathon	Helsinki, Finland	May 18, 2019
Runaway Noosa Marathon	Queensland, Australia	May 25, 2019
Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon	Ottawa, Canada	May 26, 2019
Scotiabank Calgary Marathon	Calgary, Canada	May 26, 2019
Rock ‘n’ Roll Liverpool Marathon	Liverpool, United Kingdom	May 26, 2019
McDonald’s Brisbane Marathon	Brisbane, Australia	Jun 2, 2019
Asics Stockholm Marathon	Stockholm, Sweden	Jun 1, 2019
Synchrony Financial Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon	San Diego, California, USA	Jun 2, 2019
Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon	Seattle, Washington, USA	Jun 9, 2019
Grandma’s Marathon	Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Jun 22, 2019
7 Sunshine Coast Marathon	Queensland, Australia	Aug 4, 2019
Telcel Mexico City Marathon	Mexico City, Mexico	Aug 25, 2019
Sanlam Cape Town Marathon	Cape Town, South Africa	Sept 15, 2019
Rock ‘n’ Roll Oasis Montreal Marathon	Montreal, Canada	Sept 22, 2019
Absolute Moscow Marathon	Moscow, Russia	Sept 22, 2019
BMW BERLIN-MARATHON	Berlin, Germany	Sept 29, 2019

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PLACE ALLOCATION PER AGE GROUP

There are the below places in total up for grabs between all the age groups.

Age Group	Female	Male	Total
40-44	100	100	200
45-49	85	85	170
50-54	65	65	130
55-59	40	40	80
60-64	20	20	40
65-69	10	10	20
70-74	10	10	20
80+	10	10	20

HOW TO SCORE POINTS

Maximum points per race is 4,000. The age group winners in any AbbottWMM race – the Tokyo, Boston, Virgin Money London, BMW BERLIN, Bank of America Chicago and TCS New York City Marathons – will automatically get 4,000 points. The minimum amount of points that can be scored is 1,000
Any age group athlete who is within 29 seconds of the age group winning time in an AbbottWMM race receives 10 points less, earning 3990 points. Runners within 30-59 seconds of the winning time receive 20 points less, and those earning times within 1 minute and 29 seconds less than the age group winning time receive 30 points less, and so on
Runners can earn points for their performances in marathons beyond the six AbbottWMM races, provided the event is an official AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Ranking qualifying race (see the full list of events below)
In events other than the six majors, the scoring will be based on a platinum time calculated for each age group and gender, using standard multiples of the ‘mean’ of the current marathon world record times for each age group and gender. Winners of any age group marathons that are not Abbott World Marathon Races must run faster than the platinum time for their age and gender to score 4000 points. The same points degradation according to time behind the winner applies. The full list of the platinum times is included below
If the age group winning time is below the platinum time, then the points awarded to the winner and every subsequent age group runner are reduced by the time the age group winner has missed platinum time for the age and gender of the athlete

Platinum times for each age group are as follows:

Men	Women
40-44 2:26	40-44 2:46
45-49 2:34	45-49 2:48
50-54 2:41	50-54 3:04
55-59 2:50	55-59 3:18
60-64 3:00	60-64 3:33
65-69 3:09	65-69 3:48
70-74 3:21	70-74 4:09
75-79 3:51	75-79 4:51
80+ 4:17	80+ 5:33

THE QUALIFYING RACES

Race	Location	Series XII Race Date
BMW BERLIN-MARATHON	Berlin, Germany	Sept 16, 2018
Absolute Moscow Marathon	Moscow, Russia	Sept 23, 2018
Sanlam Cape Town Marathon	Cape Town, South Africa	Sept 23, 2018
Rock ‘n’ Roll Oasis Montreal Marathon	Montreal, Canada	Sept 23, 2018
Bank of America Chicago Marathon	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Oct 7, 2018
Kosice Peace Marathon	Kosice, Slovakia	Oct 7, 2018
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon	Toronto, Canada	Oct 21, 2018
TCS Amsterdam Marathon	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Oct 21, 2018
Dongfeng Nissan Chengdu International Marathon	Chengdu, China	Oct 27, 2018
SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon	Dublin, Ireland	Oct 28, 2018
ASB Auckland Marathon	Auckland, New Zealand	Oct 28, 2018
TCS New York City Marathon	New York City, New York, USA	Nov 4, 2018
Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah Marathon	Savannah, Georgia, USA	Nov 4, 2018
Toyota Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Nov 11, 2018
California International Marathon	Sacramento, California, USA	Dec 2, 2018
Humana Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon	San Antonio, Texas, USA	Dec 2, 2018
Monterrey Powerade Marathon	Monterrey, Mexico	Dec 9, 2018
Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon	Singapore	Dec 9, 2018
Chevron Houston Marathon	Houston, Texas, USA	Jan 20, 2019
TATA Mumbai Marathon	Mumbai, India	Jan 20, 2019
Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	Jan 20, 2019
Humana Rock ‘n’ Roll New Orleans Marathon	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Feb 10, 2019
Tel Aviv Samsung Marathon	Tel Aviv, Israel	Feb 22, 2019
Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	Mar 3, 2019
United Airlines Rock ‘n’ Roll Washington DC Marathon	Washington DC, USA	Mar 9, 2019
Chengdu Panda Marathon	Chengdu, China	Mar 17, 2019
Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon	Los Angeles, California, USA	Mar 24, 2019
Sao Paulo Marathon	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Apr 7, 2019
Generali Milano Marathon	Milan, Italy	Apr 7, 2019
Santiago Chile Marathon	Santiago, Chile	Apr 7, 2019
Boston Marathon	Boston, Mass. USA	Apr 15, 2019
St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Nashville Marathon	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Apr 27, 2019
EDP Rock ‘n’ Roll Madrid Marathon	Madrid, Spain	Apr 27, 2019
Virgin Money London Marathon	London, England	Apr 28, 2019
Helsinki City Marathon	Helsinki, Finland	May 18, 2019
Runaway Noosa Marathon	Queensland, Australia	May 25, 2019
Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon	Ottawa, Canada	May 26, 2019
Scotiabank Calgary Marathon	Calgary, Canada	May 26, 2019
Rock ‘n’ Roll Liverpool Marathon	Liverpool, United Kingdom	May 26, 2019
McDonald’s Brisbane Marathon	Brisbane, Australia	Jun 2, 2019
Asics Stockholm Marathon	Stockholm, Sweden	Jun 1, 2019
Synchrony Financial Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon	San Diego, California, USA	Jun 2, 2019
Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon	Seattle, Washington, USA	Jun 9, 2019
Grandma’s Marathon	Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Jun 22, 2019
7 Sunshine Coast Marathon	Queensland, Australia	Aug 4, 2019
Telcel Mexico City Marathon	Mexico City, Mexico	Aug 25, 2019
Sanlam Cape Town Marathon	Cape Town, South Africa	Sept 15, 2019
Rock ‘n’ Roll Oasis Montreal Marathon	Montreal, Canada	Sept 22, 2019
Absolute Moscow Marathon	Moscow, Russia	Sept 22, 2019
BMW BERLIN-MARATHON	Berlin, Germany	Sept 29, 2019

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London will host the first AbbottWMM Wanda Age Group World Championship race

>>THE SPORTS TOURS INTERNATIONAL GUIDE TO THE 6 WORLD MARATHON MAJORS<<

PLACE ALLOCATION PER AGE GROUP

HOW TO SCORE POINTS

Platinum times for each age group are as follows:

THE QUALIFYING RACES

>>THE SPORTS TOURS INTERNATIONAL GUIDE TO THE 6 WORLD MARATHON MAJORS<<

PLACE ALLOCATION PER AGE GROUP

HOW TO SCORE POINTS

Platinum times for each age group are as follows:

THE QUALIFYING RACES

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