2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour

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2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour
Edition2nd
Start date2 March 2007
End date16 September 2007
Meetings24 (+1 final)
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The 2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the second edition of the annual global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series featured 24 one-day meetings, consisting of the six meetings of the 2007 IAAF Golden League, five IAAF Super Grand Prix meetings, and thirteen IAAF Grand Prix meetings. In addition, there were 27 Area Permit Meetings that carried point-scoring events. The series culminated in the two-day 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final, held in Stuttgart, Germany from 22–23 September. [1]

Contents

Four athletes achieved 100 points in the rankings in their event, all of them women: Sanya Richards (400 m), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1500 m), Yelena Isinbayeva (pole vault) and Blanka Vlašić (high jump). The highest scoring male athlete was Asafa Powell in the 100 metres with 96 points – a total also reached by two athletes in the women's 100 metres hurdles (Susanna Kallur and Michelle Perry).

Schedule

NumberDateMeetCityCountryLevelEvents (M+W)
–27 January Canberra Athletics Grand Prix Canberra AustraliaOceania Area Permit Meeting
–17 February Sydney Track Classic Sydney AustraliaOceania Area Permit Meeting
–22 February New Zealand Grand Prix Christchurch New ZealandOceania Area Permit Meeting
12 March Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia2007 IAAF Grand Prix
228 April Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Dakar Senegal2007 IAAF Grand Prix
35 May Osaka Grand Prix Osaka Japan2007 IAAF Grand Prix
–5 May Abuja CAA Super Grand Prix Abuja NigeriaCAA Area Permit Meeting
–5 May Jamaica International Invitational Kingston JamaicaNACAC Area Permit Meeting
–6 May Gold Meeting Sesi Caixa Uberlândia BrazilCONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
411 May Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Doha Qatar2007 IAAF Super Grand Prix
–13 May Gold Meeting Rio de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro BrazilCONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
–16 May Gold Meeting Caixa Fortaleza Fortaleza BrazilCONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
–19 May Grand Premio Andalucía Herrera SpainEAA Area Permit Meeting
–20 May Adidas Track Classic Carson United StatesNACAC Area Permit Meeting
520 May Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Belém Brazil2007 IAAF Grand Prix
626 May Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo Netherlands2007 IAAF Grand Prix
72 June Reebok Grand Prix New York City United States2007 IAAF Grand Prix
–8 June Meeting Lille Metropole Villeneuve-d'Ascq FranceEAA Area Permit Meeting
–8 June Memorial Primo Nebiolo Turin ItalyEAA Area Permit Meeting
810 June Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States2007 IAAF Grand Prix
–10 June European Athletics Festival Bydgoszcz PolandEAA Area Permit Meeting
–13 June Memorial Josefa Odlozila Prague Czech RepublicEAA Area Permit Meeting
915 June Bislett Games Oslo Norway 2007 IAAF Golden League
–17 June Janusz Kusocinski Memorial Warsaw PolandEAA Area Permit Meeting
–19 June Asian AA Grand Prix Bangkok ThailandAAA Area Permit Meeting
–21 June Alger CAA Super Grand Prix Algiers AlgeriaCAA Area Permit Meeting
–23 June Asian AA Grand Prix Guwahati IndiaAAA Area Permit Meeting
1027 June Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic2007 IAAF Grand Prix
–27 June Asian AA Grand Prix Pune IndiaAAA Area Permit Meeting
–28 June Spitzen Leichathletik Lucerne SwitzerlandEAA Area Permit Meeting
112 July Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Athens Greece2007 IAAF Grand Prix
124 July Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia2007 IAAF Grand Prix
136 July Meeting Areva Paris Saint-Denis France 2007 IAAF Golden League
1410 July Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland2007 IAAF Super Grand Prix
1513 July Golden Gala Rome Italy 2007 IAAF Golden League
1615 July British Grand Prix Sheffield United Kingdom2007 IAAF Grand Prix
–18 July Vardinoyiannia Rethymno GreeceEAA Area Permit Meeting
1721 July Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain2007 IAAF Grand Prix
–22 July Tallinn Meeting Tallinn EstoniaEAA Area Permit Meeting
1825 July Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco2007 IAAF Super Grand Prix
–28 July Gobierno de Aragón Zaragoza SpainEAA Area Permit Meeting
–28 July KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder BelgiumEAA Area Permit Meeting
–30 July Olympic Meeting Thessaloniki Thessaloniki GreeceEAA Area Permit Meeting
193 August London Grand Prix London United Kingdom2007 IAAF Super Grand Prix
207 August DN Galan Stockholm Sweden2007 IAAF Super Grand Prix
217 September Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland 2007 IAAF Golden League
229 September Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy2007 IAAF Grand Prix
–11 September Gugl-Meeting Linz AustriaEAA Area Permit Meeting
–12 September Palio Città della Quercia Rovereto ItalyEAA Area Permit Meeting
2314 September Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium 2007 IAAF Golden League
2416 September ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany 2007 IAAF Golden League
F22–23 September 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final Stuttgart Germany IAAF World Athletics Final

Points standings

Athletes earned points at meetings during the series. The following athletes were the top performers for their event prior to the World Athletics Final. [2] [3]

EventMale athletePointsFemale athletePoints
100 metres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Asafa Powell  (JAM)96Flag of the United States.svg  Torri Edwards  (USA)90
200 metres Flag of the United States.svg  Wallace Spearmon  (USA)80Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Kim Gevaert  (BEL)54
400 metres Flag of the United States.svg  LaShawn Merritt  (USA)86Flag of the United States.svg  Sanya Richards  (USA)100
800 metres Flag of South Africa.svg  Mbulaeni Mulaudzi  (RSA)76Flag of Kenya.svg  Janeth Jepkosgei  (KEN)72
1500 metres Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Kipchirchir Komen  (KEN)76Flag of Bahrain.svg  Maryam Yusuf Jamal  (BHR)100
3000 metres Flag of Uganda.svg  Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  (UGA)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)		50Flag of Kenya.svg  Priscah Jepleting Cherono  (KEN)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jo Pavey  (GBR)
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Jéssica Augusto  (POR)		24
5000 metres Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Sileshi Sihine  (ETH)50Flag of New Zealand.svg  Kim Smith  (NZL)44
100/110 metres hurdles Flag of the United States.svg  Anwar Moore  (USA)88Flag of Sweden.svg  Susanna Kallur  (SWE)
Flag of the United States.svg  Michelle Perry  (USA)		96
400 metres hurdles Flag of the United States.svg  James Carter  (USA)80Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jana Rawlinson  (AUS)76
3000 metres steeplechase Flag of Kenya.svg  Paul Kipsiele Koech  (KEN)76Flag of Jamaica.svg  Korene Hinds  (JAM)47
Pole vault Flag of the United States.svg  Brad Walker  (USA)66Flag of Russia.svg  Yelena Isinbayeva  (RUS)100
High jump Flag of Sweden.svg  Stefan Holm  (SWE)68Flag of Croatia.svg  Blanka Vlašić  (CRO)100
Long jump Flag of the United States.svg  Brian Johnson  (USA)
Flag of Panama.svg  Irving Saladino  (PAN)		60Flag of Japan.svg  Kumiko Ikeda  (JPN)56
Triple jump Flag of the United States.svg  Aarik Wilson  (USA)86Flag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Lebedeva  (RUS)64
Shot put Flag of the United States.svg  Reese Hoffa  (USA)60Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Ling  (CHN)18
Discus throw Flag of Lithuania.svg  Virgilijus Alekna  (LTU)60Flag of New Zealand.svg  Beatrice Faumuina  (NZL)
Flag of Germany.svg  Franka Dietzsch  (GER)		22
Javelin throw Flag of Finland.svg  Tero Pitkämäki  (FIN)
Flag of Norway.svg  Andreas Thorkildsen  (NOR)		80Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)
Flag of Germany.svg  Christina Obergföll  (GER)		50
Hammer throw Flag of Belarus.svg  Ivan Tsikhan  (BLR)26Flag of Poland.svg  Kamila Skolimowska  (POL)39

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