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]
| 2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 3rd |
| Start date | 28 September 2007 |
| End date | 10 September 2008 |
| Meetings | 25 (+1 final) |
← 2007 2009 → | |
The 2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the third 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 25 one-day meetings, consisting of the six meetings of the 2008 IAAF Golden League, five IAAF Super Grand Prix meetings, and fourteen IAAF Grand Prix meetings. In addition, there were 29 Area Permit Meetings that carried point-scoring events. The series culminated in the two-day 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final, held in Stuttgart, Germany from 13 to 14 September. [1]
Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva scored the most points during the circuit, with a total of 112. Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles was the highest scoring male athlete with 102 points. Four other athletes achieved a total of 100 points: sprinter Jeremy Wariner, middle-distance runner Pamela Jelimo, hurdler David Oliver, and high jumper Blanka Vlašić.
| Number | Date | Meet | City | Country | Level | Events (M+W) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 September 2007 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | Shanghai | China | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| – | 26–27 January | Canberra Athletics Grand Prix | Canberra | Australia | Oceania Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 16 February | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney | Australia | Oceania Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 19 February | New Zealand Permit Meeting | Waitakere City | New Zealand | Oceania Area Permit Meeting | |
| 2 | 21 February | Melbourne Track Classic | Melbourne | Australia | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| – | 3 May | Jamaica International Invitational | Kingston | Jamaica | NACAC Area Permit Meeting | |
| 3 | 9 May | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | Doha | Qatar | 2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix | |
| 4 | 10 May | Osaka Grand Prix | Osaka | Japan | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| – | 11 May | Gold Meeting Sesi Caixa | Uberlândia | Brazil | CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 14 May | Gold Meeting Caixa Fortaleza | Fortaleza | Brazil | CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 17 May | Ponce Grand Prix | Ponce | Puerto Rico | NACAC Area Permit Meeting | |
| 5 | 17 May | Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar | Dakar | Senegal | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| – | 18 May | Adidas Track Classic | Carson | United States | NACAC Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 18 May | Gold Meeting Rio de Atletismo | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting | |
| 6 | 24 May | Fanny Blankers-Koen Games | Hengelo | Netherlands | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 7 | 25 May | Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo | Belém | Brazil | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| – | 29 May | Alger CAA Super Grand Prix | Algiers | Algeria | CAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 31 May | Gobierno de Aragón | Zaragoza | Spain | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| 8 | 31 May | Reebok Grand Prix | New York City | United States | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| – | 1 June | Brazzaville CAA Super Grand Prix | Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo | CAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| 9 | 1 June | ISTAF Berlin | Berlin | Germany | 2008 IAAF Golden League | |
| – | 3 June | Tallinn Meeting | Tallinn | Estonia | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 6 June | Memorial Primo Nebiolo | Turin | Italy | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| 10 | 6 June | Bislett Games | Oslo | Norway | 2008 IAAF Golden League | |
| 11 | 8 June | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | United States | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 12 | 12 June | Golden Spike Ostrava | Ostrava | Czech Republic | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| – | 15 June | Janusz Kusocinski Memorial | Warsaw | Poland | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 15 June | Znamensky Memorial | Zhukovsky | Russia | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 16 June | Memorial Josefa Odlozila | Prague | Czech Republic | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 23 June | Abuja CAA Super Grand Prix | Abuja | Nigeria | CAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 23 June | Asian AA Grand Prix | Bangkok | Thailand | AAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 24 June | Meeting de Atletismo Jerez | Jerez de la Frontera | Spain | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 26 June | Asian AA Grand Prix | Korat | Thailand | AAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 27 June | Meeting Lille Metropole | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | France | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 30 June | Asian AA Grand Prix | Hanoi | Vietnam | AAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 1 July | European Athletics Festival | Bydgoszcz | Poland | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| 13 | 5 July | Meeting de Atletismo Madrid | Madrid | Spain | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| – | 9 July | Olympic Meeting Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki | Greece | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| 14 | 11 July | Golden Gala | Rome | Italy | 2008 IAAF Golden League | |
| 15 | 13 July | Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria | Athens | Greece | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| – | 14 July | Vardinoyiannia | Rethymno | Greece | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| – | 16 July | Spitzen Leichathletik | Lucerne | Switzerland | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| 16 | 18 July | Meeting Areva | Paris Saint-Denis | France | 2008 IAAF Golden League | |
| – | 20 July | KBC Night of Athletics | Heusden-Zolder | Belgium | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| 17 | 22 July | DN Galan | Stockholm | Sweden | 2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix | |
| 18 | 25–26 July | London Grand Prix | London | United Kingdom | 2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix | |
| 19 | 29 July | Herculis | Monte Carlo | Monaco | 2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix | |
| 20 | 29 August | Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | 2008 IAAF Golden League | |
| 21 | 31 August | British Grand Prix | Gateshead | United Kingdom | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 22 | 2 September | Athletissima | Lausanne | Switzerland | 2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix | |
| 23 | 5 September | Memorial Van Damme | Brussels | Belgium | 2008 IAAF Golden League | |
| 24 | 7 September | Rieti Meeting | Rieti | Italy | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 25 | 9 September | Hanžeković Memorial | Zagreb | Croatia | 2008 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| – | 10 September | Palio Città della Quercia | Rovereto | Italy | EAA Area Permit Meeting | |
| F | 13–14 September | 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final | Stuttgart | Germany | IAAF World Athletics Final |
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]
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