2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour

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2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour
Edition3rd
Start date28 September 2007
End date10 September 2008
Meetings25 (+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]

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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.

Schedule

NumberDateMeetCityCountryLevelEvents (M+W)
128 September 2007 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix Shanghai China2008 IAAF Grand Prix
26–27 January Canberra Athletics Grand Prix Canberra AustraliaOceania Area Permit Meeting
16 February Sydney Track Classic Sydney AustraliaOceania Area Permit Meeting
19 February New Zealand Permit Meeting Waitakere City New ZealandOceania Area Permit Meeting
221 February Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia2008 IAAF Grand Prix
3 May Jamaica International Invitational Kingston JamaicaNACAC Area Permit Meeting
39 May Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Doha Qatar2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix
410 May Osaka Grand Prix Osaka Japan2008 IAAF Grand Prix
11 May Gold Meeting Sesi Caixa Uberlândia BrazilCONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
14 May Gold Meeting Caixa Fortaleza Fortaleza BrazilCONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
17 May Ponce Grand Prix Ponce Puerto RicoNACAC Area Permit Meeting
517 May Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Dakar Senegal2008 IAAF Grand Prix
18 May Adidas Track Classic Carson United StatesNACAC Area Permit Meeting
18 May Gold Meeting Rio de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro BrazilCONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
624 May Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo Netherlands2008 IAAF Grand Prix
725 May Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Belém Brazil2008 IAAF Grand Prix
29 May Alger CAA Super Grand Prix Algiers AlgeriaCAA Area Permit Meeting
31 May Gobierno de Aragón Zaragoza SpainEAA Area Permit Meeting
831 May Reebok Grand Prix New York City United States2008 IAAF Grand Prix
1 June Brazzaville CAA Super Grand Prix Brazzaville Republic of the CongoCAA Area Permit Meeting
91 June ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany 2008 IAAF Golden League
3 June Tallinn Meeting Tallinn EstoniaEAA Area Permit Meeting
6 June Memorial Primo Nebiolo Turin ItalyEAA Area Permit Meeting
106 June Bislett Games Oslo Norway 2008 IAAF Golden League
118 June Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States2008 IAAF Grand Prix
1212 June Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic2008 IAAF Grand Prix
15 June Janusz Kusocinski Memorial Warsaw PolandEAA Area Permit Meeting
15 June Znamensky Memorial Zhukovsky RussiaEAA Area Permit Meeting
16 June Memorial Josefa Odlozila Prague Czech RepublicEAA Area Permit Meeting
23 June Abuja CAA Super Grand Prix Abuja NigeriaCAA Area Permit Meeting
23 June Asian AA Grand Prix Bangkok ThailandAAA Area Permit Meeting
24 June Meeting de Atletismo Jerez Jerez de la Frontera SpainEAA Area Permit Meeting
26 June Asian AA Grand Prix Korat ThailandAAA Area Permit Meeting
27 June Meeting Lille Metropole Villeneuve-d'Ascq FranceEAA Area Permit Meeting
30 June Asian AA Grand Prix Hanoi VietnamAAA Area Permit Meeting
1 July European Athletics Festival Bydgoszcz PolandEAA Area Permit Meeting
135 July Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain2008 IAAF Grand Prix
9 July Olympic Meeting Thessaloniki Thessaloniki GreeceEAA Area Permit Meeting
1411 July Golden Gala Rome Italy 2008 IAAF Golden League
1513 July Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Athens Greece2008 IAAF Grand Prix
14 July Vardinoyiannia Rethymno GreeceEAA Area Permit Meeting
16 July Spitzen Leichathletik Lucerne SwitzerlandEAA Area Permit Meeting
1618 July Meeting Areva Paris Saint-Denis France 2008 IAAF Golden League
20 July KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder BelgiumEAA Area Permit Meeting
1722 July DN Galan Stockholm Sweden2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix
1825–26 July London Grand Prix London United Kingdom2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix
1929 July Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix
2029 August Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland 2008 IAAF Golden League
2131 August British Grand Prix Gateshead United Kingdom2008 IAAF Grand Prix
222 September Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix
235 September Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium 2008 IAAF Golden League
247 September Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy2008 IAAF Grand Prix
259 September Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia2008 IAAF Grand Prix
10 September Palio Città della Quercia Rovereto ItalyEAA Area Permit Meeting
F13–14 September 2008 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]

EventMale athletePointsFemale athletePoints
100 metres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Asafa Powell  (JAM)96Flag of Jamaica.svg  Shelly-Ann Fraser  (JAM)61
200 metres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Usain Bolt  (JAM)60Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie  (BAH)58
400 metres Flag of the United States.svg  Jeremy Wariner  (USA)100Flag of Jamaica.svg  Novlene Williams  (JAM)74
800 metres Flag of Uganda.svg  Abraham Chepkirwok  (UGA)80Flag of Kenya.svg  Pamela Jelimo  (KEN)100
1500 metres Flag of Morocco.svg  Abdalaati Iguider  (MAR)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Kipchirchir Komen  (KEN)
72Flag of Bahrain.svg  Maryam Yusuf Jamal  (BHR)58
3000 metres Flag of Kenya.svg  Isaac Kiprono Songok  (KEN)48Flag of the United States.svg  Jennifer Rhines  (USA)30
5000 metres Flag of Kenya.svg  Moses Ndiema Masai  (KEN)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Sileshi Sihine  (ETH)
50Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)66
100/110 metres hurdles Flag of Cuba.svg  Dayron Robles  (CUB)102Flag of Jamaica.svg  Delloreen Ennis-London  (JAM)90
400 metres hurdles Flag of the United States.svg  Kerron Clement  (USA)96Flag of Jamaica.svg  Melaine Walker  (JAM)90
3000 metres steeplechase Flag of Kenya.svg  Michael Kipyego  (KEN)76Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Donna MacFarlane  (AUS)49
Pole vault Flag of the United States.svg  Yevgeny Lukyanenko  (USA)76Flag of Russia.svg  Yelena Isinbayeva  (RUS)112
High jump Flag of Russia.svg  Andrey Silnov  (RUS)78Flag of Croatia.svg  Blanka Vlašić  (CRO)100
Long jump Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Hussein Al-Sabee  (KSA)92Flag of Portugal.svg  Naide Gomes  (POR)68
Triple jump Flag of Grenada.svg  Randy Lewis  (GRN)70Flag of Cuba.svg  Yargelis Savigne  (CUB)22
Shot put Flag of Poland.svg  Tomasz Majewski  (POL)60Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Ling  (CHN)37
Discus throw Flag of Iran.svg  Ehsan Haddadi  (IRI)60Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Yanfeng  (CHN)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Taifeng  (CHN)
30
Javelin throw Flag of Norway.svg  Andreas Thorkildsen  (NOR)80Flag of Germany.svg  Christina Obergföll  (GER)51
Hammer throw Flag of Hungary.svg  Krisztián Pars  (HUN)40Flag of Poland.svg  Kamila Skolimowska  (POL)42

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