2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour

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2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour
IAAF World Athletics Tour 2009 venues.svg
  Countries that hosted series meetings in 2009

  Golden League meetings

  Super Grand Prix meetings

  Grand Prix meetings
Edition4th
Start date20 September 2008
End date6 September 2009
Meetings25 (+1 final)
← 2008

The 2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the fourth and final 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 2009 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 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, held in Thessaloniki, Greece from 12–13 September. [1]

Contents

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva scored the most points during the circuit, with a total of 106. Five other athletes achieved a total of 100 points: distance runner Kenenisa Bekele, hurdler Dayron Robles, sprinters Kerron Stewart and Sanya Richards, and high jumper Blanka Vlašić.

Schedule

NumberDateMeetCityCountryLevelEvents (M+W)
120 September 2008 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix Shanghai China2009 IAAF Grand Prix
–20 February New Zealand Permit Meeting Waitakere City New ZealandOceania Area Permit Meeting
–28 February Sydney Track Classic Sydney AustraliaOceania Area Permit Meeting
25 March Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia2009 IAAF Grand Prix
318 April Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Dakar Senegal2009 IAAF Grand Prix
–2 May Jamaica International Invitational Kingston JamaicaNACAC Area Permit Meeting
48 May Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Doha Qatar2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix
59 May Osaka Grand Prix Osaka Japan2009 IAAF Grand Prix
–10 May GP Caixa/Unifor de Atletismo Fortaleza BrazilCONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
–16 May Adidas Track Classic Carson United StatesNACAC Area Permit Meeting
–16 May Ponce Grand Prix Ponce Puerto RicoNACAC Area Permit Meeting
–17 May GP Rio Caixa de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro BrazilCONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
–20 May GP Caixa/Sesi de Atletismo Uberlândia BrazilCONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
–23 May Asian AA Grand Prix Suzhou ChinaAAA Area Permit Meeting
–23 May Rabat CAA Super Grand Prix Rabat MoroccoCAA Area Permit Meeting
624 May Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Belém Brazil2009 IAAF Grand Prix
–27 May Asian AA Grand Prix Kunshan ChinaAAA Area Permit Meeting
–30 May Asian AA Grand Prix Hong Kong ChinaAAA Area Permit Meeting
730 May Reebok Grand Prix New York City United States2009 IAAF Grand Prix
81 June Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo Netherlands2009 IAAF Grand Prix
–4 June Memorial Primo Nebiolo Turin ItalyEAA Area Permit Meeting
97 June Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States2009 IAAF Grand Prix
–7 June Janusz Kusocinski Memorial Warsaw PolandEAA Area Permit Meeting
–8 June Memorial Josefa Odlozila Prague Czech RepublicEAA Area Permit Meeting
–10 June European Athletics Festival Bydgoszcz PolandEAA Area Permit Meeting
–10 June Olympic Meeting Thessaloniki Thessaloniki GreeceEAA Area Permit Meeting
–11 June Alger CAA Super Grand Prix Algiers AlgeriaCAA Area Permit Meeting
1014 June ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany 2009 IAAF Golden League
1117 June Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic2009 IAAF Grand Prix
–27 June Meeting de Atletismo Málaga Málaga SpainEAA Area Permit Meeting
–30 June Meeting Lille Metropole Villeneuve-d'Ascq FranceEAA Area Permit Meeting
–1 July Moscow Open Moscow RussiaEAA Area Permit Meeting
123 July Bislett Games Oslo Norway 2009 IAAF Golden League
134 July Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain2009 IAAF Grand Prix
–5 July Znamensky Memorial Zhukovsky RussiaEAA Area Permit Meeting
147 July Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix
1510 July Golden Gala Rome Italy 2009 IAAF Golden League
1613 July Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Athens Greece2009 IAAF Grand Prix
–15 July Spitzen Leichathletik Lucerne SwitzerlandEAA Area Permit Meeting
1717 July Meeting Areva Paris Saint-Denis France 2009 IAAF Golden League
–18 July Abuja CAA Super Grand Prix Abuja NigeriaCAA Area Permit Meeting
–18 July Gobierno de Aragón Zaragoza SpainEAA Area Permit Meeting
–18 July KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder BelgiumEAA Area Permit Meeting
–20 July Vardinoyiannia Rethymno GreeceEAA Area Permit Meeting
1824–25 July London Grand Prix London United Kingdom2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix
1928 July Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix
2031 July DN Galan Stockholm Sweden2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix
–25 August Tallinn Meeting Tallinn EstoniaEAA Area Permit Meeting
2128 August Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland 2009 IAAF Golden League
2231 August British Grand Prix Gateshead United Kingdom2009 IAAF Grand Prix
2331 August Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia2009 IAAF Grand Prix
–1 September Palio Città della Quercia Rovereto ItalyEAA Area Permit Meeting
244 September Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium 2009 IAAF Golden League
256 September Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy2009 IAAF Grand Prix
F12–13 September 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final Thessaloniki Greece 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)92Flag of Jamaica.svg  Kerron Stewart  (JAM)100
200 metres Flag of the United States.svg  Wallace Spearmon  (USA)58Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie  (BAH)55
400 metres Flag of the United States.svg  Jeremy Wariner  (USA)86Flag of the United States.svg  Sanya Richards  (USA)100
800 metres Flag of Russia.svg  Yuriy Borzakovskiy  (RUS)
Flag of Kenya.svg  David Rudisha  (KEN)		72Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jemma Simpson  (GBR)64
1500 metres Flag of Kenya.svg  Augustine Kiprono Choge  (KEN)74Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Gelete Burka  (ETH)86
3000 metres Flag of Kenya.svg  Eliud Kipchoge  (KEN)40Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Wude Ayalew  (ETH)16
5000 metres Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)100Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)28
100/110 metres hurdles Flag of Cuba.svg  Dayron Robles  (CUB)100Flag of Jamaica.svg  Brigitte Foster-Hylton  (JAM)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Priscilla Lopes-Schliep  (CAN)		86
400 metres hurdles Flag of the United States.svg  Kerron Clement  (USA)74Flag of Jamaica.svg  Melaine Walker  (JAM)74
3000 metres steeplechase Flag of Kenya.svg  Ezekiel Kemboi  (KEN)74Flag of Kenya.svg  Ruth Bosibori  (KEN)68
Pole vault Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Steve Hooker  (AUS)70Flag of Russia.svg  Yelena Isinbayeva  (RUS)106
High jump Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jaroslav Bába  (CZE)66Flag of Croatia.svg  Blanka Vlašić  (CRO)100
Long jump Flag of South Africa.svg  Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  (RSA)78Flag of the United States.svg  Funmi Jimoh  (USA)60
Triple jump Flag of Cuba.svg  Arnie David Giralt  (CUB)62Flag of Cuba.svg  Yargelis Savigne  (CUB)62
Shot put Flag of the United States.svg  Reese Hoffa  (USA)62Flag of Germany.svg  Nadine Kleinert  (GER)56
Discus throw Flag of Estonia.svg  Gerd Kanter  (EST)50Flag of Cuba.svg  Yarelys Barrios  (CUB)40
Javelin throw Flag of Norway.svg  Andreas Thorkildsen  (NOR)80Flag of Germany.svg  Steffi Nerius  (GER)61
Hammer throw Flag of Hungary.svg  Krisztián Pars  (HUN)50Flag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)48

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