IAAF Grand Prix Final

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IAAF Grand Prix Final
Sport Track and field
Founder International Association of Athletics Federations
First season1985
Ceased2002
Replaced by IAAF Golden League
ContinentWorldwide
Qualification IAAF Grand Prix

The IAAF Grand Prix Final was an athletics competition featuring track and field events staged by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was first held in 1985 and replaced in 2003 by the IAAF World Athletics Final. For the most part of its history, the events were staged in early September in European major cities which also played host to prominent annual athletics meetings. Fukuoka City became the first non-European host in 1997. Doha followed in 2000 (also the first time the event was staged in October) and Melbourne was that last non-European host before the final edition of the competition was held in Paris in 2002. [1]

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The event programme was half that of a full traditional track and field programme, with events alternating each edition. For example, a men's 100 metres and women's 200 metres were contested in 1985, but not vice versa – that arrangement was reversed in 1986 and reversed again in 1987, and so forth. Middle-distance running was particularly prominent as a 1500 metres or a mile run were held at every edition of the tournament. [2]

From 1982 to 1992, the winners of the Grand Prix title in an event were decided by the overall seasonal points rankings gained from competing on the IAAF Grand Prix circuit. This was amended in 1993 when seasonal points served as a method of qualifying for the final, with the event winner being the victor at the Grand Prix Final event. The athlete with the greatest number of points accumulated in the season across all events was declared the overall Grand Prix Final champion. [2]

The Grand Prix Final had had a number of world records set in its history, including the Tim Montgomery 100 metres record that was later taken from him after the BALCO scandal.

Editions

GamesYearDatesHost stadiumHost cityHost countryEvents
1st 1985 7 September Olympic Stadium Rome Italy16
2nd 1986 10 September Olympic Stadium Rome Italy17
3rd 1987 11 September King Baudouin Stadium Brussels Belgium17
4th 1988 26 August Olympic Stadium West Berlin West Berlin17
5th 1989 1 September Stade Louis II Fontvieille Monaco17
6th 1990 7 September Olympic Stadium Athens Greece18
7th 1991 20 September Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Barcelona Spain17
8th 1992 4 September Stadio delle Alpi Turin Italy18
9th 1993 10 September Crystal Palace National Sports Centre London United Kingdom18
10th 1994 3 September Stade Sébastien Charléty Paris France17
11th 1995 9 September Stade Louis II Fontvieille Monaco18
12th 1996 7 September Arena Civica Milan Italy18
13th 1997 13 September Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium Fukuoka City Japan18
14th 1998 5 September Luzhniki Stadium Moscow Russia18
15th 1999 11 September Olympic Stadium Munich Germany18
16th 2000 5 October Khalifa International Stadium Doha Qatar18
17th 2001 9 September Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne Australia19
18th 2002 14 September Stade Sébastien Charléty Paris France18

Overall points leaders

Men

YearGoldSilverBronze
1985Flag of the United States.svg  Doug Padilla  (USA)63Flag of the United States.svg  Mike Franks  (USA)60Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Bubka  (URS)59
1986Flag of Morocco.svg  Saïd Aouita  (MAR)63Flag of the United States.svg  Andre Phillips  (USA)61Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Scott  (USA)61
1987Flag of the United States.svg  Tonie Campbell  (USA)63Flag of the United States.svg  Greg Foster  (USA)59Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Bubka  (URS)58
1988Flag of Morocco.svg  Saïd Aouita  (MAR)63Flag of the United States.svg  Mike Conley, Sr.  (USA)61Flag of the United States.svg  Danny Harris  (USA)58
1989Flag of Morocco.svg  Saïd Aouita  (MAR)69Flag of the United States.svg  Roger Kingdom  (USA)63Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Backley  (GBR)63
1990Flag of the United States.svg  Leroy Burrell  (USA)63Flag of Algeria.svg  Noureddine Morceli  (ALG)61Flag of the United States.svg  Danny Harris  (USA)59
1991Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Bubka  (URS)69Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (TCH)63Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)63
1992Flag of the United States.svg  Kevin Young  (USA)63Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Werner Günthör  (SUI)63Olympic flag.svg  Igor Astapkovich  (EUN)59
1993Flag of Ukraine.svg  Sergey Bubka  (UKR)72Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)72Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Colin Jackson  (GBR)72
1994Flag of Algeria.svg  Noureddine Morceli  (ALG)78Flag of Zambia.svg  Samuel Matete  (ZAM)72Flag of the United States.svg  Mike Conley, Sr.  (USA)72
1995Flag of Kenya.svg  Moses Kiptanui  (KEN)84Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Železný  (CZE)72Flag of the United States.svg  Mark Crear  (USA)72
1996Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Komen  (KEN)103Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Edwards  (GBR)99Flag of the United States.svg  Dennis Mitchell  (USA)95
1997Flag of Denmark.svg  Wilson Kipketer  (DEN)114Flag of Germany.svg  Lars Riedel  (GER)99Flag of the United States.svg  Mark Crear  (USA)95
1998Flag of Morocco.svg  Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)136Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Haile Gebrselassie  (ETH)114Flag of the United States.svg  Bryan Bronson  (USA)97
1999Flag of Kenya.svg  Bernard Barmasai  (KEN)111Flag of Greece.svg  Konstadinos Gatsioudis  (GRE)109Flag of Denmark.svg  Wilson Kipketer  (DEN)108
2000Flag of the United States.svg  Angelo Taylor  (USA)101Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuriy Bilonoh  (UKR)94Flag of the United States.svg  Adam Nelson  (USA)93
2001Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  André Bucher  (SUI)102Flag of the United States.svg  Allen Johnson  (USA)101Flag of Morocco.svg  Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)100
2002Flag of Morocco.svg  Hicham El Guerrouj  (MAR)116Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Félix Sánchez  (DOM)116Flag of Sweden.svg  Christian Olsson  (SWE)102

Women

YearGoldSilverBronze
1985Flag of the United States.svg  Mary Slaney  (USA)69Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Stefka Kostadinova  (BUL)63Flag of the United States.svg  Judi Brown-King  (USA)63
1986Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Yordanka Donkova  (BUL)69Flag of Romania.svg  Maricica Puică  (ROM)65Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Tsvetanka Khristova  (BUL)63
1987Flag of Jamaica.svg  Merlene Ottey  (JAM)63Flag of Romania.svg  Doina Melinte  (ROM)63Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Stefka Kostadinova  (BUL)61
1988Flag of Romania.svg  Paula Ivan  (ROM)63Flag of Jamaica.svg  Grace Jackson  (JAM)63Flag of Cuba.svg  Ana Fidelia Quirot  (CUB)57
1989Flag of Romania.svg  Paula Ivan  (ROM)67Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Galina Chistyakova  (URS)63Flag of the United States.svg  Sandra Farmer-Patrick  (USA)63
1990Flag of Jamaica.svg  Merlene Ottey  (JAM)63Flag of East Germany.svg  Heike Drechsler  (GDR)63Flag of East Germany.svg  Petra Felke  (GDR)63
1991Flag of Germany.svg  Heike Henkel  (GER)63Flag of Jamaica.svg  Merlene Ottey  (JAM)63Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Natalya Artyomova  (URS)63
1992Flag of Germany.svg  Heike Drechsler  (GER)63Flag of Jamaica.svg  Merlene Ottey  (JAM)61Flag of Norway.svg  Trine Hattestad  (NOR)59
1993Flag of the United States.svg  Sandra Farmer-Patrick  (USA)72Flag of Ireland.svg  Sonia O'Sullivan  (IRL)72Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Stefka Kostadinova  (BUL)72
1994Flag of the United States.svg  Jackie Joyner-Kersee  (USA)72Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Svetla Dimitrova  (BUL)72Flag of Ireland.svg  Sonia O'Sullivan  (IRL)72
1995Flag of Mozambique.svg  Maria Mutola  (MOZ)78Flag of Russia.svg  Anna Biryukova  (RUS)72Flag of the United States.svg  Gwen Torrence  (USA)72
1996Flag of Sweden.svg  Ludmila Engquist  (SWE)93Flag of Jamaica.svg  Merlene Ottey  (JAM)90Flag of Jamaica.svg  Michelle Freeman  (JAM)85
1997Flag of Germany.svg  Astrid Kumbernuss  (GER)99Flag of Jamaica.svg  Deon Hemmings  (JAM)93Flag of the United States.svg  Kim Batten  (USA)91
1998Flag of the United States.svg  Marion Jones  (USA)130Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Masterkova  (RUS)107Flag of Nigeria.svg  Falilat Ogunkoya  (NGR)101
1999Flag of Romania.svg  Gabriela Szabo  (ROM)108Flag of Mozambique.svg  Maria Mutola  (MOZ)108Flag of Jamaica.svg  Deon Hemmings  (JAM)104
2000Flag of Norway.svg  Trine Hattestad  (NOR)110Flag of the United States.svg  Marion Jones  (USA)104Flag of the United States.svg  Gail Devers  (USA)104
2001Flag of Romania.svg  Violeta Szekely  (ROM)116Flag of Mozambique.svg  Maria Mutola  (MOZ)105Flag of Ukraine.svg  Tatyana Tereshchuk  (UKR)96
2002Flag of the United States.svg  Marion Jones  (USA)116Flag of the United States.svg  Gail Devers  (USA)111Flag of Mexico.svg  Ana Guevara  (MEX)108

References

  1. IAAF Grand Prix Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-01-17.
  2. 1 2 IAAF Grand Prix Final. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-01-17.