IAAF Grand Prix II

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IAAF Grand Prix II
Sport Track and field
Founded1994
Ceased2005
ContinentGlobal

The IAAF Grand Prix II was an annual series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It was introduced in 1994 as an expansion of the IAAF Grand Prix series, [1] adding a second category of competitions in order to support a greater number of meetings with the financial benefit of being an official Grand Prix meeting. Prior to its creation, meetings not on the Grand Prix list were included as IAAF Permit Meetings. Further additions to the Grand Prix II level required a competition to have held permit status for two years. [2] Over the competition's history, at least 24 different meetings were part of the circuit.

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Athletes earned points at the meetings, dependent upon their finishing position, and the overall points leaders from the wider circuit gained entry to the annual IAAF Grand Prix Final in 1994 to 2002, then the IAAF World Athletics Final from 2003 to 2005.

The role of the Grand Prix II category changed over the years, starting as the second tier of the IAAF Grand Prix before changing to the third tier with the introduction of the IAAF Golden League in 1998. The creation of the IAAF World Outdoor Meetings tour in 2003 reorganised the IAAF's one-day circuit into four tiers, with the IAAF Super Grand Prix becoming the second most prestigious grouping and the IAAF Grand Prix II as the fourth and lowest level. The category was made defunct in 2006, when the IAAF World Athletics Tour was created.

Editions

The IAAF Grand Prix II calendar was subject to change during its lifetime, with the number of meetings, the constituent meetings, and the duration of the series all regularly changing from year to year.

Key:  As part of IAAF World Outdoor Meetings

EditionYearStart dateEnd dateMeetsFinalFinal dateRef.
1 1994 1 June28 August8 1994 IAAF Grand Prix Final 3 September [1]
2 1995 30 May5 September9 1995 IAAF Grand Prix Final 9 September [1]
3 1996 19 February1 September12 1996 IAAF Grand Prix Final 7 September [3]
4 1997 20 February7 September10 1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final 13 September [4]
5 1998 25 February30 August11 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final 5 September [5]
6 1999 25 February5 September11 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final 11 September [6]
7 2000 2 March3 September10 2000 IAAF Grand Prix Final 5 October [7]
8 2001 1 March2 September11 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final 9 September [8]
9 2002 7 March8 September11 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final 14 September [9]
10 2003 1 March3 August11 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final 13–14 September [10]
11 2004 12 February31 July11 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final 18–19 September [11]
12 2005 17 February23 July10 2005 IAAF World Athletics Final 9–10 September [12]

Meetings

References

  1. 1 2 3 "IAAF Grand Prix schedules 1985-1995 (PDF)". IAAF . Retrieved 2025-08-08– via Google Drive.
  2. ↑ Grand Prix & Grand Prix II. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  3. ↑ IAAF Grand Prix II Schedule 1996. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  4. ↑ Grand Prix II 1997. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  5. ↑ 1998 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  6. ↑ 1999 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  7. ↑ 2000 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  8. ↑ 2001 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  9. ↑ Grand Prix Schedule 2002. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  10. ↑ Grand Prix Schedule 2003. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  11. ↑ Grand Prix Schedule 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  12. ↑ Grand Prix Schedule 2005. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
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