IAAF World Outdoor Meetings

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IAAF World Outdoor Meetings
SportOutdoor track and field
Founded2003
Ceased2005
ContinentGlobal

The IAAF World Outdoor Meetings were an annual, global circuit of one-day outdoor track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It was created in 2003 building upon the IAAF Grand Prix series held since 1985. The series incorporated four categories of competitions: the IAAF Golden League, IAAF Super Grand Prix, IAAF Grand Prix I and IAAF Grand Prix II. The reorganisation came with the introduction of the IAAF World Rankings system. [1] Athletes scored points based on their performances at the series meetings and the highest scoring athletes in each event were invited to compete at the IAAF World Athletics Final. The series lasted only three years before being reorganised into the IAAF World Athletics Tour. [2]

Contents

Prior to 2003, the IAAF Grand Prix had featured four levels (Golden League, Grand Prix I and II, and IAAF Permit Meetings) and an IAAF Grand Prix Final with a limited set of events. The World Outdoor Meetings series made the Permit Meetings defunct, with most such meetings being merged into the Grand Prix II level, introduced the Super Grand Prix as the secondary level of competition, and replaced the Grand Prix Final with the World Athletics Final. [3] [4]

Editions

A total of five meeting categories existed over the lifetime of the circuit:

Key:  As part of IAAF World Athletics Tour

EditionYearStart dateEnd dateMeetsGLSGPGPGP2FinalFinal dateRef.
1 2003 1 March7 September34671011 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final 13–14 September [5]
2 2004 12 February12 September3468911 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final 18–19 September [6]
3 2005 17 February4 September34681010 2005 IAAF World Athletics Final 9–10 September [7]

Meetings

The IAAF World Outdoor Meetings calendar remained mostly unchanged during its three years of existence. A total of 34 meetings were present for each season. The Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix was added to the Super Grand Prix Level for the second and third years. The Helsinki Grand Prix was dropped from the Grand Prix category in 2004. The Adidas Oregon Track Classic was dropped from the Grand Prix II category in 2005. The Grand Prix II meeting Cena Slovenska - Slovak Gold was held in the first year only and was replaced by the Grande Premio Rio de Atletismo meet for the final two years.

Athletes received points based on their performances at the meetings on the circuit, with more points being given at the more prestigious and competitive competitions.

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1 ISTAF Berlin Berlin GermanyGLGLGL
2 Bislett Games Oslo NorwayGLGLGL
3 Golden Gala Rome ItalyGLGLGL
4 Weltklasse Zürich Zürich SwitzerlandGLGLGL
5 Memorial Van Damme Brussels BelgiumGLGLGL
6 Meeting Areva Saint-Denis FranceGLGLGL
7 Herculis Monte Carlo MonacoWAFWAFWAF
8 Athletissima Lausanne SwitzerlandSGPSGPSGP
9 London Grand Prix London United KingdomSGPSGPSGP
10 DN Galan Stockholm SwedenSGPSGPSGP
11 British Grand Prix Gateshead United KingdomSGPSGPSGP
12 Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Athens GreeceSGPSGPSGP
13 Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech RepublicSGPSGPSGP
14 Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid SpainSGPSGPSGP
15 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Doha Qatar-SGPSGP
16 Prefontaine Classic Eugene United StatesGPGPGP
17 Osaka Grand Prix Osaka JapanGPGPGP
18 Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Belém BrazilGPGPGP
19 Meeting Lille-Métropole Villeneuve-d'Ascq FranceGPGPGP
20 FBK Games Hengelo NetherlandsGPGPGP
21 Rieti Meeting Rieti ItalyGPGPGP
22 Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb CroatiaGPGPGP
23 Gran Premio Diputación Seville SpainGPGPGP
24 Gugl Grand Prix Linz AustriaGPGPGP
25 Helsinki Grand Prix Helsinki FinlandGP-GP
26 Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne AustraliaGP2GP2GP2
27 Brothers Znamensky Memorial Kazan RussiaGP2GP2GP2
28 International Meeting Thessaloniki Thessaloniki GreeceGP2GP2GP2
29 Palo Alto Meeting Palo Alto United StatesGP2GP2GP2
30 Meeting du Conseil Général de la Martinique Fort-de-France FranceGP2GP2GP2
31 Notturna di Milano Milan ItalyGP2GP2GP2
32 Memorial Primo Nebiolo Turin ItalyGP2GP2GP2
33 Josef Odložil Memorial Prague Czech RepublicGP2GP2GP2
34 KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder BelgiumGP2GP2GP2
35 Adidas Oregon Track Classic Gresham United StatesGP2GP2-
36 Cena Slovenska - Slovak Gold Bratislava SlovakiaGP2--
37 Grande Premio Rio de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil-GP2GP2

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References

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  2. ↑ Turner, Chris (2005). IAAF - World Athletics Tour. International Sports Press Association. Retrieved on 2009-09-11.
  3. ↑ IAAF World Outdoor Meetings 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ↑ Grand Prix Schedule 2003. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  5. ↑ IAAF World Outdoor Meetings 2003. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  6. ↑ IAAF World Outdoor Meetings 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  7. ↑ IAAF World Outdoor Meetings 2005. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
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