IAAF Grand Prix II

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IAAF Grand Prix II
Sport Track and field
Founded1993
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 1993 as an expansion of the IAAF Grand Prix series, adding a second category of competitions in order to support a greater number of meetings 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. [1] Over the competition's history, at least of 25 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 1993 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 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 1993 1993 IAAF Grand Prix Final 10 September
2 1994 1994 IAAF Grand Prix Final 3 September
3 1995 1995 IAAF Grand Prix Final 9 September
4 1996 19 February1 September12 1996 IAAF Grand Prix Final 7 September [2]
5 1997 20 February7 September10 1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final 13 September [3]
6 1998 25 February30 August11 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final 5 September [4]
7 1999 25 February5 September11 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final 11 September [5]
8 2000 2 March3 September10 2000 IAAF Grand Prix Final 5 October [6]
9 2001 1 March2 September11 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final 9 September [7]
10 2002 7 March8 September11 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final 14 September [8]
11 2003 1 March3 August11 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final 13–14 September [9]
12 2004 12 February31 July11 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final 18–19 September [10]
13 2005 17 February23 July10 2005 IAAF World Athletics Final 9–10 September [11]

Meetings

#MeetingCityCountry1993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005
1 British Grand Prix Gateshead United KingdomGP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2---
2 Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne AustraliaGP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2
3 FBK Games Hengelo NetherlandsGP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2---
4 Rieti Meeting Rieti ItalyGP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2---
5 Helsinki Grand Prix Helsinki FinlandGP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2---
6 Gran Premio Diputación Seville SpainGP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2---
7 Gugl Grand Prix Linz AustriaGP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2---
8 Cena Slovenska - Slovak Gold Bratislava SlovakiaGP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2--
9 Engen Grand Prix Pretoria South AfricaGP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2GP2---
10 Meeting de L'Humanité St. Denis FranceGP2GP2GP2GP2------
11 Bruce Jenner Classic San Jose United StatesGP2---------
12 Shiv Chatrapati Meeting New Delhi IndiaGP2---------
13 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Doha Qatar--GP2-------
14 Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Athens Greece---GP2------
15 Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia----GP2GP2GP2---
16 Adidas Oregon Track Classic Portland United States-----GP2GP2GP2GP2-
17 Brothers Znamensky Memorial Kazan Russia-------GP2GP2GP2
18 International Meeting Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece-------GP2GP2GP2
19 Palo Alto Meeting Palo Alto United States-------GP2GP2GP2
20 Meeting du Conseil Général de la Martinique Fort-de-France France-------GP2GP2GP2
21 Notturna di Milano Milan Italy-------GP2GP2GP2
22 Memorial Primo Nebiolo Turin Italy-------GP2GP2GP2
23 Josef Odložil Memorial Prague Czech Republic-------GP2GP2GP2
24 KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder Belgium-------GP2GP2GP2
25 Grande Premio Rio de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil--------GP2GP2

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References

  1. ↑ Grand Prix & Grand Prix II. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  2. ↑ IAAF Grand Prix II Schedule 1996. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  3. ↑ Grand Prix II 1997. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-29.
  4. ↑ 1998 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  5. ↑ 1999 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  6. ↑ 2000 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  7. ↑ 2001 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  8. ↑ Grand Prix Schedule 2002. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  9. ↑ Grand Prix Schedule 2003. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  10. ↑ Grand Prix Schedule 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  11. ↑ Grand Prix Schedule 2005. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
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