IAAF Grand Prix Final

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]

IAAF Grand Prix Final
SportTrack and field
FounderInternational Association of Athletics Federations
Inaugural season1985
Ceased2002
Replaced byIAAF Golden League
ContinentWorldwide
QualificationIAAF Grand Prix

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

Games Year Dates Host stadium Host city Host country Events
1st19857 SeptemberOlympic StadiumRomeItaly16
2nd198610 SeptemberOlympic StadiumRomeItaly17
3rd198711 SeptemberKing Baudouin StadiumBrusselsBelgium17
4th198813 SeptemberOlympic StadiumWest BerlinWest Berlin17
5th19891 SeptemberStade Louis IIFontvieilleMonaco17
6th19907 SeptemberOlympic StadiumAthensGreece18
7th199120 SeptemberEstadi Olímpic Lluís CompanysBarcelonaSpain17
8th19924 SeptemberStadio delle AlpiTurinItaly18
9th199310 SeptemberCrystal Palace National Sports CentreLondonUnited Kingdom18
10th19943 SeptemberStade Sébastien CharlétyParisFrance17
11th19959 SeptemberStade Louis IIFontvieilleMonaco18
12th19967 SeptemberArena CivicaMilanItaly18
13th199713 SeptemberHakatanomori Athletic StadiumFukuoka CityJapan18
14th19985 SeptemberLuzhniki StadiumMoscowRussia18
15th199911 SeptemberOlympic StadiumMunichGermany18
16th20005 OctoberKhalifa International StadiumDohaQatar18
17th20019 SeptemberOlympic Park StadiumMelbourneAustralia19
18th200214 SeptemberStade Sébastien CharlétyParisFrance18

Overall points leaders

Men

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

Women

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

References

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