IAAF Golden League

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The IAAF Golden League is an annual series of athletics meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

The series was formed to increase the profile of the leading athletics competitions. Athletes (in selected events) who win their event at all six meetings take a share of a USD 1 million jackpot. In addition, events at Golden League meetings scored more Grand Prix points than other Grand Prix meetings.

Contents 1 History 2 Jackpot winners 3 Meetings 4 External links

[edit] History

The first Golden League season was held in 1998, consisting of the meetings of Oslo, Rome, Monaco, Zürich, Brussels and Berlin.

In 1999 a seventh event, Meeting Gaz de France, at St-Denis, Paris was added.

In 2000 and 2001, the USD 1 million was reduced to 50 kg of gold bars and athletes only had to win at 5 out of 7 meetings to qualify for the jackpot.

In 2003, the 50 kg of gold bars was reverted back to USD 1 million and Monaco was dropped from the league after it was awarded the IAAF World Athletics Final.

In 2004, the Bislett Games were moved from Oslo to Bergen due to the redevelopment of the Bislett stadion.

For the 2006 Golden League, the total prize pool remained at USD 1 million, but the award structure had been changed:

• Athletes who won any five of the six events would share in a purse of USD 500,000.
• The remaining USD 500,000 would be divided among athletes who won all six events.

In 2007, the Jackpot of USD 1 million will only be shared amongst those athletes who won at all six events. In case no athlete managed to win all six events, USD 500,000 will be shared amongst those who won at five of the six events.[1]

Various rules have changed as the new competition finds its feet. The list of events which qualify for the jackpot is different each year, but there are usually six (five for 2007) men's events and six women's. For the year 2007, the disciplines are:

• Men: 100m, 1500m, 110m Hurdles, Triple Jump, Javelin Throw;
• Women: 100m, 400m, 100m Hurdles, High Jump, Pole Vault.

[edit] Jackpot winners

Year	Winners	Event(s)
1998 Details	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham El Guerrouj (1)	1500 m/mile
	Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Haile Gebreselassie	5000 m/10000 m
	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Marion Jones	100 m
1999	Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Wilson Kipketer	800 m
	Image:Flag of Romania.svg Gabriela Szabo	3000 m/5000 m
2000 Details	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham El Guerrouj (2)	1500 m/mile
	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Maurice Greene	100 m
	Image:Flag of Norway.svg Trine Hattestad	javelin
	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Tatyana Kotova	long jump
2001 Details	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg André Bucher	800 m
	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham El Guerrouj (3)	1500 m/mile/2000 m
	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Allen Johnson	110 m hurdles
	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Marion Jones (2)	100 m
	Image:Flag of Romania.svg Violeta Szekely	1500 m
	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Olga Yegorova	3000 m/5000 m
2002 Details	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham El Guerrouj (4)	1500 m
	Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Ana Guevara	400 m
	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Marion Jones (3)	100 m
	Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Felix Sánchez	400 m hurdles
2003 Details	Image:Flag of Mozambique.svg Maria Mutola	800 m
2004 Details	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Christian Olsson	triple jump
	Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Tonique Williams-Darling	400 m
2005 Details	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Tatyana Lebedeva	triple jump
2006 Details	Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Asafa Powell	100 m
	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Wariner	400 m
	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Sanya Richards	400 m
2007 Details	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Yelena Isinbayeva	pole vault
	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Sanya Richards (2)	400 m

[edit] Meetings

Current meetings for 2007

Date	Meet	Stadium	City	Country
15 June	Bislett Games	Bislett stadion	Oslo	Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
6 July	Meeting Gaz de France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Image:Flag of France.svg France
13 July	Golden Gala	Stadio Olimpico	Rome	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
7 September	Weltklasse Zürich	Letzigrund	Zürich	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
14 September	Memorial van Damme	King Baudouin Stadium	Brussels	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
16 September	ISTAF	Olympiastadion	Berlin	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany

Prior to 2003, a seventh meet, Herculis, was held in Monaco

[edit] External links

• IAAF Golden League 2007 Official Site
• Bislett Games Official Site
• Meeting Gaz de France Official site
• Golden Gala Official Site
• Weltklasse Zürich Official Site
• Memorial van Damme Official Site
• ISTAF Official site

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