IAAF World Outdoor Meetings


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. 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. 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.
Prior to 2003, the IAAF Grand Prix had featured four levels 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.

Editions

A total of five meeting categories existed over the lifetime of the circuit:
Key:
EditionYearStart dateEnd dateMeetsGLSGPGPGP2FinalFinal dateRef.
120031 March7 September346710112003 IAAF World Athletics Final13–14 September
2200412 February12 September34689112004 IAAF World Athletics Final18–19 September
3200517 February4 September346810102005 IAAF World Athletics Final9–10 September

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.
#MeetingCityCountry200320042005
1ISTAF BerlinBerlinGermanyGLGLGL
2Bislett GamesOsloNorwayGLGLGL
3Golden GalaRomeItalyGLGLGL
4Weltklasse ZürichZürichSwitzerlandGLGLGL
5Memorial Van DammeBrusselsBelgiumGLGLGL
6Meeting ArevaSaint-DenisFranceGLGLGL
7HerculisMonte CarloMonacoWAFWAFWAF
8AthletissimaLausanneSwitzerlandSGPSGPSGP
9London Grand PrixLondonUnited KingdomSGPSGPSGP
10DN GalanStockholmSwedenSGPSGPSGP
11British Grand PrixGatesheadUnited KingdomSGPSGPSGP
12Athens Grand Prix TsiklitiriaAthensGreeceSGPSGPSGP
13Golden Spike OstravaOstravaCzech RepublicSGPSGPSGP
14Meeting de Atletismo MadridMadridSpainSGPSGPSGP
15Qatar Athletic Super Grand PrixDohaQatar-SGPSGP
16Prefontaine ClassicEugeneUnited StatesGPGPGP
17Osaka Grand PrixOsakaJapanGPGPGP
18Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de AtletismoBelémBrazilGPGPGP
19Meeting Lille-MétropoleVilleneuve-d'AscqFranceGPGPGP
20FBK GamesHengeloNetherlandsGPGPGP
21Rieti MeetingRietiItalyGPGPGP
22Hanžeković MemorialZagrebCroatiaGPGPGP
23Gran Premio DiputaciónSevilleSpainGPGPGP
24Gugl Grand PrixLinzAustriaGPGPGP
25Helsinki Grand PrixHelsinkiFinlandGP-GP
26Melbourne Track ClassicMelbourneAustraliaGP2GP2GP2
27Brothers Znamensky MemorialKazanRussiaGP2GP2GP2
28International Meeting ThessalonikiThessalonikiGreeceGP2GP2GP2
29Palo Alto MeetingPalo AltoUnited StatesGP2GP2GP2
30Meeting du Conseil Général de la MartiniqueFort-de-FranceFranceGP2GP2GP2
31Notturna di MilanoMilanItalyGP2GP2GP2
32Memorial Primo NebioloTurinItalyGP2GP2GP2
33Josef Odložil MemorialPragueCzech RepublicGP2GP2GP2
34KBC Night of AthleticsHeusden-ZolderBelgiumGP2GP2GP2
35Adidas Oregon Track ClassicGreshamUnited StatesGP2GP2-
36Cena Slovenska - Slovak GoldBratislavaSlovakiaGP2--
37Grande Premio Rio de AtletismoRio de JaneiroBrazil-GP2GP2