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1997 IAAF Grand Prix

The 1997 IAAF Grand Prix was the thirteenth edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series consisted of three levels: IAAF Grand Prix, IAAF Grand Prix II, and finally IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seventeen Grand Prix meetings and eleven Grand Prix II meetings, making a combined total of 28 meetings for the series from 20 February to 7 September.[1][2] An additional 15 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.[3]

1997 IAAF Grand Prix
Edition13th
Dates20 February – 16 September
Meetings28 (+1 final)
← 1996
1998 →

Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 13 September in Fukuoka, Japan.[4] Danish-Kenyan runner Wilson Kipketer was the winner of the overall men's title with 114 points, while Germany's Astrid Kumbernuss topped the women's rankings with 99 points in the discus throw.[5]

Meetings edit

Key:   Non-Grand Prix, scoring meeting

# Date Meeting name City Country Level
1 20 February Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia IAAF Grand Prix II
2 17 March All Africa Invitational Johannesburg South Africa IAAF Grand Prix II
- 8 April Engen Grand Prix Final Cape Town South Africa IAAF Permit Meeting
- 1 May Memorial Marie Perrine Fort-de-France Martinique IAAF Permit Meeting
- 3 May Bob Hasan Invitational Jakarta Indonesia IAAF Permit Meeting
3 4 May Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil IAAF Grand Prix I
4 10 May Japan Grand Prix Osaka Japan IAAF Grand Prix I
5 18 May USA Track & Field Grand Prix Charlotte United States IAAF Grand Prix I
6 25 May Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States IAAF Grand Prix I
7 30 May Gran Premio Diputacion Seville Spain IAAF Grand Prix II
8 31 May Adriaan Paulen Memorial Hengelo Netherlands IAAF Grand Prix II
9 31 May Bruce Jenner Classic San Jose United States IAAF Grand Prix II
- 1 June Harry Jerome Track Classic Vancouver Canada IAAF Permit Meeting
10 2 June St Denis – l'Humanité Saint-Denis France IAAF Grand Prix II
11 3 June Slovnaft Meeting Bratislava Slovakia IAAF Grand Prix II
12 5 June Golden Gala Rome Italy IAAF Grand Prix I
13 8 June Brothers Znamensky Memorial Moscow Russia IAAF Grand Prix I
- 13 June Live Nuremberg Nuremberg Germany IAAF Permit Meeting
14 15 June BUPA Games Grand Prix II Gateshead United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix II
15 18 June World Games Helsinki Helsinki Finland IAAF Grand Prix II
- 24 June Meeting di Atletica Leggera Torino Turin Italy IAAF Permit Meeting
16 25 June Meeting Gaz de France Paris France IAAF Grand Prix I
— 27 June Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain IAAF Permit Meeting
- 29 June Meeting Lille-Métropole Lille France IAAF Permit Meeting
17 29 June British Grand Prix London United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix I
18 2 July Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland IAAF Grand Prix I
19 4 July Bislett Games Oslo Norway IAAF Grand Prix I
20 7 July DN Galan Stockholm Sweden IAAF Grand Prix I
— 8 July Goodwill Meeting Saint Petersburg Russia IAAF Permit Meeting
21 9 July Zipfer Gugl Grand Prix Linz Austria IAAF Grand Prix II
— 12 July Notturna di Milano Milan Italy IAAF Permit Meeting
22 16 July Nikaia Nice France IAAF Grand Prix I
- 19 July Meeting Internazionale del Sestriere Sestriere Italy IAAF Permit Meeting
- 20 July International Meeting Budapest Budapest Hungary IAAF Permit Meeting
23 13 August Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland IAAF Grand Prix I
24 16 August Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco IAAF Grand Prix I
25 22 August Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium IAAF Grand Prix I
26 24 August Weltklasse in Köln Cologne Germany IAAF Grand Prix I
27 26 August ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany IAAF Grand Prix I
27 26 August ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany IAAF Grand Prix I
- 31 August McDonald's Games Sheffield United Kingdom IAAF Permit Meeting
28 3 September Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy IAAF Grand Prix II
- 19 September Toto International Super Meeting Tokyo Japan IAAF Permit Meeting
F 13 September 1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final Fukuoka Japan IAAF Grand Prix Final
— 16 September ITC International Meeting New Delhi India IAAF Permit Meeting

Points standings edit

Overall men edit

Rank Athlete Nation Meets Points
1 Wilson Kipketer   Denmark (DEN) 114.0
2 Lars Riedel   Germany (GER) 8 99.0
3 Mark Crear   United States (USA) 8 95.0
4 Hicham El Guerrouj   Morocco (MAR) 8 93.0
5 Moses Kiptanui   Kenya (KEN) 8 88.0
6 Daniel Komen   Kenya (KEN) 8 86.0
7 Jan Železný   Czech Republic (CZE) 8 85.0
8 James Beckford   Jamaica (JAM) 8 85.0
9 Boris Henry   Germany (GER) 8 82.0
10 Maksim Tarasov   Russia (RUS) 8 79.0
11 Bernard Barmasai   Kenya (KEN) 8 76.0
12 Tony Jarrett   Great Britain (GBR) 8 69.0
13 Frankie Fredericks   Namibia (NAM) 5 68.0
13 Allen Johnson   United States (USA) 8 68.0
15 Tom Nyariki   Kenya (KEN) 8 66.0
16 William Tanui   Kenya (KEN) 8 65.0
16 Virgilijus Alekna   Lithuania (LIT) 7 65.0
18 Sergey Makarov   Russia (RUS) 8 64.0
19 Adam Setliff   United States (USA) 7 63.0
20 Steve Backley   Great Britain (GBR) 8 62.0
20 Vénuste Niyongabo   Burkina Faso (BUR) 7 62.0
22 Igor Kováč   Slovakia (SVK) 8 61.0
22 Iván Pedroso   Cuba (CUB) 4 61.0
24 Jürgen Schult   Germany (GER) 8 60.0
24 Patrick Ndururi   Kenya (KEN) 7 60.0
24 Pat Manson   United States (USA) 8 60.0
24 Khalid Boulami   Morocco (MAR) 5 60.0
28 Jon Drummond   United States (USA) 5 59.0
29 Rich Kenah   United States (USA) 8 58.0
30 Sergei Bubka   Ukraine (UKR) 4 57.5
31 Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia (ETH) 5 57.0
31 Eliud Barngetuny   Kenya (KEN) 8 57.0
33 Tom Pukstys   United States (USA) 8 56.0
34 Laban Rotich   Kenya (KEN) 6 55.0
34 Patrik Bodén   Sweden (SWE) 7 55.0
36 Florian Schwarthoff   Germany (GER) 8 54.5
37 Kirill Sosunov   Russia (RUS) 6 54.0
38 Paul Koech   Kenya (KEN) 6 52.0
39 Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 5 50.0
39 Wilson Boit Kipketer   Kenya (KEN) 6 50.0
41 Obadele Thompson   Barbados (BAR) 5 49.0
41 Jack Pierce   United States (USA) 8 49.0
43 Mick Hill   Great Britain (GBR) 7 48.0
43 Marko Koers   Netherlands (NED) 8 48.0
45 Tim Lobinger   Germany (GER) 8 47.8
46 Scott Huffman   United States (USA) 8 47.3
47 Geir Moen   Norway (NOR) 7 47.0
48 John Godina   United States (USA) 5 46.0
48 Paul Bitok   Kenya (KEN) 7 46.0
48 Kevin Little   United States (USA) 8 46.0
51 Andreas Seelig   Germany (GER) 8 45.0
51 Terry Reese   United States (USA) 8 45.0
51 Patrick Sang   Kenya (KEN) 8 45.0
54 Dmitri Markov   Belarus (BLR) 8 44.5
54 Lawrence Johnson   United States (USA) 7 44.5
56 Patrick Stevens   Belgium (BEL) 8 44.0
56 Erick Walder   United States (USA) 4 44.0
58 David Kiptoo   Kenya (KEN) 7 43.0
58 Hezekiél Sepeng   South Africa (RSA) 8 43.0
60 Robert Kiplagat Andersen   Denmark (DEN) 5 41.0
61 Rohsaan Griffin   United States (USA) 7 40.0
62 Ismaïl Sghyr   Morocco (MAR) 6 39.0
62 Vincent Malakwen   Kenya (KEN) 7 39.0
64 John Kibowen   Kenya (KEN) 6 38.0
65 Anier García   Cuba (CUB) 6 37.0
65 Colin Jackson   Great Britain (GBR) 8 37.0
67 Sean Robbins   United States (USA) 7 36.0
67 Mohammed Mourhit   Belgium (BEL) 6 36.0
69 Joseph Keter   Kenya (KEN) 4 35.0
69 Roland McGhee   United States (USA) 4 35.0
71 Riaan Botha   South Africa (RSA) 6 34.8
72 Patrick Konchellah   Kenya (KEN) 6 34.0
73 Juha Laukkanen   Finland (FIN) 6 32.0
74 Steve Holman   United States (USA) 8 31.0
74 Roger Kingdom   United States (USA) 7 31.0
74 Vebjørn Rodal   Norway (NOR) 6 31.0
77 Anthony Whiteman   Great Britain (GBR) 4 28.0
78 Okkert Brits   South Africa (RSA) 5 27.3
79 Raymond Hecht   Germany (GER) 6 27.0
79 Aki Parviainen   Finland (FIN) 6 27.0
81 Assefa Mezgebu   Ethiopia (ETH) 4 26.0
82 Cheikh Touré   Senegal (SEN) 3 25.0
82 Salah Hissou   Morocco (MAR) 4 25.0
82 Vasiliy Kaptyukh   Belarus (BLR) 4 25.0
85 Jean Galfione   France (FRA) 4 24.5
86 Bob Kennedy   United States (USA) 5 24.0
86 Elijah Maru   Kenya (KEN) 5 24.0
88 Michael Möllenbeck   Germany (GER) 6 23.0
88 Paul Tergat   Kenya (KEN) 3 23.0
88 Mark Everett   United States (USA) 3 23.0
91 Igor Potapovich   Kazakhstan (KAZ) 6 22.0
91 Aleksandr Glavatskiy   Belarus (BLR) 4 22.0
93 Courtney Hawkins   United States (USA) 4 21.0
93 Dieter Baumann   Germany (GER) 5 21.0
93 Frederick Onyancha   Kenya (KEN) 6 21.0
96 John Mayock   Great Britain (GBR) 5 20.0
97 Troy Douglas   Bermuda (BER) 4 18.0
97 Fermín Cacho   Spain (ESP) 4 18.0
97 Michael Johnson   United States (USA) 2 18.0
97 Viktor Chistiakov   Russia (RUS) 6 18.0

Overall women edit

Rank Athlete Nation Meets Points
1 Astrid Kumbernuss   Germany (GER) 8 99.0
2 Deon Hemmings   Jamaica (JAM) 8 93.0
3 Kim Batten   United States (USA) 8 91.0
4 Inha Babakova   Ukraine (UKR) 8 90.0
5 Šárka Kašpárková   Czech Republic (CZE) 8 87.0
6 Ashia Hansen   Great Britain (GBR) 8 79.0
7 Ana Fidelia Quirot   Cuba (CUB) 7 79.0
8 Maria Mutola   Mozambique (MOZ) 6 73.0
9 Yelena Afanasyeva   Russia (RUS) 8 72.0
10 Tatyana Tereshchuk   Ukraine (UKR) 8 70.0
11 Lydia Cheromei   Kenya (KEN) 6 65.0
12 Hanne Haugland   Norway (NOR) 8 63.5
13 Marion Jones   United States (USA) 4 63.0
14 Monica Iagăr   Romania (ROM) 8 62.5
15 Amy Acuff   United States (USA) 8 61.0
16 Carla Sacramento   Portugal (POR) 7 60.0
17 Yuliya Lyakhova   Russia (RUS) 8 57.5
18 Rodica Mateescu   Romania (ROM) 5 57.0
19 Sally Barsosio   Kenya (KEN) 5 56.0
19 Olena Hovorova   Ukraine (UKR) 8 56.0
21 Debbie-Ann Parris   Jamaica (JAM) 8 53.0
21 Vita Pavlysh   Ukraine (UKR) 4 53.0
21 Stephanie Storp   Germany (GER) 8 53.0
24 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor   Australia (AUS) 5 52.0
24 Suzy Favor Hamilton   United States (USA) 5 52.0
26 Marina Trandenkova   Russia (RUS) 6 50.0
26 Jearl Miles Clark   United States (USA) 6 50.0
26 Inger Miller   United States (USA) 5 50.0
29 Nezha Bidouane   Morocco (MAR) 7 49.0
29 Ludmila Formanová   Czech Republic (CZE) 8 49.0
31 Juliet Campbell   Jamaica (JAM) 8 48.0
32 Irina Korzhanenko   Russia (RUS) 5 47.0
32 Merlene Ottey   Jamaica (JAM) 4 47.0
34 Alina Astafei   Germany (GER) 7 46.5
35 Olga Kaliturina   Russia (RUS) 8 45.5
36 Juliet Cuthbert   Jamaica (JAM) 7 45.0
36 Paula Radcliffe   Great Britain (GBR) 5 45.0
36 Gabriela Szabo   Romania (ROM) 5 45.0
39 Letitia Vriesde   Suriname (SUR) 6 44.0
40 Connie Price-Smith   United States (USA) 5 43.0
41 Tonja Buford-Bailey   United States (USA) 6 42.0
42 Huang Zhihong   China (CHN) 4 41.0
43 Jackline Maranga   Kenya (KEN) 5 39.0
44 Valentina Fedyushina   Ukraine (UKR) 7 38.0
44 Roberta Brunet   Italy (ITA) 6 38.0
46 Tatyana Motkova   Russia (RUS) 7 37.5
47 Guðrún Arnardóttir   Iceland (ISL) 7 36.0
47 Joetta Clark   United States (USA) 7 36.0
49 Galina Chistyakova   Slovakia (SVK) 7 35.0
49 Anna Knoroz   Russia (RUS) 8 35.0
51 Berhane Adere   Ethiopia (ETH) 4 34.0
52 Viktoriya Fyodorova   Russia (RUS) 7 32.5
53 Judy Oakes   Great Britain (GBR) 5 32.0
54 Julie Henner   United States (USA) 4 30.0
54 Irina Samorokova-Biryukova   Russia (RUS) 5 30.0
56 Zahra Ouaziz   Morocco (MAR) 5 29.0
57 Lyudmila Borisova   Russia (RUS) 4 28.0
58 Cynthea Rhodes   United States (USA) 7 27.0
58 Gete Wami   Ethiopia (ETH) 5 27.0
58 Merima Denboba   Ethiopia (ETH) 6 27.0
61 Theresia Kiesl   Austria (AUT) 6 26.0
61 Susan Smith   Ireland (IRL) 8 26.0
61 Natalya Dukhnova   Belarus (BLR) 6 26.0
64 Fernanda Ribeiro   Portugal (POR) 3 25.0
65 Merlene Frazer   Jamaica (JAM) 4 24.0
66 Sonia O'Sullivan   Ireland (IRL) 4 23.0
67 Yelena Donkina   Russia (RUS) 3 22.0
67 Rebecca Russell-Buchanan   United States (USA) 6 22.0
67 Lidia Chojecka   Poland (POL) 3 22.0
70 Anita Weyermann    Switzerland (SUI) 4 21.0
71 Cathy Freeman   Australia (AUS) 4 20.0
71 Sally Gunnell   Great Britain (GBR) 4 20.0
71 Svetlana Krivelyova   Russia (RUS) 6 20.0
71 Tereza Marinova   Bulgaria (BUL) 4 20.0
75 Kelly Holmes   Great Britain (GBR) 2 18.0
76 Leah Pells   Canada (CAN) 3 17.0
77 Toni Hodgkinson   New Zealand (NZL) 4 16.0
78 Valeyta Althouse   United States (USA) 3 15.0
78 Hassiba Boulmerka   Algeria (ALG) 4 15.0
78 Inessa Kravets   Ukraine (UKR) 3 15.0
78 Svetlana Masterkova   Russia (RUS) 2 15.0
82 Stefka Kostadinova   Bulgaria (BUL) 2 14.5
83 Zhanna Pintusevich   Ukraine (UKR) 3 14.0
83 Regina Jacobs   United States (USA) 3 14.0
83 Leah Malot   Kenya (KEN) 3 14.0
83 Trevaia Williams   United States (USA) 3 14.0
83 Nadine Kleinert   Germany (GER) 4 14.0
83 Michelle DiMuro   United States (USA) 4 14.0
83 Andrea Blackett   Barbados (BAR) 4 14.0
90 Amy Wickus   United States (USA) 4 13.5
91 Amy Rudolph   United States (USA) 2 13.0
91 Irina Khudoroshkina   Russia (RUS) 5 13.0
91 Chryste Gaines   United States (USA) 3 13.0
94 Marina Bastos   Portugal (POR) 3 12.0
94 Linda Kisabaka   Germany (GER) 4 12.0
94 Silvia Rieger   Germany (GER) 3 12.0
94 Sui Xinmei    Switzerland (SUI) 3 12.0
94 Luciana Mendes   Brazil (BRA) 2 12.0
99 Yekaterina Podkopayeva   Russia (RUS) 3 11.0
99 Kathy Butler   Canada (CAN) 3 11.0
99 Donalda Duprey   Canada (CAN) 3 11.0
99 Inez Turner   Jamaica (JAM) 2 11.0
99 Harumi Hiroyama   Japan (JPN) 2 11.0
99 Masako Chiba   Japan (JPN) 1 11.0

References edit

  1. ^ Grand Prix II 1997. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  2. ^ Grand Prix 1997. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  3. ^ Outdoor Permit Meetings 1997. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  4. ^ IAAF Grand Prix Final. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  5. ^ IAAF Grand Prix. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
Points standings
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