The 2004 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings was the second edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series had four levels: 2004 IAAF Golden League, IAAF Super Grand Prix, IAAF Grand Prix and IAAF Grand Prix II. There were 6 Golden League meetings, 8 Super Grand Prix category meetings, 9 IAAF Grand Prix category meetings and 11 Grand Prix II meetings, making a combined total of 34 meetings for the series.[1]
| 2004 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 2nd |
| Dates | 12 February – 18 September |
| Meetings | 34 (+1 final) |
← 2003 2005 → | |
The series hosted the same number of meetings as the previous year. The Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix was added to Super Grand Prix, the Helsinki Grand Prix was dropped from the Grand Prix circuit and the Cena Slovenska - Slovak Gold Grand Prix II meeting was replaced by the Grande Premio Rio de Atletismo. Three meetings changed venue from 2003: the Bislett Games moved from Oslo to Bergen due to stadium developments, the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria was moved from Trikala to Heraklion, and the Brother Znamensky Memorial moved from Tula, Russia to Kazan.[1]
Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final, held on 18–19 September in Monaco.[2]
Meetings edit
| # | Date | Meeting name | City | Country | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 February | Telstra A-Series Melbourne | Melbourne | Australia | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 2 | 24 April | Meeting du Conseil General de la Martinique | Fort-de-France | France | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 3 | 8 May | Japan Grand Prix | Osaka | Japan | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 4 | 14 May | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | Doha | Qatar | IAAF Super Grand Prix |
| 5 | 16 May | Grande Premio Rio de Atletismo | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 6 | 23 May | Grande Premio de Brasil de Atletismo | Belém | Brazil | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 7 | 31 May | U.S. Track & Field Open | Palo Alto | United States | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 8 | 31 May | THALES FBK-Games | Hengelo | Netherlands | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 9 | 2 June | Notturna di Milano | Milan | Italy | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 10 | 4 June | Meeting Memorial Primo Nebiolo | Turin | Italy | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 11 | 5 June | Adidas Oregon Track Classic | Gresham | United States | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 12 | 5 June | Meeting de Atletismo Sevilla | Seville | Spain | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 13 | 8 June | Golden Spike Ostrava | Ostrava | Czech Republic | IAAF Super Grand Prix |
| 14 | 11 June | Bislett Games | Bergen | Norway | 2004 IAAF Golden League |
| 15 | 19 June | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | United States | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 16 | 26 June | Lille Metropole Meeting | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | France | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 17 | 27 June | Norwich Union Classic | Gateshead | United Kingdom | IAAF Super Grand Prix |
| 18 | 28 June | Memorial Josefa Odlozila | Prague | Czech Republic | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 19 | 29 June | Grand Prix Zagreb | Zagreb | Croatia | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 20 | 2 July | Golden Gala | Rome | Italy | 2004 IAAF Golden League |
| 21 | 4 July | Super Grand Prix Tsiklitiria | Heraklion | Greece | IAAF Super Grand Prix |
| 22 | 6 July | Athletissima | Lausanne | Switzerland | IAAF Super Grand Prix |
| 23 | 9 July | Brothers Znamensky Memorial | Kazan | Russia | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 24 | 17 July | Meeting de Madrid | Madrid | Spain | IAAF Super Grand Prix |
| 25 | 19 July | International Meeting Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki | Greece | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 26 | 23 July | Meeting de Paris | Paris | France | 2004 IAAF Golden League |
| 27 | 27 July | DN Galan | Stockholm | Sweden | IAAF Super Grand Prix |
| 28 | 30 July | Norwich Union British Grand Prix | London | United Kingdom | IAAF Super Grand Prix |
| 29 | 31 July | KBC Night of Athletics | Heusden-Zolder | Belgium | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 30 | 2 August | Intersport Gugl-Meeting | Linz | Austria | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 31 | 6 August | Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | 2004 IAAF Golden League |
| 32 | 3 September | Memorial Van Damme | Brussels | Belgium | 2004 IAAF Golden League |
| 33 | 5 September | Rieti Meeting | Rieti | Italy | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 34 | 12 September | ISTAF Berlin | Berlin | Germany | 2004 IAAF Golden League |
| F | 18–19 September | 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final | Fontvieille | Monaco | IAAF World Athletics Final |
References edit
- ^ a b IAAF World Outdoor Meetings 2004. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ World Rankings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31.