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IAAF Golden League

Former athletics league

Field	Value
sport	Outdoor track and field
logo	IAAF Golden League Logo.jpg
founded	1998
folded	2009
continent	Europe

|}} The IAAF Golden League was an annual series of outdoor track and field meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Athletes who won specific events at all of the series meetings were awarded a jackpot prize, sometimes given in gold bars, which inspired the series name. The competition began with seven meetings and it lasted for twelve years as the IAAF's top tier of one-day meetings. Within the IAAF's global circuit, athletes received additional points for their performances at the Golden League for the IAAF Grand Prix (1998–2002),[[File:20090818 Olympisch Stadion Berlijn.JPG|thumb|The [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]] in [[Berlin]], which hosted the [[ISTAF Berlin]]]]The origins of the Golden League trace back to the Golden Four series that ran from 1993 to 1997, comprising four top level European meetings on the IAAF Grand Prix circuit (Berlin, Brussels, Oslo, and Zürich). The first Golden League was held as the new top tier of the 1998 IAAF Grand Prix and consisted of the former Golden Four meetings, plus Rome, Monaco, and the 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final in Moscow. From the 1999 IAAF Golden League onwards, the Meeting Gaz de France in Paris was added and the Grand Prix Final dropped. That year all meetings were scheduled for Wednesday evenings in order to improve the sport's television coverage. When the IAAF Grand Prix was succeeded by the IAAF World Outdoor Meetings series in 2003, the Monaco meeting was removed from the Golden League series and made host of the IAAF World Athletics Final instead. The Golden League meetings remained unchanged from 2003 to 2009.

The series had three title sponsors in its history, starting with Ericsson in 1998, TDK in 2004 and 2005, then ÅF in 2008 and 2009.

Editions

Edition	Year	Start date	End date	Meets	Jackpot
events	Oslo	Rome	Paris	Monaco	Zürich	Brussels	Berlin	GP Final	Series	Ref.
1	1998 ()	9 July	1 September	7	12	1	2		3	4	5	6	7	1998 IAAF Grand Prix	url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/1998/May/03/May_madrina_Rio_ga_0_980503085.shtml	title=la May madrina a Rio	author=Giorgio Lo Giudice	publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport, gazzetta.it	date=3 May 1998	access-date=3 September 2009}}
2	1999 ()	30 June	7 September	7	12	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		1999 IAAF Grand Prix	url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/1999/June/30/Prossima_tappa_Roma_ultimo_atto_ga_0_9906306565.shtml	title=Prossima tappa a Roma, l'ultimo atto a Berlino il 7 September	publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport, gazzetta.it	date=30 June 1999	access-date=3 September 2009}}
3	2000 ()	23 June	1 September	7	12	3	2	1	5	4	6	7		2000 IAAF Grand Prix	url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2000/marzo/02/Melbourne_lancia_Grand_Prix_ga_0_0003023176.shtml	title=Melbourne lancia il Grand Prix	publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport, gazzetta.it	date=2 March 2000	access-date=3 September 2009}}
4	2001 ()	29 June	31 August	7	14	3	1	2	4	5	6	7		2001 IAAF Grand Prix	url=http://www2.iaaf.org/GLE01/intro.html	title=IAAF GOLDEN LEAGUE 2001	publisher=iaaf.org	year=2001	access-date=4 September 2009	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802011158/http://www2.iaaf.org/GLE01/intro.html	archive-date=2 August 2012}}
5	2002 ()	28 June	6 September	7	12	1	3	2	4	5	6	7		2002 IAAF Grand Prix	url=http://www2.iaaf.org/GLE02/intro.html	title=IAAF GOLDEN LEAGUE 2002	publisher=iaaf.org	year=2002	access-date=4 September 2009	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801162507/http://www2.iaaf.org/GLE02/intro.html	archive-date=1 August 2012}}
6	2003 ()	27 June	5 September	6	12	1	3	2		4	5	6		2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings	url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/the-iaaf-golden-league-past-and-present	title=The IAAF Golden League – Past and Present	publisher=iaaf.org	date=8 May 2003	access-date=1 October 2019}}
7	2004 ()	11 June	12 September	6	12	1	2	3		4	5	6		2004 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings	url=http://www.iaaf.org/history/GLE/season=2004/results/index.html	title=Golden League 2004 Results	publisher=iaaf.org	year=2004	access-date=3 September 2009	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904010558/http://www.iaaf.org/history/GLE/season=2004/results/index.html	archive-date=4 September 2009}}
8	2005 ()	1 July	4 September	6	11	3	2	1		4	5	6		2005 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings	url=http://www.iaaf.org/history/GLE/season=2005/news/newsid=28080.html	title=Compact calendar, bigger audiences - TDK Golden League 2005	publisher=iaaf.org	date=5 January 2006	access-date=4 September 2009}}
9	2006 ()	2 June	3 September	6	11	1	3	2		4	5	6		2006 IAAF World Athletics Tour	url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/mens-distance-event-added-to-2006-iaaf-golden	title=Men's distance event added to 2006 IAAF Golden League	publisher=iaaf.org	date=3 February 2006	access-date=1 October 2019}}
10	2007 ()	15 June	16 September	6	10	1	3	2		4	5	6		2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour	url=http://www.iaaf.org/history/GLE/season=2007/news/newsid=38966.html	title=One week until the $1 Million chase begins - IAAF Golden League 2007	publisher=iaaf.org	date=8 June 2007	access-date=3 September 2009}}
11	2008 ()	1 June	5 September	6	10	2	3	4		5	6	1		2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour	url=http://www.iaaf.org/GLE08/news/newsid=42673.html	title=Golden League Jackpot events confirmed for 2008	publisher=iaaf.org	date=13 December 2007	access-date=3 September 2009}}
12	2009 ()	14 June	4 September	6	10	2	3	4		5	6	1		2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour	url=http://www.iaaf.org/GLE09/news/newsid=48750.html	title=ÅF Golden League Jackpot events confirmed for 2009	publisher=iaaf.org	date=18 December 2008	access-date=3 September 2009}}

Meetings

#	Meeting	Arena	City	Country	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
12	Bislett Games	Bislett Stadium	Oslo	Norway	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
12	Weltklasse Zürich	Letzigrund	Zürich	Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
12	Memorial Van Damme	King Baudouin Stadium	Brussels	Belgium	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
12	ISTAF Berlin	Olympiastadion	Berlin	Germany	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
12	Golden Gala	Stadio Olimpico	Rome	Italy	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
11	Meeting Areva	Stade de France	Paris	France		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
5	Herculis	Stade Louis II	Fontvieille	Monaco	•	•	•	•	•
1	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Luzhniki Stadium	Moscow	Russia	•

In 2004, the Bislett Games were moved from Oslo to the Fana Stadion in Bergen due to the redevelopment of the Bislett Stadium. The renovation was a requirement to its maintaining Golden League status.

The locations of the meetings from 2005 onwards

Jackpot

Rules

The jackpot and its eligibility rules changed through the competition's history. Each year, a number of men's and women's events were made eligible for the Golden League jackpot if an athlete won their event at all Golden League meetings. This ranged from five to eight men's events and five to six women's events for each year. In the first two years, jackpot winners shared in a US$1 million prize. In 2000 and 2001, this was changed 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 prize structure reverted to US$1 million for athletes winning at all the meets only, and a new stipulation was that athletes also had to compete at the IAAF World Athletics Final.

From 2006 onwards, the jackpot events were set to five men's events and five women's events, ensuring gender equality. The award structure was also changed in 2006 so that athletes who won any five of the six events shared in a purse of US$250,000, while the remaining US$750,000 would be divided among athletes who won all six meetings. This was to a response to the fact that only four athletes shared in the jackpot in the three previous seasons. From 2007 onwards, the jackpot was again only shared amongst athletes who won at all six meetings.[[File:Hurdles Bislett Games 2008.jpg|thumb|right|Hurdles at the [[Bislett Games]], one of the Golden League meets]]

Events

Event	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Total	Winners
100 m			USA Greene						JAM Powell				10	2
200 m													2	-
400 m									USA Wariner				4	2
800 m		DNK Kipketer		CHE Bucher									5	2
1500 m/Mile	MAR El Guerrouj		MAR El Guerrouj	MAR El Guerrouj	MAR El Guerrouj								9	4
3000 m/5000 m									ETH Bekele			ETH Bekele	6	2
5000 m/10,000 m	ETH Gebrselassie												1	1
110 m hurdles				USA Johnson									6	1
400 m hurdles					DOM Sánchez								5	1
3000 m s'chase													2	-
High jump													2	-
Pole vault													5	-
Long jump									PAN Saladino				4	1
Triple jump							SWE Olsson						4	1
Shot put													1	-
Discus throw													1	-
Javelin throw													8	-
Total	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	75
Winners	2	1	2	3	2	-	1	-	4	-	-	1	16

Event	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Total	Winners
100 m	USA Jones			USA Jones	USA Jones								10	3
200 m													2	-
400 m					MEX Guevara		BHS Williams		USA Richards	USA Richards		USA Richards	6	5
800 m						MOZ Mutola					KEN Jelimo		5	2
1500 m/Mile				ROU Szekely									6	1
3000 m/5000 m		ROU Szabó		RUS Yegorova					ETH Dibaba				6	3
5000 m/10,000 m													-	-
100 m hurdles													8	-
400 m hurdles													4	-
3000 m s'chase													-	-
High jump													8	-
Pole vault										RUS Isinbayeva		RUS Isinbayeva	2	2
Long jump			RUS Kotova										1	1
Triple jump								RUS Lebedeva					2	1
Shot put													-	-
Discus throw													-	-
Javelin throw			NOR Hattestad										3	1
Total	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	63
Winners	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	19

Winners

Year	Winners	Nations	Event(s)	Prize
1998 ()	Hicham El Guerrouj (1)		1500 metres/mile	$333,333
Haile Gebrselassie		5000 metres/10,000 metres
Marion Jones		100 metres
1999 ()	Wilson Kipketer		800 metres	$500,000
Gabriela Szabo		3000 metres/5000 metres
2000 ()	Hicham El Guerrouj (2)		1500 metres/mile	12.5 kg gold bar
Maurice Greene		100 metres
Trine Hattestad		Javelin throw
Tatyana Kotova		Long jump
2001 ()	André Bucher		800 metres	8.33 kg Gold Bar
Hicham El Guerrouj (3)		1500 metres/mile/2000 metres
Allen Johnson		110 metres hurdles
Marion Jones (2)		100 metres
Violeta Szekely		1500 metres
Olga Yegorova		3000 metres/5000 metres
2002 ()	Hicham El Guerrouj (4)		1500 metres	12.5 kg Gold Bar
Ana Guevara		400 metres
Marion Jones (3)		100 metres
Félix Sánchez		400 metres hurdles
2003 ()	Maria Mutola		800 metres	$1,000,000
2004 ()	Christian Olsson		Triple jump	$500,000
Tonique Williams-Darling		400 metres
2005 ()	Tatyana Lebedeva		Triple jump	$1,000,000
2006 ()	Asafa Powell		100 metres	$249,999*
Jeremy Wariner		400 metres
Sanya Richards		400 metres
Kenenisa Bekele		5000 metres	$83,333*
Tirunesh Dibaba		5000 metres
Irving Saladino		Long jump
2007 ()	Yelena Isinbayeva		Pole vault	$500,000
Sanya Richards (2)		400 metres
2008 (	Pamela Jelimo		800 metres	$1,000,000
2009 ()	Sanya Richards (3)		400 metres	$333,333
Yelena Isinbayeva (2)		Pole vault
Kenenisa Bekele (2)		3000 metres/5000 metres

The 2006 series had a split prize pot, with US$250,000 shared between the athletes who won at five meetings, and US$750,000 being shared among athletes who won at all six meetings.

Events by year

Year	Men	Women	Total
1998	200 metres	200 metres	13
800 metres	800 metres
5000 metres	3000 metres
110 metres hurdles	400 metres hurdles
3000 metres steeplechase
long jump	high jump
pole vault
javelin throw
1999	200 metres	200 metres	13
800 metres	800 metres
5000 metres	3000 metres
110 metres hurdles	400 metres hurdles
3000 metres steeplechase	high jump
long jump
pole vault
javelin throw
2000	100 metres	100 metres	12
1500 metres	1500 metres
3000 metres
400 metres hurdles	100 metres hurdles
high jump	long jump
pole vault
shot put	javelin throw
2001	100 metres	100 metres	14
800 metres	800 metres
1500 metres	1500 metres
3000 metres	3000 metres
3000 metres steeplechase
110 metres hurdles	400 metres hurdles
long jump	high jump
javelin throw
2002	100 metres	100 metres	12
	400 metres
1500 metres	1500 metres
3000 metres/5000 metres	3000 metres/5000 metres
400 metres hurdles	100 metres hurdles
pole vault
triple jump	javelin throw
2003	100 metres	100 metres	12
800 metres	800 metres
3000 metres/5000 metres	1500 metres
110 metres hurdles	400 metres hurdles
pole vault	triple jump
	high jump
javelin throw
2004	200 metres	100 metres	12
800 metres	400 metres
1500 metres	1500 metres
	3000 metres/5000 metres
400 metres hurdles	100 metres hurdles
triple jump	high jump
discus throw
2005	100 metres	100 metres	11
800 metres	800 metres
1500 metres/1 mile	3000 metres/5000 metres
110 metres hurdles	400 metres hurdles
high jump	triple jump
javelin throw
2006	100 metres	100 metres	10
400 metres	400 metres
5000 metres	5000 metres
	100 metres hurdles
long jump	high jump
javelin throw
2007	100 metres	100 metres	10
1500 metres / Mile	400 metres
110 metres hurdles	100 metres hurdles
triple jump	high jump
	pole vault
javelin throw
2008	100 metres	200 metres	11
400 metres
1500 metres	800 metres
400 metres hurdles	100 metres hurdles
long jump	high jump
javelin throw
2009	100 metres	100 metres	10
400 metres	400 metres
3000 metres/5000 metres
110 metres hurdles	100 metres hurdles
	high jump
	pole vault
javelin throw

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