2001 IAAF Grand Prix
The 2001 IAAF Grand Prix was the seventeenth edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series was divided into four levels: 2001 IAAF Golden League, Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II, and IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seven Golden League meets, Grand Prix I featured 10 meetings from 6 May to 22 July and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 1 March to 2 September, making a combined total of 28 meetings for the series.[1] An additional 12 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.[2]
2001 IAAF Grand Prix | |
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Edition | 17th |
Dates | 16 February – 15 September |
Meetings | 28 (+1 final) |
← 2000 2002 → |
Compared to the previous season, the Oregon Track Classic and IAAF Grand Prix Palo Alto were included for the first time, the Qatar Athletic Grand Prix 1 was reintroduced after a year's break, and the Pontiac Grand Prix Invitational was dropped from the calendar.
Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 9 September in Melbourne, Australia.[3] Middle-distance runner Violeta Szekely was the points leader for the series, taking a series record high of 116 points from eight meetings. The highest scoring male athlete was middle-distance runner André Bucher, who scored 102 points. Another middle-distance runner, Maria Mutola, had the second highest with 105. Three men also reached 100 points: hurdler Allen Johnson, and distance runners Hicham El Guerrouj and Paul Bitok.
Meetings
# | Date | Meeting name | City | Country | Level |
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– | 16 February | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney | Australia | IAAF Permit Meeting |
1 | 1 March | Melbourne Track Classic | Melbourne | Australia | IAAF Grand Prix II |
2 | 23 March | Engen Grand Prix | Pretoria | South Africa | IAAF Grand Prix II |
– | 30 March | Engen Grand Prix Final | Cape Town | South Africa | IAAF Permit Meeting |
– | 28 April | Meeting du Conseil Général de Martinique | Fort-de-France | Martinique | IAAF Permit Meeting |
3 | 6 May | Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | IAAF Grand Prix I |
4 | 12 May | Japan Grand Prix | Osaka | Japan | IAAF Grand Prix I |
5 | 18 May | Qatar Athletic Grand Prix 1 | Doha | Qatar | IAAF Grand Prix I |
6 | 27 May | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | United States | IAAF Grand Prix I |
7 | 3 June | Adidas Oregon Track Classic | Portland | United States | IAAF Grand Prix II |
8 | 4 June | Fanny Blankers-Koen Games | Hengelo | Netherlands | IAAF Grand Prix II |
– | 6 June | Notturna di Milano | Milan | Italy | IAAF Permit Meeting |
9 | 8 June | Atletismo Sevilla | Seville | Spain | IAAF Grand Prix II |
10 | 9 June | IAAF Grand Prix Palo Alto | Palo Alto | United States | IAAF Grand Prix I |
– | 9 June | Znamensky Memorial | Moscow | Russia | IAAF Permit Meeting |
– | 9 June | Meeting di Atletica Leggera Torino | Turin | Italy | IAAF Permit Meeting |
11 | 11 June | Athens Grand Prix | Athens | Greece | IAAF Grand Prix I |
12 | 12 June | Cena Slovenska - Slovak Gold | Bratislava | Slovakia | IAAF Grand Prix II |
13 | 14 June | Asics Grand Prix Helsinki | Helsinki | Finland | IAAF Grand Prix II |
– | 17 June | Meeting du Nord | Lille | France | IAAF Permit Meeting |
– | 17 June | Live Leichtathletikfest Nuremberg | Nuremberg | Germany | IAAF Permit Meeting |
14 | 29 June | Golden Gala | Rome | Italy | 2001 IAAF Golden League |
– | 1 July | IAAF Permit Meeting Budapest | Budapest | Hungary | IAAF Permit Meeting |
15 | 2 July | IAAF Meeting Zagreb | Zagreb | Croatia | IAAF Grand Prix II |
16 | 4 July | Athletissima | Lausanne | Switzerland | IAAF Grand Prix I |
17 | 6 July | Meeting de Paris | Paris | France | 2001 IAAF Golden League |
18 | 9 July | Nikaia | Nice | France | IAAF Grand Prix I |
19 | 13 July | Bislett Games | Oslo | Norway | 2001 IAAF Golden League |
20 | 17 July | DN Galan | Stockholm | Sweden | IAAF Grand Prix I |
21 | 20 July | Herculis | Monte Carlo | Monaco | 2001 IAAF Golden League |
22 | 22 July | British Grand Prix | London | United Kingdom | IAAF Grand Prix I |
– | 25 July | Adidas - Ciutat de Barcelona | Barcelona | Spain | IAAF Permit Meeting |
23 | 17 August | Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | 2001 IAAF Golden League |
24 | 19 August | Norwich Union Classic - Grand Prix II | Gateshead | United Kingdom | IAAF Grand Prix II |
25 | 20 August | Gugl-Meeting | Linz | Austria | IAAF Grand Prix II |
– | 22 August | International Olympic Meeting | Thessaloniki | Greece | IAAF Permit Meeting |
26 | 24 August | Memorial Van Damme | Brussels | Belgium | 2001 IAAF Golden League |
27 | 31 August | ISTAF Berlin | Berlin | Germany | 2001 IAAF Golden League |
28 | 2 September | Rieti Meeting | Rieti | Italy | IAAF Grand Prix II |
F | 9 September | 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final | Melbourne | Australia | IAAF Grand Prix Final |
– | 15 September | Super Track & Field Meet | Yokohama | Japan | IAAF Permit Meeting |
Points standings
Overall men
Overall women
References
- 2001 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- IAAF Permit Meeting. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- IAAF Grand Prix Final. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- Points standings
- 2001 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Overall Men. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- 2001 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Overall Women. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31.