1999 IAAF Grand Prix

1999 IAAF Grand Prix 15th 25 February – 11 September 28 (+1 final) 1998 2000 The 1999 IAAF Grand Prix was the fifteenth 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: 1999 IAAF Golden League, Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II, and IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seven IAAF Golden League meetings, Grand Prix I featured 10 meetings from 25 April to 8 August and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 25 February to 5 September, making a combined total of 28 meetings for the series.1999 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. Athletes could also score additional points at IAAF Permit Meetings. Compared to the previous season, the Johannesburg meet was replaced by Roodepoort, and the Tsiklitiria meet in Greece and Weltklasse in Köln in Germany were included for the first time. The Qatar International Athletic Meet was promoted to Grand Prix I status and the Paris Meeting Gaz de France was promoted to IAAF Golden League status. The British Grand Prix meet moved from Sheffield to London. Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 11 September in Munich, Germany.IAAF Grand Prix Final. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. Steeplechaser Bernard Barmasai was the points leader for the series, taking 111 points from eight meetings (a new record for the series). The highest scoring female athletes were distance runners Gabriela Szabo and Maria Mutola, both of whom scored 108 points. Greek men's javelin thrower Konstadinos Gatsioudis had the second highest individual score with 109. Meetings #DateMeeting nameCityCountryLevel 1 25 February Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia IAAF Grand Prix II 2 19 March Engen Grand Prix Summer Series Roodepoort South Africa IAAF Grand Prix II 3 25 April Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil IAAF Grand Prix I 4 8 May Japan Grand Prix Osaka Japan IAAF Grand Prix I 5 13 May Qatar International Athletic Meet Doha Qatar IAAF Grand Prix I 6 22 May US Open Meet St. Louis United States IAAF Grand Prix I 7 28 May Gran Premio Diputacion Seville Spain IAAF Grand Prix II 8 30 May Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States IAAF Grand Prix I 9 30 May Adriaan Paulen Memorial Hengelo Netherlands IAAF Grand Prix II 10 8 June Cena Slovenska – Slovak Gold Bratislava Slovakia IAAF Grand Prix II 11 10 June Ericsson GP Helsinki Finland IAAF Grand Prix II 12 16 June Tsiklitiria Athens Greece IAAF Grand Prix II 13 27 June British IAAF Grand Prix II Gateshead United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix II 14 30 June Bislett Games Oslo Norway 1999 IAAF Golden League 15 2 July Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland IAAF Grand Prix I 16 3 July Meeting Gaz de France Saint-Denis Saint-Denis France IAAF Grand Prix II 17 7 July Golden Gala Rome Italy 1999 IAAF Golden League 18 17 July Nikaia Nice France IAAF Grand Prix I 19 21 July Meeting de Paris Paris France 1999 IAAF Golden League 20 26 July Zipfer Gugl Grand Prix Linz Austria IAAF Grand Prix II 21 30 July DN Galan Stockholm Sweden IAAF Grand Prix I 22 4 August Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco 1999 IAAF Golden League 23 7 August British Grand Prix London United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix I 24 8 August Weltklasse in Köln Cologne Germany IAAF Grand Prix I 25 11 August Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland 1999 IAAF Golden League 26 3 September Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium 1999 IAAF Golden League 27 5 September Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy IAAF Grand Prix II 28 7 September ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany 1999 IAAF Golden League F 11 September 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final Munich Germany IAAF Grand Prix Final Points standings Overall men RankAthleteNationMeetsPoints 1 Bernard Barmasai 8 111 2 Konstadinos Gatsioudis 8 109 3 Wilson Kipketer 7 108 4 Maksim Tarasov Russia 8 107 5 Noah Ngeny 8 104 6 Mark Crear United States 8 104 7 James Beckford 8 100 8 Benjamin Limo 8 99 9 Larry Wade United States 8 95 10 Jeff Hartwig United States 8 93 11 Hezekiél Sepeng South Africa 8 92 12 Raymond Hecht Germany 8 91 13 Lars Riedel Germany 7 87 14 Claudinei da Silva Brazil 7 84 15 Sergey Makarov Russia 8 81 16 Japheth Kimutai 7 77 17 Jürgen Schult Germany 8 76 18 Obadele Thompson 7 75 19 Christopher Koskei 8 74 20 Laban Rotich 8 71 21 Virgilijus Alekna 6 71 22 Younès Moudrik 7 71 23 Boris Henry Germany 8 71 24 Jan Železný 6 70 25 Paul Malakwen Kosgei 8 68 26 Paul Bitok 7 68 27 Nick Hysong United States 8 68 28 Hicham El Guerrouj 5 68 29 Tim Lobinger Germany 8 67.5 30 Ali Ezzine 6 67 31 Florian Schwarthoff Germany 7 66 32 Kennedy Kimwetich 8 66 33 Maurice Greene United States 4 65 34 Kipkurui Misoi 8 65 35 Dmitri Markov Australia 8 65 36 William Chirchir 8 65 37 Iván Pedroso 4 64 38 Kareem Streete-Thompson 8 64 39 Colin Jackson United Kingdom 6 63 40 Erick Walder United States 5 63 41 Anthony Washington United States 5 62 42 Daniel Komen 7 62 43 Aki Parviainen 7 60 44 Duane Ross United States 8 59 45 Francis Obikwelu 5 58 46 Tony Dees United States 8 57 47 Bernard Lagat 5 56 48 Salah Hissou 7 56 49 Michael Möllenbeck Germany 8 55 50 Kevin Little United States 8 55 51 Allen Johnson United States 7 54 52 Jean Galfione France 8 53.3 53 Robin Korving Netherlands 6 53 54 Richard Limo 6 52 55 David Kiptoo 6 52 56 Peter Blank Germany 8 52 57 Jai Taurima Australia 8 52 58 Danny Ecker Germany 7 51.5 59 Frankie Fredericks 4 50 60 Gregor Cankar 6 50 61 Mohammed Mourhit Belgium 5 49 62 Patrick Stevens Belgium 7 49 63 Sammy Kipketer 4 45 64 David Lelei 6 45 65 Roland McGhee United States 6 45 66 Tom Pukstys United States 8 44 67 Wilson Boit Kipketer 4 43 68 André Bucher Switzerland 4 43 69 Andy Bloom United States 5 43 70 William Tanui 6 42 71 Steve Holman United States 8 42 72 Haile Gebrselassie 5 42 73 Frantz Kruger South Africa 6 41 74 Elarbi Khattabi 5 40 75 Dudley Dorival 8 40 76 Pål Arne Fagernes 7 40 77 Andrei Tivontchik Germany 4 38 78 Steve Backley United Kingdom 6 38 79 David Krummenacker United States 6 37 80 Ali Saïdi-Sief 7 37 81 Jon Drummond United States 4 36 82 Luke Kipkosgei 4 35 83 Moses Kiptanui 5 32 84 Rohsaan Griffin United States 7 32 84 Igor Potapovich 8 32 86 John Mayock United Kingdom 6 31 87 Vadim Strogalev Russia 6 31 88 Michael Johnson United States 3 29 88 Bob Kennedy (runner) United States 5 29 88 Tony McCall United States 5 29 91 Sergey Lyakhov Russia 6 28 92 Lawrence Johnson United States 4 28 92 Koji Ito Japan 5 28 94 Julius Chelule 5 27 95 Jonathan Kandie 5 27 96 John Godina United States 4 27 96 Driss Maazouzi France 4 27 98 Michael Stolle Germany 5 26.3 99 Ismaïl Sghyr 4 26 100 Rui Silva Portugal 3 26 100 Johan Botha South Africa 4 26 100 Julian Golding United Kingdom 5 26 Overall women RankAthleteNationMeetsPoints 1 Gabriela Szabo 7 108 2 Maria Mutola 8 108 3 Deon Hemmings 8 104 4 Svetlana Masterkova Russia 8 99 5 Zahra Ouaziz 8 97 6 Hestrie Cloete South Africa 8 97 7 Paraskevi Tsiamita 8 92 8 Inger Miller United States 8 89.5 9 Sandra Glover United States 8 86 10 Nezha Bidouane 8 83 11 Beverly McDonald 8 82.5 12 Andrea Blackett 8 81 13 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 8 81 14 Savatheda Fynes 8 81 15 Ludmila Formanová 8 80 16 Inha Babakova 6 76 17 Marion Jones United States 7 76 18 Debbie Ferguson 8 75 19 Monica Iagăr 8 75 20 Yelena Yelesina Russia 8 73 21 Merlene Frazer 8 72 22 Violeta Szekely 5 71 23 Astrid Kumbernuss Germany 6 68 24 Zuzana Hlavoňová 7 67.5 25 Nadine Kleinert Germany 6 67 26 Natalya Tsyganova Russia 7 65 27 Ashia Hansen United Kingdom 7 63 28 Yelena Gulyayeva Russia 8 62.5 29 Michelle Johnson United States 8 61 30 Iva Prandzheva 7 60 31 Stephanie Graf 6 60 32 Olena Hovorova 7 59 33 Anita Weyermann Switzerland 5 59 34 Ionela Târlea 7 57 35 Tegla Loroupe 7 55 36 Svetlana Lapina Russia 8 55 37 Debbie-Ann Parris 8 52 38 Hanne Haugland 8 52 39 Connie Price-Smith United States 5 52 40 Cristina Nicolau 7 51 41 Valentina Fedyushina 7 51 42 Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom 6 49 43 Tatyana Lebedeva Russia 4 48 44 Krystyna Zabawska Poland 5 48 45 Leah Malot 6 47 46 Lidia Chojecka Poland 7 47 46 Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal 7 47 48 Letitia Vriesde 6 45 49 Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim Germany 5 44 50 Teri Steer United States 5 43 51 Mariya Pantyukhova Russia 5 42 52 Fatima Yusuf 5 39 53 Juliet Campbell 7 39 54 Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden 6 38.5 55 Lieja Koeman Netherlands 8 38 56 Carla Sacramento Portugal 5 38 56 Tina Paulino 7 38 58 Yelena Lebedenko Russia 7 37 59 Jackline Maranga 4 37 60 Jearl Miles Clark United States 5 37 61 Tereza Marinova 5 36 61 Guðrún Arnardóttir 7 36 63 Irina Mikitenko Germany 2 35 64 Olga Komyagina Russia 5 35 65 Tressa Thompson United States 6 35 66 Yamilé Aldama 4 34 67 Natalya Torshina 8 33 68 Yamna Oubouhou France 6 30 69 Hasna Benhassi 4 30 70 Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich 4 29 71 Susanthika Jayasinghe 4 26 72 Diane Modahl United Kingdom 4 26 73 Tisha Waller United States 4 26 73 Šárka Kašpárková 5 26 75 Meredith Rainey-Valmon United States 4 25 76 Mame Tacko Diouf 6 25 76 Susan Smith-Walsh 7 25 78 Svetlana Krivelyova Russia 3 24 79 Gete Wami 3 23 79 Cheri Goddard-Kenah United States 4 23 81 Chandra Sturrup 5 22 81 Gundega Sproģe 6 22 83 Anna Jakubczak Poland 3 21 83 Irina Mistyukevich Russia 3 21 83 Olga Nelyubova Russia 3 21 86 Asmae Leghzaoui 3 20 86 Nouria Mérah-Benida 5 20 86 Leah Pells Canada 5 20 89 Elena Hila 4 19 89 Kelly Holmes United Kingdom 4 19 91 Kim Batten United States 3 18 92 Yanina Korolchik 3 17 92 Olga Yegorova Russia 3 17 92 Margarita Marusova Russia 4 17 95 Amy Acuff United States 4 15.5 96 Andrea Philipp Germany 2 15 96 Marina Bastos Portugal 3 15 96 Daimí Pernía 3 15 99 Kathy Harris-Rounds United States 2 14 99 Ebru Kavaklıoğlu 2 14 99 Olga Vasdeki 2 14 99 Joetta Clark United States 3 14 99 Carmen Wüstenhagen Germany 3 14 99 Yelena Martson-Buzhenko 4 14 References Points standings 1999 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Overall Men. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. 1999 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Overall Women. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. 1999 IAAF Grand Prix