2006 IAAF World Athletics Tour

2006 IAAF World Athletics Tour 1st 9 March 2006 10 September 2006 24 (+1 final) 2005 2007 The 2006 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the first edition of the annual global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series featured 24 one-day meetings, consisting of the six meetings of the 2006 IAAF Golden League, six IAAF Super Grand Prix meetings, and twelve IAAF Grand Prix meetings. In addition, there were 25 Area Permit Meetings that carried point-scoring events.Area Permit Meetings 2006. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-25. The series culminated in the two-day 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final, held in Stuttgart, Germany from 9–10 September.World Athletics Tour 2006. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01. The series replaced the IAAF World Outdoor Meetings series which had launched in 2003. As part of this change, the IAAF Grand Prix II category was dropped in favour of an Area Permit Meeting structure.Turner, Chris (2005). IAAF - World Athletics Tour. International Sports Press Association. Retrieved on 2009-09-11.IAAF World Outdoor Meetings 2003. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01. In comparison to the preceding year's series, the Herculis meet returned to Super Grand Prix status, having hosted the IAAF World Athletics Final for three years. The British Grand Prix, Golden Spike Ostrava and Meeting de Atletismo Madrid all dropped down from Super to regular Grand Prix status. All previous Grand Prix II meetings were dropped from the main series, with the exception of the Melbourne Track Classic which was promoted to Grand Prix status. The Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar was included as a Grand Prix for the first time. Among other Grand Prix meets, the Meeting Lille-Métropole and Gugl Grand Prix were demoted to Area Permit Meeting and the Gran Premio Diputación was dropped from the circuit entirely.IAAF World Athletics Tour 2006. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-25.Area Permit Meetings 2006. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-25. Meetings NumberDateMeetCityCountryLevelEvents (M+W) 1 9 March Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia 2006 IAAF Grand Prix 2 29 April Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Dakar Senegal 2006 IAAF Grand Prix 3 6 May Osaka Grand Prix Osaka Japan 2006 IAAF Grand Prix 4 12 May Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Doha Qatar 2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix 5 21 May Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Belém Brazil 2006 IAAF Grand Prix 6 28 May Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States 2006 IAAF Grand Prix 7 28 May Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo Netherlands 2006 IAAF Grand Prix 8 30 May Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic 2006 IAAF Grand Prix 9 2 June Bislett Games Oslo Norway 2006 IAAF Golden League 10 11 June British Grand Prix Gateshead United Kingdom 2006 IAAF Grand Prix 11 3 July Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Athens Greece 2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix 12 8 July Meeting Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis France 2006 IAAF Golden League 13 11 July Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland 2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix 14 14 July Golden Gala Rome Italy 2006 IAAF Golden League 15 17 July Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain 2006 IAAF Grand Prix 16 25 July DN Galan Stockholm Sweden 2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix 17 26 July Helsinki Grand Prix Helsinki Finland 2006 IAAF Grand Prix 18 28 July London Grand Prix London United Kingdom 2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix 19 18 August Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland 2006 IAAF Golden League 20 20 August Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco 2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix 21 25 August Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium 2006 IAAF Golden League 22 27 August Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy 2006 IAAF Grand Prix 23 31 August Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia 2006 IAAF Grand Prix 24 3 September ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany 2006 IAAF Golden League F 9–10 September 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final Stuttgart Germany IAAF World Athletics Final References 2006 World Athletics Tour