2005 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings

2005 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings 3rd 17 February – 10 September 34 (+1 final) 2004 2006 The 2005 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings was the third and final 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: 2005 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, 10 IAAF Grand Prix category meetings and 10 Grand Prix II meetings, making a combined total of 34 meetings for the series.IAAF World Outdoor Meetings 2005. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-25. The series hosted the same number of meetings as the previous year. The Helsinki Grand Prix was restored to the Grand Prix circuit after skipping 2004, while the Adidas Oregon Track Classic was dropped from the Grand Prix II category. Three meetings changed venue from 2003: the Bislett Games returned to Oslo from Bergen following stadium developments, the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria was moved from Heraklion to Athens, and the Norwich Union Super Grand Prix moved from Gateshead to Sheffield. Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 2005 IAAF World Athletics Final, held on 9–10 September Monaco.World Rankings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. The IAAF World Outdoor Meetings circuit was replaced by the IAAF World Athletics Tour the following year. Meetings #DateMeeting nameCityCountryLevel 1 17 February Telstra A-Series Melbourne Melbourne Australia IAAF Grand Prix II 2 30 April Meeting du Conseil General de la Martinique Fort-de-France France IAAF Grand Prix II 3 7 May Japan Grand Prix Osaka Japan IAAF Grand Prix I 4 13 May Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Doha Qatar IAAF Super Grand Prix 5 15 May Grande Premio Rio de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil IAAF Grand Prix II 6 22 May Grande Premio de Brasil de Atletismo Belém Brazil IAAF Grand Prix I 7 29 May THALES FBK-Games Hengelo Netherlands IAAF Grand Prix I 8 30 May Payton Jordan U.S. Open Palo Alto United States IAAF Grand Prix II 9 1 June Grand Prix Regione Lombardia Milan Italy IAAF Grand Prix II 10 3 June Meeting Memorial Primo Nebiolo Turin Italy IAAF Grand Prix II 11 4 June Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States IAAF Grand Prix I 12 4 June Meeting de Atletismo Sevilla Seville Spain IAAF Grand Prix I 13 9 June Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic IAAF Super Grand Prix 14 12 June Lille Metropole Meeting Villeneuve-d'Ascq France IAAF Grand Prix I 15 14 June Super Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Heraklion Greece IAAF Super Grand Prix 16 25 June Brothers Znamensky Memorial Kazan Russia IAAF Grand Prix II 17 27 June Memorial Josefa Odlozila Prague Czech Republic IAAF Grand Prix II 18 1 July Meeting de Paris Paris France 2005 IAAF Golden League 19 5 July Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland IAAF Super Grand Prix 20 8 July Golden Gala Rome Italy 2005 IAAF Golden League 21 11 July Grand Prix Zagreb Zagreb Croatia IAAF Grand Prix I 22 16 July Meeting de Madrid Madrid Spain IAAF Super Grand Prix 23 17 July International Meeting Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece IAAF Grand Prix II 24 22 July Norwich Union British Grand Prix London United Kingdom IAAF Super Grand Prix 25 23 July KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder Belgium IAAF Grand Prix II 26 25 July Helsinki Grand Prix Helsinki Finland IAAF Grand Prix I 27 26 July DN Galan Stockholm Sweden IAAF Super Grand Prix 28 29 July Bislett Games Oslo Norway 2005 IAAF Golden League 29 19 August Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland 2005 IAAF Golden League 30 21 August Norwich Union Super Grand Prix Sheffield United Kingdom IAAF Super Grand Prix 31 23 August Intersport Gugl-Meeting Linz Austria IAAF Grand Prix I 32 26 August Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium 2005 IAAF Golden League 33 28 August Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy IAAF Grand Prix I 34 4 September ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany 2005 IAAF Golden League F 9–10 September 2005 IAAF World Athletics Final Fontvieille Monaco IAAF World Athletics Final References 2005 IAAF Grand Prix