1997 IAAF Grand Prix

1997 IAAF Grand Prix 13th 20 February – 20 September 26 (+1 final) 1996 1998 The 1997 IAAF Grand Prix was the thirteenth edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series consisted of three levels: IAAF Grand Prix, IAAF Grand Prix II, and finally IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seventeen Grand Prix meetings and ten Grand Prix II meetings, making a combined total of 27 meetings for the series from 20 February to 20 September.1997 Grand Prix & Grand Prix II Schedules http://www.iaaf.org/gp97/index.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/19980223162552/http://www.iaaf.org/gp97/index.html 1998-02-23 2025-08-11 IAAF An additional 12 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.Outdoor Permit Meetings 1997. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-10-01. Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 13 September in Fukuoka, Japan.IAAF Grand Prix Final. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-27. Danish-Kenyan runner Wilson Kipketer was the winner of the overall men's title with 114 points, while Germany's Astrid Kumbernuss topped the women's rankings with 99 points in the discus throw.IAAF Grand Prix. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-01. Meetings Key: #A9F5A9 Non-Grand Prix, scoring meeting solid 1px #AAAAAA #DateMeeting nameCityCountryLevel 1 20 February Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia IAAF Grand Prix II 2 2 April All Africa Invitational Pretoria South Africa IAAF Grand Prix II — 8 April Engen Grand Prix Final Cape Town South Africa IAAF Permit Meeting — 1 May Memorial Marie Perrine Fort-de-France Martinique IAAF Permit Meeting 3 4 May Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil IAAF Grand Prix I 4 10 May Japan Grand Prix Osaka Japan IAAF Grand Prix I — 18 May Harry Jerome Track Classic Vancouver Canada IAAF Permit Meeting 5 25 May Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States IAAF Grand Prix I 6 29 May Gran Premio Diputacion Seville Spain IAAF Grand Prix II 7 31 May Adriaan Paulen Memorial Hengelo Netherlands IAAF Grand Prix II 8 2 June St Denis – l'Humanité Saint-Denis France IAAF Grand Prix II 9 5 June Golden Gala Rome Italy IAAF Grand Prix I 10 8 June Brothers Znamensky Memorial Moscow Russia IAAF Grand Prix I 11 10 June Slovnaft Meeting Bratislava Slovakia IAAF Grand Prix II — 13 June Live Nuremberg Nuremberg Germany IAAF Permit Meeting 12 18 June World Games Helsinki Helsinki Finland IAAF Grand Prix II — 24 June Meeting di Atletica Leggera Torino Turin Italy IAAF Permit Meeting 13 25 June Meeting Gaz de France Paris France IAAF Grand Prix I — 29 June Meeting Lille-Métropole Lille France IAAF Permit Meeting 14 29 June British Grand Prix Sheffield United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix I 15 2 July Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland IAAF Grand Prix I 16 4 July Bislett Games Oslo Norway IAAF Grand Prix I 17 7 July DN Galan Stockholm Sweden IAAF Grand Prix I 18 9 July Zipfer Gugl Grand Prix Linz Austria IAAF Grand Prix II 19 16 July Nikaia Nice France IAAF Grand Prix I — 19 July Meeting Internazionale del Sestriere Sestriere Italy IAAF Permit Meeting — 20 July International Meeting Budapest Budapest Hungary IAAF Permit Meeting 20 13 August Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland IAAF Grand Prix I 21 16 August Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco IAAF Grand Prix I 22 22 August Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium IAAF Grand Prix I 23 24 August Weltklasse in Köln Cologne Germany IAAF Grand Prix I 24 26 August ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany IAAF Grand Prix I 25 3 September Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy IAAF Grand Prix II — 5 September Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain IAAF Permit Meeting — 6 September Toto International Super Meeting Tokyo Japan IAAF Permit Meeting 26 7 September BUPA Games Grand Prix II Gateshead United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix II F 13 September 1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final Fukuoka Japan IAAF Grand Prix Final — 16 September ITC International Meeting New Delhi India IAAF Permit Meeting — 20 September Bob Hasan Invitational Jakarta Indonesia IAAF Permit Meeting Points standings Overall men RankAthleteNationMeetsPoints 1 Wilson Kipketer DEN 114.0 2 Lars Riedel GER 8 99.0 3 Mark Crear USA 8 95.0 4 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 8 93.0 5 Moses Kiptanui KEN 8 88.0 6 Daniel Komen KEN 8 86.0 7 Jan Železný CZE 8 85.0 8 James Beckford JAM 8 85.0 9 Boris Henry GER 8 82.0 10 Maksim Tarasov RUS 8 79.0 11 Bernard Barmasai KEN 8 76.0 12 Tony Jarrett GBR 8 69.0 13 Frankie Fredericks NAM 5 68.0 13 Allen Johnson USA 8 68.0 15 Tom Nyariki KEN 8 66.0 16 William Tanui KEN 8 65.0 16 Virgilijus Alekna LIT 7 65.0 18 Sergey Makarov RUS 8 64.0 19 Adam Setliff USA 7 63.0 20 Steve Backley GBR 8 62.0 20 Vénuste Niyongabo BUR 7 62.0 22 Igor Kováč SVK 8 61.0 22 Iván Pedroso CUB 4 61.0 24 Jürgen Schult GER 8 60.0 24 Patrick Ndururi KEN 7 60.0 24 Pat Manson USA 8 60.0 24 Khalid Boulami MAR 5 60.0 28 Jon Drummond USA 5 59.0 29 Rich Kenah USA 8 58.0 30 Sergei Bubka UKR 4 57.5 31 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 5 57.0 31 Eliud Barngetuny KEN 8 57.0 33 Tom Pukstys USA 8 56.0 34 Laban Rotich KEN 6 55.0 34 Patrik Bodén SWE 7 55.0 36 Florian Schwarthoff GER 8 54.5 37 Kirill Sosunov RUS 6 54.0 38 Paul Koech KEN 6 52.0 39 Ato Boldon TRI 5 50.0 39 Wilson Boit Kipketer KEN 6 50.0 41 Obadele Thompson BAR 5 49.0 41 Jack Pierce USA 8 49.0 43 Mick Hill GBR 7 48.0 43 Marko Koers NED 8 48.0 45 Tim Lobinger GER 8 47.8 46 Scott Huffman USA 8 47.3 47 Geir Moen NOR 7 47.0 48 John Godina USA 5 46.0 48 Paul Bitok KEN 7 46.0 48 Kevin Little USA 8 46.0 51 Andreas Seelig GER 8 45.0 51 Terry Reese USA 8 45.0 51 Patrick Sang KEN 8 45.0 54 Dmitri Markov BLR 8 44.5 54 Lawrence Johnson USA 7 44.5 56 Patrick Stevens BEL 8 44.0 56 Erick Walder USA 4 44.0 58 David Kiptoo KEN 7 43.0 58 Hezekiél Sepeng RSA 8 43.0 60 Robert Kiplagat Andersen DEN 5 41.0 61 Rohsaan Griffin USA 7 40.0 62 Ismaïl Sghyr MAR 6 39.0 62 Vincent Malakwen KEN 7 39.0 64 John Kibowen KEN 6 38.0 65 Anier García CUB 6 37.0 65 Colin Jackson GBR 8 37.0 67 Sean Robbins USA 7 36.0 67 Mohammed Mourhit BEL 6 36.0 69 Joseph Keter KEN 4 35.0 69 Roland McGhee USA 4 35.0 71 Riaan Botha RSA 6 34.8 72 Patrick Konchellah KEN 6 34.0 73 Juha Laukkanen FIN 6 32.0 74 Steve Holman USA 8 31.0 74 Roger Kingdom USA 7 31.0 74 Vebjørn Rodal NOR 6 31.0 77 Anthony Whiteman GBR 4 28.0 78 Okkert Brits RSA 5 27.3 79 Raymond Hecht GER 6 27.0 79 Aki Parviainen FIN 6 27.0 81 Assefa Mezgebu ETH 4 26.0 82 Cheikh Touré SEN 3 25.0 82 Salah Hissou MAR 4 25.0 82 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR 4 25.0 85 Jean Galfione FRA 4 24.5 86 Bob Kennedy USA 5 24.0 86 Elijah Maru KEN 5 24.0 88 Michael Möllenbeck GER 6 23.0 88 Paul Tergat KEN 3 23.0 88 Mark Everett USA 3 23.0 91 Igor Potapovich KAZ 6 22.0 91 Aleksandr Glavatskiy BLR 4 22.0 93 Courtney Hawkins USA 4 21.0 93 Dieter Baumann GER 5 21.0 93 Frederick Onyancha KEN 6 21.0 96 John Mayock GBR 5 20.0 97 Troy Douglas BER 4 18.0 97 Fermín Cacho ESP 4 18.0 97 Michael Johnson USA 2 18.0 97 Viktor Chistiakov RUS 6 18.0 Overall women RankAthleteNationMeetsPoints 1 Astrid Kumbernuss GER 8 99.0 2 Deon Hemmings JAM 8 93.0 3 Kim Batten USA 8 91.0 4 Inha Babakova UKR 8 90.0 5 Šárka Kašpárková CZE 8 87.0 6 Ashia Hansen GBR 8 79.0 7 Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB 7 79.0 8 Maria Mutola MOZ 6 73.0 9 Yelena Afanasyeva RUS 8 72.0 10 Tatyana Tereshchuk UKR 8 70.0 11 Lydia Cheromei KEN 6 65.0 12 Hanne Haugland NOR 8 63.5 13 Marion Jones USA 4 63.0 14 Monica Iagăr ROM 8 62.5 15 Amy Acuff USA 8 61.0 16 Carla Sacramento POR 7 60.0 17 Yuliya Lyakhova RUS 8 57.5 18 Rodica Mateescu ROM 5 57.0 19 Sally Barsosio KEN 5 56.0 19 Olena Hovorova UKR 8 56.0 21 Debbie-Ann Parris JAM 8 53.0 21 Vita Pavlysh UKR 4 53.0 21 Stephanie Storp GER 8 53.0 24 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor AUS 5 52.0 24 Suzy Favor Hamilton USA 5 52.0 26 Marina Trandenkova RUS 6 50.0 26 Jearl Miles Clark USA 6 50.0 26 Inger Miller USA 5 50.0 29 Nezha Bidouane MAR 7 49.0 29 Ludmila Formanová CZE 8 49.0 31 Juliet Campbell JAM 8 48.0 32 Irina Korzhanenko RUS 5 47.0 32 Merlene Ottey JAM 4 47.0 34 Alina Astafei GER 7 46.5 35 Olga Kaliturina RUS 8 45.5 36 Juliet Cuthbert JAM 7 45.0 36 Paula Radcliffe GBR 5 45.0 36 Gabriela Szabo ROM 5 45.0 39 Letitia Vriesde SUR 6 44.0 40 Connie Price-Smith USA 5 43.0 41 Tonja Buford-Bailey USA 6 42.0 42 Huang Zhihong CHN 4 41.0 43 Jackline Maranga KEN 5 39.0 44 Valentina Fedyushina UKR 7 38.0 44 Roberta Brunet ITA 6 38.0 46 Tatyana Motkova RUS 7 37.5 47 Guðrún Arnardóttir ISL 7 36.0 47 Joetta Clark USA 7 36.0 49 Galina Chistyakova SVK 7 35.0 49 Anna Knoroz RUS 8 35.0 51 Berhane Adere ETH 4 34.0 52 Viktoriya Fyodorova RUS 7 32.5 53 Judy Oakes GBR 5 32.0 54 Julie Henner USA 4 30.0 54 Irina Samorokova-Biryukova RUS 5 30.0 56 Zahra Ouaziz MAR 5 29.0 57 Lyudmila Borisova RUS 4 28.0 58 Cynthea Rhodes USA 7 27.0 58 Gete Wami ETH 5 27.0 58 Merima Denboba ETH 6 27.0 61 Theresia Kiesl AUT 6 26.0 61 Susan Smith IRL 8 26.0 61 Natalya Dukhnova BLR 6 26.0 64 Fernanda Ribeiro POR 3 25.0 65 Merlene Frazer JAM 4 24.0 66 Sonia O'Sullivan IRL 4 23.0 67 Yelena Donkina RUS 3 22.0 67 Rebecca Russell-Buchanan USA 6 22.0 67 Lidia Chojecka POL 3 22.0 70 Anita Weyermann SUI 4 21.0 71 Cathy Freeman AUS 4 20.0 71 Sally Gunnell GBR 4 20.0 71 Svetlana Krivelyova RUS 6 20.0 71 Tereza Marinova BUL 4 20.0 75 Kelly Holmes GBR 2 18.0 76 Leah Pells CAN 3 17.0 77 Toni Hodgkinson NZL 4 16.0 78 Valeyta Althouse USA 3 15.0 78 Hassiba Boulmerka ALG 4 15.0 78 Inessa Kravets UKR 3 15.0 78 Svetlana Masterkova RUS 2 15.0 82 Stefka Kostadinova BUL 2 14.5 83 Zhanna Pintusevich UKR 3 14.0 83 Regina Jacobs USA 3 14.0 83 Leah Malot KEN 3 14.0 83 Trevaia Williams USA 3 14.0 83 Nadine Kleinert GER 4 14.0 83 Michelle DiMuro USA 4 14.0 83 Andrea Blackett BAR 4 14.0 90 Amy Wickus USA 4 13.5 91 Amy Rudolph USA 2 13.0 91 Irina Khudoroshkina RUS 5 13.0 91 Chryste Gaines USA 3 13.0 94 Marina Bastos POR 3 12.0 94 Linda Kisabaka GER 4 12.0 94 Silvia Rieger GER 3 12.0 94 Sui Xinmei SUI 3 12.0 94 Luciana Mendes BRA 2 12.0 99 Yekaterina Podkopayeva RUS 3 11.0 99 Kathy Butler CAN 3 11.0 99 Donalda Duprey CAN 3 11.0 99 Inez Turner JAM 2 11.0 99 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 2 11.0 99 Masako Chiba JPN 1 11.0 References Points standings 1997 Grand Prix Standings Overall - Men. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-01. 1997 Grand Prix Standings Overall - Women. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-01. 1997 IAAF Grand Prix