2000 IAAF Grand Prix

2000 IAAF Grand Prix 16th 13 February – 5 October 26 (+1 final) 1999 2001 The 2000 IAAF Grand Prix was the sixteenth 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: 2000 IAAF Golden League, Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II, and IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seven Golden League meetings, Grand Prix I featured 9 meetings from 13 May to 5 August and Grand Prix II featured 10 meetings from 2 March to 3 September, making a combined total of 26 meetings for the series.2000 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. An additional 13 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.IAAF Permit Meeting. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-24. Compared to the previous season, the South African meet was moved from Roodepoort to Pretoria, and the Pontiac Grand Prix Invitational and IAAF Meeting Zagreb were included for the first time. The Tsiklitiria meet was promoted to Grand Prix I status. Four meetings were dropped from the calendar: the Qatar International Athletic Meet (not held that year), the St. Louis US Open Meet, the Meeting Gaz de France Saint-Denis and Weltklasse in Köln. Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 2000 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 5 October in Doha, Qatar.IAAF Grand Prix Final. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. Javelin thrower Trine Hattestad was the points leader for the series, taking 110 points from eight meetings. This was the second highest total ever for the circuit and the first time a woman led the rankings. The highest scoring male athlete was hurdler Angelo Taylor, who scored 101 points. Americans Marion Jones and Gail Devers were the other athletes to amass over 100 points, each with a total of 104. Meetings #DateMeeting nameCityCountryLevel – 13 February Sydney Track Classic Sydney Australia IAAF Permit Meeting 1 2 March Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia IAAF Grand Prix II 2 24 March Engen Grand Prix Pretoria South Africa IAAF Grand Prix II – 31 March Engen Grand Prix Final Cape Town South Africa IAAF Permit Meeting – 29 April Meeting du Conseil Général de Martinique Fort-de-France Martinique IAAF Permit Meeting 3 13 May Japan Grand Prix Osaka Japan IAAF Grand Prix I 4 14 May Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil IAAF Grand Prix I 5 28 May Adriaan Paulen Memorial Hengelo Netherlands IAAF Grand Prix II – 7 June Notturna di Milano Milan Italy IAAF Permit Meeting 6 9 June Gran Premio Diputacion Seville Spain IAAF Grand Prix II – 10 June Meeting di Atletica Leggera Torino Turin Italy IAAF Permit Meeting 7 15 June Ericsson GP Helsinki Finland IAAF Grand Prix II 8 17 June Pontiac Grand Prix Invitational Raleigh United States IAAF Grand Prix I – 17 June Meeting Lille-Métropole Lille France IAAF Permit Meeting – 18 June Znamensky Memorial Saint Petersburg Russia IAAF Permit Meeting 9 22 June Cena Slovenska - Slovak Gold Bratislava Slovakia IAAF Grand Prix II 10 23 June Meeting de Paris Paris France 2000 IAAF Golden League 11 24 June Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States IAAF Grand Prix I – 25 June Live Leichtathletikfest Nuremberg Nuremberg Germany IAAF Permit Meeting – 25 June Adidas Oregon Track Classic Portland United States IAAF Permit Meeting 12 28 June Tsiklitiria Athens Greece IAAF Grand Prix I 13 30 June Golden Gala Rome Italy 2000 IAAF Golden League 14 3 July IAAF Meeting Zagreb Zagreb Croatia IAAF Grand Prix II 15 5 July Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland IAAF Grand Prix I 16 8 July Nikaia Nice France IAAF Grand Prix I – 22 July IAAF Permit Meeting Budapest Budapest Hungary IAAF Permit Meeting – 25 July Adidas - Ciutat de Barcelona Barcelona Spain IAAF Permit Meeting 17 28 July Bislett Games Oslo Norway 2000 IAAF Golden League 18 1 August DN Galan Stockholm Sweden IAAF Grand Prix I 19 5 August Norwich Union British Grand Prix London United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix I 20 8 August Gugl Grand Prix Linz Austria IAAF Grand Prix II 21 11 August Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland 2000 IAAF Golden League 22 18 August Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco 2000 IAAF Golden League 23 25 August Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium 2000 IAAF Golden League 24 28 August CGU Classic Gateshead United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix II – 30 August International Olympic Meeting Thessaloniki Greece IAAF Permit Meeting 25 1 September ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany 2000 IAAF Golden League 26 3 September Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy IAAF Grand Prix II – 9 September Super Track & Field Meet Yokohama Japan IAAF Permit Meeting F 5 October 2000 IAAF Grand Prix Final Doha Qatar IAAF Grand Prix Final Points standings Overall men RankAthleteNationMeetsPoints 1 Angelo Taylor 9 101 2 Yuriy Bilonoh 9 94 3 Adam Nelson 8 93 4 Nick Hysong 9 86.5 5 Bernard Lagat 8 78 6 Tim Lobinger 9 77.5 7 Eric Thomas 9 77 8 Maurice Greene 8 77 9 Samuel Matete 9 75 10 Luke Kipkosgei 9 75 11 Vyacheslav Voronin 7 74 12 Llewellyn Herbert 7 74 13 Ali Saïdi-Sief 6 74 14 Okkert Brits 9 74 15 Hicham El Guerrouj 7 73 16 Brian Lewis 9 72.5 17 Sammy Kipketer 8 72 18 Ato Boldon 8 71.5 19 Maksim Tarasov 8 71 20 Tim Montgomery 8 70 21 Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily 8 69 22 Miroslav Menc 9 69 23 Kwaku Boateng 9 69 24 Noah Ngeny 6 66 25 Darren Campbell 8 66 26 Sergey Klyugin 9 65 27 Staffan Strand 9 64.5 28 C. 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Hunter 7 64 29 Andy Bloom 8 63 30 Nathan Leeper 8 62.5 31 Jeff Hartwig 9 62.5 32 Oliver-Sven Buder 9 62 33 Daniel Komen 7 60 33 Brahim Lahlafi 7 60 35 Koji Murofushi 7 58 36 William Chirchir 6 58 37 John Godina 6 57 38 Jonathan Edwards 5 57 39 Burger Lambrechts 9 57 40 Benjamin Kipkurui 8 56 41 Vyacheslav Shabunin 8 56 42 Dragutin Topić 7 56 43 Eronilde de Araújo 8 56 44 Mark Richardson 5 54 45 Kevin Sullivan 6 54 45 Tibor Gécsek 8 54 47 Rostislav Dimitrov 5 52 48 Greg Saddler 6 52 49 Onochie Achike 7 52 50 Charles Austin 8 5 Overall women RankAthleteNationMeetsPoints 1 Trine Hattestad 8 110 2 Marion Jones 9 104 3 Gail Devers 9 104 4 Violeta Szekely 9 94 5 Glory Alozie 9 91 6 Osleidys Menéndez 9 90 7 Tatyana Shikolenko 9 88 8 Fiona May 9 83 9 Delloreen Ennis-London 9 81 10 Kutre Dulecha 7 81 11 Chryste Gaines 9 78 12 Savatheda Fynes 9 76.5 13 Tatyana Kotova 7 75 14 Dawn Burrell 9 75 15 Heike Drechsler 7 73 16 Lorraine Graham 8 73 17 Melissa Morrison 9 71 18 Erica Johansson 9 71 19 Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich 8 70.5 20 Lidia Chojecka 6 68 21 Michelle Freeman 9 67 22 Niurka Montalvo 8 65 23 Debbie Ferguson 9 64 24 Chandra Sturrup 9 63.5 25 Falilat Ogunkoya 8 63 26 Sonia Bisset 7 60 27 Sonia O'Sullivan 7 60 28 Franka Dietzsch 6 59 29 Nouria Mérah-Benida 6 59 30 Cathy Freeman 6 57 31 Lydia Cheromei 7 55 32 Olga Shishigina 7 55 33 Olga Nelyubova 8 54 34 Carla Sacramento 6 52 35 Sharon Couch 8 50 36 Tegla Loroupe 7 50 37 Torri Edwards 9 50 38 Nicoleta Grasu 6 49 39 Leah Malot 5 48 40 Ellina Zvereva 5 48 41 Inger Miller 7 47.5 42 Iva Prandzheva 7 47 43 Nikola Tomecková 6 43 44 Beatrice Faumuina 5 43 45 Lisa-Marie Vizaniari 5 43 46 Tanja Damaske 5 43 47 Sandie Richards 6 42 48 Ana Guevara 5 42 49 Yekaterina Ivakina 7 40 50 Steffi Nerius 6 38 51 Christine Arron 5 38 51 Anjanette Kirkland 5 38 References Points standings 2000 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Overall Men. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. 2000 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Overall Women. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. 2000 IAAF Grand Prix