2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour

2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour File:IAAF World Athletics Tour 2009 venues.svg 350 #b10000 Countries that hosted series meetings in 2009 gold Golden League meetings cyan Super Grand Prix meetings lightgreen Grand Prix meetings 4th 20 September 2008 6 September 2009 25 (+1 final) 2008 2010 IAAF World Challenge The 2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the fourth and final 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 25 one-day meetings, consisting of the six meetings of the 2009 IAAF Golden League, five IAAF Super Grand Prix meetings, and fourteen IAAF Grand Prix meetings. In addition, there were 29 Area Permit Meetings that carried point-scoring events. The series culminated in the two-day 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, held in Thessaloniki, Greece from 12–13 September.2009 World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01. Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva scored the most points during the circuit, with a total of 106. Five other athletes achieved a total of 100 points: distance runner Kenenisa Bekele, hurdler Dayron Robles, sprinters Kerron Stewart and Sanya Richards, and high jumper Blanka Vlašić. Schedule NumberDateMeetCityCountryLevelEvents (M+W) 1 20 September 2008 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix Shanghai China 2009 IAAF Grand Prix – 20 February New Zealand Permit Meeting Waitakere City New Zealand Oceania Area Permit Meeting – 28 February Sydney Track Classic Sydney Australia Oceania Area Permit Meeting 2 5 March Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia 2009 IAAF Grand Prix 3 18 April Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Dakar Senegal 2009 IAAF Grand Prix – 2 May Jamaica International Invitational Kingston Jamaica NACAC Area Permit Meeting 4 8 May Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Doha Qatar 2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix 5 9 May Osaka Grand Prix Osaka Japan 2009 IAAF Grand Prix – 10 May GP Caixa/Unifor de Atletismo Fortaleza Brazil CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting – 16 May Adidas Track Classic Carson United States NACAC Area Permit Meeting – 16 May Ponce Grand Prix Ponce Puerto Rico NACAC Area Permit Meeting – 17 May GP Rio Caixa de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting – 20 May GP Caixa/Sesi de Atletismo Uberlândia Brazil CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting – 23 May Asian AA Grand Prix Suzhou China AAA Area Permit Meeting – 23 May Rabat CAA Super Grand Prix Rabat Morocco CAA Area Permit Meeting 6 24 May Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Belém Brazil 2009 IAAF Grand Prix – 27 May Asian AA Grand Prix Kunshan China AAA Area Permit Meeting – 30 May Asian AA Grand Prix Hong Kong China AAA Area Permit Meeting 7 30 May Reebok Grand Prix New York City United States 2009 IAAF Grand Prix 8 1 June Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo Netherlands 2009 IAAF Grand Prix – 4 June Memorial Primo Nebiolo Turin Italy EAA Area Permit Meeting 9 7 June Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States 2009 IAAF Grand Prix – 7 June Janusz Kusocinski Memorial Warsaw Poland EAA Area Permit Meeting – 8 June Memorial Josefa Odlozila Prague Czech Republic EAA Area Permit Meeting – 10 June European Athletics Festival Bydgoszcz Poland EAA Area Permit Meeting – 10 June Olympic Meeting Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece EAA Area Permit Meeting – 11 June Alger CAA Super Grand Prix Algiers Algeria CAA Area Permit Meeting 10 14 June ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany 2009 IAAF Golden League 11 17 June Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic 2009 IAAF Grand Prix – 27 June Meeting de Atletismo Málaga Málaga Spain EAA Area Permit Meeting – 30 June Meeting Lille Metropole Villeneuve-d'Ascq France EAA Area Permit Meeting – 1 July Moscow Open Moscow Russia EAA Area Permit Meeting 12 3 July Bislett Games Oslo Norway 2009 IAAF Golden League 13 4 July Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain 2009 IAAF Grand Prix – 5 July Znamensky Memorial Zhukovsky Russia EAA Area Permit Meeting 14 7 July Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland 2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix 15 10 July Golden Gala Rome Italy 2009 IAAF Golden League 16 13 July Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Athens Greece 2009 IAAF Grand Prix – 15 July Spitzen Leichathletik Lucerne Switzerland EAA Area Permit Meeting 17 17 July Meeting Areva Paris Saint-Denis France 2009 IAAF Golden League – 18 July Abuja CAA Super Grand Prix Abuja Nigeria CAA Area Permit Meeting – 18 July Gobierno de Aragón Zaragoza Spain EAA Area Permit Meeting – 18 July KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder Belgium EAA Area Permit Meeting – 20 July Vardinoyiannia Rethymno Greece EAA Area Permit Meeting 18 24–25 July London Grand Prix London United Kingdom 2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix 19 28 July Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco 2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix 20 31 July DN Galan Stockholm Sweden 2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix – 25 August Tallinn Meeting Tallinn Estonia EAA Area Permit Meeting 21 28 August Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland 2009 IAAF Golden League 22 31 August British Grand Prix Gateshead United Kingdom 2009 IAAF Grand Prix 23 31 August Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia 2009 IAAF Grand Prix – 1 September Palio Città della Quercia Rovereto Italy EAA Area Permit Meeting 24 4 September Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium 2009 IAAF Golden League 25 6 September Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy 2009 IAAF Grand Prix F 12–13 September 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final Thessaloniki Greece IAAF World Athletics Final Points standings Athletes earned points at meetings during the series. The following athletes were the top performers for their event prior to the World Athletics Final.2009 World Athletics Tour Standings Updated after Rieti (ITA) - Sunday, Sep 06, 2009. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01. EventMale athletePointsFemale athletePoints100 metres Asafa Powell JAM 92 Kerron Stewart JAM 100200 metres Wallace Spearmon USA 58 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie BAH 55400 metres Jeremy Wariner USA 86 Sanya Richards USA 100800 metres Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUSDavid Rudisha KEN 72 Jemma Simpson GBR 641500 metres Augustine Kiprono Choge KEN 74 Gelete Burka ETH 863000 metres Eliud Kipchoge KEN 40 Wude Ayalew ETH 165000 metres Kenenisa Bekele ETH 100 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 28100/110 metres hurdles Dayron Robles CUB 100 Brigitte Foster-Hylton JAMPriscilla Lopes-Schliep CAN 86400 metres hurdles Kerron Clement USA 74 Melaine Walker JAM 743000 metres steeplechase Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 74 Ruth Bosibori KEN 68Pole vault Steve Hooker AUS 70 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 106High jump Jaroslav Bába CZE 66 Blanka Vlašić CRO 100Long jump Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA 78 Funmi Jimoh USA 60Triple jump Arnie David Giralt CUB 62 Yargelis Savigne CUB 62Shot put Reese Hoffa USA 62 Nadine Kleinert GER 56Discus throw Gerd Kanter EST 50 Yarelys Barrios CUB 40Javelin throw Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 80 Steffi Nerius GER 61Hammer throw Krisztián Pars HUN 50 Anita Włodarczyk POL 48 References External links Official 2009 World Athletics Final website 2009 World Athletics Tour