2001 IAAF Grand Prix

2001 IAAF Grand Prix 17th 16 February – 15 September 28 (+1 final) 2000 2002 The 2001 IAAF Grand Prix was the seventeenth 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: 2001 IAAF Golden League, Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II, and IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seven Golden League meets, Grand Prix I featured 10 meetings from 6 May to 22 July and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 1 March to 2 September, making a combined total of 28 meetings for the series.2001 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. An additional 11 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.IAAF Permit Meeting. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-24. Compared to the previous season, the Oregon Track Classic and IAAF Grand Prix Palo Alto were included for the first time, the Qatar Athletic Grand Prix 1 was reintroduced after a year's break, and the Pontiac Grand Prix Invitational was dropped from the calendar. Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 9 September in Melbourne, Australia.IAAF Grand Prix Final. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. Middle-distance runner Violeta Szekely was the points leader for the series, taking a series record high of 116 points from eight meetings. The highest scoring male athlete was middle-distance runner André Bucher, who scored 102 points. Another middle-distance runner, Maria Mutola, had the second highest with 105. Three men also reached 100 points: hurdler Allen Johnson, and distance runners Hicham El Guerrouj and Paul Bitok. Meetings #DateMeeting nameCityCountryLevel – 16 February Sydney Track Classic Sydney Australia IAAF Permit Meeting 1 1 March Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia IAAF Grand Prix II 2 23 March Engen Grand Prix Pretoria South Africa IAAF Grand Prix II – 30 March Engen Grand Prix Final Cape Town South Africa IAAF Permit Meeting – 28 April Meeting du Conseil Général de Martinique Fort-de-France Martinique IAAF Permit Meeting 3 6 May Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil IAAF Grand Prix I 4 12 May Japan Grand Prix Osaka Japan IAAF Grand Prix I 5 18 May Qatar Athletic Grand Prix 1 Doha Qatar IAAF Grand Prix I 6 27 May Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States IAAF Grand Prix I 7 3 June Adidas Oregon Track Classic Portland United States IAAF Grand Prix II 8 4 June Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo Netherlands IAAF Grand Prix II – 6 June Notturna di Milano Milan Italy IAAF Permit Meeting 9 8 June Atletismo Sevilla Seville Spain IAAF Grand Prix II 10 9 June IAAF Grand Prix Palo Alto Palo Alto United States IAAF Grand Prix I – 9 June Znamensky Memorial Moscow Russia IAAF Permit Meeting – 9 June Meeting di Atletica Leggera Torino Turin Italy IAAF Permit Meeting 11 11 June Athens Grand Prix Athens Greece IAAF Grand Prix I 12 12 June Cena Slovenska - Slovak Gold Bratislava Slovakia IAAF Grand Prix II 13 14 June Asics Grand Prix Helsinki Helsinki Finland IAAF Grand Prix II – 17 June Meeting du Nord Lille France IAAF Permit Meeting – 17 June Live Leichtathletikfest Nuremberg Nuremberg Germany IAAF Permit Meeting 14 29 June Golden Gala Rome Italy 2001 IAAF Golden League – 1 July IAAF Permit Meeting Budapest Budapest Hungary IAAF Permit Meeting 15 2 July IAAF Meeting Zagreb Zagreb Croatia IAAF Grand Prix II 16 4 July Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland IAAF Grand Prix I 17 6 July Meeting de Paris Paris France 2001 IAAF Golden League 18 9 July Nikaia Nice France IAAF Grand Prix I 19 13 July Bislett Games Oslo Norway 2001 IAAF Golden League 20 17 July DN Galan Stockholm Sweden IAAF Grand Prix I 21 20 July Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco 2001 IAAF Golden League 22 22 July Norwich Union British Grand Prix London United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix I 23 17 August Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland 2001 IAAF Golden League 24 19 August Norwich Union Classic - Grand Prix II Gateshead United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix II 25 20 August Gugl-Meeting Linz Austria IAAF Grand Prix II – 22 August International Olympic Meeting Thessaloniki Greece IAAF Permit Meeting 26 24 August Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium 2001 IAAF Golden League 27 31 August ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany 2001 IAAF Golden League 28 2 September Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy IAAF Grand Prix II F 9 September 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final Melbourne Australia IAAF Grand Prix Final – 15 September Super Track & Field Meet Yokohama Japan IAAF Permit Meeting Points standings Overall men RankAthleteNationMeetsPoints 1 André Bucher 8 102 2 Allen Johnson 9 101 3 Hicham El Guerrouj 8 100 4 Paul Bitok 9 100 5 Anier García 9 95 6 Bernard Lagat 9 94 7 Boris Henry 9 84 8 Kevin Dilworth 9 84 9 Yuriy Borzakovskiy 7 77 10 Jean-Patrick Nduwimana 9 77 11 Kipkurui Misoi 9 76 12 Ēriks Rags 9 76 13 Luke Kipkosgei 8 76 14 Virgilijus Alekna 7 75 15 Jan Železný 6 74 16 Brahim Boulami 6 74 17 William Yiampoy 9 73 18 Benjamin Limo 9 72 19 Terrence Trammell 9 71 20 Reuben Kosgei 6 70 21 William Chirchir 8 70 22 Savanté Stringfellow 7 70 23 Dominique Arnold 9 69 24 Raymond Hecht 9 69 25 Dudley Dorival 9 68 26 Steve Backley 8 67 27 Hussein Al-Sabee 9 67 28 Oleksy Lukashevych 7 64 29 Dariusz Trafas 9 64 30 Breaux Greer 9 61 31 Colin Jackson 9 60.5 32 Larry Wade 9 60 33 Noah Ngeny 7 59 34 Younès Moudrik 7 59 35 Jason Tunks 8 59 36 Shawn Crawford 6 58 37 Kenenisa Bekele 7 57 38 Iván Pedroso 6 57 39 Wilfred Bungei 9 57 40 Bernard Williams 5 56 41 Dawane Wallace 9 56 42 Frantz Kruger 7 56 43 Peter Blank 9 56 44 Laban Rotich 7 55 45 Kareem Streete-Thompson 9 55 46 Wilson Boit Kipketer 6 55 47 James Beckford 6 53 48 Sammy Kipketer 7 51 49 Hailu Mekonnen 7 51 50 Stephen Cherono 6 50 51 Christian Malcolm 6 50 52 Christopher Williams 8 50 53 Adam Setliff 7 50 54 Aleksander Tammert 8 49 55 Hezekiél Sepeng 8 47 56 John Kosgei 7 46 57 Richard Limo 6 46 58 Glody Dube 6 45 59 Abiyote Abate 8 45 60 John Kibowen 7 45 61 Joseph Mutua 6 44 62 Francis Obikwelu 6 43 63 Driss Maazouzi 7 42 64 Vasiliy Kaptyukh 7 42 65 Julius Nyamu 6 41 66 Róbert Fazekas 6 41 67 Luis Miguel Martín 5 40 68 Kevin Little 8 40 69 Aziz Zakari 7 39 70 Raymond Yator 5 39 71 Vyacheslav Shabunin 8 39 72 Konstadinos Gatsioudis 4 39 73 Vitaliy Shkurlatov 8 37 74 Enock Koech 6 36 75 Ali Saïdi-Sief 4 36 75 Aki Parviainen 5 36 75 Shaun Bownes 7 36 78 Sergey Makarov 5 33 78 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 5 33 80 Kevin Sullivan 5 32 81 Benjamin Kipkurui 5 32 82 Bernard Barmasai 4 32 82 Mark Crear 5 32 84 Dmitry Shevchenko 5 31 85 Staņislavs Olijars 4 30 86 Ali Ezzine 5 29 86 Michael Möllenbeck 5 29 88 Dwight Phillips 4 28 89 Abderrahim Goumri 6 27 90 Daniel Komen 6 27 91 André Domingos 5 26 92 Tom Nyariki 4 26 93 Mark Bett 3 25 94 Harri Haatainen 4 23 94 Antonio David Jiménez 4 23 94 Gregor Högler 5 23 94 Terry Reese 5 23 99 Stéphan Buckland 4 22 99 Zoltán Kővágó 4 22 Overall women RankAthleteNationMeetsPoints 1 Violeta Szekely 8 116 2 Maria Mutola 8 105 3 Tetyana Tereshchuk 8 96 4 Hestrie Cloete 8 93.5 5 Kajsa Bergqvist 8 92.5 6 Stephanie Graf 7 92 7 Natalya Gorelova 8 88 8 Stacy Dragila 8 86 8 Debbie Parris-Thymes 8 86 10 Inha Babakova 8 85.5 11 Tonja Buford-Bailey 8 85 12 Amy Acuff 8 81.5 13 Olga Yegorova 5 78 14 Sandra Glover 8 70 15 Natalya Tsyganova 8 69.5 16 Kelly Holmes 6 68 17 Vita Palamar 6 67.5 18 Svetlana Feofanova 6 67 18 Carla Sacramento 5 67 20 Nezha Bidouane 5 66 20 Tatyana Lebedeva 7 66 22 Venelina Veneva 8 64 22 Ionela Târlea 8 64 24 Tatyana Tomashova 4 60 25 Kamila Skolimowska 4 56 25 Olga Kuzenkova 5 56 25 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie 4 56 28 Jolanda Čeplak 8 55 29 Kellie Suttle 8 54.5 30 Faith Macharia 8 54 30 Zulia Calatayud 6 54 32 Daimí Pernía 7 53 32 Berhane Adere 6 53 34 Letitia Vriesde 8 52 34 Myriam Léonie Mani 4 52 36 Tereza Marinova 4 51 36 Edith Masai 5 51 38 Bronwyn Eagles 4 50 38 Yuliya Pechonkina 6 50 38 Lidia Chojecka 5 50 41 Juliet Campbell 4 49 42 Kelli White 4 48 43 Melissa Mueller 8 47.5 44 Nadzeya Ostapchuk 4 47 44 Leah Malot 4 47 44 Magdelín Martínez 5 47 44 Dawn Ellerbe 5 47 48 Astrid Kumbernuss 4 46 48 Beverly McDonald 4 46 50 Suzy Favor 5 45 50 Monika Pyrek 5 45 52 Gete Wami 5 44 53 Gabriela Szabo 5 43 54 Monica Iagăr 6 40.5 55 Volha Tsander 5 40 56 Françoise Mbango Etone 5 39 57 Dóra Győrffy 8 38,7 58 Irina Mistyukevich 7 38 59 Lieja Tunks 4 37 59 Paula Radcliffe 5 37 59 Svetlana Krivelyova 4 37 59 Lyudmila Vasilyeva 5 37 63 Mercy Nku 4 36 64 Yelena Isinbayeva 4 35 65 Olga Raspopova 7 33.5 66 Yelena Oleynikova 5 33 66 Connie Price-Smith 4 33 68 Yuliya Kosenkova 5 32 68 Sarah Schwald 6 32 68 Yanina Karolchyk 4 32 71 Tatiana Grigorieva 5 31.5 72 Regina Jacobs 5 30 73 Natalya Torshina 5 29 73 Olena Hovorova 4 29 73 Asmae Leghzaoui 5 29 76 Mary Sauer 6 28.5 77 Alesia Turava 4 28 77 Mardrea Hyman 6 28 77 Lyudmila Gubkina 4 28 80 Ivonne Teichmann 4 27 81 Surita Febbraio 6 25 82 Alenka Bikar 5 24.5 83 Cristina Nicolau 4 24 83 Doris Auer 6 24 85 Olga Kaliturina 5 23.5 86 Tatyana Konstantinova 7 23 86 Diane Cummins 4 23 88 Pavla Hamáčková 6 22 88 Anzhela Balakhonova 4 22 88 Karyne Di Marco 4 22 88 Heli Koivula 5 22 92 Rose Cheruiyot 3 21 92 Manuela Montebrun 3 21 94 Yelena Zadorozhnaya 2 20 94 Marla Runyan 3 20 94 Ebru Kavaklıoğlu 3 20 97 Valentina Fedyushina 5 19 97 LaTasha Jenkins 3 19 97 Daniela Yordanova 3 19 97 Blanka Vlašić 3 19 References Points standings 2001 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Overall Men. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. 2001 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Overall Women. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. 2001 IAAF Grand Prix