1998 IAAF Grand Prix

1998 IAAF Grand Prix 14th 25 February – 19 September 26 (+1 final) 1997 1999 The 1998 IAAF Grand Prix was the fourteenth edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series changed format that year to incorporate the six 1998 IAAF Golden League meetings as the top tier, followed by the existing Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II level meetings, then finally the Permit level meetings. Grand Prix I featured nine meetings from 3 May to 25 August and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 25 February to 30 August, making a combined total of 26 meetings for the series.1998 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-27. An additional 11 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.1998 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meeting. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-23. Permit Meetings originally scheduled for Jakarta and San Jose, California were later dropped.1998 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meeting. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-23. Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 5 September in Moscow, Russia.IAAF Grand Prix Final. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-27. A further four IAAF Permit Meetings of non-Grand Prix status included point-scoring events in order to allow athletes full opportunities to compete in certain events.Scoring Events in IAAF Permit Meetings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-27. Middle-distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj was the points leader for the series, taking 96 points from eight meetings. The highest scoring female athlete was Marion Jones on 88 points over eight meetings – a feat also achieved by men's runner-up Bryan Bronson. Meetings Key: #A9F5A9 Non-Grand Prix, scoring meeting solid 1px #AAAAAA #DateMeeting nameCityCountryLevel 1 25 February Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia IAAF Grand Prix II — 28 February Sydney Track Classic Sydney Australia IAAF Permit Meeting — 20 March Engen Grand Prix Final Cape Town South Africa IAAF Permit Meeting 2 27 March All Africa Invitational Johannesburg South Africa IAAF Grand Prix II — 1 May Meeting IAAF du Conseil de Général Fort-de-France Martinique IAAF Permit Meeting 3 3 May Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil IAAF Grand Prix I 4 7 May Qatar International Athletic Meet Doha Qatar IAAF Grand Prix II 5 9 May Japan Grand Prix Osaka Japan IAAF Grand Prix I — 16 May Adidas Oregon Track Classic Portland United States IAAF Permit Meeting — 23 May Jamaica Invitational Kingston Jamaica IAAF Permit Meeting 6 30 May Gran Premio Diputacion Seville Spain IAAF Grand Prix II 7 31 May Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States IAAF Grand Prix I 8 1 June Adriaan Paulen Memorial Hengelo Netherlands IAAF Grand Prix II 9 4 June St Denis – l'Humanité Saint-Denis France IAAF Grand Prix II 10 9 June Slovnaft Meeting Bratislava Slovakia IAAF Grand Prix II 11 13 June Ericsson GP Helsinki Finland IAAF Grand Prix II — 24 June Meeting di Atletica Leggera Torino Turin Italy IAAF Permit Meeting — 26–27 June ITC International Meet New Delhi New Delhi India IAAF Permit Meeting 12 5 July Zipfer Gugl Grand Prix Linz Austria IAAF Grand Prix II — 5 July International Meeting Budapest Budapest Hungary IAAF Permit Meeting 13 9 July Bislett Games Oslo Norway 1998 IAAF Golden League — 10 July Live Nuremberg Nuremberg Germany IAAF Permit Meeting — 11 July Meeting Lille-Métropole Lille France IAAF Permit Meeting 14 14 July Golden Gala Rome Italy 1998 IAAF Golden League 15 16 July Nikaia Nice France IAAF Grand Prix I 16 19 July Grand Prix II Gateshead United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix II 17 25 July US Open Meet St. Louis United States IAAF Grand Prix I 18 29 July Meeting Gaz de France Paris France IAAF Grand Prix I 19 2 August British Grand Prix Sheffield United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix I 20 5 August DN Galan Stockholm Sweden IAAF Grand Prix I 21 8 August Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco 1998 IAAF Golden League 22 12 August Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland 1998 IAAF Golden League 23 25 August Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland IAAF Grand Prix I 24 28 August Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium 1998 IAAF Golden League 25 30 August Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy IAAF Grand Prix II 26 1 September ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany 1998 IAAF Golden League F 5 September 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final Moscow Russia 1998 IAAF Golden LeagueIAAF Grand Prix Final — 19 September Toto International Super Meeting Tokyo Japan IAAF Permit Meeting Points standings Overall men RankAthleteNationMeetsPoints1 Hicham El Guerrouj 8 942 Bryan Bronson United States 8 883 Jeff Hartwig United States 8 794 Michael Johnson United States 7 775 Denis Kapustin Russia 8 766= Luke Kipkosgei 8 736= Laban Rotich 8 738 Haile Gebrselassie 6 729 Ruslan Mashchenko Russia 8 7010= Maurice Greene United States 8 6810= Tyree Washington United States 8 6812 Daniel Komen 8 6613 Dinsdale Morgan 8 6514= Frankie Fredericks 7 6414= John Kibowen 8 6416= Maksim Tarasov Russia 7 6316= Ato Boldon 8 6316= Balázs Kiss 8 6319 Alvin Harrison United States 8 6020 Jonathan Edwards Great Britain 6 5921 Sergey Klyugin Russia 7 58.522= Mark Richardson Great Britain 7 5722= Samuel Matete 8 5724= Obadele Thompson 8 5624= Jerome Young United States 8 5626 Pat Manson United States 8 52.527= Assefa Mezgebu 6 5227= Jon Drummond United States 7 5227= LaMark Carter United States 8 5227= Tom Nyariki 8 52 Overall women RankAthleteNationMeetsPoints1 Marion Jones United States 8 882 Svetlana Masterkova Russia 8 833 Trine Hattestad 8 804= Falilat Ogunkoya 8 774= Charity Opara 8 776 Melissa Morrison United States 8 747 Michelle Freeman 8 718 Chryste Gaines United States 8 679 Gabriela Szabo 7 6610 Savatheda Fynes 8 6511 Tanja Damaske Germany 7 6212= Zahra Ouaziz 7 6112= Tatyana Shikolenko Russia 8 6114 Glory Alozie 6 59.515= Heike Drechsler Germany 7 5715= Kutre Dulecha 8 5715= Sonia O'Sullivan 8 5718= Jackline Maranga 8 5618= Jearl Miles Clark United States 8 5620= Dionne Rose 8 5520= Gete Wami 8 5522 Inger Miller United States 8 53.523= Grit Breuer Germany 5 5023= Carla Sacramento Portugal 6 5025= Sandie Richards 7 4725= Angie Vaughn United States 7 4725= Dawn Burrell United States 8 4725= Lorraine Graham 8 4729 Fiona May Italy 6 4630 Keturah Anderson Canada 8 45.5 References Points standings 1998 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Before Final OVERALL STANDING - Men. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-27. 1998 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Before Final OVERALL STANDING - Women. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-27. 1998 IAAF Grand Prix