IAAF Grand Prix Final

Template:Short description The IAAF Grand Prix Final was an athletics competition featuring track and field events staged by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was first held in 1985 and replaced in 2003 by the IAAF World Athletics Final. For the most part of its history, the events were staged in early September in European major cities which also played host to prominent annual athletics meetings. Fukuoka City became the first non-European host in 1997. Doha followed in 2000 (also the first time the event was staged in October) and Melbourne was that last non-European host before the final edition of the competition was held in Paris in 2002.

The event programme was half that of a full traditional track and field programme, with events alternating each edition. For example, a men's 100 metres and women's 200 metres were contested in 1985, but not vice versa – that arrangement was reversed in 1986 and reversed again in 1987, and so forth. Middle-distance running was particularly prominent as a 1500 metres or a mile run were held at every edition of the tournament.

From 1982 to 1992, the winners of the Grand Prix title in an event were decided by the overall seasonal points rankings gained from competing on the IAAF Grand Prix circuit. This was amended in 1993 when seasonal points served as a method of qualifying for the final, with the event winner being the victor at the Grand Prix Final event. The athlete with the greatest number of points accumulated in the season across all events was declared the overall Grand Prix Final champion.

The Grand Prix Final had had a number of world records set in its history, including the Tim Montgomery 100 metres record that was later taken from him after the BALCO scandal.

Editions

Games	Year	Dates	Host stadium	Host city	Host country	Events
1st	1985	7 September	Olympic Stadium	Rome	Italy	16
2nd	1986	10 September	Olympic Stadium	Rome	Italy	17
3rd	1987	11 September	King Baudouin Stadium	Brussels	Belgium	17
4th	1988	26 August	Olympic Stadium	West Berlin	West Berlin	17
5th	1989	1 September	Stade Louis II	Fontvieille	Monaco	17
6th	1990	7 September	Olympic Stadium	Athens	Greece	18
7th	1991	20 September	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	Barcelona	Spain	17
8th	1992	4 September	Stadio delle Alpi	Turin	Italy	18
9th	1993	10 September	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre	London	United Kingdom	18
10th	1994	3 September	Stade Sébastien Charléty	Paris	France	17
11th	1995	9 September	Stade Louis II	Fontvieille	Monaco	18
12th	1996	7 September	Arena Civica	Milan	Italy	18
13th	1997	13 September	Hakatanomori Athletic Stadium	Fukuoka City	Japan	18
14th	1998	5 September	Luzhniki Stadium	Moscow	Russia	18
15th	1999	11 September	Olympic Stadium	Munich	Germany	18
16th	2000	5 October	Khalifa International Stadium	Doha	Qatar	18
17th	2001	9 September	Olympic Park Stadium	Melbourne	Australia	19
18th	2002	14 September	Stade Sébastien Charléty	Paris	France	18

Overall points leaders

Men

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1985	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	60	Template:Flagathlete	59
1986	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	61	Template:Flagathlete	61
1987	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	59	Template:Flagathlete	58
1988	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	61	Template:Flagathlete	58
1989	Template:Flagathlete	69	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	63
1990	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	61	Template:Flagathlete	59
1991	Template:Flagathlete	69	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	63
1992	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:FlagIOCathlete	59
1993	Template:Flagathlete	72	Template:Flagathlete	72	Template:Flagathlete	72
1994	Template:Flagathlete	78	Template:Flagathlete	72	Template:Flagathlete	72
1995	Template:Flagathlete	84	Template:Flagathlete	72	Template:Flagathlete	72
1996	Template:Flagathlete	103	Template:Flagathlete	99	Template:Flagathlete	95
1997	Template:Flagathlete	114	Template:Flagathlete	99	Template:Flagathlete	95
1998	Template:Flagathlete	136	Template:Flagathlete	114	Template:Flagathlete	97
1999	Template:Flagathlete	111	Template:Flagathlete	109	Template:Flagathlete	108
2000	Template:Flagathlete	101	Template:Flagathlete	94	Template:Flagathlete	93
2001	Template:Flagathlete	102	Template:Flagathlete	101	Template:Flagathlete	100
2002	Template:Flagathlete	116	Template:Flagathlete	116	Template:Flagathlete	102

Women

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1985	Template:Flagathlete	69	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	63
1986	Template:Flagathlete	69	Template:Flagathlete	65	Template:Flagathlete	63
1987	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	61
1988	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	57
1989	Template:Flagathlete	67	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	63
1990	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	63
1991	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	63
1992	Template:Flagathlete	63	Template:Flagathlete	61	Template:Flagathlete	59
1993	Template:Flagathlete	72	Template:Flagathlete	72	Template:Flagathlete	72
1994	Template:Flagathlete	72	Template:Flagathlete	72	Template:Flagathlete	72
1995	Template:Flagathlete	78	Template:Flagathlete	72	Template:Flagathlete	72
1996	Template:Flagathlete	93	Template:Flagathlete	90	Template:Flagathlete	85
1997	Template:Flagathlete	99	Template:Flagathlete	93	Template:Flagathlete	91
1998	Template:Flagathlete	130	Template:Flagathlete	107	Template:Flagathlete	101
1999	Template:Flagathlete	108	Template:Flagathlete	108	Template:Flagathlete	104
2000	Template:Flagathlete	110	Template:Flagathlete	104	Template:Flagathlete	104
2001	Template:Flagathlete	116	Template:Flagathlete	105	Template:Flagathlete	96
2002	Template:Flagathlete	116	Template:Flagathlete	111	Template:Flagathlete	108

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