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The IAAF Golden League is an annual series of athletics meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

The series was formed to increase the profile of the leading athletics competitions - in the first season, those at Oslo, Rome, Monaco, Zürich, Brussels and Berlin. Athletes (in selected events) who win their event at all six meetings take a share of a USD 1 million jackpot. In addition, events at Golden League meetings scored more Grand Prix points than other Grand Prix meetings.

In 1999 a seventh event, Meeting Gaz de France, at St-Denis, Paris was added.

In 2000 and 2001, the USD 1 million was reduced to 50 kg of gold bars and athletes only had to win at 5 out of 7 meetings to qualify for the jackpot.

In 2003, the 50 kg of gold bars was reverted back to USD 1 million and Monaco was dropped from the league after it was awarded the IAAF World Athletics Final.

In 2004, the Bislett Games were moved from Oslo to Bergen due to the redevelopment of the Bislett stadion.

For the 2006 Golden League, the total prize pool remains at USD 1 million, but the award structure has been changed:

  • Athletes who win any five of the six events will share in a purse of USD 500,000.
  • The remaining USD 500,000 will be divided among athletes who win all six events.
Various rules have changed as the new competition finds its feet. The list of events which qualify for the jackpot is different each year, but there are usually six men's events and six women's.

Jackpot winners


Year Winners Event(s)
1998 Hicham El Guerrouj (2) 1500 m/mile
Haile Gebreselassie 5000 m/10000 m
Marion Jones (2) 100 m
1999 Wilson Kipketer 800 m
Gabriela Szabo 3000 m/5000 m
2000 Hicham El Guerrouj (2) 1500 m/mile
Maurice Greene 100 m
Trine Hattestad javelin
Tatyana Kotova long jump
2001 André Bucher 800 m
Hicham El Guerrouj (3) 1500 m/mile/2000 m
Allen Johnson 110 m hurdles
Marion Jones (2) 100 m
Violeta Szekely 1500 m
Olga Yegorova 3000 m/5000 m
2002 Hicham El Guerrouj (4) 1500 m
Ana Guevara 400 m
Marion Jones (3) 100 m
Felix Sánchez 400 m hurdles
2003 Maria Mutola 800 m
2004 Christian Olsson triple jump
Tonique Williams-Darling 400 m
2005 Tatyana Lebedeva triple jump

Meetings


Current meetings for 2006 *
Date Meet Stadium City Country
2 June Bislett Games Bislett stadion Oslo* Norway
8 July Meeting Gaz de France Stade de France Saint-Denis France
14 July Golden Gala Stadio Olimpico Rome Italy
18 August Weltklasse Zürich Letzigrund Zürich Switzerland
25 August Memorial van Damme King Baudouin Stadium Brussels Belgium
3 September ISTAF Olympiastadion Berlin Germany
Prior to 2003, a seventh meet, Herculis, was held in Monaco

External links


Athletics competitions

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