IAAF Golden League

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
1999	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
2004	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

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Jackpot winners

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