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| 1999 IAAF Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 15th |
| Dates | 25 February – 11 September |
| Meetings | 28 (+1 final) |
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The 1999 IAAF Grand Prix was the fifteenth 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: 1999 IAAF Golden League, Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II, and IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seven IAAF Golden League meetings, Grand Prix I featured 10 meetings from 25 April to 8 August and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 25 February to 5 September, making a combined total of 28 meetings for the series.[1] Athletes could also score additional points at IAAF Permit Meetings.
Compared to the previous season, the Johannesburg meet was replaced by Roodepoort, and the Tsiklitiria meet in Greece and Weltklasse in Köln in Germany were included for the first time. The Qatar International Athletic Meet was promoted to Grand Prix I status and the Paris Meeting Gaz de France was promoted to IAAF Golden League status. The British Grand Prix meet moved from Sheffield to London.
Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 11 September in Munich, Germany.[2] Steeplechaser Bernard Barmasai was the points leader for the series, taking 111 points from eight meetings (a new record for the series). The highest scoring female athletes were distance runners Gabriela Szabo and Maria Mutola, both of whom scored 108 points. Greek men's javelin thrower Konstadinos Gatsioudis had the second highest individual score with 109.
Meetings
| # | Date | Meeting name | City | Country | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 February | Melbourne Track Classic | Melbourne | Australia | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 2 | 19 March | Engen Grand Prix Summer Series | Roodepoort | South Africa | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 3 | 25 April | Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 4 | 8 May | Japan Grand Prix | Osaka | Japan | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 5 | 13 May | Qatar International Athletic Meet | Doha | Qatar | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 6 | 22 May | US Open Meet | St. Louis | United States | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 7 | 28 May | Gran Premio Diputacion | Seville | Spain | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 8 | 30 May | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | United States | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 9 | 30 May | Adriaan Paulen Memorial | Hengelo | Netherlands | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 10 | 8 June | Cena Slovenska – Slovak Gold | Bratislava | Slovakia | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 11 | 10 June | Ericsson GP | Helsinki | Finland | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 12 | 16 June | Tsiklitiria | Athens | Greece | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 13 | 30 June | Bislett Games | Oslo | Norway | 1999 IAAF Golden League |
| 14 | 27 June | British IAAF Grand Prix II | Gateshead | United Kingdom | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 15 | 2 July | Athletissima | Lausanne | Switzerland | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 16 | 3 July | Meeting Gaz de France Saint-Denis | Saint-Denis | France | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 17 | 7 July | Golden Gala | Rome | Italy | 1999 IAAF Golden League |
| 18 | 17 July | Nikaia | Nice | France | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 19 | 21 July | Meeting de Paris | Paris | France | 1999 IAAF Golden League |
| 20 | 26 July | Zipfer Gugl Grand Prix | Linz | Austria | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 21 | 30 July | DN Galan | Stockholm | Sweden | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 22 | 4 August | Herculis | Monte Carlo | Monaco | 1999 IAAF Golden League |
| 23 | 7 August | British Grand Prix | London | United Kingdom | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 24 | 8 August | Weltklasse in Köln | Cologne | Germany | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 25 | 11 August | Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | 1999 IAAF Golden League |
| 26 | 3 September | Memorial Van Damme | Brussels | Belgium | 1999 IAAF Golden League |
| 27 | 5 September | Rieti Meeting | Rieti | Italy | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 28 | 7 September | ISTAF Berlin | Berlin | Germany | 1999 IAAF Golden League |
| F | 11 September | 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final | Munich | Germany | IAAF Grand Prix Final |
