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The IAAF Golden League was an annual series of outdoor track and field meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Athletes who won specific events at all of the series meetings were awarded a jackpot prize, sometimes given in gold bars, which inspired the series name.<ref>PLUS: TRACK AND FIELD; Golden League Format Unchanged. New York Times (2000-12-18). Retrieved 2019-10-01.</ref> The competition began with seven meetings and it lasted for twelve years as the IAAF's top tier of one-day meetings. Within the IAAF's global circuit, athletes received additional points for their performances at the Golden League for the IAAF Grand Prix (1998–2002),<ref name=GP98/> IAAF World Outdoor Meetings (2003–2005),<ref name=WOM03/> then IAAF World Athletics Tour (2006–2009).<ref name=WAT09/> The Golden League was replaced in 2010 by the Diamond League, which marked an expansion to fourteen seasonal meetings covering all track and field events except the hammer throw.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

File:20090818 Olympisch Stadion Berlijn.JPG
The Olympiastadion in Berlin, which hosted the ISTAF Berlin

The origins of the Golden League trace back to the Golden Four series that ran from 1993 to 1997, comprising four top level European meetings on the IAAF Grand Prix circuit (Berlin, Brussels, Oslo, and Zürich).<ref>Rowbottom, Mike (1997-11-22). Athletics: Golden Four extended with more money and meetings. The Independent. Retrieved 2019-10-01.</ref> The first Golden League was held as the new top tier of the 1998 IAAF Grand Prix and consisted of the former Golden Four meetings, plus Rome, Monaco, and the 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final in Moscow.<ref name="Eric">IAAF Ericsson $1 million dollar jackpot for Golden League. IAAF (1998-07-08). Retrieved 2019-10-01.</ref> From the 1999 IAAF Golden League onwards, the Meeting Gaz de France in Paris was added and the Grand Prix Final dropped.<ref>Paris joins Golden Few. IAAF (1999-03-04). Retrieved 2019-10-01.</ref> That year all meetings were scheduled for Wednesday evenings in order to improve the sport's television coverage.<ref>42 outdoor Meetings in 1999 IAAF Calendar - All Golden League Meets on a Wednesday. IAAF (1998-10-28). Retrieved 2019-10-01.</ref> When the IAAF Grand Prix was succeeded by the IAAF World Outdoor Meetings series in 2003, the Monaco meeting was removed from the Golden League series and made host of the IAAF World Athletics Final instead.<ref>World Athletics Final – a new concept based on a tradition of quality. IAAF (2003-07-18). Retrieved 2019-10-01.</ref><ref name="Bislett">6 Golden League Meetings from 2003-2005. IAAF (2002-09-13). Retrieved 2019-10-01.</ref> The Golden League meetings remained unchanged from 2003 to 2009.<ref name="WOM03" /><ref name="WAT09" />

The series had three title sponsors in its history, starting with Ericsson in 1998,<ref name="Eric" /> TDK in 2004 and 2005,<ref name="TDK" /> then ÅF in 2008 and 2009.<ref>Twelve years of the IAAF Golden League. IAAF (2009-09-09). Retrieved 2019-10-01.</ref>

Editions

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Edition Year Start date End date Meets Jackpot
events 		Oslo Rome Paris Monaco Zürich Brussels Berlin GP Final Series Template:Abbr
1 1998 (Template:DetailsLink) 9 July 1 September 7 12 1 2 Template:N/a 3 4 5 6 7 1998 IAAF Grand Prix <ref name="programma1998">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="GP98">1998 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
2 1999 (Template:DetailsLink) 30 June 7 September 7 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Template:N/a 1999 IAAF Grand Prix <ref name="programma1999">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>1999 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
3 2000 (Template:DetailsLink) 23 June 1 September 7 12 3 2 1 5 4 6 7 Template:N/a 2000 IAAF Grand Prix <ref name="calendario2000">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>2000 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
4 2001 (Template:DetailsLink) 29 June 31 August 7 14 3 1 2 4 5 6 7 Template:N/a 2001 IAAF Grand Prix <ref name="programma2001">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>2001 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
5 2002 (Template:DetailsLink) 28 June 6 September 7 12 1 3 2 4 5 6 7 Template:N/a 2002 IAAF Grand Prix <ref name="programma2002">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Grand Prix Schedule 2002. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
6 2003 (Template:DetailsLink) 27 June 5 September 6 12 1 3 2 Template:N/a 4 5 6 Template:N/a 2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings <ref name="programma2003">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="WOM03">Grand Prix Schedule 2003. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
7 2004 (Template:DetailsLink) 11 June 12 September 6 12 1 2 3 Template:N/a 4 5 6 Template:N/a 2004 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings <ref name="calendario2004">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Grand Prix Schedule 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
8 2005 (Template:DetailsLink) 1 July 4 September 6 11 3 2 1 Template:N/a 4 5 6 Template:N/a 2005 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings <ref name="programma2005">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Grand Prix Schedule 2005. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
9 2006 (Template:DetailsLink) 2 June 3 September 6 11 1 3 2 Template:N/a 4 5 6 Template:N/a 2006 IAAF World Athletics Tour <ref name="programma2006">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="GP06">World Athletics Tour 2006. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
10 2007 (Template:DetailsLink) 15 June 16 September 6 10 1 3 2 Template:N/a 4 5 6 Template:N/a 2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour <ref name="programma2007">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="GP07">World Athletics Tour 2007. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
11 2008 (Template:DetailsLink) 1 June 5 September 6 10 2 3 4 Template:N/a 5 6 1 Template:N/a 2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour <ref name="programma2008">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>World Athletics Tour Results 2008. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>
12 2009 (Template:DetailsLink) 14 June 4 September 6 10 2 3 4 Template:N/a 5 6 1 Template:N/a 2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour <ref name="programma2009">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="WAT09">World Athletics Tour Results 2009. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.</ref>

Meetings

# Meeting Arena City Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
12 Bislett Games Bislett Stadium Oslo Norway • • • • • • • • • • • •
12 Weltklasse Zürich Letzigrund Zürich Switzerland • • • • • • • • • • • •
12 Memorial Van Damme King Baudouin Stadium Brussels Belgium • • • • • • • • • • • •
12 ISTAF Berlin Olympiastadion Berlin Germany • • • • • • • • • • • •
12 Golden Gala Stadio Olimpico Rome Italy • • • • • • • • • • • •
11 Meeting Areva Stade de France Paris France • • • • • • • • • • •
5 Herculis Stade Louis II Fontvieille Monaco • • • • •
1 IAAF Grand Prix Final Luzhniki Stadium Moscow Russia •
File:IAAF Golden League venues 2003 2005-2009.svg
The locations of the meetings from 2005 onwards

Jackpot

Rules

The jackpot and its eligibility rules changed through the competition's history. Each year, a number of men's and women's events were made eligible for the Golden League jackpot if an athlete won their event at all Golden League meetings. This ranged from five to eight men's events and five to six women's events for each year. In the first two years, jackpot winners shared in a US$1 million prize. In 2000 and 2001, this was changed 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 prize structure reverted to US$1 million for athletes winning at all the meets only, and a new stipulation was that athletes also had to compete at the IAAF World Athletics Final.<ref name=TDK>The TDK Golden League – Past and Present. IAAF (2004-03-29). Retrieved 2019-10-01.</ref>

From 2006 onwards, the jackpot events were set to five men's events and five women's events, ensuring gender equality.<ref>Ten IAAF Golden League Events in 2006. IAAF (2005-11-28). Retrieved 2019-10-01.</ref> The award structure was also changed in 2006 so that athletes who won any five of the six events shared in a purse of US$250,000, while the remaining US$750,000 would be divided among athletes who won all six meetings. This was to a response to the fact that only four athletes shared in the jackpot in the three previous seasons.<ref name=Jackpot1>Ramsak, Bob (2006-09-03). The Jackpot Story - IAAF Golden League. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-01.</ref><ref>Selected quotes – IAAF Golden League launch press conference, Oslo, Norway. IAAF (2006-06-01). Retrieved 2019-10-01.</ref> From 2007 onwards, the jackpot was again only shared amongst athletes who won at all six meetings.<ref>‘6 out of 6’ required for $1 Million IAAF Golden League Jackpot in 2007. IAAF (2006-12-06). Retrieved 2019-10-01.</ref>

File:Hurdles Bislett Games 2008.jpg
Hurdles at the Bislett Games, one of the Golden League meets

Events

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Men
Event 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total Winners
100 m Template:Flagicon Greene Template:Flagicon Powell 10 2
200 m 2 -
400 m Template:Flagicon Wariner 4 2
800 m Template:Flagicon Kipketer Template:Flagicon Bucher 5 2
1500 m/Mile Template:Flagicon El Guerrouj Template:Flagicon El Guerrouj Template:Flagicon El Guerrouj Template:Flagicon El Guerrouj 9 4
3000 m/5000 m Template:Flagicon Bekele<ref name="jackpot2006">Won five of six events</ref> Template:Flagicon Bekele 6 2
5000 m/10,000 m Template:Flagicon Gebrselassie 1 1
110 m hurdles Template:Flagicon Johnson 6 1
400 m hurdles Template:Flagicon Sánchez 5 1
3000 m s'chase 2 -
High jump 2 -
Pole vault 5 -
Long jump Template:Flagicon Saladino<ref name="jackpot2006" /> 4 1
Triple jump Template:Flagicon Olsson 4 1
Shot put 1 -
Discus throw 1 -
Javelin throw 8 -
Total 7 7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 75
Winners 2 1 2 3 2 - 1 - 4 - - 1 16
Women
Event 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total Winners
100 m Template:Flagicon Jones Template:Flagicon Jones Template:Flagicon Jones 10 3
200 m 2 -
400 m Template:Flagicon Guevara Template:Flagicon Williams Template:Flagicon Richards Template:Flagicon Richards Template:Flagicon Richards 6 5
800 m Template:Flagicon Mutola Template:Flagicon Jelimo 5 2
1500 m/Mile Template:Flagicon Szekely 6 1
3000 m/5000 m Template:Flagicon Szabó Template:Flagicon Yegorova Template:Flagicon Dibaba<ref name="jackpot2006" /> 6 3
5000 m/10,000 m - -
100 m hurdles 8 -
400 m hurdles 4 -
3000 m s'chase - -
High jump 8 -
Pole vault Template:Flagicon Isinbayeva Template:Flagicon Isinbayeva 2 2
Long jump Template:Flagicon Kotova 1 1
Triple jump Template:Flagicon Lebedeva 2 1
Shot put - -
Discus throw - -
Javelin throw Template:Flagicon Hattestad 3 1
Total 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 63
Winners 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 19

Winners

Year Winners Nations Event(s) Prize
1998 (Template:DetailsLink) Hicham El Guerrouj (1) Template:MAR 1500 metres/mile $333,333
Haile Gebrselassie Template:ETH 5000 metres/10,000 metres
Marion Jones Template:USA 100 metres
1999 (Template:DetailsLink) Wilson Kipketer Template:DEN 800 metres $500,000
Gabriela Szabo Template:ROM 3000 metres/5000 metres
2000 (Template:DetailsLink) Hicham El Guerrouj (2) Template:MAR 1500 metres/mile 12.5 kg gold bar
Maurice Greene Template:USA 100 metres
Trine Hattestad Template:NOR Javelin throw
Tatyana Kotova Template:RUS Long jump
2001 (Template:DetailsLink) André Bucher Template:SUI 800 metres 8.33 kg Gold Bar
Hicham El Guerrouj (3) Template:MAR 1500 metres/mile/2000 metres
Allen Johnson Template:USA 110 metres hurdles
Marion Jones (2) Template:USA 100 metres
Violeta Szekely Template:ROM 1500 metres
Olga Yegorova Template:RUS 3000 metres/5000 metres
2002 (Template:DetailsLink) Hicham El Guerrouj (4) Template:MAR 1500 metres 12.5 kg Gold Bar
Ana Guevara Template:MEX 400 metres
Marion Jones (3) Template:USA 100 metres
Félix Sánchez Template:DOM 400 metres hurdles
2003 (Template:DetailsLink) Maria Mutola Template:MOZ 800 metres $1,000,000
2004 (Template:DetailsLink) Christian Olsson Template:SWE Triple jump $500,000
Tonique Williams-Darling Template:BAH 400 metres
2005 (Template:DetailsLink) Tatyana Lebedeva Template:RUS Triple jump $1,000,000
2006 (Template:DetailsLink) Asafa Powell Template:JAM 100 metres $249,999*
Jeremy Wariner Template:USA 400 metres
Sanya Richards Template:USA 400 metres
Kenenisa Bekele Template:ETH 5000 metres $83,333*
Tirunesh Dibaba Template:ETH 5000 metres
Irving Saladino Template:PAN Long jump
2007 (Template:DetailsLink) Yelena Isinbayeva Template:RUS Pole vault $500,000
Sanya Richards (2) Template:USA 400 metres
2008 (Template:DetailsLink Pamela Jelimo Template:KEN 800 metres $1,000,000
2009 (Template:DetailsLink) Sanya Richards (3) Template:USA 400 metres $333,333
Yelena Isinbayeva (2) Template:RUS Pole vault
Kenenisa Bekele (2) Template:ETH 3000 metres/5000 metres
  • The 2006 series had a split prize pot, with US$250,000 shared between the athletes who won at five meetings, and US$750,000 being shared among athletes who won at all six meetings.<ref name=Jackpot1/>

Events by year

Year Men Women Total Template:Abbr
1998 200 metres 200 metres 13 <ref name=Intro>Golden League Intro Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-17.</ref>
800 metres 800 metres
5000 metres 3000 metres
110 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles
3000 metres steeplechase Template:N/a
long jump high jump
pole vault Template:N/a
javelin throw Template:N/a
1999 200 metres 200 metres 13 <ref name=Intro/><ref>1999 Bislett Games Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-17.</ref>
800 metres 800 metres
5000 metres 3000 metres
110 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles
3000 metres steeplechase high jump
long jump Template:N/a
pole vault Template:N/a
javelin throw Template:N/a
2000 100 metres 100 metres 12 <ref>ISTAF 2000 Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-04-20.</ref>
1500 metres 1500 metres
3000 metres Template:N/a
400 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles
high jump long jump
pole vault Template:N/a
shot put javelin throw
2001 100 metres 100 metres 14 <ref>Golden League 2001 Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-04-20.</ref>
800 metres 800 metres
1500 metres 1500 metres
3000 metres 3000 metres
3000 metres steeplechase Template:N/a
110 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles
long jump high jump
javelin throw Template:N/a
2002 100 metres 100 metres 12 <ref>Golden League 2002 Template:Webarchive. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-04-20.</ref>
Template:N/a 400 metres
1500 metres 1500 metres
3000 metres/5000 metres 3000 metres/5000 metres
400 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles
pole vault Template:N/a
triple jump javelin throw
2003 100 metres 100 metres 12
800 metres 800 metres
3000 metres/5000 metres 1500 metres
110 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles
pole vault triple jump
Template:N/a high jump
javelin throw Template:N/a
2004 200 metres 100 metres 12
800 metres 400 metres
1500 metres 1500 metres
Template:N/a 3000 metres/5000 metres
400 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles
triple jump high jump
discus throw Template:N/a
2005 100 metres 100 metres 11
800 metres 800 metres
1500 metres/1 mile 3000 metres/5000 metres
110 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles
high jump triple jump
javelin throw Template:N/a
2006 100 metres 100 metres 10
400 metres 400 metres
5000 metres 5000 metres
Template:N/a 100 metres hurdles
long jump high jump
javelin throw Template:N/a
2007 100 metres 100 metres 10
1500 metres / Mile 400 metres
110 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles
triple jump high jump
Template:N/a pole vault
javelin throw Template:N/a
2008 100 metres 200 metres 11
400 metres Template:N/a
1500 metres 800 metres
400 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles
long jump high jump
javelin throw Template:N/a
2009 100 metres 100 metres 10
400 metres 400 metres
3000 metres/5000 metres Template:N/a
110 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles
Template:N/a high jump
Template:N/a pole vault
javelin throw Template:N/a

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