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IAAF Golden League
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The IAAF Golden League is an annual series of athletics meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
The series was formed to increase the profile of the leading athletics competitions. 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.
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The first Golden League season was held in 1998, consisting of the meetings of Oslo, Rome, Monaco, Zürich, Brussels and Berlin.
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 remained at USD 1 million, but the award structure had been changed:
- Athletes who won any five of the six events would share in a purse of USD 500,000.
- The remaining USD 500,000 would be divided among athletes who won all six events.
In 2007, the Jackpot of USD 1 million will only be shared amongst those atlethes who won at all six events. In case no atlethe managed to win all six events, USD 500,000 will be shared amongst those who won at five of the six events.[1]
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. For the year 2007, the disciplines are:
- Men: 100m, 1500m, 110m Hurdles, Triple Jump, Javelin Throw;
- Women: 100m, 400m, 100m Hurdles, High Jump, Pole Vault.
| Year | Winners | Event(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 |  Hicham El Guerrouj (1) |
1500 m/mile |
 Haile Gebreselassie |
5000 m/10000 m | |
 Marion Jones |
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 Details |
 Christian Olsson |
triple jump |
 Tonique Williams-Darling |
400 m | |
| 2005 | Tatyana Lebedeva |
triple jump |
| 2006 |  Asafa Powell |
100 m |
| Jeremy Wariner |
400 m | |
| Sanya Richards |
400 m |
Current meetings for 2007
| Date | Meet | Stadium | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June | Bislett Games | Bislett stadion | Oslo | Norway |
| 6 July | Meeting Gaz de France | Stade de France | Saint-Denis |  France |
| 13 July | Golden Gala | Stadio Olimpico | Rome |  Italy |
| 7 September | Weltklasse Zürich | Letzigrund | Zürich | Switzerland |
| 14 September | Memorial van Damme | King Baudouin Stadium | Brussels |  Belgium |
| 16 September | ISTAF | Olympiastadion | Berlin |  Germany |