1997 IAAF Grand Prix


The 1997 IAAF Grand Prix was the thirteenth edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. The series consisted of three levels: IAAF Grand Prix, IAAF Grand Prix II, and finally IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seventeen Grand Prix meetings and eleven Grand Prix II meetings, making a combined total of 28 meetings for the series from 20 February to 7 September. An additional 15 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.
Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 13 September in Fukuoka, Japan. Danish-Kenyan runner Wilson Kipketer was the winner of the overall men's title with 114 points, while Germany's Astrid Kumbernuss topped the women's rankings with 99 points in the discus throw.

Meetings

Key:
#DateMeeting nameCityCountryLevel
1Melbourne Track ClassicMelbourneAustraliaIAAF Grand Prix II
2All Africa InvitationalJohannesburgSouth AfricaIAAF Grand Prix II
–Engen Grand Prix FinalCape TownSouth AfricaIAAF Permit Meeting
–Memorial Marie PerrineFort-de-FranceMartiniqueIAAF Permit Meeting
–Bob Hasan InvitationalJakartaIndonesiaIAAF Permit Meeting
3Grand Prix Brasil de AtletismoRio de JaneiroBrazilIAAF Grand Prix I
4Japan Grand PrixOsakaJapanIAAF Grand Prix I
5USA Track & Field Grand PrixCharlotteUnited StatesIAAF Grand Prix I
6Prefontaine ClassicEugeneUnited StatesIAAF Grand Prix I
7Gran Premio DiputacionSevilleSpainIAAF Grand Prix II
8Adriaan Paulen MemorialHengeloNetherlandsIAAF Grand Prix II
9Bruce Jenner ClassicSan JoseUnited StatesIAAF Grand Prix II
–Harry Jerome Track ClassicVancouverCanadaIAAF Permit Meeting
10St Denis - l'HumanitéSaint-DenisFranceIAAF Grand Prix II
11Slovnaft MeetingBratislavaSlovakiaIAAF Grand Prix II
12Golden GalaRomeItalyIAAF Grand Prix I
13Brothers Znamensky MemorialMoscowRussiaIAAF Grand Prix I
–Live NurembergNurembergGermanyIAAF Permit Meeting
14BUPA Games Grand Prix IIGatesheadUnited KingdomIAAF Grand Prix II
15World Games HelsinkiHelsinkiFinlandIAAF Grand Prix II
–Meeting di Atletica Leggera TorinoTurinItalyIAAF Permit Meeting
16Meeting Gaz de FranceParisFranceIAAF Grand Prix I
—Meeting de Atletismo MadridMadridSpainIAAF Permit Meeting
–Meeting Lille-MétropoleLilleFranceIAAF Permit Meeting
17British Grand PrixLondonUnited KingdomIAAF Grand Prix I
18AthletissimaLausanneSwitzerlandIAAF Grand Prix I
19Bislett GamesOsloNorwayIAAF Grand Prix I
20DN GalanStockholmSwedenIAAF Grand Prix I
—Goodwill MeetingSaint PetersburgRussiaIAAF Permit Meeting
21Zipfer Gugl Grand PrixLinzAustriaIAAF Grand Prix II
—Notturna di MilanoMilanItalyIAAF Permit Meeting
22NikaiaNiceFranceIAAF Grand Prix I
–Meeting Internazionale del SestriereSestriereItalyIAAF Permit Meeting
–International Meeting BudapestBudapestHungaryIAAF Permit Meeting
23Weltklasse ZürichZürichSwitzerlandIAAF Grand Prix I
24HerculisMonte CarloMonacoIAAF Grand Prix I
25Memorial Van DammeBrusselsBelgiumIAAF Grand Prix I
26Weltklasse in KölnCologneGermanyIAAF Grand Prix I
27ISTAF BerlinBerlinGermanyIAAF Grand Prix I
27ISTAF BerlinBerlinGermanyIAAF Grand Prix I
–McDonald's GamesSheffieldUnited KingdomIAAF Permit Meeting
28Rieti MeetingRietiItalyIAAF Grand Prix II
–Toto International Super MeetingTokyoJapanIAAF Permit Meeting
F1997 IAAF Grand Prix FinalFukuokaJapanIAAF Grand Prix Final
—ITC International MeetingNew DelhiIndiaIAAF Permit Meeting

Points standings

Overall men

Overall women