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2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour
Edition3rd
Start date28 September 2007
End date10 September 2008
Meetings25 (+1 final)
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The 2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the third edition of the annual global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series featured 25 one-day meetings, consisting of the six meetings of the 2008 IAAF Golden League, five IAAF Super Grand Prix meetings, and fourteen IAAF Grand Prix meetings. In addition, there were 29 Area Permit Meetings that carried point-scoring events. The series culminated in the two-day 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final, held in Stuttgart, Germany from 13 to 14 September. [1]

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva scored the most points during the circuit, with a total of 112. Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles was the highest scoring male athlete with 102 points. Four other athletes achieved a total of 100 points: sprinter Jeremy Wariner, middle-distance runner Pamela Jelimo, hurdler David Oliver, and high jumper Blanka Vlašić.

Schedule

Number Date Meet City Country Level Events (M+W)
1 28 September 2007 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix Shanghai China 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
– 26–27 January Canberra Athletics Grand Prix Canberra Australia Oceania Area Permit Meeting
– 16 February Sydney Track Classic Sydney Australia Oceania Area Permit Meeting
– 19 February New Zealand Permit Meeting Waitakere City New Zealand Oceania Area Permit Meeting
2 21 February Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
– 3 May Jamaica International Kingston Jamaica NACAC Area Permit Meeting
3 9 May Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Doha Qatar 2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix
4 10 May Osaka Grand Prix Osaka Japan 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
– 11 May Gold Meeting Sesi Caixa Uberlândia Brazil CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
– 14 May Gold Meeting Caixa Fortaleza Fortaleza Brazil CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
– 17 May Ponce Grand Prix Ponce Puerto Rico NACAC Area Permit Meeting
5 17 May Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Dakar Senegal 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
– 18 May Adidas Track Classic Carson United States NACAC Area Permit Meeting
– 18 May Gold Meeting Rio de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
6 24 May Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo Netherlands 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
7 25 May Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Belém Brazil 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
– 29 May Alger CAA Super Grand Prix Algiers Algeria CAA Area Permit Meeting
– 31 May Gobierno de Aragón Zaragoza Spain EAA Area Permit Meeting
8 31 May Reebok Grand Prix New York City United States 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
– 1 June Brazzaville CAA Super Grand Prix Brazzaville Republic of the Congo CAA Area Permit Meeting
9 1 June ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany 2008 IAAF Golden League
– 3 June Tallinn Meeting Tallinn Estonia EAA Area Permit Meeting
– 6 June Memorial Primo Nebiolo Turin Italy EAA Area Permit Meeting
10 6 June Bislett Games Oslo Norway 2008 IAAF Golden League
11 8 June Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
12 12 June Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
– 15 June Janusz Kusocinski Memorial Warsaw Poland EAA Area Permit Meeting
– 15 June Znamensky Memorial Zhukovsky Russia EAA Area Permit Meeting
– 16 June Memorial Josefa Odlozila Prague Czech Republic EAA Area Permit Meeting
– 23 June Abuja CAA Super Grand Prix Abuja Nigeria CAA Area Permit Meeting
– 23 June Asian AA Grand Prix Bangkok Thailand AAA Area Permit Meeting
– 24 June Meeting de Atletismo Jerez Jerez de la Frontera Spain EAA Area Permit Meeting
– 26 June Asian AA Grand Prix Korat Thailand AAA Area Permit Meeting
– 27 June Meeting Lille Metropole Villeneuve-d'Ascq France EAA Area Permit Meeting
– 30 June Asian AA Grand Prix Hanoi Vietnam AAA Area Permit Meeting
– 1 July European Athletics Festival Bydgoszcz Poland EAA Area Permit Meeting
13 5 July Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
– 9 July Olympic Meeting Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece EAA Area Permit Meeting
14 11 July Golden Gala Rome Italy 2008 IAAF Golden League
15 13 July Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Athens Greece 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
– 14 July Vardinoyiannia Rethymno Greece EAA Area Permit Meeting
– 16 July Spitzen Leichathletik Lucerne Switzerland EAA Area Permit Meeting
16 18 July Meeting Areva Paris Saint-Denis France 2008 IAAF Golden League
– 20 July KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder Belgium EAA Area Permit Meeting
17 22 July DN Galan Stockholm Sweden 2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix
18 25–26 July London Grand Prix London United Kingdom 2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix
19 29 July Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco 2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix
20 29 August Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland 2008 IAAF Golden League
21 31 August British Grand Prix Gateshead United Kingdom 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
22 2 September Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland 2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix
23 5 September Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium 2008 IAAF Golden League
24 7 September Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
25 9 September Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia 2008 IAAF Grand Prix
– 10 September Palio Città della Quercia Rovereto Italy EAA Area Permit Meeting
F 13–14 September 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final Stuttgart Germany IAAF World Athletics Final

Points standings

Athletes earned points at meetings during the series. The following athletes were the top performers for their event prior to the World Athletics Final. [2]

Event Male athlete Points Female athlete Points
100 metres   Asafa Powell ( JAM) 96   Shelly-Ann Fraser ( JAM) 61
200 metres   Usain Bolt ( JAM) 60   Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie ( BAH) 58
400 metres   Jeremy Wariner ( USA) 100   Novlene Williams ( JAM) 74
800 metres   Abraham Chepkirwok ( UGA) 80   Pamela Jelimo ( KEN) 100
1500 metres   Abdalaati Iguider ( MAR)
  Daniel Kipchirchir Komen ( KEN)		 72   Maryam Yusuf Jamal ( BHR) 58
3000 metres   Isaac Kiprono Songok ( KEN) 48   Jennifer Rhines ( USA) 30
5000 metres   Moses Ndiema Masai ( KEN)
  Sileshi Sihine ( ETH)		 50   Tirunesh Dibaba ( ETH) 66
100/ 110 metres hurdles   Dayron Robles ( CUB) 102   Delloreen Ennis-London ( JAM) 90
400 metres hurdles   Kerron Clement ( USA) 96   Melaine Walker ( JAM) 90
3000 metres steeplechase   Michael Kipyego ( KEN) 76   Donna MacFarlane ( AUS) 49
Pole vault   Yevgeny Lukyanenko ( USA) 76   Yelena Isinbayeva ( RUS) 112
High jump   Andrey Silnov ( RUS) 78   Blanka Vlašić ( CRO) 100
Long jump   Hussein Al-Sabee ( KSA) 92   Naide Gomes ( POR) 68
Triple jump   Randy Lewis ( GRN) 70   Yargelis Savigne ( CUB) 22
Shot put   Tomasz Majewski ( POL) 60   Li Ling ( CHN) 37
Discus throw   Ehsan Haddadi ( IRI) 60   Li Yanfeng ( CHN)
  Sun Taifeng ( CHN)		 30
Javelin throw   Andreas Thorkildsen ( NOR) 80   Christina Obergföll ( GER) 51
Hammer throw   Krisztián Pars ( HUN) 40   Kamila Skolimowska ( POL) 42

References

  1. ^ 2008 World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  2. ^ 2008 World Athletics Tour Standings Updated after Rieti (ITA) - Sunday, Sep 06, 2009. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
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