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 ten Grand Prix II meetings, making a combined total of 27 meetings for the series from 20 February to 20 September. An additional 12 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 InvitationalPretoriaSouth AfricaIAAF Grand Prix II
—Engen Grand Prix FinalCape TownSouth AfricaIAAF Permit Meeting
—Memorial Marie PerrineFort-de-FranceMartiniqueIAAF Permit Meeting
3Grand Prix Brasil de AtletismoRio de JaneiroBrazilIAAF Grand Prix I
4Japan Grand PrixOsakaJapanIAAF Grand Prix I
—Harry Jerome Track ClassicVancouverCanadaIAAF Permit Meeting
5Prefontaine ClassicEugeneUnited StatesIAAF Grand Prix I
6Gran Premio DiputacionSevilleSpainIAAF Grand Prix II
7Adriaan Paulen MemorialHengeloNetherlandsIAAF Grand Prix II
8St Denis – l'HumanitéSaint-DenisFranceIAAF Grand Prix II
9Golden GalaRomeItalyIAAF Grand Prix I
10Brothers Znamensky MemorialMoscowRussiaIAAF Grand Prix I
11Slovnaft MeetingBratislavaSlovakiaIAAF Grand Prix II
—Live NurembergNurembergGermanyIAAF Permit Meeting
12World Games HelsinkiHelsinkiFinlandIAAF Grand Prix II
—Meeting di Atletica Leggera TorinoTurinItalyIAAF Permit Meeting
13Meeting Gaz de FranceParisFranceIAAF Grand Prix I
—Meeting Lille-MétropoleLilleFranceIAAF Permit Meeting
14British Grand PrixSheffieldUnited KingdomIAAF Grand Prix I
15AthletissimaLausanneSwitzerlandIAAF Grand Prix I
16Bislett GamesOsloNorwayIAAF Grand Prix I
17DN GalanStockholmSwedenIAAF Grand Prix I
18Zipfer Gugl Grand PrixLinzAustriaIAAF Grand Prix II
19NikaiaNiceFranceIAAF Grand Prix I
—Meeting Internazionale del SestriereSestriereItalyIAAF Permit Meeting
—International Meeting BudapestBudapestHungaryIAAF Permit Meeting
20Weltklasse ZürichZürichSwitzerlandIAAF Grand Prix I
21HerculisMonte CarloMonacoIAAF Grand Prix I
22Memorial Van DammeBrusselsBelgiumIAAF Grand Prix I
23Weltklasse in KölnCologneGermanyIAAF Grand Prix I
24ISTAF BerlinBerlinGermanyIAAF Grand Prix I
25Rieti MeetingRietiItalyIAAF Grand Prix II
—Meeting de Atletismo MadridMadridSpainIAAF Permit Meeting
—Toto International Super MeetingTokyoJapanIAAF Permit Meeting
26BUPA Games Grand Prix IIGatesheadUnited KingdomIAAF Grand Prix II
F1997 IAAF Grand Prix FinalFukuokaJapanIAAF Grand Prix Final
—ITC International MeetingNew DelhiIndiaIAAF Permit Meeting
—Bob Hasan InvitationalJakartaIndonesiaIAAF Permit Meeting

Points standings

Overall men

Overall women