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.

The series was formed to increase the profile of the leading athletics competitions - in the first season, those at Oslo, Rome, Monaco, Zürich, Brussels and Berlin. 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.

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 remains at USD 1 million, but the award structure has been changed:

Athletes who win any five of the six events will share in a purse of USD 500,000.
The remaining USD 500,000 will be divided among athletes who win all six events.

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.

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Jackpot winners

Year	Winners	Event(s)
1998	Template:Flagicon Hicham El Guerrouj (2)	1500 m/mile
	Template:Flagicon Haile Gebreselassie	5000 m/10000 m
	Template:Flagicon Marion Jones (2)	100 m
1999	Template:Flagicon Wilson Kipketer	800 m
1999	Template:Flagicon Gabriela Szabo	3000 m/5000 m
2000	Template:Flagicon Hicham El Guerrouj (2)	1500 m/mile
	Template:Flagicon Maurice Greene	100 m
	Template:Flagicon Trine Hattestad	javelin
	Template:Flagicon Tatyana Kotova	long jump
2001	Template:Flagicon André Bucher	800 m
	Template:Flagicon Hicham El Guerrouj (3)	1500 m/mile/2000 m
	Template:Flagicon Allen Johnson	110 m hurdles
	Template:Flagicon Marion Jones (2)	100 m
	Template:Flagicon Violeta Szekely	1500 m
	Template:Flagicon Olga Yegorova	3000 m/5000 m
2002	Template:Flagicon Hicham El Guerrouj (4)	1500 m
	Template:Flagicon Ana Guevara	400 m
	Template:Flagicon Marion Jones (3)	100 m
	Template:Flagicon Felix Sánchez	400 m hurdles
2003	Template:Flagicon Maria Mutola	800 m
2004	Template:Flagicon Christian Olsson	triple jump
2004	Template:Flagicon Tonique Williams-Darling	400 m
2005	Template:Flagicon Tatyana Lebedeva	triple jump

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Meetings

Current meetings for 2006 ^[1]

Date	Meet	Stadium	City	Country
2 June	Bislett Games	Bislett stadion	Oslo *	Template:Flagicon Norway
8 July	Meeting Gaz de France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Template:Flagicon France
14 July	Golden Gala	Stadio Olimpico	Rome	Template:Flagicon Italy
18 August	Weltklasse Zürich	Letzigrund	Zürich	Template:Flagicon Switzerland
25 August	Memorial van Damme	King Baudouin Stadium	Brussels	Template:Flagicon Belgium
3 September	ISTAF	Olympiastadion	Berlin	Template:Flagicon Germany