2000 IAAF Grand Prix explained

The 2000 IAAF Grand Prix was the sixteenth edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series was divided into four levels: 2000 IAAF Golden League, Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II, and IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seven Golden League meetings, Grand Prix I featured 9 meetings from 13 May to 5 August and Grand Prix II featured 10 meetings from 2 March to 3 September, making a combined total of 26 meetings for the series.^[1] An additional 13 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.^[2]

Compared to the previous season, the South African meet was moved from Roodepoort to Pretoria, and the Pontiac Grand Prix Invitational and IAAF Meeting Zagreb were included for the first time. The Tsiklitiria meet was promoted to Grand Prix I status. Four meetings were dropped from the calendar: the Qatar International Athletic Meet (not held that year), the St. Louis US Open Meet, the Meeting Gaz de France Saint-Denis and Weltklasse in Köln.

Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 2000 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 5 October in Doha, Qatar.^[3] Javelin thrower Trine Hattestad was the points leader for the series, taking 110 points from eight meetings. This was the second highest total ever for the circuit and the first time a woman led the rankings. The highest scoring male athlete was hurdler Angelo Taylor, who scored 101 points. Americans Marion Jones and Gail Devers were the other athletes to amass over 100 points, each with a total of 104.

Meetings

	Date	Country	Level
–	13 February	Australia	IAAF Permit Meeting
1	2 March	Australia	IAAF Grand Prix II
2	24 March	South Africa	IAAF Grand Prix II
–	31 March	South Africa	IAAF Permit Meeting
–	29 April	Martinique	IAAF Permit Meeting
3	13 May	Japan	IAAF Grand Prix I
4	14 May	Brazil	IAAF Grand Prix I
5	28 May	Netherlands	IAAF Grand Prix II
–	7 June	Italy	IAAF Permit Meeting
6	9 June	Spain	IAAF Grand Prix II
–	10 June	Italy	IAAF Permit Meeting
7	15 June	Finland	IAAF Grand Prix II
8	17 June	United States	IAAF Grand Prix I
–	17 June	France	IAAF Permit Meeting
–	18 June	Russia	IAAF Permit Meeting
9	22 June	Slovakia	IAAF Grand Prix II
10	23 June	France	2000 IAAF Golden League
11	24 June	United States	IAAF Grand Prix I
–	25 June	Germany	IAAF Permit Meeting
–	25 June	United States	IAAF Permit Meeting
12	28 June	Greece	IAAF Grand Prix I
13	30 June	Italy	2000 IAAF Golden League
14	3 July	Croatia	IAAF Grand Prix II
15	5 July	Switzerland	IAAF Grand Prix I
16	8 July	France	IAAF Grand Prix I
–	22 July	Hungary	IAAF Permit Meeting
–	25 July	Spain	IAAF Permit Meeting
17	28 July	Norway
18	1 August	Sweden	IAAF Grand Prix I
19	5 August	United Kingdom	IAAF Grand Prix I
20	8 August	Austria	IAAF Grand Prix II
21	11 August	Switzerland	2000 IAAF Golden League
22	18 August	Monaco	2000 IAAF Golden League
23	25 August	Belgium	2000 IAAF Golden League
24	28 August	United Kingdom	IAAF Grand Prix II
–	30 August	Greece	IAAF Permit Meeting
25	1 September	Germany	2000 IAAF Golden League
26	3 September	Italy	IAAF Grand Prix II
–	9 September	Japan	IAAF Permit Meeting
F	5 October	Qatar	IAAF Grand Prix Final

Points standings

Overall men

Rank	Meets	Points
1	9	101
2	9	94
3	8	93
4	9	86.5
5	8	78
6	9	77.5
7	9	77
8	8	77
9	9	75
10	9	75
11	7	74
12	7	74
13	6	74
14	9	74
15	7	73
16	9	72.5
17	8	72
18	8	71.5
19	8	71
20	8	70
21	8	69
22	9	69
23	9	69
24	6	66
25	8	66
26	9	65
27	9	64.5
28	7	64
29	8	63
30	8	62.5
31	9	62.5
32	9	62
33	7	60
33	7	60
35	7	58
36	6	58
37	6	57
38	5	57
39	9	57
40	8	56
41	8	56
42	7	56
43	8	56
44	5	54
45	6	54
45	8	54
47	5	52
48	6	52
49	7	52
50	8	5

Overall women

Rank	Meets	Points
1	8	110
2	9	104
3	9	104
4	9	94
5	9	91
6	9	90
7	9	88
8	9	83
9	9	81
10	7	81
11	9	78
12	9	76.5
13	7	75
14	9	75
15	7	73
16	8	73
17	9	71
18	9	71
19	8	70.5
20	6	68
21	9	67
22	8	65
23	9	64
24	9	63.5
25	8	63
26	7	60
27	7	60
28	6	59
29	6	59
30	6	57
31	7	55
32	7	55
33	8	54
34	6	52
35	8	50
36	7	50
37	9	50
38	6	49
39	5	48
40	5	48
41	7	47.5
42	7	47
43	6	43
44	5	43
45	5	43
46	5	43
47	6	42
48	5	42
49	7	40
50	6	38
51	5	38
51	5	38

References

Points standings

2000 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Overall Men. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
2000 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Overall Women. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

Notes and References

https://web.archive.org/web/20010802190948/http://www.iaaf.org/Results/index.asp?filename=%2Fgp00%2Findex.html 2000 Grand Prix Standings
https://web.archive.org/web/19990901133042/http://www.iaaf.org/calendar/index.asp?Filename=%2Fcalendar%2Fintro.asp IAAF Permit Meeting
https://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-grand-prix-final IAAF Grand Prix Final