2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour

International athletics championship event

2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour

Countries that hosted series meetings in 2009

Golden League meetings

Super Grand Prix meetings

Grand Prix meetings

Edition| 4th
Start date| 20 September 2008
End date| 6 September 2009
Meetings| 25 (+1 final)

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2010 IAAF World Challenge ->

The 2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the fourth and final 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 2009 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 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, held in Thessaloniki, Greece from 12–13 September.[1]

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva scored the most points during the circuit, with a total of 106. Five other athletes achieved a total of 100 points: distance runner Kenenisa Bekele, hurdler Dayron Robles, sprinters Kerron Stewart and Sanya Richards, and high jumper Blanka Vlašić.

## Schedule

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Number  | Date  | Meet  | City  | Country  | Level  | Events (M+W)

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1 | 20 September 2008 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | Shanghai | China | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
– | 20 February | New Zealand Permit Meeting | Waitakere City | New Zealand | Oceania Area Permit Meeting |
– | 28 February | Sydney Track Classic | Sydney | Australia | Oceania Area Permit Meeting |
2 | 5 March | Melbourne Track Classic | Melbourne | Australia | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
3 | 18 April | Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar | Dakar | Senegal | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
– | 2 May | Jamaica International Invitational | Kingston | Jamaica | NACAC Area Permit Meeting |
4 | 8 May | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | Doha | Qatar | 2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix |
5 | 9 May | Osaka Grand Prix | Osaka | Japan | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
– | 10 May | GP Caixa/Unifor de Atletismo | Fortaleza | Brazil | CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting |
– | 16 May | Adidas Track Classic | Carson | United States | NACAC Area Permit Meeting |
– | 16 May | Ponce Grand Prix | Ponce | Puerto Rico | NACAC Area Permit Meeting |
– | 17 May | GP Rio Caixa de Atletismo | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting |
– | 20 May | GP Caixa/Sesi de Atletismo | Uberlândia | Brazil | CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting |
– | 23 May | Asian AA Grand Prix | Suzhou | China | AAA Area Permit Meeting |
– | 23 May | Rabat CAA Super Grand Prix | Rabat | Morocco | CAA Area Permit Meeting |
6 | 24 May | Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo | Belém | Brazil | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
– | 27 May | Asian AA Grand Prix | Kunshan | China | AAA Area Permit Meeting |
– | 30 May | Asian AA Grand Prix | Hong Kong | China | AAA Area Permit Meeting |
7 | 30 May | Reebok Grand Prix | New York City | United States | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
8 | 1 June | Fanny Blankers-Koen Games | Hengelo | Netherlands | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
– | 4 June | Memorial Primo Nebiolo | Turin | Italy | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
9 | 7 June | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | United States | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
– | 7 June | Janusz Kusocinski Memorial | Warsaw | Poland | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
– | 8 June | Memorial Josefa Odlozila | Prague | Czech Republic | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
– | 10 June | European Athletics Festival | Bydgoszcz | Poland | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
– | 10 June | Olympic Meeting Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki | Greece | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
– | 11 June | Alger CAA Super Grand Prix | Algiers | Algeria | CAA Area Permit Meeting |
10 | 14 June | ISTAF Berlin | Berlin | Germany | 2009 IAAF Golden League |
11 | 17 June | Golden Spike Ostrava | Ostrava | Czech Republic | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
– | 27 June | Meeting de Atletismo Málaga | Málaga | Spain | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
– | 30 June | Meeting Lille Metropole | Villeneuve-d'Ascq | France | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
– | 1 July | Moscow Open | Moscow | Russia | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
12 | 3 July | Bislett Games | Oslo | Norway | 2009 IAAF Golden League |
13 | 4 July | Meeting de Atletismo Madrid | Madrid | Spain | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
– | 5 July | Znamensky Memorial | Zhukovsky | Russia | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
14 | 7 July | Athletissima | Lausanne | Switzerland | 2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix |
15 | 10 July | Golden Gala | Rome | Italy | 2009 IAAF Golden League |
16 | 13 July | Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria | Athens | Greece | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
– | 15 July | Spitzen Leichathletik | Lucerne | Switzerland | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
17 | 17 July | Meeting Areva | Paris Saint-Denis | France | 2009 IAAF Golden League |
– | 18 July | Abuja CAA Super Grand Prix | Abuja | Nigeria | CAA Area Permit Meeting |
– | 18 July | Gobierno de Aragón | Zaragoza | Spain | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
– | 18 July | KBC Night of Athletics | Heusden-Zolder | Belgium | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
– | 20 July | Vardinoyiannia | Rethymno | Greece | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
18 | 24–25 July | London Grand Prix | London | United Kingdom | 2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix |
19 | 28 July | Herculis | Monte Carlo | Monaco | 2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix |
20 | 31 July | DN Galan | Stockholm | Sweden | 2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix |
– | 25 August | Tallinn Meeting | Tallinn | Estonia | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
21 | 28 August | Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | 2009 IAAF Golden League |
22 | 31 August | British Grand Prix | Gateshead | United Kingdom | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
23 | 31 August | Hanžeković Memorial | Zagreb | Croatia | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
– | 1 September | Palio Città della Quercia | Rovereto | Italy | EAA Area Permit Meeting |
24 | 4 September | Memorial Van Damme | Brussels | Belgium | 2009 IAAF Golden League |
25 | 6 September | Rieti Meeting | Rieti | Italy | 2009 IAAF Grand Prix |
F | 12–13 September | 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final | Thessaloniki | Greece | IAAF World Athletics Final |

## Points standings

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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

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100 metres |  Asafa Powell (JAM) | 92  |  Kerron Stewart (JAM) | 100
200 metres |  Wallace Spearmon (USA) | 58  |  Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH) | 55
400 metres |  Jeremy Wariner (USA) | 86  |  Sanya Richards (USA) | 100
800 metres |  Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)

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David Rudisha (KEN) | 72  |  Jemma Simpson (GBR) | 64
1500 metres |  Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN) | 74  |  Gelete Burka (ETH) | 86
3000 metres |  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) | 40  |  Wude Ayalew (ETH) | 16
5000 metres |  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 100  |  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 28
100/110 metres hurdles |  Dayron Robles (CUB) | 100  |  Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM)

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Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN) | 86
400 metres hurdles |  Kerron Clement (USA) | 74  |  Melaine Walker (JAM) | 74
3000 metres steeplechase |  Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) | 74  |  Ruth Bosibori (KEN) | 68
Pole vault |  Steve Hooker (AUS) | 70  |  Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 106
High jump |  Jaroslav Bába (CZE) | 66  |  Blanka Vlašić (CRO) | 100
Long jump |  Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) | 78  |  Funmi Jimoh (USA) | 60
Triple jump |  Arnie David Giralt (CUB) | 62  |  Yargelis Savigne (CUB) | 62
Shot put |  Reese Hoffa (USA) | 62  |  Nadine Kleinert (GER) | 56
Discus throw |  Gerd Kanter (EST) | 50  |  Yarelys Barrios (CUB) | 40
Javelin throw |  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 80  |  Steffi Nerius (GER) | 61
Hammer throw |  Krisztián Pars (HUN) | 50  |  Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | 48

## References

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1. ^ 2009 World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
2. ^ 2009 World Athletics Tour Standings Updated after Rieti (ITA) - Sunday, Sep 06, 2009. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.

## External links

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* Official 2009 World Athletics Final website

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