2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings

The 2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings was the first edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It replaced the IAAF Grand Prix as the IAAF's primary outdoor track and field series. Compared to the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix, a new tier of meetings – IAAF Super Grand Prix – was introduced and the IAAF Permit Meetings concept was dropped. The series had four levels: 2003 IAAF Golden League, Super Grand Prix, Grand Prix and Grand Prix II. There were 6 Golden League meetings, Super Grand Prix category featured 7 meetings from 12 June to 8 August, the IAAF Grand Prix category featured 10 meetings from 4 May to 7 September and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 1 March to 3 August, making a combined total of 34 meetings for the series.[1]

2003 IAAF World Outdoor Meetings
Edition1st
Dates1 March – 13 September
Meetings34 (+1 final)
← 2002
2004 →

The Herculis meeting was dropped from the Golden League circuit as it was given the role of host of the new series-ending IAAF World Athletics Final, which had an expanded programme of events compared to the IAAF Grand Prix Final of previous years. The changes to the tiers of the series saw the meeting schedule expanded by nearly 50%. The Super Grand Prix meetings saw two new additions to the circuit (Golden Spike Ostrava and the Meeting de Madrid) with the other five being former Grand Prix meetings. At the Grand Prix level, the sole new introduction was the Meeting Lille-Métropole (formerly an IAAF Permit Meeting) which was supplemented by existing Grand Prix level meetings and the promotion of the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, Meeting de Atletismo Sevilla, Grand Prix Zagreb, Gugl-Meeting, Asics GP Helsinki and the Rieti Meeting from Grand Prix II status. The Grand Prix II meetings were mostly upgraded IAAF Permit Meetings (Meeting du Conseil General de la Martinique, Notturna di Milano, Memorial Primo Nebiolo, Brothers Znamensky Memorial, Josef Odložil Memorial, KBC Night of Athletics and International Meeting Thessaloniki) with four pre-existing GPII meetings retaining that status.

Four meetings changed venue from 2002: the Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo was moved from Rio de Janeiro to Belém and the Tsiklitiria meeting was moved from Athens to Tríkala, the second British meeting moved from Sheffield to Gateshead, and the Oregon Track Classic moved from Portland to Gresham, Oregon. Despite the expansion of the series schedule, two meetings lost Grand Prix status: the Engen Grand Prix in Pretoria and the Qatar Athletic Grand Prix in Doha (which was not held that year).

Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final, held on 13–14 September in Monaco. This competition replaced the IAAF Grand Prix Final, with the key difference being that the new final held a full set of track and field events, rather than the rotating partial event schedule of the Grand Prix Final.[2] The points scoring format of previous years was replaced with a world rankings system which scored athletes on both their finishing position at qualifying meetings and also the standard of their performance based on IAAF Scoring Tables. The world rankings system formed the selection criteria for entry to the World Athletics Final rather than exclusively placings at IAAF Grand Prix meetings.[3]

Meetings
# Date Meeting name City Country Level
11 MarchTelstra A-Series MelbourneMelbourneAustraliaIAAF Grand Prix II
226 AprilMeeting du Conseil General de la MartiniqueFort-de-FranceFranceIAAF Grand Prix II
34 MayGrande Premio de Brasil de AtletismoBelémBrazilIAAF Grand Prix I
410 MayJapan Grand PrixOsakaJapanIAAF Grand Prix I
517 MayAdidas Oregon Track ClassicGreshamUnited StatesIAAF Grand Prix II
624 MayPrefontaine ClassicEugeneUnited StatesIAAF Grand Prix I
71 JuneTHALES FBK-GamesHengeloNetherlandsIAAF Grand Prix I
83 JuneNotturna di MilanoMilanItalyIAAF Grand Prix II
96 JuneMeeting Memorial Primo NebioloTurinItalyIAAF Grand Prix II
107 JuneU.S. Track & Field OpenPalo AltoUnited StatesIAAF Grand Prix II
117 JuneMeeting de Atletismo SevillaSevilleSpainIAAF Grand Prix I
128 JuneZnamenski MemorialTulaRussiaIAAF Grand Prix II
1310 JuneCena Slovenska - Slovak GoldBratislavaSlovakiaIAAF Grand Prix II
1415 JuneLille Metropole MeetingVilleneuve-d'AscqFranceIAAF Grand Prix I
1512 JuneGolden Spike OstravaOstravaCzech RepublicIAAF Super Grand Prix
1624 JuneSuper Grand Prix TsiklitiriaTrikalaGreeceIAAF Super Grand Prix
1727 JuneBislett GamesOsloNorway2003 IAAF Golden League
1829 JuneMemorial Josefa OdlozilaPragueCzech RepublicIAAF Grand Prix II
191 JulyAthletissimaLausanneSwitzerlandIAAF Super Grand Prix
204 JulyMeeting de ParisParisFrance2003 IAAF Golden League
217 JulyGrand Prix ZagrebZagrebCroatiaIAAF Grand Prix I
2211 JulyGolden GalaRomeItaly2003 IAAF Golden League
2313 JulyNorwich Union ClassicGatesheadUnited KingdomIAAF Super Grand Prix
2419 JulyMeeting de MadridMadridSpainIAAF Super Grand Prix
2531 JulyIntersport Gugl-MeetingLinzAustriaIAAF Grand Prix I
262 AugustKBC Night of AthleticsHeusden-ZolderBelgiumIAAF Grand Prix II
273 AugustInternational Meeting ThessaloníkiThessalonikiGreeceIAAF Grand Prix II
285 AugustDN GalanStockholmSwedenIAAF Super Grand Prix
298 AugustNorwich Union British Grand PrixLondonUnited KingdomIAAF Super Grand Prix
3010 AugustISTAF BerlinBerlinGermany2003 IAAF Golden League
3115 AugustWeltklasse ZürichZürichSwitzerland2003 IAAF Golden League
3218 AugustAsics GP HelsinkiHelsinkiFinlandIAAF Grand Prix I
335 SeptemberMemorial Van DammeBrusselsBelgium2003 IAAF Golden League
347 SeptemberRieti MeetingRietiItalyIAAF Grand Prix I
F13–14 September2003 IAAF World Athletics FinalFontvieilleMonacoIAAF World Athletics Final

References
  1. Grand Prix Schedule 2003. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  2. IAAF Grand Prix Final. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  3. World Rankings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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