The 2006 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the first 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 24 one-day meetings, consisting of the six meetings of the 2006 IAAF Golden League, six IAAF Super Grand Prix meetings, and twelve IAAF Grand Prix meetings. In addition, there were 25 Area Permit Meetings that carried point-scoring events.[1] The series culminated in the two-day 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final, held in Stuttgart, Germany from 9–10 September.[2]
| 2006 IAAF World Athletics Tour | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 1st |
| Start date | 9 March 2006 |
| End date | 10 September 2006 |
| Meetings | 24 (+1 final) |
← 2005 2007 → | |
The series replaced the IAAF World Outdoor Meetings series which had launched in 2003. As part of this change, the IAAF Grand Prix II category was dropped in favour of an Area Permit Meeting structure.[3][4] In comparison to the preceding year's series, the Herculis meet returned to Super Grand Prix status, having hosted the IAAF World Athletics Final for three years. The British Grand Prix, Golden Spike Ostrava and Meeting de Atletismo Madrid all dropped down from Super to regular Grand Prix status. All previous Grand Prix II meetings were dropped from the main series, with the exception of the Melbourne Track Classic which was promoted to Grand Prix status. The Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar was included as a Grand Prix for the first time. Among other Grand Prix meets, the Meeting Lille-Métropole and Gugl Grand Prix were demoted to Area Permit Meeting and the Gran Premio Diputación was dropped from the circuit entirely.[5][6]
Meetings
edit| Number | Date | Meet | City | Country | Level | Events (M+W) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 March | Melbourne Track Classic | Melbourne | Australia | 2006 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 2 | 29 April | Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar | Dakar | Senegal | 2006 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 3 | 6 May | Osaka Grand Prix | Osaka | Japan | 2006 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 4 | 12 May | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | Doha | Qatar | 2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix | |
| 5 | 21 May | Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo | Belém | Brazil | 2006 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 6 | 28 May | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | United States | 2006 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 7 | 28 May | Fanny Blankers-Koen Games | Hengelo | Netherlands | 2006 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 8 | 30 May | Golden Spike Ostrava | Ostrava | Czech Republic | 2006 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 9 | 2 June | Bislett Games | Oslo | Norway | 2006 IAAF Golden League | |
| 10 | 11 June | British Grand Prix | Gateshead | United Kingdom | 2006 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 11 | 3 July | Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria | Athens | Greece | 2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix | |
| 12 | 8 July | Meeting Gaz de France | Paris Saint-Denis | France | 2006 IAAF Golden League | |
| 13 | 11 July | Athletissima | Lausanne | Switzerland | 2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix | |
| 14 | 14 July | Golden Gala | Rome | Italy | 2006 IAAF Golden League | |
| 15 | 17 July | Meeting de Atletismo Madrid | Madrid | Spain | 2006 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 16 | 25 July | DN Galan | Stockholm | Sweden | 2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix | |
| 17 | 26 July | Helsinki Grand Prix | Helsinki | Finland | 2006 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 18 | 28 July | London Grand Prix | London | United Kingdom | 2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix | |
| 19 | 18 August | Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | 2006 IAAF Golden League | |
| 20 | 20 August | Herculis | Monte Carlo | Monaco | 2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix | |
| 21 | 25 August | Memorial Van Damme | Brussels | Belgium | 2006 IAAF Golden League | |
| 22 | 27 August | Rieti Meeting | Rieti | Italy | 2006 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 23 | 31 August | Hanžeković Memorial | Zagreb | Croatia | 2006 IAAF Grand Prix | |
| 24 | 3 September | ISTAF Berlin | Berlin | Germany | 2006 IAAF Golden League | |
| F | 9–10 September | 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final | Stuttgart | Germany | IAAF World Athletics Final |
References
edit- ^ Area Permit Meetings 2006. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ World Athletics Tour 2006. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ^ Turner, Chris (2005). IAAF - World Athletics Tour. International Sports Press Association. Retrieved on 2009-09-11.
- ^ IAAF World Outdoor Meetings 2003. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ^ IAAF World Athletics Tour 2006. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Area Permit Meetings 2006. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.