2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour

The 2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the second 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 2007 IAAF Golden League, five IAAF Super Grand Prix meetings, and thirteen IAAF Grand Prix meetings. In addition, there were 27 Area Permit Meetings that carried point-scoring events. The series culminated in the two-day 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final, held in Stuttgart, Germany from 22–23 September.[1]

2007 IAAF World Athletics Tour
Edition2nd
Start date2 March 2007
End date16 September 2007
Meetings24 (+1 final)
2006
2008

Four athletes achieved 100 points in the rankings in their event, all of them women: Sanya Richards (400 m), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1500 m), Yelena Isinbayeva (pole vault) and Blanka Vlašić (high jump). The highest scoring male athlete was Asafa Powell in the 100 metres with 96 points – a total also reached by two athletes in the women's 100 metres hurdles (Susanna Kallur and Michelle Perry).

Schedule

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Number Date Meet City Country Level Events (M+W)
27 January Canberra Athletics Grand Prix Canberra Australia Oceania Area Permit Meeting
17 February Sydney Track Classic Sydney Australia Oceania Area Permit Meeting
22 February New Zealand Grand Prix Christchurch New Zealand Oceania Area Permit Meeting
1 2 March Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
2 28 April Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Dakar Senegal 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
3 5 May Osaka Grand Prix Osaka Japan 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
5 May Abuja CAA Super Grand Prix Abuja Nigeria CAA Area Permit Meeting
5 May Jamaica International Invitational Kingston Jamaica NACAC Area Permit Meeting
6 May Gold Meeting Sesi Caixa Uberlândia Brazil CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
4 11 May Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Doha Qatar 2007 IAAF Super Grand Prix
13 May Gold Meeting Rio de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
16 May Gold Meeting Caixa Fortaleza Fortaleza Brazil CONSUDATLE Area Permit Meeting
19 May Grand Premio Andalucía Herrera Spain EAA Area Permit Meeting
20 May Adidas Track Classic Carson United States NACAC Area Permit Meeting
5 20 May Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Belém Brazil 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
6 26 May Fanny Blankers-Koen Games Hengelo Netherlands 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
7 2 June Reebok Grand Prix New York City United States 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
8 June Meeting Lille Metropole Villeneuve-d'Ascq France EAA Area Permit Meeting
8 June Memorial Primo Nebiolo Turin Italy EAA Area Permit Meeting
8 10 June Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
10 June European Athletics Festival Bydgoszcz Poland EAA Area Permit Meeting
13 June Memorial Josefa Odlozila Prague Czech Republic EAA Area Permit Meeting
9 15 June Bislett Games Oslo Norway 2007 IAAF Golden League
17 June Janusz Kusocinski Memorial Warsaw Poland EAA Area Permit Meeting
19 June Asian AA Grand Prix Bangkok Thailand AAA Area Permit Meeting
21 June Alger CAA Super Grand Prix Algiers Algeria CAA Area Permit Meeting
23 June Asian AA Grand Prix Guwahati India AAA Area Permit Meeting
10 27 June Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
27 June Asian AA Grand Prix Pune India AAA Area Permit Meeting
28 June Spitzen Leichathletik Lucerne Switzerland EAA Area Permit Meeting
11 2 July Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Athens Greece 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
12 4 July Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
13 6 July Meeting Areva Paris Saint-Denis France 2007 IAAF Golden League
14 10 July Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland 2007 IAAF Super Grand Prix
15 13 July Golden Gala Rome Italy 2007 IAAF Golden League
16 15 July British Grand Prix Sheffield United Kingdom 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
18 July Vardinoyiannia Rethymno Greece EAA Area Permit Meeting
17 21 July Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
22 July Tallinn Meeting Tallinn Estonia EAA Area Permit Meeting
18 25 July Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco 2007 IAAF Super Grand Prix
28 July Gobierno de Aragón Zaragoza Spain EAA Area Permit Meeting
28 July KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder Belgium EAA Area Permit Meeting
30 July Olympic Meeting Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece EAA Area Permit Meeting
19 3 August London Grand Prix London United Kingdom 2007 IAAF Super Grand Prix
20 7 August DN Galan Stockholm Sweden 2007 IAAF Super Grand Prix
21 7 September Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland 2007 IAAF Golden League
22 9 September Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy 2007 IAAF Grand Prix
11 September Gugl-Meeting Linz Austria EAA Area Permit Meeting
12 September Palio Città della Quercia Rovereto Italy EAA Area Permit Meeting
23 14 September Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium 2007 IAAF Golden League
24 16 September ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany 2007 IAAF Golden League
F 22–23 September 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final Stuttgart Germany 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][3]

Event Male athlete Points Female athlete Points
100 metres   Asafa Powell (JAM) 96   Torri Edwards (USA) 90
200 metres   Wallace Spearmon (USA) 80   Kim Gevaert (BEL) 54
400 metres   LaShawn Merritt (USA) 86   Sanya Richards (USA) 100
800 metres   Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA) 76   Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) 72
1500 metres   Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (KEN) 76   Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) 100
3000 metres   Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA)
  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
50   Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN)
  Jo Pavey (GBR)
  Jéssica Augusto (POR)
24
5000 metres   Sileshi Sihine (ETH) 50   Kim Smith (NZL) 44
100/110 metres hurdles   Anwar Moore (USA) 88   Susanna Kallur (SWE)
  Michelle Perry (USA)
96
400 metres hurdles   James Carter (USA) 80   Jana Rawlinson (AUS) 76
3000 metres steeplechase   Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 76   Korene Hinds (JAM) 47
Pole vault   Brad Walker (USA) 66   Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 100
High jump   Stefan Holm (SWE) 68   Blanka Vlašić (CRO) 100
Long jump   Brian Johnson (USA)
  Irving Saladino (PAN)
60   Kumiko Ikeda (JPN) 56
Triple jump   Aarik Wilson (USA) 86   Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 64
Shot put   Reese Hoffa (USA) 60   Li Ling (CHN) 18
Discus throw   Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 60   Beatrice Faumuina (NZL)
  Franka Dietzsch (GER)
22
Javelin throw   Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)
  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)
80   Barbora Špotáková (CZE)
  Christina Obergföll (GER)
50
Hammer throw   Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) 26   Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 39

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