2001 IAAF Grand Prix

The 2001 IAAF Grand Prix was the seventeenth 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: 2001 IAAF Golden League, Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II, and IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seven Golden League meets, Grand Prix I featured 10 meetings from 6 May to 22 July and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 1 March to 2 September, making a combined total of 28 meetings for the series.^[1] An additional 11 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.^[2]

2001 IAAF Grand Prix
Edition	17th
Dates	16 February – 15 September
Meetings	28 (+1 final)
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Compared to the previous season, the Oregon Track Classic and IAAF Grand Prix Palo Alto were included for the first time, the Qatar Athletic Grand Prix 1 was reintroduced after a year's break, and the Pontiac Grand Prix Invitational was dropped from the calendar.

Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 9 September in Melbourne, Australia.^[3] Middle-distance runner Violeta Szekely was the points leader for the series, taking a series record high of 116 points from eight meetings. The highest scoring male athlete was middle-distance runner André Bucher, who scored 102 points. Another middle-distance runner, Maria Mutola, had the second highest with 105. Three men also reached 100 points: hurdler Allen Johnson, and distance runners Hicham El Guerrouj and Paul Bitok.

Meetings

#	Date	Meeting name	City	Country	Level
–	16 February	Sydney Track Classic	Sydney	Australia	IAAF Permit Meeting
1	1 March	Melbourne Track Classic	Melbourne	Australia	IAAF Grand Prix II
2	23 March	Engen Grand Prix	Pretoria	South Africa	IAAF Grand Prix II
–	30 March	Engen Grand Prix Final	Cape Town	South Africa	IAAF Permit Meeting
–	28 April	Meeting du Conseil Général de Martinique	Fort-de-France	Martinique	IAAF Permit Meeting
3	6 May	Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	IAAF Grand Prix I
4	12 May	Japan Grand Prix	Osaka	Japan	IAAF Grand Prix I
5	18 May	Qatar Athletic Grand Prix 1	Doha	Qatar	IAAF Grand Prix I
6	27 May	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene	United States	IAAF Grand Prix I
7	3 June	Adidas Oregon Track Classic	Portland	United States	IAAF Grand Prix II
8	4 June	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games	Hengelo	Netherlands	IAAF Grand Prix II
–	6 June	Notturna di Milano	Milan	Italy	IAAF Permit Meeting
9	8 June	Atletismo Sevilla	Seville	Spain	IAAF Grand Prix II
10	9 June	IAAF Grand Prix Palo Alto	Palo Alto	United States	IAAF Grand Prix I
–	9 June	Znamensky Memorial	Moscow	Russia	IAAF Permit Meeting
–	9 June	Meeting di Atletica Leggera Torino	Turin	Italy	IAAF Permit Meeting
11	11 June	Athens Grand Prix	Athens	Greece	IAAF Grand Prix I
12	12 June	Cena Slovenska - Slovak Gold	Bratislava	Slovakia	IAAF Grand Prix II
13	14 June	Asics Grand Prix Helsinki	Helsinki	Finland	IAAF Grand Prix II
–	17 June	Meeting du Nord	Lille	France	IAAF Permit Meeting
–	17 June	Live Leichtathletikfest Nuremberg	Nuremberg	Germany	IAAF Permit Meeting
14	29 June	Golden Gala	Rome	Italy	2001 IAAF Golden League
–	1 July	IAAF Permit Meeting Budapest	Budapest	Hungary	IAAF Permit Meeting
15	2 July	IAAF Meeting Zagreb	Zagreb	Croatia	IAAF Grand Prix II
16	4 July	Athletissima	Lausanne	Switzerland	IAAF Grand Prix I
17	6 July	Meeting de Paris	Paris	France	2001 IAAF Golden League
18	9 July	Nikaia	Nice	France	IAAF Grand Prix I
19	13 July	Bislett Games	Oslo	Norway	2001 IAAF Golden League
20	17 July	DN Galan	Stockholm	Sweden	IAAF Grand Prix I
21	20 July	Herculis	Monte Carlo	Monaco	2001 IAAF Golden League
22	22 July	Norwich Union British Grand Prix	London	United Kingdom	IAAF Grand Prix I
23	17 August	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich	Switzerland	2001 IAAF Golden League
24	19 August	Norwich Union Classic - Grand Prix II	Gateshead	United Kingdom	IAAF Grand Prix II
25	20 August	Gugl-Meeting	Linz	Austria	IAAF Grand Prix II
–	22 August	International Olympic Meeting	Thessaloniki	Greece	IAAF Permit Meeting
26	24 August	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels	Belgium	2001 IAAF Golden League
27	31 August	ISTAF Berlin	Berlin	Germany	2001 IAAF Golden League
28	2 September	Rieti Meeting	Rieti	Italy	IAAF Grand Prix II
F	9 September	2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final	Melbourne	Australia	IAAF Grand Prix Final
–	15 September	Super Track & Field Meet	Yokohama	Japan	IAAF Permit Meeting

Points standings

Overall men

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meets	Points
1	André Bucher	Switzerland	8	102
2	Allen Johnson	United States	9	101
3	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	8	100
4	Paul Bitok	Kenya	9	100
5	Anier García	Cuba	9	95
6	Bernard Lagat	Kenya	9	94
7	Boris Henry	Germany	9	84
8	Kevin Dilworth	United States	9	84
9	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	7	77
10	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana	Burundi	9	77
11	Kipkurui Misoi	Kenya	9	76
12	Ēriks Rags	Latvia	9	76
13	Luke Kipkosgei	Kenya	8	76
14	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	7	75
15	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	6	74
16	Brahim Boulami	Morocco	6	74
17	William Yiampoy	Kenya	9	73
18	Benjamin Limo	Kenya	9	72
19	Terrence Trammell	United States	9	71
20	Reuben Kosgei	Kenya	6	70
21	William Chirchir	Kenya	8	70
22	Savanté Stringfellow	United States	7	70
23	Dominique Arnold	United States	9	69
24	Raymond Hecht	Germany	9	69
25	Dudley Dorival	Haiti	9	68
26	Steve Backley	United Kingdom	8	67
27	Hussein Al-Sabee	Saudi Arabia	9	67
28	Oleksy Lukashevych	Ukraine	7	64
29	Dariusz Trafas	Poland	9	64
30	Breaux Greer	United States	9	61
31	Colin Jackson	United Kingdom	9	60.5
32	Larry Wade	United States	9	60
33	Noah Ngeny	Kenya	7	59
34	Younès Moudrik	Morocco	7	59
35	Jason Tunks	Canada	8	59
36	Shawn Crawford	United States	6	58
37	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	7	57
38	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	6	57
39	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	9	57
40	Bernard Williams	United States	5	56
41	Dawane Wallace	United States	9	56
42	Frantz Kruger	South Africa	7	56
43	Peter Blank	Germany	9	56
44	Laban Rotich	Kenya	7	55
45	Kareem Streete-Thompson	Cayman Islands	9	55
46	Wilson Boit Kipketer	Kenya	6	55
47	James Beckford	Jamaica	6	53
48	Sammy Kipketer	Kenya	7	51
49	Hailu Mekonnen	Ethiopia	7	51
50	Stephen Cherono	Kenya	6	50
51	Christian Malcolm	United Kingdom	6	50
52	Christopher Williams	Jamaica	8	50
53	Adam Setliff	United States	7	50
54	Aleksander Tammert	Estonia	8	49
55	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	8	47
56	John Kosgei	Kenya	7	46
57	Richard Limo	Kenya	6	46
58	Glody Dube	Botswana	6	45
59	Abiyote Abate	Ethiopia	8	45
60	John Kibowen	Kenya	7	45
61	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	6	44
62	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	6	43
63	Driss Maazouzi	France	7	42
64	Vasiliy Kaptyukh	Belarus	7	42
65	Julius Nyamu	Kenya	6	41
66	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary	6	41
67	Luis Miguel Martín	Spain	5	40
68	Kevin Little	United States	8	40
69	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	7	39
70	Raymond Yator	Kenya	5	39
71	Vyacheslav Shabunin	Russia	8	39
72	Konstadinos Gatsioudis	Greece	4	39
73	Vitaliy Shkurlatov	Russia	8	37
74	Enock Koech	Kenya	6	36
75	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	4	36
75	Aki Parviainen	Finland	5	36
75	Shaun Bownes	South Africa	7	36
78	Sergey Makarov	Russia	5	33
78	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	5	33
80	Kevin Sullivan	Canada	5	32
81	Benjamin Kipkurui	Kenya	5	32
82	Bernard Barmasai	Kenya	4	32
82	Mark Crear	United States	5	32
84	Dmitry Shevchenko	Russia	5	31
85	Staņislavs Olijars	Latvia	4	30
86	Ali Ezzine	Morocco	5	29
86	Michael Möllenbeck	Germany	5	29
88	Dwight Phillips	United States	4	28
89	Abderrahim Goumri	Morocco	6	27
90	Daniel Komen	Kenya	6	27
91	André Domingos	Brazil	5	26
92	Tom Nyariki	Kenya	4	26
93	Mark Bett	Kenya	3	25
94	Harri Haatainen	Finland	4	23
94	Antonio David Jiménez	Spain	4	23
94	Gregor Högler	Austria	5	23
94	Terry Reese	United States	5	23
99	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	4	22
99	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	4	22

Overall women

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meets	Points
1	Violeta Szekely	Romania	8	116
2	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	8	105
3	Tetyana Tereshchuk	Ukraine	8	96
4	Hestrie Cloete	South Africa	8	93.5
5	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden	8	92.5
6	Stephanie Graf	Austria	7	92
7	Natalya Gorelova	Russia	8	88
8	Stacy Dragila	United States	8	86
8	Debbie Parris-Thymes	Jamaica	8	86
10	Inha Babakova	Ukraine	8	85.5
11	Tonja Buford-Bailey	United States	8	85
12	Amy Acuff	United States	8	81.5
13	Olga Yegorova	Russia	5	78
14	Sandra Glover	United States	8	70
15	Natalya Tsyganova	Russia	8	69.5
16	Kelly Holmes	United Kingdom	6	68
17	Vita Palamar	Ukraine	6	67.5
18	Svetlana Feofanova	Russia	6	67
18	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	5	67
20	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco	5	66
20	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia	7	66
22	Venelina Veneva	Bulgaria	8	64
22	Ionela Târlea	Romania	8	64
24	Tatyana Tomashova	Russia	4	60
25	Kamila Skolimowska	Poland	4	56
25	Olga Kuzenkova	Russia	5	56
25	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	Bahamas	4	56
28	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	8	55
29	Kellie Suttle	United States	8	54.5
30	Faith Macharia	Kenya	8	54
30	Zulia Calatayud	Cuba	6	54
32	Daimí Pernía	Cuba	7	53
32	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	6	53
34	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	8	52
34	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	4	52
36	Tereza Marinova	Bulgaria	4	51
36	Edith Masai	Kenya	5	51
38	Bronwyn Eagles	Australia	4	50
38	Yuliya Pechonkina	Russia	6	50
38	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	5	50
41	Juliet Campbell	Jamaica	4	49
42	Kelli White	United States	4	48
43	Melissa Mueller	United States	8	47.5
44	Nadzeya Ostapchuk	Belarus	4	47
44	Leah Malot	Kenya	4	47
44	Magdelín Martínez	Italy	5	47
44	Dawn Ellerbe	United States	5	47
48	Astrid Kumbernuss	Germany	4	46
48	Beverly McDonald	Jamaica	4	46
50	Suzy Favor	United States	5	45
50	Monika Pyrek	Poland	5	45
52	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	5	44
53	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	5	43
54	Monica Iagăr	Romania	6	40.5
55	Volha Tsander	Belarus	5	40
56	Françoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon	5	39
57	Dóra Győrffy	Hungary	8	38,7
58	Irina Mistyukevich	Russia	7	38
59	Lieja Tunks	Canada	4	37
59	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	5	37
59	Svetlana Krivelyova	Russia	4	37
59	Lyudmila Vasilyeva	Russia	5	37
63	Mercy Nku	Nigeria	4	36
64	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	4	35
65	Olga Raspopova	Russia	7	33.5
66	Yelena Oleynikova	Russia	5	33
66	Connie Price-Smith	United States	4	33
68	Yuliya Kosenkova	Russia	5	32
68	Sarah Schwald	United States	6	32
68	Yanina Karolchyk	Belarus	4	32
71	Tatiana Grigorieva	Australia	5	31.5
72	Regina Jacobs	United States	5	30
73	Natalya Torshina	Kazakhstan	5	29
73	Olena Hovorova	Ukraine	4	29
73	Asmae Leghzaoui	Morocco	5	29
76	Mary Sauer	United States	6	28.5
77	Alesia Turava	Belarus	4	28
77	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	6	28
77	Lyudmila Gubkina	Belarus	4	28
80	Ivonne Teichmann	Germany	4	27
81	Surita Febbraio	South Africa	6	25
82	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	5	24.5
83	Cristina Nicolau	Romania	4	24
83	Doris Auer	Austria	6	24
85	Olga Kaliturina	Russia	5	23.5
86	Tatyana Konstantinova	Russia	7	23
86	Diane Cummins	Canada	4	23
88	Pavla Hamáčková	Czech Republic	6	22
88	Anzhela Balakhonova	Ukraine	4	22
88	Karyne Di Marco	Australia	4	22
88	Heli Koivula	Finland	5	22
92	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	3	21
92	Manuela Montebrun	France	3	21
94	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russia	2	20
94	Marla Runyan	United States	3	20
94	Ebru Kavaklıoğlu	Turkey	3	20
97	Valentina Fedyushina	Austria	5	19
97	LaTasha Jenkins	United States	3	19
97	Daniela Yordanova	Bulgaria	3	19
97	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	3	19