1996 IAAF Grand Prix

1996 IAAF Grand Prix
Edition12th
Dates29 February – 16 September 1996
Meetings29 (+1 final)
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The 1996 IAAF Grand Prix was the twelfth edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series consisted of three levels: IAAF Grand Prix, IAAF Grand Prix II and finally IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seventeen Grand Prix meetings and twelve Grand Prix II meetings, making a combined total of 29 meetings for the series from 29 February to 16 September. An additional ten IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.[1]

Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 1996 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 7 September in Milan, Italy.[1] Daniel Komen was the winner of the overall men's title with 103 points, while Ludmila Enquist topped the women's rankings with 93 points.[2]

Meetings

Key:   Non-Grand Prix, scoring meeting

1996 IAAF Grand Prix meetings[1][3]
# Date Meeting name City Country Level
1 29 February NEC Classic Melbourne Australia IAAF Grand Prix II
— 12 April ASA Engen Meet Cape Town South Africa IAAF Permit Meeting
2 14 April International Meeting Johannesburg Johannesburg South Africa IAAF Grand Prix II
— 28 April Shiv Chatrapati[a] New Delhi India IAAF Grand Prix II
— 4 May Jakarta International Meet Jakarta Indonesia IAAF Permit Meeting
3 4 May Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil IAAF Grand Prix I
4 11 May Osaka Grand Prix Osaka Japan IAAF Grand Prix I
5 18 May Atlanta Pre-Olympic Meeting Atlanta United States IAAF Grand Prix I
— 25 May Vittel Stadium Meeting Lille France IAAF Permit Meeting
6 26 May Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States IAAF Grand Prix I
7 27 May Adriaan Paulen Memorial Hengelo Netherlands IAAF Grand Prix II
8 29 May Slovnaft Meeting Bratislava Slovakia IAAF Grand Prix II
9 1 June Bruce Jenner Classic San Jose United States IAAF Grand Prix II
— 2 June Harry Jerome Track Classic Vancouver Canada IAAF Permit Meeting
10 3 June Meeting L'Humanite St. Denis France IAAF Grand Prix II
11 5 June Golden Gala Rome Italy IAAF Grand Prix I
12 6 June Gran Premio Diputacion Seville Spain IAAF Grand Prix II
13 7 June Znamensky Memorial Moscow Russia IAAF Grand Prix I
— 12 June Comunidad de Madrid Meeting Madrid Spain IAAF Permit Meeting
— 20 June Budapest Invitation Meeting Budapest Hungary IAAF Permit Meeting
14 25 June Helsinki World Games Helsinki Finland IAAF Grand Prix II
15 28 June Meeting Gaz de France Paris France IAAF Grand Prix I
— 29 June Goodwill Meeting Saint Petersburg Russia IAAF Permit Meeting
16 30 June Bupa International Games Gateshead United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix II
17 3 July Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland IAAF Grand Prix I
18 5 July Mobil Bislett Games Oslo Norway IAAF Grand Prix I
19 8 July DN Galan Stockholm Sweden IAAF Grand Prix I
20 10 July Meeting Nikaia Nice France IAAF Grand Prix I
21 12 July KP Games London United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix I
— 7 August International Meeting Sestriere Sestriere Italy IAAF Permit Meeting
22 10 August Herculis Vittel Monaco Monaco IAAF Grand Prix I
23 14 August Weltklasse Zurich Switzerland IAAF Grand Prix I
24 16 August Weltklasse in Koln Cologne Germany IAAF Grand Prix I
25 21 August Zipfer Grand Prix Linz Austria IAAF Grand Prix II
26 23 August Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium IAAF Grand Prix I
— 25 August McDonald's Games London United Kingdom IAAF Permit Meeting
27 30 August ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany IAAF Grand Prix I
28 1 September Meeting Rieti Rieti Italy IAAF Grand Prix II
F 7 September 1996 IAAF Grand Prix Final Milan Italy IAAF Grand Prix Final
— 16 September Toto International Super Meet Tokyo Japan IAAF Permit Meeting

Notes

  1. ^ Although listed in pre-season schedules, this meeting unlikely took place, as post-season and contemporary newspaper results were not found.

Points standings

Overall men

1996 IAAF Grand Prix men's standings[4]
Rank Athlete Nation Points
1 Daniel Komen  Kenya 103
2 Jonathan Edwards  Great Britain 103
3 Dennis Mitchell  United States 95
4 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 93
5 Derrick Adkins  United States 91
6 Samuel Matete  Zambia 90
7 Donovan Bailey  Canada 85
8 Maksim Tarasov  Russia 79.5
9 Igor Astapkovich  Belarus 77
10 Balazs Kiss  Hungary 77

Overall women

1996 IAAF Grand Prix women's standings[4]
Rank Athlete Nation Points
1 Ludmila Enquist  Sweden 93
2 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 90
3 Michelle Freeman  Jamaica 85
4 Falilat Ogunkoya  Nigeria 83
5 Inessa Kravets  Ukraine 80
6 Oksana Ovchinnikova  Russia 78
7 Ilke Wyludda  Germany 76
8 Cathy Freeman  Australia 75
9 Tanja Damaske  Germany 72
10 Pauline Davis  Bahamas 71

References

  1. ^ a b c "Grand Prix & Grand Prix II". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 1997-02-23.
  2. ^ IAAF Grand Prix. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  3. ^ "ATHLETICS IAAF 1996 Schedule GRAND PRIX I". The Province. 13 Oct 1995. p. 7. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  4. ^ a b "Deal saves best for last". The Register-Guard. 8 Sep 1996. p. 80. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
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