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| Sport | Track and field |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Ceased | 2009 |
| Qualification | for World Athletics Final |
| Official website | IAAF Official website |
The IAAF World Athletics Tour was an annual global circuit of one day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Formed in 2006, it comprised two separate levels of athletics meetings: the first level being the IAAF Golden League and IAAF Super Grand Prix events, and the second comprising IAAF Grand Prix events and area permit meetings.[1][2] It replaced the IAAF World Outdoor Meetings series, which had only started three years earlier, and rendered the IAAF Grand Prix II series defunct.[3]
The tour featured twenty-five of the world's premier athletics meetings comprising: six Golden League meetings, five Super Grand Prix meetings and fourteen Grand Prix meetings. There were also 25 or more area permit meetings every year which were run by one of the six continental athletics associations, and featured some point-scoring events. Athletes collected points at the meetings, dependent upon their finishing position, and the overall points leaders gained entry to the annual World Athletics Final.[4]
From 2010 onwards the World Athletics Tour is replaced by the IAAF Diamond League and IAAF World Challenge Meetings. In 2020, the World Challenge was replaced by the World Athletics Continental Tour.
- ^ World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-15.
- ^ Turner, Chris (2005). IAAF - World Athletics Tour. International Sports Press Association. Retrieved on 2009-09-11.
- ^ IAAF World Outdoor Meetings 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final 2009 - Who and how many qualify?. IAAF (2009-03-069). Retrieved on 2009-09-07.