# 1997 IAAF Grand Prix

The 1997 IAAF Grand Prix was the thirteenth 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 eleven Grand Prix II meetings, making a combined total of 28 meetings for the series from 20 February to 7 September. An additional 15 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.
Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 13 September in Fukuoka, Japan. Danish-Kenyan runner Wilson Kipketer was the winner of the overall men's title with 114 points, while Germany's Astrid Kumbernuss topped the women's rankings with 99 points in the discus throw.

## Meetings

Key:  Non-Grand Prix, scoring meeting
| # | Date | Meeting name | City | Country | Level |
| 1 | 20 February | Melbourne Track Classic | Melbourne | Australia | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 2 | 17 March | All Africa Invitational | Johannesburg | South Africa | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| - | 8 April | Engen Grand Prix Final | Cape Town | South Africa | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| - | 1 May | Memorial Marie Perrine | Fort-de-France | Martinique | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| - | 3 May | Bob Hasan Invitational | Jakarta | Indonesia | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 3 | 4 May | Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 4 | 10 May | Japan Grand Prix | Osaka | Japan | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 5 | 18 May | USA Track & Field Grand Prix | Charlotte | United States | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 6 | 25 May | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | United States | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 7 | 30 May | Gran Premio Diputacion | Seville | Spain | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 8 | 31 May | Adriaan Paulen Memorial | Hengelo | Netherlands | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 9 | 31 May | Bruce Jenner Classic | San Jose | United States | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| - | 1 June | Harry Jerome Track Classic | Vancouver | Canada | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 10 | 2 June | St Denis – l'Humanité | Saint-Denis | France | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 11 | 3 June | Slovnaft Meeting | Bratislava | Slovakia | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 12 | 5 June | Golden Gala | Rome | Italy | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 13 | 8 June | Brothers Znamensky Memorial | Moscow | Russia | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| - | 13 June | Live Nuremberg | Nuremberg | Germany | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 14 | 15 June | BUPA Games Grand Prix II | Gateshead | United Kingdom | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 15 | 18 June | World Games Helsinki | Helsinki | Finland | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| - | 24 June | Meeting di Atletica Leggera Torino | Turin | Italy | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 16 | 25 June | Meeting Gaz de France | Paris | France | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| — | 27 June | Meeting de Atletismo Madrid | Madrid | Spain | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| - | 29 June | Meeting Lille-Métropole | Lille | France | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 17 | 29 June | British Grand Prix | London | United Kingdom | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 18 | 2 July | Athletissima | Lausanne | Switzerland | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 19 | 4 July | Bislett Games | Oslo | Norway | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 20 | 7 July | DN Galan | Stockholm | Sweden | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| — | 8 July | Goodwill Meeting | Saint Petersburg | Russia | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 21 | 9 July | Zipfer Gugl Grand Prix | Linz | Austria | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| — | 12 July | Notturna di Milano | Milan | Italy | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 22 | 16 July | Nikaia | Nice | France | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| - | 19 July | Meeting Internazionale del Sestriere | Sestriere | Italy | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| - | 20 July | International Meeting Budapest | Budapest | Hungary | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 23 | 13 August | Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 24 | 16 August | Herculis | Monte Carlo | Monaco | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 25 | 22 August | Memorial Van Damme | Brussels | Belgium | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 26 | 24 August | Weltklasse in Köln | Cologne | Germany | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 27 | 26 August | ISTAF Berlin | Berlin | Germany | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| - | 31 August | McDonald's Games | Sheffield | United Kingdom | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 28 | 3 September | Rieti Meeting | Rieti | Italy | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| - | 19 September | Toto International Super Meeting | Tokyo | Japan | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| F | 13 September | 1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final | Fukuoka | Japan | IAAF Grand Prix Final |
| — | 16 September | ITC International Meeting | New Delhi | India | IAAF Permit Meeting |

## Points standings
### Overall men

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meets | Points |
| 1 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark (DEN) | | 114.0 |
| 2 | Lars Riedel | Germany (GER) | 8 | 99.0 |
| 3 | Mark Crear | United States (USA) | 8 | 95.0 |
| 4 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco (MAR) | 8 | 93.0 |
| 5 | Moses Kiptanui | Kenya (KEN) | 8 | 88.0 |
| 6 | Daniel Komen | Kenya (KEN) | 8 | 86.0 |
| 7 | Jan Železný | Czech Republic (CZE) | 8 | 85.0 |
| 8 | James Beckford | Jamaica (JAM) | 8 | 85.0 |
| 9 | Boris Henry | Germany (GER) | 8 | 82.0 |
| 10 | Maksim Tarasov | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 79.0 |
| 11 | Bernard Barmasai | Kenya (KEN) | 8 | 76.0 |
| 12 | Tony Jarrett | Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 69.0 |
| 13 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia (NAM) | 5 | 68.0 |
| 13 | Allen Johnson | United States (USA) | 8 | 68.0 |
| 15 | Tom Nyariki | Kenya (KEN) | 8 | 66.0 |
| 16 | William Tanui | Kenya (KEN) | 8 | 65.0 |
| 16 | Virgilijus Alekna | Lithuania (LIT) | 7 | 65.0 |
| 18 | Sergey Makarov | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 64.0 |
| 19 | Adam Setliff | United States (USA) | 7 | 63.0 |
| 20 | Steve Backley | Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 62.0 |
| 20 | Vénuste Niyongabo | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 7 | 62.0 |
| 22 | Igor Kováč | Slovakia (SVK) | 8 | 61.0 |
| 22 | Iván Pedroso | Cuba (CUB) | 4 | 61.0 |
| 24 | Jürgen Schult | Germany (GER) | 8 | 60.0 |
| 24 | Patrick Ndururi | Kenya (KEN) | 7 | 60.0 |
| 24 | Pat Manson | United States (USA) | 8 | 60.0 |
| 24 | Khalid Boulami | Morocco (MAR) | 5 | 60.0 |
| 28 | Jon Drummond | United States (USA) | 5 | 59.0 |
| 29 | Rich Kenah | United States (USA) | 8 | 58.0 |
| 30 | Sergei Bubka | Ukraine (UKR) | 4 | 57.5 |
| 31 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia (ETH) | 5 | 57.0 |
| 31 | Eliud Barngetuny | Kenya (KEN) | 8 | 57.0 |
| 33 | Tom Pukstys | United States (USA) | 8 | 56.0 |
| 34 | Laban Rotich | Kenya (KEN) | 6 | 55.0 |
| 34 | Patrik Bodén | Sweden (SWE) | 7 | 55.0 |
| 36 | Florian Schwarthoff | Germany (GER) | 8 | 54.5 |
| 37 | Kirill Sosunov | Russia (RUS) | 6 | 54.0 |
| 38 | Paul Koech | Kenya (KEN) | 6 | 52.0 |
| 39 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 5 | 50.0 |
| 39 | Wilson Boit Kipketer | Kenya (KEN) | 6 | 50.0 |
| 41 | Obadele Thompson | Barbados (BAR) | 5 | 49.0 |
| 41 | Jack Pierce | United States (USA) | 8 | 49.0 |
| 43 | Mick Hill | Great Britain (GBR) | 7 | 48.0 |
| 43 | Marko Koers | Netherlands (NED) | 8 | 48.0 |
| 45 | Tim Lobinger | Germany (GER) | 8 | 47.8 |
| 46 | Scott Huffman | United States (USA) | 8 | 47.3 |
| 47 | Geir Moen | Norway (NOR) | 7 | 47.0 |
| 48 | John Godina | United States (USA) | 5 | 46.0 |
| 48 | Paul Bitok | Kenya (KEN) | 7 | 46.0 |
| 48 | Kevin Little | United States (USA) | 8 | 46.0 |
| 51 | Andreas Seelig | Germany (GER) | 8 | 45.0 |
| 51 | Terry Reese | United States (USA) | 8 | 45.0 |
| 51 | Patrick Sang | Kenya (KEN) | 8 | 45.0 |
| 54 | Dmitri Markov | Belarus (BLR) | 8 | 44.5 |
| 54 | Lawrence Johnson | United States (USA) | 7 | 44.5 |
| 56 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium (BEL) | 8 | 44.0 |
| 56 | Erick Walder | United States (USA) | 4 | 44.0 |
| 58 | David Kiptoo | Kenya (KEN) | 7 | 43.0 |
| 58 | Hezekiél Sepeng | South Africa (RSA) | 8 | 43.0 |
| 60 | Robert Kiplagat Andersen | Denmark (DEN) | 5 | 41.0 |
| 61 | Rohsaan Griffin | United States (USA) | 7 | 40.0 |
| 62 | Ismaïl Sghyr | Morocco (MAR) | 6 | 39.0 |
| 62 | Vincent Malakwen | Kenya (KEN) | 7 | 39.0 |
| 64 | John Kibowen | Kenya (KEN) | 6 | 38.0 |
| 65 | Anier García | Cuba (CUB) | 6 | 37.0 |
| 65 | Colin Jackson | Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 37.0 |
| 67 | Sean Robbins | United States (USA) | 7 | 36.0 |
| 67 | Mohammed Mourhit | Belgium (BEL) | 6 | 36.0 |
| 69 | Joseph Keter | Kenya (KEN) | 4 | 35.0 |
| 69 | Roland McGhee | United States (USA) | 4 | 35.0 |
| 71 | Riaan Botha | South Africa (RSA) | 6 | 34.8 |
| 72 | Patrick Konchellah | Kenya (KEN) | 6 | 34.0 |
| 73 | Juha Laukkanen | Finland (FIN) | 6 | 32.0 |
| 74 | Steve Holman | United States (USA) | 8 | 31.0 |
| 74 | Roger Kingdom | United States (USA) | 7 | 31.0 |
| 74 | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway (NOR) | 6 | 31.0 |
| 77 | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 28.0 |
| 78 | Okkert Brits | South Africa (RSA) | 5 | 27.3 |
| 79 | Raymond Hecht | Germany (GER) | 6 | 27.0 |
| 79 | Aki Parviainen | Finland (FIN) | 6 | 27.0 |
| 81 | Assefa Mezgebu | Ethiopia (ETH) | 4 | 26.0 |
| 82 | Cheikh Touré | Senegal (SEN) | 3 | 25.0 |
| 82 | Salah Hissou | Morocco (MAR) | 4 | 25.0 |
| 82 | Vasiliy Kaptyukh | Belarus (BLR) | 4 | 25.0 |
| 85 | Jean Galfione | France (FRA) | 4 | 24.5 |
| 86 | Bob Kennedy | United States (USA) | 5 | 24.0 |
| 86 | Elijah Maru | Kenya (KEN) | 5 | 24.0 |
| 88 | Michael Möllenbeck | Germany (GER) | 6 | 23.0 |
| 88 | Paul Tergat | Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 23.0 |
| 88 | Mark Everett | United States (USA) | 3 | 23.0 |
| 91 | Igor Potapovich | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 6 | 22.0 |
| 91 | Aleksandr Glavatskiy | Belarus (BLR) | 4 | 22.0 |
| 93 | Courtney Hawkins | United States (USA) | 4 | 21.0 |
| 93 | Dieter Baumann | Germany (GER) | 5 | 21.0 |
| 93 | Frederick Onyancha | Kenya (KEN) | 6 | 21.0 |
| 96 | John Mayock | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 20.0 |
| 97 | Troy Douglas | Bermuda (BER) | 4 | 18.0 |
| 97 | Fermín Cacho | Spain (ESP) | 4 | 18.0 |
| 97 | Michael Johnson | United States (USA) | 2 | 18.0 |
| 97 | Viktor Chistiakov | Russia (RUS) | 6 | 18.0 |

### Overall women

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meets | Points |
| 1 | Astrid Kumbernuss | Germany (GER) | 8 | 99.0 |
| 2 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica (JAM) | 8 | 93.0 |
| 3 | Kim Batten | United States (USA) | 8 | 91.0 |
| 4 | Inha Babakova | Ukraine (UKR) | 8 | 90.0 |
| 5 | Šárka Kašpárková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 8 | 87.0 |
| 6 | Ashia Hansen | Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 79.0 |
| 7 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | Cuba (CUB) | 7 | 79.0 |
| 8 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique (MOZ) | 6 | 73.0 |
| 9 | Yelena Afanasyeva | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 72.0 |
| 10 | Tatyana Tereshchuk | Ukraine (UKR) | 8 | 70.0 |
| 11 | Lydia Cheromei | Kenya (KEN) | 6 | 65.0 |
| 12 | Hanne Haugland | Norway (NOR) | 8 | 63.5 |
| 13 | Marion Jones | United States (USA) | 4 | 63.0 |
| 14 | Monica Iagăr | Romania (ROM) | 8 | 62.5 |
| 15 | Amy Acuff | United States (USA) | 8 | 61.0 |
| 16 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal (POR) | 7 | 60.0 |
| 17 | Yuliya Lyakhova | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 57.5 |
| 18 | Rodica Mateescu | Romania (ROM) | 5 | 57.0 |
| 19 | Sally Barsosio | Kenya (KEN) | 5 | 56.0 |
| 19 | Olena Hovorova | Ukraine (UKR) | 8 | 56.0 |
| 21 | Debbie-Ann Parris | Jamaica (JAM) | 8 | 53.0 |
| 21 | Vita Pavlysh | Ukraine (UKR) | 4 | 53.0 |
| 21 | Stephanie Storp | Germany (GER) | 8 | 53.0 |
| 24 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | Australia (AUS) | 5 | 52.0 |
| 24 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | United States (USA) | 5 | 52.0 |
| 26 | Marina Trandenkova | Russia (RUS) | 6 | 50.0 |
| 26 | Jearl Miles Clark | United States (USA) | 6 | 50.0 |
| 26 | Inger Miller | United States (USA) | 5 | 50.0 |
| 29 | Nezha Bidouane | Morocco (MAR) | 7 | 49.0 |
| 29 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 8 | 49.0 |
| 31 | Juliet Campbell | Jamaica (JAM) | 8 | 48.0 |
| 32 | Irina Korzhanenko | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 47.0 |
| 32 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica (JAM) | 4 | 47.0 |
| 34 | Alina Astafei | Germany (GER) | 7 | 46.5 |
| 35 | Olga Kaliturina | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 45.5 |
| 36 | Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica (JAM) | 7 | 45.0 |
| 36 | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 45.0 |
| 36 | Gabriela Szabo | Romania (ROM) | 5 | 45.0 |
| 39 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname (SUR) | 6 | 44.0 |
| 40 | Connie Price-Smith | United States (USA) | 5 | 43.0 |
| 41 | Tonja Buford-Bailey | United States (USA) | 6 | 42.0 |
| 42 | Huang Zhihong | China (CHN) | 4 | 41.0 |
| 43 | Jackline Maranga | Kenya (KEN) | 5 | 39.0 |
| 44 | Valentina Fedyushina | Ukraine (UKR) | 7 | 38.0 |
| 44 | Roberta Brunet | Italy (ITA) | 6 | 38.0 |
| 46 | Tatyana Motkova | Russia (RUS) | 7 | 37.5 |
| 47 | Guðrún Arnardóttir | Iceland (ISL) | 7 | 36.0 |
| 47 | Joetta Clark | United States (USA) | 7 | 36.0 |
| 49 | Galina Chistyakova | Slovakia (SVK) | 7 | 35.0 |
| 49 | Anna Knoroz | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 35.0 |
| 51 | Berhane Adere | Ethiopia (ETH) | 4 | 34.0 |
| 52 | Viktoriya Fyodorova | Russia (RUS) | 7 | 32.5 |
| 53 | Judy Oakes | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 32.0 |
| 54 | Julie Henner | United States (USA) | 4 | 30.0 |
| 54 | Irina Samorokova-Biryukova | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 30.0 |
| 56 | Zahra Ouaziz | Morocco (MAR) | 5 | 29.0 |
| 57 | Lyudmila Borisova | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 28.0 |
| 58 | Cynthea Rhodes | United States (USA) | 7 | 27.0 |
| 58 | Gete Wami | Ethiopia (ETH) | 5 | 27.0 |
| 58 | Merima Denboba | Ethiopia (ETH) | 6 | 27.0 |
| 61 | Theresia Kiesl | Austria (AUT) | 6 | 26.0 |
| 61 | Susan Smith | Ireland (IRL) | 8 | 26.0 |
| 61 | Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus (BLR) | 6 | 26.0 |
| 64 | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal (POR) | 3 | 25.0 |
| 65 | Merlene Frazer | Jamaica (JAM) | 4 | 24.0 |
| 66 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland (IRL) | 4 | 23.0 |
| 67 | Yelena Donkina | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 22.0 |
| 67 | Rebecca Russell-Buchanan | United States (USA) | 6 | 22.0 |
| 67 | Lidia Chojecka | Poland (POL) | 3 | 22.0 |
| 70 | Anita Weyermann | Switzerland (SUI) | 4 | 21.0 |
| 71 | Cathy Freeman | Australia (AUS) | 4 | 20.0 |
| 71 | Sally Gunnell | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 20.0 |
| 71 | Svetlana Krivelyova | Russia (RUS) | 6 | 20.0 |
| 71 | Tereza Marinova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 4 | 20.0 |
| 75 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 18.0 |
| 76 | Leah Pells | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 17.0 |
| 77 | Toni Hodgkinson | New Zealand (NZL) | 4 | 16.0 |
| 78 | Valeyta Althouse | United States (USA) | 3 | 15.0 |
| 78 | Hassiba Boulmerka | Algeria (ALG) | 4 | 15.0 |
| 78 | Inessa Kravets | Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 15.0 |
| 78 | Svetlana Masterkova | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 15.0 |
| 82 | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 14.5 |
| 83 | Zhanna Pintusevich | Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 14.0 |
| 83 | Regina Jacobs | United States (USA) | 3 | 14.0 |
| 83 | Leah Malot | Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 14.0 |
| 83 | Trevaia Williams | United States (USA) | 3 | 14.0 |
| 83 | Nadine Kleinert | Germany (GER) | 4 | 14.0 |
| 83 | Michelle DiMuro | United States (USA) | 4 | 14.0 |
| 83 | Andrea Blackett | Barbados (BAR) | 4 | 14.0 |
| 90 | Amy Wickus | United States (USA) | 4 | 13.5 |
| 91 | Amy Rudolph | United States (USA) | 2 | 13.0 |
| 91 | Irina Khudoroshkina | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 13.0 |
| 91 | Chryste Gaines | United States (USA) | 3 | 13.0 |
| 94 | Marina Bastos | Portugal (POR) | 3 | 12.0 |
| 94 | Linda Kisabaka | Germany (GER) | 4 | 12.0 |
| 94 | Silvia Rieger | Germany (GER) | 3 | 12.0 |
| 94 | Sui Xinmei | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 12.0 |
| 94 | Luciana Mendes | Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 12.0 |
| 99 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 11.0 |
| 99 | Kathy Butler | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 11.0 |
| 99 | Donalda Duprey | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 11.0 |
| 99 | Inez Turner | Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 11.0 |
| 99 | Harumi Hiroyama | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 11.0 |
| 99 | Masako Chiba | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 11.0 |