The 2017 IAAF World Indoor Tour was the second edition of the

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, the highest level of annual series of

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indoor meetings. It was designed to create an

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-style circuit for indoor track and field events, to raise the profile of indoor track and field athletics. Announced with initially four events for 2016, three in

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and one in the

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, leading to the

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, the second edition contained 5 meetings, and took place in a year with no World Indoor championships; therefore qualification places were not applicable. The Globen Galan was removed from this year's series, and the Stockholm leg was replaced by the International

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, a long-standing indoor event in Torún, Poland for 2017. The

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in Düsseldorf was also added, while the

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returned to its traditional home, having been in Glasgow in 2016.

Meetings

For the 2017 edition, the Stockholm meeting was removed, and two further meetings added. In addition, as part of a long term agreement alternating venues of the Great Britain leg, the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix moved to Birmingham, England.

Scoring system

At each meeting a minimum of 12 events were staged. Included in the 12 events will be a core group of five or six events split across the two-season cycle. Tour events for 2016 were the men's 60m, 800m, 3000/5000m, pole vault, triple jump and shot put, plus the women's 400m, 1500m, 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump. Points were allocated to the best four athletes in each event, with the winner getting 10 points, the runner up receiving seven points, the third-placed finisher getting five points and the athlete in fourth receiving three points. The individual overall winner of each event received US$20,000 in prize money.

Indoor Tour Events

The following events were core Tour events for the 2017 indoor season: ;Men * 400 metres * 1500 metres * 60 metre hurdles * High jump * Long jump ; Women *60 metres *800 metres *3000 metres *Pole vault *Triple jump *Shot put

Meetings

Scoring system

Indoor Tour Events

Results

Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Women's field

Final 2017 World Indoor Tour standings

Men

Women

References