The IAAF Grand Prix II was an annual series of one-day

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competitions organized by the

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(IAAF). It was introduced in 1993 as an expansion of the

IAAF Grand Prix The IAAF Grand Prix was an annual, global circuit of one-day outdoor track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It was created in 1985 as the IAAF's first seasonal track and field circu ...

series, adding a second category of competitions in order to support a greater number of meetings the financial benefit of being an official Grand Prix meeting. Prior to its creation, meetings not on the Grand Prix list were included as IAAF Permit Meetings. Further additions to the Grand Prix II level required a competition to have held permit status for two years.Grand Prix & Grand Prix II
IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-29. Over the competition's history, at least of 25 different meetings were part of the circuit. Athletes earned points at the meetings, dependent upon their finishing position, and the overall points leaders from the wider circuit gained entry to the annual

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in 1993 to 2002, then the IAAF World Athletics Final from 2003 to 2005. The role of the Grand Prix II category changed over the years, starting as the second tier of the IAAF Grand Prix before changing to the third tier with the introduction of the

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in 1998. The creation of the IAAF World Outdoor Meetings tour reorganised the IAAF's one-day circuit into four tiers, with the

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becoming the second most prestigious grouping and the IAAF Grand Prix II as the fourth and lowest level. The category was made defunct in 2006, when the IAAF World Athletics Tour was created.

Editions

The IAAF Grand Prix II calendar was subject to change during its lifetime, with the number of meetings, the constituent meetings, and the duration of the series all regularly changing from year to year. Key:

Meetings

*The South African meet was held in

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in 1996 and 1998 and

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in 1999 *The 2003 Adidas Oregon Track Classic was held in

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*The 2003 Brothers Znamensky Memorial was held in

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References

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