The IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings were an annual series of indoor

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competitions organized by the

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(IAAF) from 1997 until the end of 2015 season. In 2016 IAAF launched the

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including four meetings which have all regularly held an IAAF Indoor Permit. The series was known as the World Indoor Meetings from 2003 to 2007 before returning to its original name in 2008. The IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings 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. A total of seventeen meetings appeared in the history of the series, with dates ranging from mid-January to mid-March. The 2000 and 2001 series had the highest number of meetings (12) while the final series had the least (5). The

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in Moscow,

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, and

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in Stockholm were present in every edition of the series. The meetings were mostly in Europe, with the exceptions being the

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, Boston Indoor Games and Grand Prix d’Athlétisme de Montréal in North America, and the

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in Japan.

Editions

Meetings

*The 2012 New York City leg was the U.S. Open Track and Field meet at Madison Square Garden. The Millrose Games moved to the

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that year. Millrose Games to expand to ‘all day’ Saturday program, move to The Armory
Millrose Games (2011-05-14). Retrieved 2019-10-01.

References

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