2002 IAAF Grand Prix
# 2002 IAAF Grand Prix

The 2002 IAAF Grand Prix was the eighteenth edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series was divided into four levels: 2002 IAAF Golden League, Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II, and IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seven Golden League meetings, Grand Prix I featured 9 meetings from 5 May to 23 August and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 7 March to 8 September, making a combined total of 27 meetings for the series. An additional 10 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.

Compared to the previous season, the meeting schedule remained mostly unchanged, with the exception of the dropping of the Nikaia meeting in Nice and the British Grand Prix II meeting being moved from Gateshead to Sheffield.

Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 14 September in Paris, France. The honour of points leader for the series was shared between three athletes on 92 points: Hicham El Guerrouj and Félix Sánchez topped the men's side while Marion Jones topped the women's side.

## Meetings

| # | Date | Meeting name | City | Country | Level |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | 8 February | Canberra Track Classic | Canberra | Australia | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 1 | 7 March | Melbourne Track Classic | Melbourne | Australia | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 2 | 12 April | Engen Grand Prix | Pretoria | South Africa | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| - | 19 April | Engen Grand Prix Final | Cape Town | South Africa | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| - | 27 April | Meeting du Conseil Général de Martinique | Fort-de-France | Martinique | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 3 | 5 May | Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 4 | 11 May | Japan Grand Prix | Osaka | Japan | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 5 | 15 May | Qatar Athletic Grand Prix 1 | Doha | Qatar | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 6 | 18 May | Adidas Oregon Track Classic | Portland | United States | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 7 | 26 May | Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | United States | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 8 | 2 June | Fanny Blankers-Koen Games | Hengelo | Netherlands | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| - | 5 June | Notturna di Milano | Milan | Italy | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| - | 7 June | Meeting di Atletica Leggera Torino | Turin | Italy | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 9 | 8 June | Oracle US Open | Palo Alto | United States | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 10 | 8 June | Meeting de Atletismo Sevilla | Seville | Spain | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| - | 9 June | Znamensky Memorial | Moscow | Russia | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 11 | 10 June | Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria | Athens | Greece | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 12 | 11 June | Cena Slovenska – Slovak Gold | Bratislava | Slovakia | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| - | 16 June | Meeting du Nord | Lille | France | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 13 | 28 June | Bislett Games | Oslo | Norway | 2002 IAAF Golden League |
| 14 | 30 June | Norwich Union Classic | Sheffield | United Kingdom | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 15 | 2 July | Athletissima | Lausanne | Switzerland | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 16 | 5 July | Meeting de Paris | Paris | France | 2002 IAAF Golden League |
| 17 | 8 July | IAAF Meeting Zagreb | Zagreb | Croatia | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 18 | 12 July | Golden Gala | Rome | Italy | 2002 IAAF Golden League |
| - | 14 July | MAL Cup Meeting | Szombathely | Hungary | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 19 | 16 July | DN Galan | Stockholm | Sweden | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 20 | 19 July | Herculis | Monte Carlo | Monaco | 2002 IAAF Golden League |
| - | 24 July | International Olympic Meeting | Thessaloniki | Greece | IAAF Permit Meeting |
| 21 | 13 August | Asics GP Helsinki | Helsinki | Finland | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 22 | 16 August | Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich | Switzerland | 2002 IAAF Golden League |
| 23 | 19 August | Gugl-Meeting | Linz | Austria | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| 24 | 23 August | British Grand Prix | London | United Kingdom | IAAF Grand Prix I |
| 25 | 30 August | Memorial Van Damme | Brussels | Belgium | 2002 IAAF Golden League |
| 26 | 6 September | ISTAF Berlin | Berlin | Germany | 2002 IAAF Golden League |
| 27 | 8 September | Rieti Meeting | Rieti | Italy | IAAF Grand Prix II |
| F | 14 September | 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final | Paris | France | IAAF Grand Prix Final |
| - | 16 September | Super Track & Field Meet | Yokohama | Japan | IAAF Permit Meeting |

## Points standings

### Overall men

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meets | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 8 | 92 |
| 1 | Félix Sánchez | Dominican Republic | 8 | 92 |
| 3 | Benjamin Limo | Kenya | 8 | 80 |
| 4 | Christian Olsson | Sweden | 8 | 78 |
| 5 | Maurice Greene | United States | 8 | 76 |
| 6 | Jonathan Edwards | United Kingdom | 8 | 75 |
| 7 | Bernard Williams | United States | 8 | 72 |
| 8 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8 | 71 |
| 9 | Bernard Lagat | United States | 8 | 70 |
| 10 | Timothy Mack | United States | 8 | 67.5 |
| 11 | Walter Davis | United States | 8 | 67 |
| 12 | Tim Lobinger | Germany | 8 | 66 |
| 13 | Jeff Hartwig | United States | 8 | 65 |
| 14 | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily | Saudi Arabia | 8 | 62 |
| 14 | James Carter | United States | 8 | 62 |
| 16 | Mark Boswell | Canada | 8 | 61.5 |
| 17 | William Chirchir | Kenya | 8 | 60 |
| 18 | Alexander Martínez | Cuba | 8 | 59 |
| 19 | Cornelius Chirchir | Kenya | 8 | 58 |
| 20 | Stefan Holm | Sweden | 7 | 57.5 |
| 21 | Coby Miller | United States | 8 | 57 |
| 22 | Eric Thomas | United States | 8 | 56 |
| 23 | Abraham Chebii | Kenya | 7 | 55 |
| 24 | Joey Woody | United States | 8 | 52 |
| 25 | Sammy Kipketer | Kenya | 6 | 51 |
| 25 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 6 | 51 |
| 25 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 7 | 51 |
| 25 | Paul Bitok | Kenya | 8 | 51 |
| 29 | Lars Börgeling | Germany | 6 | 49.5 |
| 30 | Stéphane Diagana | France | 6 | 49 |
| 30 | Jadel Gregório | Brazil | 8 | 49 |
| 30 | Laban Rotich | Kenya | 8 | 49 |
| 33 | Dwain Chambers | United Kingdom | 5 | 48 |
| 34 | Michael Blackwood | Jamaica | 6 | 47 |
| 34 | Leonard Byrd | United States | 6 | 47 |
| 36 | Nick Hysong | United States | 7 | 46.5 |
| 37 | Jon Drummond | United States | 8 | 45 |
| 37 | Luke Kipkosgei | Kenya | 8 | 45 |
| 39 | Fawzi Al-Shammari | Kuwait | 6 | 44 |
| 39 | Aleksandr Averbukh | Israel | 6 | 44 |
| 39 | Aleksandr Glavatskiy | Belarus | 8 | 44 |
| 42 | Viktor Chistiakov | Australia | 8 | 43.5 |
| 43 | Antonio Pettigrew | United States | 7 | 43 |
| 44 | Adrián Annus | Hungary | 6 | 42 |
| 44 | Abdelkader Hachlaf | Morocco | 8 | 42 |
| 46 | Fabrizio Mori | Italy | 6 | 39 |
| 46 | Timothy Rusan | United States | 7 | 39 |
| 48 | Vasiliy Gorshkov | Russia | 5 | 38.5 |
| 49 | Koji Murofushi | Japan | 6 | 38 |
| 50 | Staffan Strand | Sweden | 6 | 37.5 |
| 51 | Salah Hissou | Morocco | 5 | 36 |
| 51 | Balázs Kiss | Hungary | 8 | 36 |
| 53 | Abderrahim Goumri | Morocco | 4 | 35 |
| 53 | Richard Limo | Kenya | 6 | 35 |
| 55 | Igor Astapkovich | Belarus | 4 | 34 |
| 56 | Chris Rawlinson | United Kingdom | 6 | 33 |
| 56 | Andriy Skvaruk | Ukraine | 6 | 33 |
| 58 | Yaroslav Rybakov | Russia | 6 | 32.5 |
| 59 | Mark Bett | Kenya | 5 | 32 |
| 59 | Kevin Toth | United States | 6 | 32 |
| 61 | Mohammed Amyn | Morocco | 5 | 31 |
| 62 | Aziz Zakari | Ghana | 6 | 30.5 |
| 63 | Phillips Idowu | United Kingdom | 4 | 30 |
| 64 | Andrei Chubsa | Belarus | 4 | 28.5 |
| 65 | Kenta Bell | United States | 5 | 28 |
| 65 | Uchenna Emedolu | Nigeria | 5 | 28 |
| 65 | Yuriy Bilonoh | Ukraine | 6 | 28 |
| 65 | Matt Hemingway | United States | 6 | 28 |
| 69 | Tibor Gécsek | Hungary | 6 | 27 |
| 69 | Jiří Mužík | Czech Republic | 6 | 27 |
| 71 | Greg Haughton | Jamaica | 4 | 26 |
| 71 | Adam Nelson | United States | 5 | 26 |
| 73 | Tomáš Janků | Czech Republic | 5 | 25.5 |
| 74 | Paweł Januszewski | Poland | 5 | 25 |
| 75 | Nobuharu Asahara | Japan | 4 | 24 |
| 75 | Avard Moncur | Bahamas | 4 | 24 |
| 75 | Robert Rono | Kenya | 4 | 24 |
| 78 | Abderrahmane Hammad | Algeria | 5 | 23.5 |
| 79 | Vyacheslav Shabunin | Russia | 5 | 23 |
| 79 | Dai Tamesue | Japan | 6 | 23 |
| 81 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 4 | 22 |
| 81 | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | Finland | 4 | 22 |
| 81 | Oleksandr Krykun | Ukraine | 4 | 22 |
| 84 | Michael McDonald | Jamaica | 4 | 21 |
| 84 | Leevan Sands | Bahamas | 4 | 21 |
| 84 | Paolo Dal Soglio | Italy | 6 | 21 |
| 84 | Milan Haborák | Slovakia | 6 | 21 |
| 88 | Yoandri Betanzos | Cuba | 3 | 20 |
| 88 | John Kibowen | Kenya | 3 | 20 |
| 88 | Serhiy Lebid | Ukraine | 3 | 20 |
| 88 | Mark Lewis-Francis | United Kingdom | 3 | 20 |
| 88 | Shawn Crawford | United States | 4 | 20 |
| 88 | Seneca Lassiter | United States | 4 | 20 |
| 88 | Driss Maazouzi | France | 4 | 20 |
| 88 | Vladyslav Piskunov | Ukraine | 4 | 20 |
| 88 | Ian Weakley | Jamaica | 4 | 20 |
| 97 | Deji Aliu | Nigeria | 4 | 19.5 |
| 97 | Paul Burgess | Australia | 4 | 19.5 |
| 97 | Pyotr Brayko | Russia | 6 | 19.5 |
| 100 | Rostislav Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 4 | 19 |
| 100 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 4 | 19 |
| 100 | Angelo Taylor | United States | 4 | 1 |

### Overall women

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Meets | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marion Jones | United States | 8 | 92 |
| 2 | Gail Devers | United States | 8 | 87 |
| 3 | Ana Guevara | Mexico | 7 | 84 |
| 4 | Tatyana Shikolenko | Russia | 8 | 83 |
| 5 | Berhane Adere | Ethiopia | 8 | 82 |
| 5 | Osleidys Menéndez | Cuba | 8 | 82 |
| 7 | Brigitte Foster-Hylton | Jamaica | 8 | 78 |
| 8 | Lorraine Fenton | Jamaica | 8 | 76 |
| 9 | Tayna Lawrence | Jamaica | 8 | 75 |
| 10 | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 7 | 74 |
| 11 | Alesia Turava | Belarus | 8 | 70 |
| 12 | Edith Masai | Kenya | 8 | 68 |
| 13 | Chryste Gaines | United States | 8 | 66 |
| 14 | Glory Alozie | Spain | 8 | 64 |
| 15 | Anjanette Kirkland | United States | 8 | 63 |
| 16 | Steffi Nerius | Germany | 8 | 61 |
| 17 | Jearl Miles Clark | United States | 8 | 60 |
| 18 | Felicia Țilea-Moldovan | Romania | 8 | 58 |
| 19 | Kaltouma Nadjina | Chad | 8 | 56 |
| 20 | Lacena Golding-Clarke | Jamaica | 8 | 54 |
| 21 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 8 | 53 |
| 22 | Jenny Adams | United States | 8 | 51 |
| 23 | Mikaela Ingberg | Finland | 7 | 48 |
| 24 | Natalya Sadova | Russia | 6 | 46 |
| 24 | Taina Kolkkala | Finland | 8 | 46 |
| 24 | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 8 | 46 |
| 27 | Nikolett Szabó | Hungary | 7 | 45 |
| 28 | Melissa Morrison-Howard | United States | 8 | 44.5 |
| 29 | Torri Edwards | United States | 8 | 43 |
| 30 | Regina Jacobs | United States | 5 | 42 |
| 30 | Muriel Hurtis | France | 6 | 42 |
| 32 | Maria Cioncan | Romania | 5 | 41 |
| 33 | Tatyana Tomashova | Russia | 5 | 40 |
| 33 | Ellina Zvereva | Belarus | 6 | 40 |
| 35 | Maurren Maggi | Brazil | 5 | 39 |
| 35 | Judit Varga | Hungary | 6 | 39 |
| 37 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 8 | 38.5 |
| 38 | Suziann Reid | United States | 8 | 38 |
| 39 | LaTasha Colander | United States | 7 | 37 |
| 40 | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová | Czech Republic | 7 | 36 |
| 41 | Kelli White | United States | 7 | 35.5 |
| 42 | Leah Malot | Kenya | 6 | 35 |
| 43 | Tatyana Kotova | Russia | 5 | 34 |
| 43 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 5 | 34 |
| 43 | Monique Hennagan | United States | 7 | 34 |
| 43 | Jackie Edwards | Bahamas | 8 | 34 |
| 47 | Zhanna Block | Ukraine | 4 | 33 |
| 47 | Nicole Teter | United States | 4 | 33 |
| 47 | Werknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 6 | 33 |
| 50 | Suzy Favor Hamilton | United States | 4 | 32 |
| 50 | Olga Rublyova | Russia | 5 | 32 |
| 50 | Aretha Thurmond | United States | 5 | 32 |
| 50 | Suzanne Powell | United States | 6 | 32 |
| 54 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | Russia | 4 | 31 |
| 54 | Beatrice Faumuina | New Zealand | 5 | 31 |
| 54 | Paula Tarvainen | Finland | 7 | 31 |
| 57 | Miesha McKelvy-Jones | United States | 5 | 30 |
| 57 | Kris Kuehl | United States | 6 | 30 |
| 57 | Iryna Yatchenko | Belarus | 7 | 30 |
| 60 | Nicoleta Grasu | Romania | 5 | 29 |
| 61 | Natalya Gorelova | Russia | 5 | 28 |
| 62 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Australia | 4 | 27 |
| 62 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 5 | 27 |
| 64 | Olesya Zykina | Russia | 3 | 26 |
| 64 | Yekaterina Ivakina | Russia | 5 | 26 |
| 66 | Patricia Girard | France | 4 | 25 |
| 66 | Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan | Russia | 7 | 25 |
| 68 | Süreyya Ayhan | Turkey | 2 | 24 |
| 68 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 4 | 24 |
| 68 | Olena Krasovska | Ukraine | 5 | 24 |
| 68 | Vonette Dixon | Jamaica | 7 | 24 |
| 72 | Sonia Bisset | Cuba | 3 | 22 |
| 73 | Elvan Abeylegesse | Turkey | 4 | 21 |
| 73 | Jo Pavey | United Kingdom | 4 | 21 |
| 73 | Valentīna Gotovska | Latvia | 8 | 21 |
| 76 | Zhor El Kamch | Morocco | 4 | 20 |
| 76 | Isabella Ochichi | Kenya | 4 | 20 |
| 76 | Olena Antonova | Ukraine | 5 | 20 |
| 79 | Nora Aída Bicet | Cuba | 3 | 19 |
| 79 | Mireille Nguimgo | Cameroon | 3 | 19 |
| 79 | Sentayehu Ejigu | Ethiopia | 4 | 19 |
| 79 | Concepción Montaner | Spain | 4 | 19 |
| 79 | Amy Mbacké Thiam | Senegal | 4 | 19 |
| 84 | Kelly Holmes | United Kingdom | 2 | 18 |
| 84 | Lidia Chojecka | Poland | 3 | 18 |
| 84 | Marla Runyan | United States | 3 | 18 |
| 84 | Geraldine Hendricken | Ireland | 4 | 18 |
| 84 | Seilala Sua | United States | 4 | 18 |
| 84 | Antonina Yefremova | Ukraine | 5 | 18 |
| 90 | Benita Johnson | Australia | 2 | 17 |
| 90 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 2 | 17 |
| 90 | Karen Shinkins | Ireland | 3 | 17 |
| 90 | Ayelech Worku | Ethiopia | 3 | 17 |
| 90 | Olabisi Afolabi | Nigeria | 4 | 17 |
| 90 | Laverne Eve | Bahamas | 4 | 17 |
| 90 | Nadine Faustin-Parker | Haiti | 5 | 17 |
| 90 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 5 | 17 |
| 98 | Elena Iagar | Romania | 2 | 16 |
| 98 | Claudia Coslovich | Italy | 3 | 16 |
| 98 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 3 | 16 |
| 98 | Kayoko Fukushi | Japan | 3 | 16 |
| 98 | Mardrea Hyman | Jamaica | 3 | 16 |
| 98 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 4 | 16 |
| 98 | Heide Seyerling | South Africa | 4 | 16 |
