The 1996 IAAF Grand Prix was the twelfth 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 twelve Grand Prix II meetings, making a combined total of 29 meetings for the series from 29 February to 16 September. An additional ten 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 1996 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 7 September in Milan, Italy. Daniel Komen was the winner of the overall men's title with 103 points, while Ludmila Enquist topped the women's rankings with 93 points.IAAF Grand Prix. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
Meetings Key:
+ 1996 IAAF Grand Prix meetings # Date Meeting name City Country Level 1 NEC Classic Melbourne Australia IAAF Grand Prix II — ASA Engen Meet Cape Town South Africa IAAF Permit Meeting 2 International Meeting Johannesburg Johannesburg South Africa IAAF Grand Prix II — Shiv Chatrapati New Delhi India IAAF Grand Prix II — Jakarta International Meet Jakarta Indonesia IAAF Permit Meeting 3 Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil IAAF Grand Prix I 4 Osaka Grand Prix Osaka Japan IAAF Grand Prix I 5 Atlanta Pre-Olympic Meeting Atlanta United States IAAF Grand Prix I — Vittel Stadium Meeting Lille France IAAF Permit Meeting 6 Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States IAAF Grand Prix I 7 Adriaan Paulen Memorial Hengelo Netherlands IAAF Grand Prix II 8 Slovnaft Meeting Bratislava Slovakia IAAF Grand Prix II 9 Bruce Jenner Classic San Jose United States IAAF Grand Prix II — Harry Jerome Track Classic Vancouver Canada IAAF Permit Meeting 10 Meeting L'Humanite St. Denis France IAAF Grand Prix II 11 Golden Gala Rome Italy IAAF Grand Prix I 12 Gran Premio Diputacion Seville Spain IAAF Grand Prix II 13 Znamensky Memorial Moscow Russia IAAF Grand Prix I — Comunidad de Madrid Meeting Madrid Spain IAAF Permit Meeting — Budapest Invitation Meeting Budapest Hungary IAAF Permit Meeting 14 Helsinki World Games Helsinki Finland IAAF Grand Prix II 15 Meeting Gaz de France Paris France IAAF Grand Prix I — Goodwill Meeting Saint Petersburg Russia IAAF Permit Meeting 16 Bupa International Games Gateshead United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix II 17 Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland IAAF Grand Prix I 18 Mobil Bislett Games Oslo Norway IAAF Grand Prix I 19 DN Galan Stockholm Sweden IAAF Grand Prix I 20 Meeting Nikaia Nice France IAAF Grand Prix I 21 KP Games London United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix I — International Meeting Sestriere Sestriere Italy IAAF Permit Meeting 22 Herculis Vittel Monaco Monaco IAAF Grand Prix I 23 Weltklasse Zurich Switzerland IAAF Grand Prix I 24 Weltklasse in Koln Cologne Germany IAAF Grand Prix I 25 Zipfer Grand Prix Linz Austria IAAF Grand Prix II 26 Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium IAAF Grand Prix I — McDonald's Games London United Kingdom IAAF Permit Meeting 27 ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany IAAF Grand Prix I 28 Meeting Rieti Rieti Italy IAAF Grand Prix II F 1996 IAAF Grand Prix Final Milan Italy IAAF Grand Prix Final — Toto International Super Meet Tokyo Japan IAAF Permit Meeting
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Points standings Overall men + 1996 IAAF Grand Prix men's standings Rank Athlete Nation Points 1 Daniel Komen 103 2 Jonathan Edwards 99 3 Dennis Mitchell 95 4 Noureddine Morceli 93 5 Derrick Adkins 91 6 Samuel Matete 90 7 Donovan Bailey 85 8 Maksim Tarasov 79.5 9 Igor Astapkovich 77 10 Balazs Kiss 77
Overall women + 1996 IAAF Grand Prix women's standings Rank Athlete Nation Points 1 Ludmila Enquist 93 2 Merlene Ottey 90 3 Michelle Freeman 85 4 Falilat Ogunkoya 83 5 Inessa Kravets 80 6 Oksana Ovchinnikova 78 7 Ilke Wyludda 76 8 Cathy Freeman 75 9 Tanja Damaske 72 10 Pauline Davis 71
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