The IAAF World Athletics Tour was an annual global circuit of one day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Formed in 2006, it comprised two separate levels of athletics meetings: the first level being the IAAF Golden League and IAAF Super Grand Prix events, and the second comprising IAAF Grand Prix events and area permit meetings.World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-15.Turner, Chris (2005). IAAF - World Athletics Tour. International Sports Press Association. Retrieved on 2009-09-11. It replaced the IAAF World Outdoor Meetings series, which had only started three years earlier, and rendered the IAAF Grand Prix II series defunct.IAAF World Outdoor Meetings 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

The tour featured twenty-five of the world's premier athletics meetings comprising: six Golden League meetings, five Super Grand Prix meetings and fourteen Grand Prix meetings. There were also 25 or more area permit meetings every year which were run by one of the six continental athletics associations, and featured some point-scoring events. Athletes collected points at the meetings, dependent upon their finishing position, and the overall points leaders gained entry to the annual World Athletics Final.IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final 2009 - Who and how many qualify?. IAAF (2009-03-069). Retrieved on 2009-09-07.

From 2010 onwards the World Athletics Tour is replaced by the IAAF Diamond League and IAAF World Challenge Meetings. In 2020, the World Challenge was replaced by the World Athletics Continental Tour.

Editions The IAAF World Athletics Tour 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. Athletes received points based on their performances at the meetings on the circuit, with more points being given at the more prestigious and competitive competitions.

From 2006 to 2009, series points could also be scored in certain events at Area Permit Meetings (APMs), although the meetings themselves were not considered a formal part of the series. Area permit meetings were divided by continent as follows: Asian Grand Prix (Asia), CAA Grand Prix Series (Africa), EAA Outdoor Meetings (Europe), Oceania Area Permit Meetings (Oceania), NACAC Area Permit Meetings (North America), and Grand Prix Sudamericano (South America).

A total of five meeting categories existed over the lifetime of the circuit:

GL : IAAF Golden League SGP : IAAF Super Grand Prix GP : IAAF Grand Prix WAF : IAAF World Athletics Final APM : Area Permit Meeting

EditionYearStart dateEnd dateMeetsGLSGPGPAPMFinalFinal date 1 2006 9 March 3 September 24 6 6 12 25 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final 9–10 September World Athletics Tour 2006. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01. 2 2007 2 March 16 September 24 6 5 13 27 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final 22–23 September World Athletics Tour 2007. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01. 3 2008 28 September 2007 9 September 2008 25 6 5 14 29 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final 13–14 September World Athletics Tour Results 2008. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.Area Permit Meetings scoring for World Athletics Tour 2008. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01. 4 2009 20 September 2008 6 September 2009 25 6 5 14 29 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final 12–13 September World Athletics Tour Results 2009. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.Area Permit Meetings scoring for World Athletics Tour 2009. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.

Points system Athletes earned points in each event at the designated IAAF World Athletics Tour meetings. Winning athletes at Grand Prix level meetings earned ten points, while runners-up earned between one and eight points dependent on their finishing position. The Golden League and Super Grand Prix meets were worth twice as many points. Furthermore, athletes may earned additional points at certain area permit meetings.

The athletes with the most points at the end of the season's World Athletics Tour were entered to compete at the World Athletics Final, an event which offers athletes the possibility of substantial earnings.

Meetings The IAAF World Athletics Tour 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. Athletes received points based on their performances at the meetings on the circuit, with more points being given at the more prestigious and competitive competitions.

# Meeting City Country 2006200720082009 1 ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany GL GL GL GL 2 Bislett Games Oslo Norway GL GL GL GL 3 Golden Gala Rome Italy GL GL GL GL 4 Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland GL GL GL GL 5 Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium GL GL GL GL 6 Meeting Areva Saint-Denis France GL GL GL GL 7 Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco SGP SGP SGP SGP 8 Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland SGP SGP SGP SGP 9 London Grand Prix London United Kingdom SGP SGP SGP SGP 10 DN Galan Stockholm Sweden SGP SGP SGP SGP 11 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Doha Qatar SGP SGP SGP SGP 12 British Grand Prix Gateshead United Kingdom GP GP GP GP 13 Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Athens Greece GP GP GP GP 14 Golden Spike Ostrava Ostrava Czech Republic GP GP GP GP 15 Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Madrid Spain GP GP GP GP 16 Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States GP GPGP GP 17 Osaka Grand Prix Osaka Japan GP GP GP GP 18 Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil GP GP GP GP 19 Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia GP GP GPGP 20 FBK Games Hengelo Netherlands GP GP GP GP 21 Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy GP GP GP GP 22 Hanžeković Memorial Zagreb Croatia GP GP GP GP 23 Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar Dakar Senegal GP GP GP GP 24 Adidas Grand Prix New York City United States APM GP GP GP 25 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix Shanghai China † GP GP GP 26 Helsinki Grand Prix Helsinki Finland GP --- 27 Gugl Grand Prix Linz Austria APMAPM-- 28 Brothers Znamensky Memorial Zhukovsky Russia APM-APMAPM 29 International Meeting Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece APM APM APM APM 30 Memorial Primo Nebiolo Turin Italy APMAPMAPMAPM 31 Meeting Lille-Métropole Villeneuve-d'Ascq France APMAPMAPMAPM 32 Josef Odložil Memorial Prague Czech Republic APMAPMAPMAPM 33 KBC Night of Athletics Heusden-Zolder Belgium APMAPMAPMAPM 34 Grande Premio Rio de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil APMAPMAPMAPM 35 IAAF World Athletics Final Stuttgart Germany WAF WAF WAF WAF – Telstra A-series Brisbane Brisbane Australia APM - - - – CAA Grand Prix d'Abuja Abuja Nigeria APM APM APM APM – Jamaica International Invitational Kingston Jamaica APM APM APM APM – GP Sul-Americano de Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Brazil APM - - - – GP Sud-Americano CAIXA de Atletismo Fortaleza Brazil APM APM APM APM – Adidas Track Classic Carson United States APM APM APM APM – European Athletics Festival Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Poland APM APM APM APM – Reunión Internacional Gobierno de Aragon Zaragoza Spain APM APM APM APM – Maroc Telecom Rabat International Rabat Morocco APM - - APM – Janusz Kusociński Memorial Warsaw Poland APM APM APM APM – Meeting Atletismo Huelva Huelva Spain APM - - - – CAA Grand Prix d'Alger Algiers Algeria APM APM APM APM – Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern Lucerne Switzerland APM APM APM APM – Vardinoyiannia Rethymno Greece APM APM APM APM – Tallinn Meeting Tallinn Estonia APM APM APM APM – Palio Città della Quercia Rovereto Italy APM APM APM APM – Telstra A-series Grand Prix - Canberra Canberra Australia - APM APM - – Telstra A-series Grand Prix - Sydney Sydney Australia - APM APM APM – New Zealand Grand Prix - Christchurch Christchurch New Zealand - APM - - – Gold Meeting Sesi Caixa Uberlândia Brazil - APM APM APM – Grand Premio Andalucía Herrera Spain - APM - - – Asian Grand Prix - Bangkok Bangkok Thailand - APM APM - – Asian Grand Prix - Guwahati Guwahati India - APM - - – Asian Grand Prix - Pune Pune India - APM - - – New Zealand Permit Meeting Waitakere City New Zealand - - APM APM – Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo Ponce Puerto Rico - - APM APM – Brazzaville CAA Super Grand Prix Brazzaville Republic of the Congo - - APM - – Meeting de Atletismo Jerez Jerez de la Frontera Spain - - APM - – Asian Grand Prix - Korat Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand - - APM - – Asian Grand Prix - Hanoi Hanoi Vietnam - - APM - – Asian AA Grand Prix - Suzhou Suzhou China - - - APM – Asian AA Grand Prix - Kunshan Kunshan China - - - APM – Asian AA Grand Prix - Hong Kong Hong Kong China - - - APM – Meeting de Atletismo Málaga Málaga Spain - - - APM – Moscow Open Moscow Russia - - - APM The 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final was held in Thessaloniki, though it did not replace the annual meeting there † The 2006 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix was given IAAF Permit Meeting status for that year (the only meet with that designation) due to it being held after the World Athletics Final.IAAF Permit Meetings 2006. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2019-09-25.

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