The 1998 IAAF Golden League was the first edition of the annual international track and field meeting series, held from 9 July to 5 September. It was contested at six European meetings: the Bislett Games, Golden Gala, Herculis, Weltklasse Zürich, Memorial Van Damme and the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF).IAAF Golden League – The New Vision of Athletics. IAAF (1998-03-20). Retrieved on 2014-01-11. The series tied in with the 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final, with the jackpot of US$1,000,000 being decided at that competition. The million-dollar prize represented the single largest prize pot ever in athletics at that point.IAAF Golden League . IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-11.

The jackpot was available to athletes who won at all of the seven competitions of the series in one of the 12 specified events (7 for men, 5 for women). The jackpot events for 1998 were: Men: 100 metres, 400 metres, 1500 metres, 3000/5000/10,000 metres, 400 metres hurdles, triple jump and pole vault Women: 100 metres, 400 metres, 1500 metres, 100 metres hurdles and javelin throw

The jackpot winners were Marion Jones (100 metres), Hicham El Guerrouj (1500 metres), Haile Gebrselassie (5000 metres/10,000 metres).Golden League Intro . IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-17.

Bryan Bronson, a 400 metres hurdler, was in the running for the prize at a late stage but failed to win at the Grand Prix Final, placing only sixth.Still in the IAAF Ericsson $1 million Jackpot stakes: after Zürich . IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-11.IAAF Grand Prix Final. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-01-11.IAAF Grand Prix Final 1998 -Results 400 METRES HURDLES - Men . IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-01-11. Svetlana Masterkova took six wins out of seven in the 1500 m, only being defeated by Gabriela Szabo in Paris. Michael Johnson had five 400 m victories, but did not compete at the first or last meet of the series. Trine Hattestad (women's javelin) and Maksim Tarasov (men's pole vault) each had four wins on the circuit.

Results Men EventBislett Games 9 JulyGolden Gala 14 JulyHerculis 8 AugustWeltklasse Zürich 12 AugustMemorial Van Damme 28 AugustISTAF 1 SeptemberFinal5 September100 m 9.95 9.97 9.92 9.96 9.94 9.94 10.11 200 m 20.23 — — — 20.15 — —400 m 44.37 44.40 43.96 43.68 44.06 44.62 44.88 800 m 1:44.17 1:42.90 1:43.74 1:42.87 1:44.80 — —1500 m Mile run 3:29.12 3:26.00 3:28.37 3:26.45 3:29.67 3:30.23 3:32.033000 m 5000 m 7:27.42 13:02.63 7:25.54 12:54.08 7:25.09 12:53.84 12:56.52 7:50.0010,000 m — — — — 26:46.44 — — 3000 m s'chase — 8:04.96 8:00.67 8:01.98 — — — 110 m hurdles — — 13.07 12.98 13.06 13.12 —400 m hurdles 47.94 47.76 47.93 47.70 48.25 48.03 48.30Pole vault 5.90 5.85 5.90 5.86 5.95 5.86 5.95High jump 2.28 — — 2.36 2.28 2.28 2.31Triple jump 18.01 17.60 17.39 17.75 17.00 17.15 17.33Shot put — 20.63 — — — — 21.21 Discus throw — — — 67.90 — 67.84 — Javelin throw 86.00 — — — 84.23 — — Hammer throw — — — — — 80.8 81.21

Women EventBislett Games 9 JulyGolden Gala 14 JulyHerculis 8 AugustWeltklasse Zürich 12 AugustMemorial Van Damme 28 AugustISTAF 1 SeptemberFinal5 September100 m 10.82 10.75 10.72 10.77 10.80 10.81 10.83 200 m — — — — 22.20 — —400 m 50.13 49.29 49.88 49.51 49.60 49.72 49.73 800 m1000 m — 1:57.68 1:56.63 1:56.11 2:31.55 — —1500 m Mile run 4:01.37 3:58.42 3:56.97 3:59.83 3:58.95 4:03.19 4:03.793000 m 5000 m — 14:44.35 — — — 14:31.48 8:40.11100 m hurdles 12.67 12.69 12.44 12.52 12.44 12.72 12.56400 m hurdles — — 52.74 52.84 53.43 — —High jump — — 1.98 — — — — Long jump — 7.23 — 7.31 6.78 — 7.13 Discus throw — — — — — — 68.50Javelin throw 66.57 67.23 65.71 69.59 66.22 68.02 68.40

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