The 1999 IAAF Grand Prix was the fifteenth 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: 1999 IAAF Golden League, Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II, and IAAF Permit Meetings. There were seven IAAF Golden League meetings, Grand Prix I featured 10 meetings from 25 April to 8 August and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 25 February to 5 September, making a combined total of 28 meetings for the series.1999 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. Athletes could also score additional points at IAAF Permit Meetings.

Compared to the previous season, the Johannesburg meet was replaced by Roodepoort, and the Tsiklitiria meet in Greece and Weltklasse in Köln in Germany were included for the first time. The Qatar International Athletic Meet was promoted to Grand Prix I status and the Paris Meeting Gaz de France was promoted to IAAF Golden League status. The British Grand Prix meet moved from Sheffield to London.

Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 11 September in Munich, Germany.IAAF Grand Prix Final. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. Steeplechaser Bernard Barmasai was the points leader for the series, taking 111 points from eight meetings (a new record for the series). The highest scoring female athletes were distance runners Gabriela Szabo and Maria Mutola, both of whom scored 108 points. Greek men's javelin thrower Konstadinos Gatsioudis had the second highest individual score with 109.

Meetings

#DateMeeting nameCityCountryLevel 1 25 February Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne Australia IAAF Grand Prix II 2 19 March Engen Grand Prix Summer Series Roodepoort South Africa IAAF Grand Prix II 3 25 April Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo Rio de Janeiro Brazil IAAF Grand Prix I 4 8 May Japan Grand Prix Osaka Japan IAAF Grand Prix I 5 13 May Qatar International Athletic Meet Doha Qatar IAAF Grand Prix I 6 22 May US Open Meet St. Louis United States IAAF Grand Prix I 7 28 May Gran Premio Diputacion Seville Spain IAAF Grand Prix II 8 30 May Prefontaine Classic Eugene United States IAAF Grand Prix I 9 30 May Adriaan Paulen Memorial Hengelo Netherlands IAAF Grand Prix II 10 8 June Cena Slovenska – Slovak Gold Bratislava Slovakia IAAF Grand Prix II 11 10 June Ericsson GP Helsinki Finland IAAF Grand Prix II 12 16 June Tsiklitiria Athens Greece IAAF Grand Prix II 13 27 June British IAAF Grand Prix II Gateshead United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix II 14 30 June Bislett Games Oslo Norway 1999 IAAF Golden League 15 2 July Athletissima Lausanne Switzerland IAAF Grand Prix I 16 3 July Meeting Gaz de France Saint-Denis Saint-Denis France IAAF Grand Prix II 17 7 July Golden Gala Rome Italy 1999 IAAF Golden League 18 17 July Nikaia Nice France IAAF Grand Prix I 19 21 July Meeting de Paris Paris France 1999 IAAF Golden League 20 26 July Zipfer Gugl Grand Prix Linz Austria IAAF Grand Prix II 21 30 July DN Galan Stockholm Sweden IAAF Grand Prix I 22 4 August Herculis Monte Carlo Monaco 1999 IAAF Golden League 23 7 August British Grand Prix London United Kingdom IAAF Grand Prix I 24 8 August Weltklasse in Köln Cologne Germany IAAF Grand Prix I 25 11 August Weltklasse Zürich Zürich Switzerland 1999 IAAF Golden League 26 3 September Memorial Van Damme Brussels Belgium 1999 IAAF Golden League 27 5 September Rieti Meeting Rieti Italy IAAF Grand Prix II 28 7 September ISTAF Berlin Berlin Germany 1999 IAAF Golden League F 11 September 1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final Munich Germany IAAF Grand Prix Final

Points standings Overall men RankAthleteNationMeetsPoints 1 Bernard Barmasai 8 111 2 Konstadinos Gatsioudis 8 109 3 Wilson Kipketer 7 108 4 Maksim Tarasov 8 107 5 Noah Ngeny 8 104 6 Mark Crear 8 104 7 James Beckford 8 100 8 Benjamin Limo 8 99 9 Larry Wade 8 95 10 Jeff Hartwig 8 93 11 Hezekiél Sepeng 8 92 12 Raymond Hecht 8 91 13 Lars Riedel 7 87 14 Claudinei da Silva 7 84 15 Sergey Makarov 8 81 16 Japheth Kimutai 7 77 17 Jürgen Schult 8 76 18 Obadele Thompson 7 75 19 Christopher Koskei 8 74 20 Laban Rotich 8 71 21 Virgilijus Alekna 6 71 22 Younès Moudrik 7 71 23 Boris Henry 8 71 24 Jan Železný 6 70 25 Paul Malakwen Kosgei 8 68 26 Paul Bitok 7 68 27 Nick Hysong 8 68 28 Hicham El Guerrouj 5 68 29 Tim Lobinger 8 67.5 30 Ali Ezzine 6 67 31 Florian Schwarthoff 7 66 32 Kennedy Kimwetich 8 66 33 Maurice Greene 4 65 34 Kipkurui Misoi 8 65 35 Dmitri Markov 8 65 36 William Chirchir 8 65 37 Iván Pedroso 4 64 38 Kareem Streete-Thompson 8 64 39 Colin Jackson 6 63 40 Erick Walder 5 63 41 Anthony Washington 5 62 42 Daniel Komen 7 62 43 Aki Parviainen 7 60 44 Duane Ross 8 59 45 Francis Obikwelu 5 58 46 Tony Dees 8 57 47 Bernard Lagat 5 56 48 Salah Hissou 7 56 49 Michael Möllenbeck 8 55 50 Kevin Little 8 55 51 Allen Johnson 7 54 52 Jean Galfione 8 53.3 53 Robin Korving 6 53 54 Richard Limo 6 52 55 David Kiptoo 6 52 56 Peter Blank 8 52 57 Jai Taurima 8 52 58 Danny Ecker 7 51.5 59 Frankie Fredericks 4 50 60 Gregor Cankar 6 50 61 Mohammed Mourhit 5 49 62 Patrick Stevens 7 49 63 Sammy Kipketer 4 45 64 David Lelei 6 45 65 Roland McGhee 6 45 66 Tom Pukstys 8 44 67 Wilson Boit Kipketer 4 43 68 André Bucher 4 43 69 Andy Bloom 5 43 70 William Tanui 6 42 71 Steve Holman 8 42 72 Haile Gebrselassie 5 42 73 Frantz Kruger 6 41 74 Elarbi Khattabi 5 40 75 Dudley Dorival 8 40 76 Pål Arne Fagernes 7 40 77 Andrei Tivontchik 4 38 78 Steve Backley 6 38 79 David Krummenacker 6 37 80 Ali Saïdi-Sief 7 37 81 Jon Drummond 4 36 82 Luke Kipkosgei 4 35 83 Moses Kiptanui 5 32 84 Rohsaan Griffin 7 32 84 Igor Potapovich 8 32 86 John Mayock 6 31 87 Vadim Strogalev 6 31 88 Michael Johnson 3 29 88 Bob Kennedy (runner) 5 29 88 Tony McCall 5 29 91 Sergey Lyakhov 6 28 92 Lawrence Johnson 4 28 92 Koji Ito 5 28 94 Julius Chelule 5 27 95 Jonathan Kandie 5 27 96 John Godina 4 27 96 Driss Maazouzi 4 27 98 Michael Stolle 5 26.3 99 Ismaïl Sghyr 4 26 100 Rui Silva 3 26 100 Johan Botha 4 26 100 Julian Golding 5 26

Overall women RankAthleteNationMeetsPoints 1 Gabriela Szabo 7 108 2 Maria Mutola 8 108 3 Deon Hemmings 8 104 4 Svetlana Masterkova 8 99 5 Zahra Ouaziz 8 97 6 Hestrie Cloete 8 97 7 Paraskevi Tsiamita 8 92 8 Inger Miller 8 89.5 9 Sandra Glover 8 86 10 Nezha Bidouane 8 83 11 Beverly McDonald 8 82.5 12 Andrea Blackett 8 81 13 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 8 81 14 Savatheda Fynes 8 81 15 Ludmila Formanová 8 80 16 Inha Babakova 6 76 17 Marion Jones 7 76 18 Debbie Ferguson 8 75 19 Monica Iagăr 8 75 20 Yelena Yelesina 8 73 21 Merlene Frazer 8 72 22 Violeta Szekely 5 71 23 Astrid Kumbernuss 6 68 24 Zuzana Hlavoňová 7 67.5 25 Nadine Kleinert 6 67 26 Natalya Tsyganova 7 65 27 Ashia Hansen 7 63 28 Yelena Gulyayeva 8 62.5 29 Michelle Johnson 8 61 30 Iva Prandzheva 7 60 31 Stephanie Graf 6 60 32 Olena Hovorova 7 59 33 Anita Weyermann 5 59 34 Ionela Târlea 7 57 35 Tegla Loroupe 7 55 36 Svetlana Lapina 8 55 37 Debbie-Ann Parris 8 52 38 Hanne Haugland 8 52 39 Connie Price-Smith 5 52 40 Cristina Nicolau 7 51 41 Valentina Fedyushina 7 51 42 Paula Radcliffe 6 49 43 Tatyana Lebedeva 4 48 44 Krystyna Zabawska 5 48 45 Leah Malot 6 47 46 Lidia Chojecka 7 47 46 Fernanda Ribeiro 7 47 48 Letitia Vriesde 6 45 49 Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim 5 44 50 Teri Steer 5 43 51 Mariya Pantyukhova 5 42 52 Fatima Yusuf 5 39 53 Juliet Campbell 7 39 54 Kajsa Bergqvist 6 38.5 55 Lieja Koeman 8 38 56 Carla Sacramento 5 38 56 Tina Paulino 7 38 58 Yelena Lebedenko 7 37 59 Jackline Maranga 4 37 60 Jearl Miles Clark 5 37 61 Tereza Marinova 5 36 61 Guðrún Arnardóttir 7 36 63 Irina Mikitenko 2 35 64 Olga Komyagina 5 35 65 Tressa Thompson 6 35 66 Yamilé Aldama 4 34 67 Natalya Torshina 8 33 68 Yamna Oubouhou 6 30 69 Hasna Benhassi 4 30 70 Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich 4 29 71 Susanthika Jayasinghe 4 26 72 Diane Modahl 4 26 73 Tisha Waller 4 26 73 Šárka Kašpárková 5 26 75 Meredith Rainey-Valmon 4 25 76 Mame Tacko Diouf 6 25 76 Susan Smith-Walsh 7 25 78 Svetlana Krivelyova 3 24 79 Gete Wami 3 23 79 Cheri Goddard-Kenah 4 23 81 Chandra Sturrup 5 22 81 Gundega Sproģe 6 22 83 Anna Jakubczak 3 21 83 Irina Mistyukevich 3 21 83 Olga Nelyubova 3 21 86 Asmae Leghzaoui 3 20 86 Nouria Mérah-Benida 5 20 86 Leah Pells 5 20 89 Elena Hila 4 19 89 Kelly Holmes 4 19 91 Kim Batten 3 18 92 Yanina Korolchik 3 17 92 Olga Yegorova 3 17 92 Margarita Marusova 4 17 95 Amy Acuff 4 15.5 96 Andrea Philipp 2 15 96 Marina Bastos 3 15 96 Daimí Pernía 3 15 99 Kathy Harris-Rounds 2 14 99 Ebru Kavaklıoğlu 2 14 99 Olga Vasdeki 2 14 99 Joetta Clark 3 14 99 Carmen Wüstenhagen 3 14 99 Yelena Martson-Buzhenko 4 14

References

Points standings 1999 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Overall Men. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31. 1999 GRAND PRIX STANDINGS - Overall Women. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-31.