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{{Infobox Sports league
|sport=[[Athletics (track and field)|Athletics]]
|Formerly=[[IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
|qualification=[[World Athletics Tour]]
|founded=[[2003 IAAF World Athletics Final|2003]]
|website=[http://www.iaaf.org/waf09/index.html IAAF Official website]
}}
The '''IAAF World Athletics Final''' is an annual [[athletics (track and field)|athletics]] competition which is organised by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]]. It was inaugurated in 2003 to replace the [[IAAF Grand Prix Final]]. The competition is part of the [[IAAF World Athletics Series]] and is the culmination of the [[World Athletics Tour]] each year.
==History==
The programme of the former [[IAAF Grand Prix Final]] competition varied from year to year and the IAAF World Athletics Final introduced a fixed programme of events. The new schedule comprised events which were largely similar to those held at the [[World Championships in Athletics]]. The differences were that a [[3000 metres]] race was included at the World Athletics Final, while the [[10,000 metres]], [[marathon]], combined events ([[decathlon]] and [[heptathlon]]), [[race walk]]s and [[relay races]] were omitted.
The first three editions of the competition were held in [[Monaco]]. However, the competition's [[stadium]] in [[Fontvieille, Monaco|Fontvieille]], the [[Stade Louis II]], was not of an adequate size to hold the [[hammer throw]] competition. As a result, the men's and women's hammer events were generally held a week earlier than the competition itself, taking place in [[Szombathely]], [[Hungary]] at the [[Stadion Rohonci Út]].
There is also a [[Wild card (sports)|wild card]] that the IAAF can use to invite up to five athletes who they deem to warrant a place but could not gain the necessary ranking due to injury or other circumstances.▼
From 2006 this situation was resolved by a move to the [[Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion]] (Mercedes-Benz Arena) in [[Stuttgart]], which had previously held the [[1993 World Championships in Athletics]], and the [[2007 IAAF World Athletics Final|2007]] and [[2008 IAAF World Athletics Final|2008]] editions were also held there. The IAAF World Athletics Final changed to a alternating host city format in 2009, beginning with [[Thessaloniki]], due to the fact that the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics]] had also been held in Germany that year.<ref>Wenig, Jörg (2008-09-08). [http://www.iaaf.org/WAF08/news/kind=100/newsid=47564.html All roads lead to Stuttgart - IAAF / VTB World Athletics Final]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2009-09-07.</ref>
==Competition structure==
All competitors will receive [[prize]] money rising from US$1,000 for the 9th - 12th placed athletes in the longer distance races to US$30,000 for the winner in each event. A further US$100,000 will be awarded to any athlete breaking a [[world record]].▼
===Qualification===
The results of the [[World Athletics Tour]], an annual series of 25 athletics meetings, are used to form a points [[ranking system]]. Over the course of the year, athletes are awarded points for their performance in each specific event. The amount of points earned depends upon both the athlete's finishing position in the race and the level of the competition. The [[IAAF Golden League]] and [[IAAF Super Grand Prix]] meetings form the upper tier of competition, followed by the intermediate tier of [[IAAF Grand Prix]] meetings. Additionally, a limited number of points may be earned at Area Permit Meetings, although an athlete must have competed in at least one of the higher level competitions to qualify for the World Athletics Final. Furthermore, an athlete is awarded bonus points if they have broken or equalled a [[list of world records in athletics|world record]] at a World Athletics Tour meeting.<ref name=Structure>[http://www.iaaf.org/gp09/news/kind=101/newsid=50252.html IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final 2009 - Who and how many qualify?]. [[IAAF]] (2009-03-069). Retrieved on 2009-09-07.</ref>
{| class="wikitable" align="right"
|+Prize money at the Final
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!Position
!Prize ([[US$]])
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|1st ||30,000
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|2nd ||20,000
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|3rd ||12,000
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|4th ||7000
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|5th ||5000
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|6th ||4000
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|7th ||3000
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|8th ||2000
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|9–12th ||1000
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The rankings are calculated by combining the points total of an athlete's five best performances on the World Athletics Tour (or four best performances in the [[Track and field athletics#Throwing events|throwing events]]). After the end of the final meeting of the season's World Athletics Tour, the top seven ranked athletes in each event receive qualification into that event at the World Athletics Final. In the events of [[1500 metres]] or longer, the top eleven athletes are allowed to compete at the final. In the event of a tie, the athlete with the superior season's best is entered into the Final. One additional athlete is allocated to each event as a [[Wild card (sports)|wild card]].<ref name=Structure/>
===Final competition format===
Each event at the World Athletics Final features eight athletes, with the an extra four athletes competing in the each of the [[1500 metres]], [[3000 metres]], [[5000 metres]] and [[3000 metres steeplechase]] races.<ref name=Structure/>
▲There is also a [[Wild card (sports)|wild card]] that the IAAF can use to invite up to five athletes who they deem to warrant a place but could not gain the necessary ranking due to injury or other circumstances.
▲All competitors will receive [[prize]] money rising from [[US$]]1,000 for the 9th
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== Finals ==
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==References==
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==External links==
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