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The '''IAAF World Athletics Final''' was an annual [[track and field]] competition organised by the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF). It was inaugurated in 2003 to replace the [[IAAF Grand Prix Final]]. The competition was part of the [[IAAF World Athletics Series]] and was the seasonal culmination of the [[IAAF World Outdoor Meetings]] series from 2003 to 2005, then the [[IAAF World Athletics Tour]]
==History==
The competition was introduced as part of the overhaul of the [[IAAF Grand Prix]], with the [[IAAF World Outdoor Meetings]] series replacing it as the IAAF's primary seasonal outdoor [[track and field]] series. 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 as these events generally did not feature at IAAF outdoor [[track and field]] meetings.
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]].
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