The2001IAAF Golden League was the fourth edition of the annual internationaltrack and field meeting series, held from 29 June to 31 August. It was contested at seven European meetings: theGolden Gala,Meeting Gaz de France,Bislett Games,Herculis,Weltklasse Zürich,Memorial Van Damme and theInternationales Stadionfest (ISTAF).
The Golden League jackpot consisted of one million US dollars' worth ofgold bars. The jackpot was available to athletes who won at least five of the seven competitions of the series in one of the fourteen specified events (8 for men, 6 for women). The jackpot events for 2001 were:[1]
The jackpot winners wereHicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, Switzerland'sAndré Bucher, AmericansAllen Johnson andMarion Jones, Romania'sVioleta Szekely andOlga Yegorova of Russia. Szekely won all seven of the 1,500-metre races, while the other athletes won the minimum of five. Marion Jones's results were later annulled after she admitted todoping.[2]
