Successful claimants of the $1 Million Jackpot must win their event (a list of applicable jackpot events is shown below) at ALL SIX meetings of the ÅF Golden League.

However, should NO athlete manage to attain six wins and claim the $1 Million, then anyone with five victories will share half the original prize - $500,000. NOTE. this secondary prize is only on offer should nobody win his or her event at all six meetings.

All winners must compete at the IAAF World Athletics Final to be eligible for their share of the Jackpot.

The 2009 ÅF Golden League Jackpot event disciplines are - 

Men: 100m, 400m, 3000m/5000m, 110m Hurdles, Javelin Throw.

Women: 100m, 400m, 100m Hurdles, High Jump, Pole Vault.

Cities and Dates for 2009 -

Berlin, GER – Sunday 14 June
Oslo, NOR – Friday 3 July
Rome, ITA – Friday 10 July
Paris, FRA – Friday 17 July
Zürich, SUI – Friday 28 August
Brussels, BEL – Friday 4 September

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ÅF Golden League Jackpot Winners

Men

1998 
Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)

1999
Wilson Kipketer (DEN)

2000 
Maurice Greene (USA)
Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)

2001
Allen Johnson (USA)
André Bucher (SUI)
Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)

2002
Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)
Felix Sanchez (DOM)

2003
None

2004 
Christian Olsson (SWE)

2005 
None

2006**
Jeremy Wariner (USA)
Asafa Powell (JAM)
Lesser share - Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) and Irving Saladino (PAN) 

2007 None 

2008 None


Women

1998 
Marion Jones (USA)

1999 
Gabriela Szabo (ROM)

2000 
Tatyana Kotova (RUS)
Trine Hattestad (NOR)
Gail Devers (USA)

2001
Olga Yegorova (RUS)
Violeta Szekely (ROM)
Marion Jones (USA)

2002
Ana Guevara (MEX)
Marion Jones (USA)

2003
Maria Mutola (MOZ)

2004
Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH)

2005
Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)

2006** 
Sanya Richards (USA)
Lesser share - Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)

2007 
Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
Sanya Richards (USA)

2008
Pamela Jelimo (KEN)

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**NOTE:

In 2006 only the usual Jackpot formula which gives an equal share of the Jackpot between all the winners was changed accordingly -

Winning a Jackpot purse of US $249,999 each (83,333 + 166,666) for achieving SIX wins were three athletes:

Asafa Powell (JAM) – men’s 100m; Jeremy Wariner (USA) – 400m; Sanya Richards (JAM) – women’s 400m.

Winning a Jackpot purse of US $83,333 each for achieving FIVE wins were three athletes:

Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) – men’s 5000m; Irving Saladino (PAN) – men’s Long Jump; Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) – women’s 5000m.

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