Merlene Ottey
Grand Prix Finals

 

The IAAF Grand Prix Series began in 1985 and has developed a lot since. Each season a number of disciplines is selected for the Grand Prix Series, which consists of many athletic Grand Prix Meetings all over the world. The outdoor athletic season and the Grand Prix Series is coming to an end with the Grand Prix Final, which is held in different cities each year. In the Grand Prix Final the winners of each discipline and the overall title for men and women are chosen.

For a more comprehensive description of the IAAF Grand Prix Series go to IAAF’s homepage: http://www.iaaf.org/

 

 

Merlene Ottey at the 1997 Grand Prix Final in Fukuoka, Japan.

 

2000 Grand Prix Final in Doha (5th October)
Grand Prix Final 100 metres:
1. Marion Jones 11.00 sec.
2. Chryste Gaines 11.09 sec.
3. Sevatheda Fynes 11.10 sec.
4. Zhanna Pintusevich 11.16 sec.
5. Debbie Ferguson 11.22 sec.
6. Chandra Sturrup 11.40 sec.
7. Torri Edwards 11.54 sec.
8. Myriam Leonie Mani 12.15 sec.

Merlene Ottey did not qualify for the Grand Prix Final as she did only participate in two Grand Prix meetings (Zürich and Brussels).

 100 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Marion Jones (104 points)
2. Chryste Gaines (78 points)
3. Sevatheda Fynes (76.5 points)
4. Zhanna Pintusevich (70.5 points)
5. Debbie Ferguson (64 points) 
15. Merlene Ottey (14 points)

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Trine Hattestad (Javelin): 110 points
2. Marion Jones (100 metres): 104 points
2. Gail Devers (100 metre hurdles): 104 points
4. Violeta Beclea-Szekely (1500 metres): 94 points
5. Glory Alozie (100 metre hurdles): 91 points
95. Merlene Ottey (100 metres): 14 points

 

1999 Grand Prix Final in Munich (12th September)
Grand Prix Final 200 metres:
1. Sevatheda Fynes 22.55 sec.
2. Merlene Frazer 22.55 sec.
3. Inger Miller 22.64 sec.
3. Beverly McDonald 22.64 sec.
5. Debbie Ferguson 22.67 sec.
6. Fatima Yusuf 22.99 sec.
7. Juliet Campell 23.08 sec.
8. Susanthika Jayasinghe 23.13 sec.

Merlene Ottey did not qualify for the Grand Prix Final as she did only participate in one Grand Prix meeting (DN Galan, Stockholm) and she was furthermore suspended due to a false accusation for drug abuse.

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Jamaican Merlene Frazer finishing second in the GP Final
200 metres GP standing:
1. Inger Miller (89.5 points)
2. Beverly McDonald (82.5 p.) 
3. Sevatheda Fynes (81 points)
4. Marion Jones (76 points)
5. Debbie Ferguson (75 points)
6. Merlene Frazer (72 points)
7. Fatima Yusuf (39 points)
8. Juliet Campell (39 points)

19. Merlene Ottey (7 points)

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Gabriella Szabo (3000 metres): 108 points
2. Maria Lurdes Mutola (800 metres): 108 points
3. Deon Hemmings (400 m. hurdles): 104 points
4. Svetlana Masterkova (800 metres): 99 points
5. Zhara Ouaziz (3000 metres): 97 points

140. Merlene Ottey (200 metres: 7 points)

 

1998 Grand Prix Final in Moscow (5th September)
Grand Prix Final 100 metres:
1. Marion Jones 10.83 sec.
2. Sevatheda Fynes 11.10 sec.
3. Inger Miller 11.15 sec.
4. Zhanna Pintusevich 11.15 sec.
5. Chandra Sturrup 11.19 sec.
6. Chryste Gaines 11.23 sec.
7. Irina Privalova 11.27 sec.
8. Beverly McDonald 11.34 sec.

Merlene Ottey did not qualify for the Grand Prix Final as she did only participate in three Grand Prix meetings

 100 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Marion Jones (?? points)
2. Sevatheda Fynes (86 points)
3. Chryste Gaines (76 points)
12. Merlene Ottey (21.5 points)

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Marion Jones (100 metres + long jump): 130 points
2. Svetlana Masterkova (1500 metres): 107 points
3. Falilat Ogunkoya (400 metres): 101 points
76. Merlene Ottey (100 metres: 21.5 points)

 

1997 Grand Prix Final in Fukuoka (13th September)
Grand Prix Final 200 metres:
1. Marion Jones 21.84w sec.
2. Merlene Ottey 21.92w sec.
3. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 22.43w sec.
4. Inger Miller 22.44w sec.
5. Marina Trandenkova 22.48w sec.
6. Juliet Cuthbert 22.61w sec.
7. Juliet Campell 22.84w sec.
8. Merlene Frazer ??.??w sec.

wind = 2.9 metre per second

 200 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Marion Jones: 
6. Merlene Ottey: 47 points

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Astrid Kumbernuss (Shot put): 99 points
2. Deon Hemmings (400 m hurdles): 93 points
3. Kim Batten (400 m hurdles): 91 poins
32. Merlene Ottey (200 metres: 47 points)

 

1996 Grand Prix Final in Milan, Italy (7th September)
After the disappointment of receiving only a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Merlene Ottey took a big revenge at the Grand Prix Final in Milan, Italy. She won a clear victory over Olympic champion Gail Devers and set Personal Record. Her 10.74 seconds in the final was record for the Grand Prix Finals and was furthermore a World Veteran Record.

Grand Prix Final 100 metres:
1. Merlene Ottey 10.74 sec.
2. Gail Devers 10.83 sec.
3. Mary Onyali 11.00 sec.
4. Chryste Gaines 11.06 sec.
5. Juliet Cuthbert 11.08 sec.
6. Irina Privalova 11.14 sec.
7. Inger Miller 11.18 sec.
8. Zhanna Pintusevich 11.25 sec.		 100 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Merlene Ottey (90 points)

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Ludmilla Enquist (100 metre hurdles): 93 points
2. Merlene Ottey (100 metres): 90 points
3. Michelle Freeman (100 metre hurdles): 85 points

 

1995 Grand Prix Final in Monte Carlo (9thSeptember)
Grand Prix Final 200 metres:
1. Gwen Torrence 22.20 sec.
2. Mary Onyali 22.69 sec.
3. Carlette Guidry 22.71 sec.

(Ottey was injured at a race in Berlin and did not compete in the Grand Prix Final)

 200 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Gwen Torrence: 72 points
6. Merlene Ottey: 41 points

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Maria Mutola (800 metres): 78 points
2. Anna Biryukova (triple jump): 72 points
3. Gwen Torrence (200 metres). 72 points
30. Merlene Ottey (200 metres): 41 points

 

1994 Grand Prix Final in Paris (3rd September)
Grand Prix Final 100 metres:
1. Merlene Ottey 10.78 sec.
2. Gwen Torrence 10.82 sec.
3. Irina Privalova 11.02 sec.

100 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Merlene Ottey      (41+27 points)
2. Gwen Torrence (45+21 points)
3. Irina Privalova

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Jackie Joyner-Kersee (long jump): 72 points
2. Svetla Dimitrova (100 m hurdles): 72 points
3. Sonia O’Sullivan (5000 metres): 72 points

Merlene Ottey winning the 1994 
Grand Prix 100 metre final

 

1993 Grand Prix Final in London (10th September)
Grand Prix Final 100 metres:
1. Gwen Torrence 11.03 sec.
2. Irina Privalova 11.09 sec.
3. Juliet Cuthbert 11.22 sec.

Ottey DNS ???

100 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Gwen Torrence
2. 
3.

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Sandra Farmer-Patrick (400 m hurdles): 72 points
Sonia O’Sullivan (3000 metres): 72 points
3. Stefka Kostadinova (high jump): 72 points

 

1992 Grand Prix Final in Torino, Italy (4th September)
Grand Prix Final 200 metres:
1 Merlene Ottey 22.03 sec.
2. Irina Privalova 22.06 sec.
3. Gwen Torrence 22.10 sec.
4. Galina Malchugina
5. Grace Jackson 
6. Pauline Davis
7. Mary Onyali
8. Webber		 200 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Merlene Ottey: 63 points
2. Gwen Torrence: 53 points
3. Galina Malchugina: 51 points

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Heike Drechsler (Long jump): 63 points
2. Merlene Ottey (200 metres): 61 points
3. Trine Hattestad (javelin): 59 points

 

1991 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona (20th September)
Grand Prix Final 100 metres:
1. Merlene Ottey 10.87 sec. (+18 points)
2. Gwen Torrence 11.08 sec.(+14 points)
3. Evelyn Ashford ................(+12 points)
4. Juliet Cuthbert
5. Irina Privalova
6. Mary Onyali
7. Sandra Myers
8. Michelle Finn
9. Pauline Davis		 100 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Merlene Ottey (63 points)
2. Gwen Torrence (57 points)
3. Mary Onyali (45 points)
4. Evelyn Ashford (41 points)
5. Juliet Cuthbert (39 points) 
6. Irina Privalova (36 points)
7. Pauline Davis (27 points)

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Heike Henkel (High jump): 63 points
2. Merlene Ottey (100 metres): 63 points
3. Natalya Artyomova (1500 metres): 63 points

 

1990 Grand Prix Final in Athens (7th September)
Grand Prix Final 200 metres:
1. Merlene Ottey 21.88 sec.		 200 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Merlene Ottey: 63 points
2. Grace Jackson: 53 points
3. Galina Malchugina: 49 points

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Merlene Ottey (200 metres): 63 points
2. Heike Drechsler (long jump): 63 points
3. Petra Felke (javelin): 63 points 

 

1989 Grand Prix Final in Monte Carlo (1st September)
Grand Prix Final 100 metres:
1. Merlene Ottey 11.04 sec.
2. Pauline Davis 11.25 sec.
3. Sheila Echols 11.37 sec.		 100 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Merlene Ottey: 63 p.
2. Sheila Echols: 49 p. 
3. Pauline Davis: 47 p. 
4. Mary Onyali: 33 p.
4. Jones: 33 p.
6. Grace Jackson: 28 p.
7. (Paula) Dunn: 25 p.
8. Iheagwam: 24 p.

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Paula Ivan (mile+3000 metres): 67 p.
2. Galina Chistyakova (long jump): 63 p.
3. Sandra Farmer-Patrick (400 m. hurdles): 63 p.
4. Merlene Ottey (100 metres): 63 p. 
5. Ana Quirot (middle distance): 63 p. 
6. Lisovskaya (?): 61 p.

 

1988 Grand Prix Final in Berlin

Grand Prix Final 200 metres:
1. Grace Jackson 22.70 sec. 
2. Mary Onyali 22.80 sec.
3. Pauline Davis 23.12

Merlene Ottey did not run on the Grand Prix circuit in 1988.		 200 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Grace Jackson: 63 p.
2. Danette Young: 49 p.
3. Mary Onyali: 48 p. 
4. (Paula) Dunn: 43.5 p.
5. Pauline Davis: 42 p.
6. Falilat Ogunkoya: 28 p.
7. Gwen Torrence: 21 p.
8. (Simone) Jacobs 19 p.
9. Silke Gladisch-Möller: 18 p. 
10. L. Kondratyeva: 15 p.

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Paula Ivan (1500 metres): 63 p.
2. Grace Jackson (200 metres): 63 p.
3. Ana Quirot (400 metres): 57 p. 
4. Liz McColgan (5000 metres): 55 p.
5. Zackiewicz (?): 50 p. 
6. Danette Young (200 metres): 49 p.
7. Elly Van Hulst (1500 metres): 48 p. 
7. Mary Onyali (200 metres): 48 p. 
9. Constantin (?): 47 p. 
10. Alizadeh (?): 46 p.

 

1987 Grand Prix Final in Brussels (11th September) 

Grand Prix Final 100 metres:
1. Merlene Ottey 11.09 sec.
2. Juliet Cuthbert 11.19 sec.
3. Anelia Nuneva 11.27 sec.
4. Alice Brown
5. Angela Bailey/Issajenko		 100 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Merlene Ottey: 63 p.
2. Anelia Nuneva: 55 p. 
3. Angela Bailey: 41 p.
3. Alice Brown: 41 p.
5. Nadezhda Georgieva: 39 p. 
6. Juliet Cuthbert 38,5
7. Nellie Cooman 30 p.
8. Ewa Kasprzyk: 23 p.

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Merlene Ottey (100 metres): 63 p.
2. Doina Melinte (800+? metres): 63 p.
3. Stefka Kostadinova (high jump): 61 p.
4. Ana Quirot (800 metres): 58 p.
5. Anelia Nuneva (100 metres): 55 p. 
5. Debra Flintoff-King (400 m hurdles): 55 p.
5. Fibingerva (?): 55 p.
8. Ritter (?): 53 p.

 

1986 Grand Prix Final in Rome

Grand Prix Final 200 metres:
1. Valerie Brisco-Hooks 22.30 sec.
2. Evelyn Ashford 22.31 sec. 
3. Ewa Kasprzyk 22.58 sec.		 200 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Evelyn Ashford: 59 points 
2. Ewa Kasprzyk: 49 points
3. Valerie Brisco-Hooks: 43 points 
4. Grace Jackson: 39 points 
5. Pam Marshall: 27 points
6. Merlene Ottey-Page: 24 points 
7. Cazier: 22 points 
8. Cathy Cook: 21 points

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Yordanka Donkova (100 m hurdles): 69 points
2. Maricica Puica (1500 metres): 65 points
3. Tsvetanka Khristova (long jump): 63 points 
3. Petra Felke (javelin): 63 points
5. Evelyn Ashford (200 metres): 59 points
6. Fatima Withbread (javelin): 59 points 
7. Valerie Brisco-Hooks (200+400 metres): 53 points

 

1985 Grand Prix Final in Rome (7th September)
Grand Prix Final 100 metres:
1. Florence Griffith-Joyner 11.00 sec.
2. Alice Brown 11.04 sec.
3. Merlene Ottey 11.09 sec.

 

 100 metres Grand Prix standing:
1. Alice Brown: 46 points
2. Merlene Ottey: 45 points
3. Florence Griffith-Joyner: 39 points

Overall Grand Prix standing:
1. Mary Decker Slaney (3000 metres): 69 points
2. Stefka Kostadinova (high jump): 63 points
3. Judi Brown-King (400 m hurdles): 63 points

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