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| THE BIGGEST OUTDOOR MEETINGS OF 1996 | ||||||||||||
| The venue names are written in each 
      country's native language. The international abbreviations of the meets 
      are shown in the right hand column (source: ATFS Annual). Golden Four: Oslo, Zürich, Berlin and Bruxelles. | ||||||||||||
| Month | Venue | Abbreviations | IAAF points | Prev. year | 
| June | Roma | GGala | 84.873 | (85.000) | 
| Paris | BNP | 84.963 | ||
| July | Lausanne | Athl | 85.703 | (83.733) | 
| Oslo | Bisl | 85.459 | (84.966) | |
| Stockholm | DNG | 84.615 | (83.962) | |
| Nice | Nik | 85.005 | (85.365) | |
| August | Zürich | WK | 86.746 | (86.817) | 
| Monte-Carlo | Herc | 86.531 | (84.794) | |
| Bruxelles | VD | 86.286 | (84.433) | |
| Köln | ASV | 85.660 | (85.604) | |
| Berlin | ISTAF | 85.114 | ||
| September | Milano | GPF (Grand Prix Final)  | 86.332 |