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| THE BIGGEST OUTDOOR MEETINGS OF 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venue names are written in
            each country's native language. The international abbreviations of
            the meets are shown in the right hand column. Golden League: Oslo, Saint-Denis, Roma, Zürich, Brussels and Berlin. | ||||||||||||||||
| Month | Venue | Abbreviations | IAAF points | Previous year | Ranking | 
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| June | Berlin | ISTAF | 85 384 | 84 095 | 4° | 
| Oslo | Bisl | 84 913 | 84 599 | 11° | |
| July | Athína | GP | 84 461 | 85 706 | 13° | 
| Paris - St. Denis | Gaz | 85 129 | 85 085 | 7° | |
| Roma | GGala | 85 538 | 85 303 | 3° | |
| Stockholm | DNG | 84 930 | 84 995 | 9° | |
| London | BGP | 85 045 | 83 604 | 8° | |
| Monte-Carlo | Herc | 85 970 | 85 253 | 1° | |
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| August | Zürich | WK | 85 772 | 83 855 | 2° | 
| September | Lausanne | Athl | 85 199 | 84 406 | 5° | 
| Bruxelles | VD | 84 921 | 86 209 | 10° | |
| Rieti | GP | 84 285 | 84 320 | 14° | |
| Stuttgart | World Athletics Final |  | |||