Meeting History

2012 Review - Sayers Soars

Day 1 Day one of the Aviva London Grand Prix served up the perfect appetiser for the London 2012 Olympic Games. more

2011 Review - Action-Packed London Grand Prix

Despite the late withdrawal of Asafa Powell, there was still an action packed evening at the Aviva London Grand Prix in store with a startling last 200m from Mo Farah over the 3000m, and a superb victory for Jenny Meadows: Report: Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar) lit up the Aviva London Grand Prix on Friday night with yet another high-profile win to claim his tenth successive victory – this time in the 3,000m. more

2010 Review - World Class Performances at London Grand Prix

Day 1 On the first day of action at the Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace, there were plenty of superb performances to help celebrate the world class fields on show, whilst the GB athletes battled hard in their homecoming fixture. more

2009 Review - Bolt previews Berlin

In the stadium where, four years earlier, she had set two World records in one night, including the first five metres pole vault by a woman, Yelena Isinbayeva suffered a rare defeat on the first day of the two-day Aviva London Grand Prix. more

2008 Review - Two day meet proves a success

Expanded from a one-day meeting to two days, the Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace enjoyed the perfect combination of decent weather, breathtaking performances by Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown and Andrey Silnov, and a handful of British victories. more

2007 Review - Big night - big performances

Big night, big men, big performances. The annual domestic showpiece meeting of the year, the Norwich Union London Grand Prix, could hardly have scripted a more dramatic contest as the 20st-plus giants of the sport produced huge throws. more

2006 Review - New heights at the Palace

On a night when Sweden’s Kajsa Bergqvist broke the UK all-comers record for the women’s high jump, track athletics at Crystal Palace reached new heights too. more

2005 Review - Benjamin lifts Brits

Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva broke the women’s World record twice in one night after the Norwich Union London Grand Prix meeting promoter, Ian Stewart, offered her an irresistible financial incentive. more

2004 Review - Athens indicators

Two weeks before the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympics, six British winners prompted a night of jubilation for a capacity 17,500 crowd who attended the Norwich Union London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace. more

2003 Review - Emsley Carr Celebrations

The Emsley Carr Mile’s 50th birthday party had some distinguished guests peeking through the window. They must have liked what they saw. Speeding to victory with a decisive kick over the last 200m, Kenya’s Paul Korir ensured that the party went with a swing as he recorded the second fastest time in the race’s history. more

2002 Review - Sanchez doubles up

Other than in the sprints and the walks, doubling had become a largely forgotten stage trick. For those who remembered the Olympic golden doubles of Peter Snell, Lasse Viren and Svetlana Masterkova among others, this was a night to savour. more

2001 Review - Brits lining up for victory

Rarely have British athletes performed so brilliantly, and in such numbers, on a home track. A profusion of world-class efforts by the domestic top names lit up the Norwich Union British Grand Prix at Crystal Palace, thrilling a capacity 17,000 crowd. more

2000 Review - Lewis-Francis bursts onto the scene

The Norwich Union British Grand Prix staked a strong claim to be considered among the World’s best meetings as star names, fine weather, and a capacity crowd of 16,000 combined to make a memorable day. more