World Athletics Tour
Team USA Qualifiers for 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
According to the IAAF World Athletics Tour website, the qualification guidelines to make the World Athletics Final that will be held this year in Stuttgart, Germany on September 13th and 14th, 2008, are as follows:
After the last IAAF WAT Meeting before the World Athletics Final, the 7 Athletes having the highest number of points with their best 5 results (4 for throws) will qualify for each event of the World Athletics Final. For the races of 1500m and over, 11 athletes will be qualified. The Athletes for the 8th and 12th (1500m and over) position will be invited at the discretion of the IAAF.
It is a condition that athletes have scored points in at least 3 meetings, and in the case of a tie for the qualification for the World Athletics Final, the Athlete with the best seasonal performance will be qualified. The IAAF will extend invitations, at its discretion, upon receipt of refusals or cancellations.
Here are the Team USA athletes who have qualified for the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final according to those rules (provisional qualifiers are noted with an asterisk):