The 2002 IAAF Golden League was the fifth edition of the annual international track and field meeting series, held from 28 June to 6 September.
The Golden League jackpot consisted of one million US dollars' worth of gold bars.
The jackpot was available to athletes who won all seven competitions of the series in one of the twelve specified events (divided equally between the sexes) and participated at the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final.
[1] The prize was shared among four athletes who won all seven events: Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj, Felix Sánchez of the Dominican Republic, American Marion Jones and Mexico's Ana Guevara.
[3] Gail Devers came close to winning the jackpot, taking 100 m hurdles victories at all competitions except for Zurich, where she was beaten by Glory Alozie.