Croatian High Jump Queen, Blanka Vlasic is one of the punditts favourites to hit the Golden League jackpot this year. Photo by Picture Alliance.

In exactly 12 days time, on Sunday 1 June 2008, the battle for the $1 million Golden League jackpot will commence in the German capital's atmospheric 1936 Olympic stadium where the DKB-ISTAF Berlin meeting is staged.
 
Last September when the Berlin meeting concluded the 2007 Golden League, it attracted a record 70,253 spectators, with Yelena Isinbayeva and Sanya Richards sharing the $1 million prize.
 
Another vast crowd on 1 June will cheer athletes out of the blocks and down the runways as they start their season long quest to remain unbeaten at all six Golden League meetings.
 
In 2008, there are 10 disciplines eligable for the Golden League Jackpot, six events for men and four for women:
 

Golden League Disciplines
Men	Women
100m	200m
400m	800m
1,500m	100m Hurdles
400m Hurdles	High Jump
Long Jump
Javelin

Tero Pitkamaki (FIN) and Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) will again slug it out for Golden League glory in the Javelin. Photo with thanks to Tero Heiska.

Athletes are required to win at all six Golden League meetings to acquire at least a share of athletics' biggest yearly payday.  Although in order to sustain the active participation in the Jackpot of as many athletes as possible through to the culmination of the series, the possibility of a secondary prize also exists as it did in 2007.  Should NO athlete manage to attain six wins and claim the $1 Million, then anyone with five victories will share half the original prize - $500,000.

Cities and Dates for 2008
Place	Date
Berlin, GER	Sunday 1 June
Oslo, NOR	Friday 6 June
Rome, ITA	Friday 11 July
Paris, FRA	Friday 18 July
Zürich, SUI	Friday 29 August
Brussels, BEL	Friday 5 September