The 1998 IAAF Grand Prix was the fourteenth edition of the annual global series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The series changed format that year to incorporate the six 1998 IAAF Golden League meetings as the top tier, followed by the existing Grand Prix I and Grand Prix II level meetings, then finally the Permit level meetings. Grand Prix I featured nine meetings from 3 May to 25 August and Grand Prix II featured 11 meetings from 25 February to 30 August, making a combined total of 26 meetings for the series.^[1] An additional 11 IAAF Outdoor Permit Meetings were attached to the circuit.^[2] Permit Meetings originally scheduled for Jakarta and San Jose, California were later dropped.^[3]

Performances on designated events on the circuit earned athletes points which qualified them for entry to the 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final, held on 5 September in Moscow, Russia.^[4] A further four IAAF Permit Meetings of non-Grand Prix status included point-scoring events in order to allow athletes full opportunities to compete in certain events.^[5] Middle-distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj was the points leader for the series, taking 96 points from eight meetings. The highest scoring female athlete was Marion Jones on 88 points over eight meetings – a feat also achieved by men's runner-up Bryan Bronson.

Meetings

Key:   Non-Grand Prix, scoring meeting

Points standings

Overall men

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meets	Points
1	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	8	94
2	Bryan Bronson	United States	8	88
3	Jeff Hartwig	United States	8	79
4	Michael Johnson	United States	7	77
5	Denis Kapustin	Russia	8	76
6=	Luke Kipkosgei	Kenya	8	73
6=	Laban Rotich	Kenya	8	73
8	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	6	72
9	Ruslan Mashchenko	Russia	8	70
10=	Maurice Greene	United States	8	68
10=	Tyree Washington	United States	8	68
12	Daniel Komen	Kenya	8	66
13	Dinsdale Morgan	Jamaica	8	65
14=	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	7	64
14=	John Kibowen	Kenya	8	64
16=	Maksim Tarasov	Russia	7	63
16=	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	8	63
16=	Balázs Kiss	Hungary	8	63
19	Alvin Harrison	United States	8	60
20	Jonathan Edwards	Great Britain	6	59
21	Sergey Klyugin	Russia	7	58.5
22=	Mark Richardson	Great Britain	7	57
22=	Samuel Matete	Zambia	8	57
24=	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	8	56
24=	Jerome Young	United States	8	56
26	Pat Manson	United States	8	52.5
27=	Assefa Mezgebu	Ethiopia	6	52
27=	Jon Drummond	United States	7	52
27=	LaMark Carter	United States	8	52
27=	Tom Nyariki	Kenya	8	52

Overall women

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Meets	Points
1	Marion Jones	United States	8	88
2	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	8	83
3	Trine Hattestad	Norway	8	80
4=	Falilat Ogunkoya	Nigeria	8	77
4=	Charity Opara	Nigeria	8	77
6	Melissa Morrison	United States	8	74
7	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	8	71
8	Chryste Gaines	United States	8	67
9	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	7	66
10	Savatheda Fynes	Bahamas	8	65
11	Tanja Damaske	Germany	7	62
12=	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco	7	61
12=	Tatyana Shikolenko	Russia	8	61
14	Glory Alozie	Nigeria	6	59.5
15=	Heike Drechsler	Germany	7	57
15=	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	8	57
15=	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	8	57
18=	Jackline Maranga	Kenya	8	56
18=	Jearl Miles Clark	United States	8	56
20=	Dionne Rose	Jamaica	8	55
20=	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	8	55
22	Inger Miller	United States	8	53.5
23=	Grit Breuer	Germany	5	50
23=	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	6	50
25=	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	7	47
25=	Angie Vaughn	United States	7	47
25=	Dawn Burrell	United States	8	47
25=	Lorraine Graham	Jamaica	8	47
29	Fiona May	Italy	6	46
30	Keturah Anderson	Canada	8	45.5