Indoor Flanders Meeting Explained

Indoor Flanders
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Date:Mid-February
Location: Ghent, Belgium
Type:Indoor track and field
Est:1990
Homepage:Indoor Flanders

The Indoor Flanders meeting was an annual indoor track and field meeting which took place at the Flanders Sports Arena in Ghent, Belgium. It was one of foremost meetings on the indoor European circuit and one of nine events which hold IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting status.[1]

First held in 1990, the competition was originally held at the Flanders Expo arena and moved to the Flanders Sports Arena in 2000.[2] Over its history the meeting has been sponsored by Energizer, KBC Bank, and Toyota (its current sponsor). The 23rd edition in 2012 was annulled because of loss sponsorship.[3] After taking a year off, the Flanders Indoor Meeting returns in 2013 and 2014 but was cancelled from 2015 onwards.

World records

Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the Indoor Flanders Meeting.

YearEventRecordAthleteNationality
2002Pole vault4.73 mSvetlana Feofanova
1997Mile run3:48.45Hicham El Guerrouj
19953000 m7:35.15Moses Kiptanui

Meeting records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
60 m6.45Andre Cason1992
200 m20.37Frankie Fredericks1996
300 m32.15Pavel Maslák9 February 2014[4]
400 m45.45Jamie Baulch1997
600 m1:15.65Kevin Borlée13 February 2011[5] [6]
800 m1:45.72Tony Morrell1988
1000 m2:16.15Abubaker Kaki Khamis28 February 2008
1500 m3:33.01Hicham El Guerrouj1997
Mile3:48.45Hicham El Guerrouj1997
2000 m5:02.53John Mayock2000
3000 m7:35.15Moses Kiptanui1995
Two miles8:09.89Hicham El Guerrouj2001
5000 m13:11.39Alberto García2003
60 m hurdles7.38Colin Jackson1994
2000 m steeplechase5:13.77Paul Kipsiele Koech13 February 2011[7] [8]
Pole vault5.90 mMaksim Tarasov1998
High jump2:30 mVyacheslav Voronin2000
Long jump8.40 mIván Pedroso1997
Triple jump17.42 mMarian Oprea26 February 2006

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
60 m6.97Irina Privalova1995
200 m22.47Irina Privalova1992
400m51.50Charity Opara1998
800 m1:56.85Stephanie Graf2002
1500 m4:04.80Genzebe Dibaba14 February 2010[9]
3000 m8:41.67Mariem Alaoui Selsouli26 February 2006
5000 m15:07.39Gabriela Szabo1998
60 m hurdles7.82Brigita Bukovec1999
High jump2.00 mBlanka Vlašić26 February 2006
Pole vault4.76 mAnna Rogowska9 February 2014[10]
Long jump6.61 mOlga Rublyova2000
Triple jump14.47 mAshia Hansen1998

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/WIM10/results/index.html IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings 2010
  2. Gordon, Ed (1999-02-19). Leading Marks for Devers and Pedroso in Ghent . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-15.
  3. News: Organisatoren annuleren 23e editie Flanders Indoor. www.hln.be. nl. 31 October 2011. 3 March 2012.
  4. Web site: 300m Results. www.timetronics.be. 9 February 2014. 9 February 2014.
  5. Web site: 600 Metres Results. www.timetronics.be. 2011-02-13. 2011-02-15.
  6. Web site: Kombich clocks world leading 3:34.13 in Gent, junior Koech continues to impress. IAAF. Ivo Hendrix. 2011-02-14. 2011-02-15.
  7. Web site: 2000 Metres Steeplechase Results. www.timetronics.be. 2011-02-13. 2011-02-13. 2012-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20120306193824/http://www.timetronics.be/results/belgacomindoor2011/event014h01.html. dead.
  8. Web site: Kombich clocks world leading 3:34.13 in Gent, junior Koech continues to impress. IAAF. Ivo Hendrix. 2011-02-14. 2011-02-15.
  9. Web site: 1500 Metres Results. www.sport.be. 2010-02-14. 2010-05-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20100218123545/http://www.sport.be/belgavideo/toyotaindoorlive/event016h01.html. 2010-02-18. dead.
  10. Web site: Pole Vault Results. www.timetronics.be. 9 February 2014. 9 February 2014.