Great CityGames explained

The Great CityGames is a major street athletics event^[1] held twice annually in Manchester, Newcastle and Gateshead.

The former is held in conjunction to the Great Manchester Run, a major 10k generally held on the Sunday. The first event was in May 2009.^[2]

The latter is held in conjunction to the Great North Run, a major half marathon attracting world-famous athletes. The first event was in September 2009.^[3]

The event was originally designed to promote the Great Runs, however, the Games soon became a major British athletics event, attracting famous athletes such as Usain Bolt, David Rudisha and Kim Collins.

Events at the Manchester Games

Men's

Event^[4]	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	09
60m									•
100m	•	•	•	•	•	•		•
Club 100m	•
Junior 100m		•
T44 100m	•
150m	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Junior 150m			•
200m
T44 200m
500m		•
Mile		•			•	•	•		•
2 miles							•	•
110m hurdles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
200m hurdles	•		•	•
Shot put									•
Long jump	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Pole vault					•			•	•
Total	7	7	7	5	6	5	5	6	6

Women's

Event^[5]	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	09
100m	•	•			•	•	•
Club 100m	•
Junior 100m		•
T44 100m	•
150m		•	•		•	•	•	•	•
Junior 150m			•
200m				•
500m		•
Mile		•			•	•	•	•	•
2 miles									•
100m hurdles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
200m hurdles			•	•
Long jump			•
T44 long jump					•
Pole vault	•	•	•	•		•	•
Total	5	6	6	4	5	5	5	3	3

Mixed

References

1. Web site: Great CityGames. greatcitygames.org. 2017-05-27.
2. Web site: Great CityGames Manchester. greatcitygames.org. 2017-05-27.
3. Web site: Great North CityGames. greatcitygames.org. 2017-05-27.
4. Web site: Great CityGames Home. greatcitygames.org. 2017-05-27.
5. Web site: Great CityGames Home. greatcitygames.org. 2017-05-27.
6. Web site: Great CityGames Home. greatcitygames.org. 2017-05-27.

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