Gugl Games Explained

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Location:Linzer Stadion, Austria
Type:Track and field
Est:1988

The Gugl Games, formerly known as the Gugl-Meeting and the Zipfer Grand Prix, is the largest one-day athletics meet in Austria, and is held at the Linzer Stadion in Linz. Founded in 1988 the Gugl-Meeting was an IAAF Grand Prix-status event from 1994 onwards and has changed to EAA Premium status in 2006. Many major athletic stars have participated in the Gugl-Meeting, including Carl Lewis, Colin Jackson, Allen Johnson, Marion Jones, Iván Pedroso, Maria de Lurdes Mutola, Javier Sotomayor. The Linz track is famous for fast 100-m sprint and excellent long jump performances.

On 20 August 2006, Israeli newspaper Ynet revealed that the competition had not accepted European Pole vaulting champion, Aleksandr Averbukh, due to his Israeli nationality.[1]

After a four-year hiatus, the meet restarted under its new name in 2012 and was held over two days. The 2015 edition was cancelled.[2]

Meet Records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
100 m9.94Davidson Ezinwa
200 m20.66Mike Rodgers26 August 2013
400 m44.46Kirani James20 August 2012[3]
800 m
1000 m2:16.39Seurei Benson20 August 2012[4]
3000 m7:46.39Bernard Lagat26 August 2013
110 m hurdles13.09 (0.0 m/s)Sergej Shubenkov20 August 2012[5]
400 m hurdles48.13Felix Sanchez20 August 2012[6]
High jump
Pole vault5.63 mValentin Lavillenie26 August 2013
Long jump8.66 mIván Pedroso
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw65.22 mGerd Kanter20 August 2012[7]

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
100 m11.14 (-1.0 m/s)Barbara Pierre26 August 2013
400 m50.92Natasha Hastings26 August 2013
1000 m2:39.86Malika Akkaoui26 August 2013
1500 m
100 m hurdles12.82 (-0.1 m/s)Sally Pearson26 August 2013
400 m hurdles55.01Dalilah Muhammad26 August 2013
3000 m steeplechase9:23.52Lydia Chepkurui20 August 2012[8]
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump6.36 (0.0 m/s)Jazmin Sawyers26 August 2013
Triple jump
Shot put

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Austrians to Alex Averbukh: don't come. 20 August 2006. Ynet. he.
  2. News: Gugl-Meeting droht längere Pause. laola1.at. de. 15 May 2015. 19 July 2015.
  3. Web site: 400m Results. www-guglgames.at. 20 August 2012. 20 August 2012.
  4. Web site: 1000m Results. www-guglgames.at. 20 August 2012. 20 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024103/http://www.guglgames.at/images/results/1000m%20men.pdf. 24 September 2015.
  5. Web site: 110m Hurdles Results. www-guglgames.at. 20 August 2012. 20 August 2012.
  6. Web site: 400m Hurdles Results. www-guglgames.at. 20 August 2012. 20 August 2012.
  7. Web site: Discus Throw Results. www-guglgames.at. 20 August 2012. 20 August 2012.
  8. Web site: 3000m Steeplechase Results. www-guglgames.at. 20 August 2012. 20 August 2012.