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| Location: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Type: | Track and field |
| Est: | 1959 |
| Last: | 2006 |
The Helsinki Grand Prix (fi|Maailmankisat, World Games in English) was an annual one-day outdoor track and field meeting held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland. Established in 1959, it was originally organised by a local athletics club, Helsingin Kisa-Veikot (HKV). It continued in this format, with Apu magazine a key sponsor, for nearly three decades. In 1987, HKV came to an agreement where the Finnish Amateur Athletic Association took on the operating costs of the competition. The Finnish Association ceased this arrangement in 1992, causing the cancellation of the 1993 meeting due to financial difficulties.[1] [2]
Following the successful hosting the 1994 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, the meeting was rebooted and incorporated into the annual IAAF Grand Prix series upon that competition's founding in 1998.[3] It continued to be a high-level meeting for international athletes, and was again included the top bracket upon the creation of the IAAF World Athletics Tour in 2005. During this period it had title sponsors and was known as the Ericsson Grand Prix (1998–2000), Asics Grand Prix (2001–2004) and GE Money Grand Prix (2005–2006). However, the 2006 meeting proved to be its last and the meeting folded in 2007.[4]
At each competition, the best athlete of the meet would be presented with a sculpted glass prize.[5] [1]
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 9.87 | Frankie Fredericks | ||||
| 200 m | 20.14 | Ato Boldon | ||||
| Obadele Thompson | ||||||
| 400 m | 44.53 | Mark Richardson | ||||
| 800 m | 1:43.97 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | [6] | |||
| 1500 m | 3:31.00 | Noureddine Morceli | ||||
| 3000 m | 7:26.03 | Haile Gebrselassie | ||||
| 5000 m | 12:39.36 | Haile Gebrselassie | ||||
| 10,000 m | 27:16.50 | Salvatore Antibo | ||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 8:10.15 | Moses Kiptanui | ||||
| 110 m hurdles | 13.12 | Colin Jackson | ||||
| 400 m hurdles | 48.06 | Ruslan Mashchenko | ||||
| High jump | 2.37 m | Hollis Conway | ||||
| Pole vault | 5.90 m | Riaan Botha | ||||
| Long jump | 8.44 m | Dwight Phillips | ||||
| Triple jump | 17.82 m | Jonathan Edwards | ||||
| Shot put | 22.47 m | Werner Günthör | ||||
| Discus throw | 70.98 m | Mac Wilkins | ||||
| Hammer throw | 84.14 m | Yuriy Sedykh | ||||
| Javelin throw | 89.98 m | Sergey Makarov | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 38.38 |
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 10.86 | Marion Jones | ||||
| 200 m | 21.91 | Marion Jones | ||||
| 400 m | 50.39 | DeeDee Trotter | ||||
| 800 m | 1:57.10 | Sigrun Wodars | ||||
| 1500 m | 4:02.9 | Tatyana Kazankina | ||||
| 3000 m | 8:40.72 | Maricica Puică | ||||
| 5000 m | 14:52.66 | Fernanda Ribeiro | ||||
| 10,000 m | 31:00.64 | Kayoko Fukushi | [7] | |||
| 100 m hurdles | 12.66 | Damu Cherry | [8] | |||
| 400 m hurdles | 54.05 | Sandra Farmer-Patrick | ||||
| High jump | 2.00 m | Stefka Kostadinova | ||||
| Pole vault | 4.50 m | Svetlana Feofanova | ||||
| Long jump | 7.09 m | Inessa Kravets | ||||
| Triple jump | 15.05 m | Trecia-Kaye Smith | [9] | |||
| Shot put | 20.63 m | Natalya Lisovskaya | ||||
| Discus throw | 65.82 m | María Cristina Betancourt | ||||
| Hammer throw | 69.19 m | Olga Kuzenkova | ||||
| Javelin throw | 68.47 m | Osleidys Menéndez | ||||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 42.65 |