Josef Odložil Memorial Explained

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Date:May
Location:Prague, Czech Republic
Type:Track and field
Est:1994
Homepage:Josef Odložil Memorial

The Josef Odložil Memorial (Czech: Memoriál Josefa Odložila) is an annual track and field meeting which takes place in June at Stadion Juliska (until 2001 at Stadion Evžena Rošického) in Prague, Czech Republic.

The competition was first held in 1994 as a race over 2000 m in memory of Czech middle-distance runner Josef Odložil – a silver medallist over 1500 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics, who died in 1993. The programme expanded to a wider selection of track and field events the following year. The meet grew in stature, attracting a number of top-class international competitors, and by 2004 it had gained IAAF Grand Prix status and was broadcast on television by Eurosport.[1] In 2011, it was selected as an "Outdoor Premium Meeting" by the European Athletics Association.[2]

A memorial race over 1500 m is now held in honour of Odložil and features among the list of events at the meeting.[3]

Meet records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
100 m9.92 (+1.7 m/s)Mike Rodgers4 June 2018[4]
200 m20.37Clement Campbell13 June 2007
400 m45.09Baboloki Thebe3 June 2019[5]
44.424 June 2018[6]
800 m1:44.46Robert Chirchir12 June 1996
1500 m3:32.32Sadik Mikhou5 June 2017[7]
2000 m4:57.72Daniel Komen14 June 1999
26:57.27 27 June 2005
110 m hurdles13.11 (+1.8 m/s)Antonio Alkana5 June 2017[8]
400 m hurdles48.62David Greene8 June 2009
3000 m steeplechase8:14.32Collins Kosgei13 June 2007
High jump2.31 mJaroslav Bába13 June 2011[9]
Pole vault5.82 mRaphael Holzdeppe10 June 2013
Piotr Lisek9 June 2014
Thibaut Collet6 June 2022[10]
8.60 m 10 June 1997
17.21 m 17 June 2002
Shot put22.31 mRyan Crouser4 June 2018[11]
63.38 m 12 June 1996
84.86 m 29 June 2003
90.56 m 5 June 2000
4×100m relay38.99Czech Team A
Stromšík
Jan Veleba
Jirka
Záleský
4 June 2018[12]

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
11.35 28 June 2004
200 m22.67 (+1.2 m/s)Christine Mboma7 June 2021[13]
50.87 5 June 2000
1:58.83 14 June 1999
4:05.66 10 June 1997
8:47.42 5 June 2000
15:21.32 28 June 2004
100 m hurdles12.69 (+1.0 m/s)Elvira Herman4 June 2018[14]
400 m hurdles54.04Georganne Moline4 June 2018[15]
9:20.33 27 June 2005
2.01 m 28 June 2004
Pole vault4.76 mSilke Spiegelburg11 June 2012[16]
6.75 m 10 June 1997
14.83 m 17 June 2002
66.81 m 27 June 2005
Hammer throw73.98 mMalwina Kopron5 June 2017[17]
68.81 m 16 June 2008
5000 m race walk29:18.1Pavla Choděrová2 August 1994
4 x 100 m relay44.04Popowicz
Korczynska
Jedrusinska
Opon
11 June 2012[18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/history/GP/season=2004/news/kind=100/newsid=25739.html Cantwell, Slesarenko and Murofushi top Prague line-up
  2. http://www.european-athletics.org/outdoor-premium-meetings/czech-stars-out-in-force-in-prague.html Czech stars out in force in Prague
  3. Ramsak, Bob (2011-06-14). Spotakova improves to 65.77m in Prague. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-14.
  4. Web site: 100m Results. ČAS. 4 June 2018. 6 June 2018.
  5. Web site: 400m Results. memorial-odlozil.cz. 3 June 2019. 12 September 2022.
  6. Web site: 400m Results. ČAS. 4 June 2018. 6 June 2018.
  7. Web site: 1500m Results. memorial-odlozil.cz. 5 June 2017. 5 June 2017.
  8. Web site: 110m Hurdles Results. memorial-odlozil.cz. 5 June 2017. 5 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170609074407/http://www.memorial-odlozil.cz/vysledky/110-m-prek-m/. 9 June 2017. dead.
  9. Web site: High Jump Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617063404/http://www.memorial-odlozil.cz/results/vys_13969.html. dead. 17 June 2011. www.memorial-odlozil.cz. 13 June 2011. 14 June 2011.
  10. Web site: Pole Vault Results. memorial-odlozil.cz. 6 June 2022. 12 September 2022.
  11. Web site: Shot Put Results. ČAS. 4 June 2018. 6 June 2018.
  12. Web site: 4×100m Relay Results. ČAS. 4 June 2018. 6 June 2018.
  13. Web site: 200m Result. memorial-odlozil.cz. 7 June 2021. 28 June 2021.
  14. Web site: 100m Hurdles Results. ČAS. 4 June 2018. 6 June 2018.
  15. Web site: 400m Hurdles Results. ČAS. 4 June 2018. 6 June 2018.
  16. Web site: Josef Odložil Memorial 2012 Complete Results. EAA. 11 June 2012. 14 June 2012.
  17. Web site: Hammer Throw Results. memorial-odlozil.cz. 5 June 2017. 5 June 2017.
  18. Web site: Josef Odložil Memorial 2012 Complete Results. EAA. 11 June 2012. 14 June 2012.