Golden Grand Prix Osaka Explained

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Date:May
Location:Osaka, Japan
Type:Track and field
Est:1996
Ended:2010

The Golden Grand Prix Osaka is an international athletics competition in Osaka, Japan, held in May at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai, since 2018 under its current name. From 1996 to 2010 the event was known as the Osaka Grand Prix.[1] Formerly part of the IAAF Grand Prix (2005–2009) and the IAAF World Challenge (2010), it was replaced in 2011 by the Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki, but the Golden Grand Prix returned to Osaka in 2018.

Meeting records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
100 m9.91 (-0.4 m/s)Maurice Greene13 May 2000
200 m19.84 (-0.4 m/s)Michael Norman19 May 2019[2]
400 m44.02Jeremy Wariner5 May 2007
800 m1:46.53Jeff Riseley10 May 2008
1500 m3:34.14Japheth Kimutai13 May 2000
Mile3:51.30Noureddine Morceli11 May 1996
5000 metres13:03.51Daniel Komen10 May 1997
3000 m steeplechase8:17.31Wesley Kiprotich7 May 2005
110 m hurdles13.06 (-1.2 m/s)Liu Xiang8 May 2004
400 m hurdles47.60Bershawn Jackson6 May 2006
High jump2.30 mLee Jin-Taek11 May 1996
Daigo Naoyuki5 May 2007
Pole vault5.75 mDmitri Markov7 May 2005
Brad Walker7 May 2005
Long jump8.49 m (+1.9 m/s)Savante Stringfellow11 May 2002
Triple jump17.01 m (0.0 m/s)Kenta Bell10 May 2003
Shot put21.61 mJohn Godina9 May 1998
Discus throw65.12 mJason Tunks12 May 2001
Hammer throw82.95 mKoji Murofushi10 May 2003
Javelin throw90.60 mJan Železný11 May 1996
4 × 100 m relay38.00Shuhei Tada
Ryota Yamagata
Yuki Koike
Yoshihide Kiryu
19 May 2019

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
100 m10.79 (-0.6 m/s)Marion Jones9 May 1998
200 m22.55 (+0.5 m/s)Ivet Lalova-Collio19 May 2019
400 m50.04Falilat Ogunkoya13 May 2000
800 m2:01.79Charmaine Howell12 May 2001
1500 m4:03.51Sarah Jamieson6 May 2006
5000 metres14:58.14Lucy Wangui Kabuu6 May 2006
110 m hurdles12.71 (-0.0 m/s)Sally McLellan6 May 2006
400 m hurdles53.85Deon Hemmings10 May 1997
High jump2.02 mStefka Kostadinova10 May 1997
Pole vault4.45 mEmma George9 May 1998
Melinda Owen8 May 2010[3]
Long jump6.86 m (+1.6 m/s)Kumiko Ikeda6 May 2006
Triple jump14.72 m (+0.5 m/s)Sarka Kasparkova10 May 1997
Shot put18.93 mValerie Adams10 May 2003
Discus throw63.68 mXiao Yanling10 May 1997
Hammer throw75.27 mWang Zheng19 May 2019
Javelin throw65.66 mMikaela Ingberg11 May 1996
4 × 100 m relay42.934 July 2009
4 × 400 m relay3:28.974 July 2009

References

  1. Web site: OSAKA MEET RECORD. world-challenge.org. 14 August 2011. PDF.
  2. News: Norman, Wang and Lalova break meeting records in Osaka. IAAF. Jon Mulkeen. 19 May 2019. 26 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Osaka Grand Prix 2010 Women's Results. www.the-sports.org. 8 May 2010. 14 August 2011.

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