Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Explained

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Date:June–July
Location:Athens, Greece
Type:Track and field
Est:1963
Homepage:Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria

The Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria is an annual athletics event at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece, as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1963, held at the Panathinaiko Stadium. Its name honours Kostas Tsiklitiras, who won four olympic medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympic Games in long jump and high jump, both from standing position.

History

From 2003 to 2009 IAAF classified the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria among IAAF Grand Prix meetings.

World records

Over the course of its history, two world records has been set at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria, for the same event and furthermore, the first (of 1999 edition) being surpassed by the latter (2005) on a technicality.[1] [2] The technicality is Tim Montgomery's intervening 2002 world record (9.78) was later disallowed due to Montgomery's suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs.

YearEventRecordAthleteNationality
2005100 m9.77 (+1.6 m/s)Asafa Powell
1999100 m9.79 (+0.1 m/s)Maurice Greene

Meeting records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
100 m9.77 (+1.6 m/s)Asafa Powell14 June 2005[3]
200 m19.67 (-0.5 m/s)Usain Bolt13 July 2008[4]
400 m44.54LaShawn Merritt13 July 2009[5]
800 m1:43.42Yuriy Borzakovskiy2006
1000 m2:15.53Noah Ngeny2000
1500 m3:30.27Daniel Komen Kipchirchir2006
3000 m7:31.96Daniel Komen Kipchirchir2000
5000 m12:59.34Sammy Kipketer2001
110 m hurdles13.04Dayron Robles13 July 2008
400 m hurdles48.00Bershawn Jackson2006
3000 m steeplechase7:56.32Saif Saaeed Shaheen2006
High jump2.37 mStefan Holm13 July 2008[6]
Pole vault6.05 mMaksim Tarasov1999
Long jump8.44 mDwight Phillips2003
8.44 m (+0.2 m/s)Louis Tsatoumas13 July 2008
Triple jump17.52 m (+0.9 m/s)Marian Oprea14 June 2005
Shot put21.27 mAl Feuerbach1974
Discus throw70.43 mVirgilijus Alekna2 July 2007
Hammer throw81.71 mAndriy Skvaruk2002
Javelin throw89.93 mSergey Makarov1999
4 × 100 m relay39.17Team Greece14 June 2005

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
100 m10.92Ekaterini Thanou1999
10.92 (0.0 m/s)Veronica Campbell-Brown13 July 2008
200 m22.10Inger Miller1999
400 m49.59Katharine Merry2001
800 m1:57.70Larisa Mikhaylova1999
1500 m3:56.74Yelena Soboleva2006
3000 m8:33.07Dong Yanmei2000
5000 m15:30.06Merima Denboba1998
100 m hurdles12.63Glory Alozie2002
400 m hurdles53.02Lashinda Demus2006
3000 m steeplechase9:01.59Gulnara Samitova2004
High jump2.00 mKajsa Bergqvist2006
Pole vault4.88 mSvetlana Feofanova2004
Long jump7.03 mFiona May1998
Triple jump15.34 m (-0.5 m/s)Tatyana Lebedeva2004
Shot put19.68 mNadezhda Ostapchuk13 July 2009[7]
Discus throw68.31 m Nicoleta Grasu2001
Javelin throw67.99 m Osleidys Menéndez2004

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IAAF World Championships: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Daegu 2011. . IAAF Media & Public Relations Department . Monte Carlo . 596 (digital p. 42) . 2011 . August 3, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120818100742/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/06/10/33/61033_PDF_English.pdf . August 18, 2012 . dead .
  2. http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/TrackieTV/maurice-greene-9-79wr-grand-prix-tsiklitiria-100m-athens-greece-1999/612/ Maurice Greene (9.79WR) - Grand Prix Tsiklitiria (100m) - Athens, Greece (1999)
  3. Web site: 100 Metres Results . www.tsiklititia.org . 2005-06-14 . 2010-02-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071229150516/http://www.tsiklitiria.org/history/2005/res2005.asp?event=men100h0&type=res . December 29, 2007 .
  4. Web site: 200 Metres Results . www.tsiklititia.org . 2008-07-13 . 2009-09-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907075305/http://www.tsiklitiria.org/results/res2008.asp?event=men200h0&type=res . September 7, 2008 .
  5. Web site: 400 Metres Results . www.tsiklititia.org . 2009-07-13 . 2009-09-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090716180150/http://www.tsiklitiria.org/results/res2009.asp?event=men400f1&type=res . July 16, 2009 .
  6. Web site: High Jump Results . www.tsiklititia.org . 2008-07-13 . 2009-09-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907075336/http://www.tsiklitiria.org/results/res2008.asp?event=menypsfi&type=res . September 7, 2008 .
  7. Web site: Shot Put Results . www.tsiklititia.org . 2009-07-13 . 2009-09-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090716180210/http://www.tsiklitiria.org/results/res2009.asp?event=womsfafi&type=res . July 16, 2009 .