Adidas Games

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Adidas Games
Atlanta cityscape.jpg
Atlanta, where the street meet portion of the meeting is held since 2023
DateMay
Location Atlanta, Georgia (formerly Boston, Massachusetts) Flag of the United States.svg
Event type Track and field
Established2016 [1]
Official site

The Adidas Games, formerly the adidas BOOST Boston Games and today officially known as the adidas Atlanta City Games, is an annual track and field meeting and street meet in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was originally held in Boston, Massachusetts from 2016 to 2021, and it was relocated to the City of Atlanta in 2023. The event was announced on the same day the Adidas Grand Prix meet in New York was removed from the Diamond League schedule in 2016. [1] [2]

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When the meet was held in Boston, the traditional track events were held in the Henry G. Steinbrenner Stadium on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while the street meet portion was held on an elevated straight track constructed between Boston Common and the Boston Public Garden. [3] Currently, it is held in Piedmont Park (the finish line of the Peachtree Road Race, with junior events at Eddie S Henderson Stadium across the street.

The event has hosted several Olympic track and field athletes, including 400 m world record holder and Rio gold medalist Wayde van Niekerk in 2017. [4]

Event records

Men

Track portion

EventRecordAthleteNationDateRef
400 m 44.28 Wayde van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2017 [4]
800 m 1:45.18 Brandon McBride Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada20 May 2018 [5]
1500 m 3:35.82 Collins Cheboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2017 [4]
Mile 3:56.72 Drew Hunter Flag of the United States.svg United States20 May 2018 [6]
3000 m 7:45.64 Cyrus Rutto Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya20 May 2018 [7]
5000 m 12:59.89 Dejen Gebremeskel Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2017 [4]
400 m hurdles 48.69 Michael Stigler Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2016 [8]

Street portion

EventRecordAthleteNationDatePlaceRef
100 m 9.90 (-0.4 m/s) Akani Simbine Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa19 May 2024 Atlanta [9]
150 m (straight)14.41 (+0.3 m/s) Noah Lyles Flag of the United States.svg United States18 May 2024 Atlanta [10]
200 m (straight)19.84 Wayde van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa2016 Boston [8]
600 m 1:15 Marco Arop Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada23 May 2021 Boston [11]
Mile 4:01 Clayton Murphy Flag of the United States.svg United States23 May 2021 Boston [11]
110 m hurdles 13.07 (-0.7 m/s) Grant Holloway Flag of the United States.svg United States19 May 2024 Atlanta [12]
200 m hurdles (straight)21.85 (+1.5 m/s) Alison dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil17 May 2025 Atlanta [13]
Pole vault 5.83 m Matt Ludwig Flag of the United States.svg United States17 May 2025 Atlanta [14]
Long jump 8.33 m (+1.6 m/s) Carey McLeod Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica17 May 2025 Atlanta [15]

Women

Nikki Hiltz (left) and Dominique Scott (right) running the Back Bay Mile at the Adidas Boost Boston Games in 2019. Nikki Hiltz and Dominique Scott in Boston.jpg
Nikki Hiltz (left) and Dominique Scott (right) running the Back Bay Mile at the Adidas Boost Boston Games in 2019.

Track portion

EventRecordAthleteNationDateRef
800 m 1:59.27 Ajeé Wilson Flag of the United States.svg United States20 May 2018 [16]
1500 m 4:04.65 Dawit Seyaum Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia20 May 2018 [17]
5000 m 15:55.24 Caroline Kipkirui Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya20 May 2018 [6]

Street portion

EventRecordAthleteNationDateRef
100 m 10.88 (+0.5 m/s) Aleia Hobbs Flag of the United States.svg United States19 May 2024 [18]
150 m (straight)15.85 (+2.0 m/s) Favour Ofili Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria17 May 2025 [19]
200 m (straight)21.76 (+0.5 m/s) Shaunae Miller-Uibo Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas4 June 2017 [20]
600 m 1:24 Natoya Goule Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica23 May 2021 [11]
Mile 4:31 Nikki Hiltz Flag of the United States.svg United States23 May 2021 [11]
100 m hurdles 12.49 (-0.9 m/s) Kendra Harrison Flag of the United States.svg United States23 May 2021 [11]
200 m hurdles (straight)24.86 (+0.1 m/s) Shiann Salmon Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica23 May 2021 [11]
Long jump 7.17 m (+0.1 m/s) Tara Davis-Woodhall Flag of the United States.svg United States19 May 2024 [21]

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 "Global Athletics & Marketing to Recast adidas Grand Prix".
    2. "IAAF Diamond League Expands Into a Fourth Continent: Africa".
    3. "Meet Info".
    4. 1 2 3 4 "adidas Boost Boston Games 2017 Results".
    5. "800m Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
    6. 1 2 "Mile Run Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
    7. "3000m Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
    8. 1 2 "Adidas Boost Boston Games 2016 Results".
    9. Nick McCarvel (19 May 2024). "NOAH LYLES JUST MISSES USAIN BOLT RECORD IN 150M, WHILE GRANT HOLLOWAY, ALEIA HOBBS ALSO WIN AT ATLANTA CITY GAMES". olympics.com. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
    10. "Lyles and Hill equal American 150m bests as track royalty lights up adidas Atlanta City Games". adidas Atlanta City Games. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
    11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jon Mulkeen (24 May 2021). "Hurdle stars Holloway and Harrison lead record blitz in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
    12. Nick McCarvel (19 May 2024). "NOAH LYLES JUST MISSES USAIN BOLT RECORD IN 150M, WHILE GRANT HOLLOWAY, ALEIA HOBBS ALSO WIN AT ATLANTA CITY GAMES". olympics.com. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
    13. "200m Hurdles Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
    14. "Pole Vault Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
    15. "Long Jump Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
    16. Kevin Sully (21 May 2018). "Miller-Uibo & Hunter Shine In Boston, Centro Doubles, Wilson PRs; Pro Recap". flotrack.org. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
    17. "1500m Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
    18. Nick McCarvel (19 May 2024). "NOAH LYLES JUST MISSES USAIN BOLT RECORD IN 150M, WHILE GRANT HOLLOWAY, ALEIA HOBBS ALSO WIN AT ATLANTA CITY GAMES". olympics.com. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
    19. "150m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
    20. "South Africa's Van Niekerk wins 200m dash in Boston". Yahoo! News. AFP. 5 June 2017.
    21. Karen Rosen (21 May 2024). "Davis-Woodhall Bullish On The Olympic Year" . Retrieved 22 May 2024.