Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria

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Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria
DateJune–July
Location Athens, Greece Flag of Greece.svg
Event type Track and field
Established1963
Official site 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.

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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.

World records set at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria
YearEventRecordAthleteNationality
1999 100 m 9.79 (+0.1 m/s) Maurice Greene Flag of the United States.svg United States
2005 100 m 9.77 (+1.6 m/s) Asafa Powell Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica

Meeting records

Men

Women

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References

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  4. "200 Metres Results". www.tsiklititia.org. 2008-07-13. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  5. "400 Metres Results". www.tsiklititia.org. 2009-07-13. Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
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