Athletissima

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Athletissima
Stade Olympique.jpg
Stade olympique de la Pontaise
DateJune – September
Location Lausanne, Switzerland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Event type Track and field
World Athletics Cat. GW [1]
Established8 July 1977;47 years ago (1977-07-08)
Official site Diamond League – Lausanne
Logo Athletissima Lausanne logo.svg
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Athletissima is an annual athletics meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events, it is now part of the Diamond League.

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The first edition was held on 8 July 1977 in the Stade Pierre de Coubertin. [2] In 1986 the event was moved to the Stade olympique de la Pontaise. [2]

The UBS has been the main sponsor of Athletissima Lausanne since 1982. [3] Other sponsors are Vaudoise Assurances, Omega, Erdgas and Nike. [4]

History

Prior to Athletissima, international athletics meetings were also held in Lausanne on July 6, 1947, [5] and July 13, 1957. [6] The latter was also known as "American Meeting", [7] similar to precursors of the Weltklasse Zürich.

Editions

World records

Over the course of its history, three world records have been set at Athletissima.

World records set at Athletissima
YearEventRecordAthleteNationality
1994 100 m 9.85 (+1.2 m/s) Leroy Burrell Flag of the United States.svg United States
2005 Pole vault 4.93 m Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia.svg Russia
2006 110 m hurdles 12.88 (+1.1 m/s) Liu Xiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

Meeting records

Men

Women

See also

Notes and references

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  5. "Internationales Meeting in Lausanne". Der Bund (in Swiss High German). Vol. 98, no. 312. Bern. 8 July 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  6. "Die USA-Leichtathleten in Lausanne". Die Tat (in Swiss High German). Vol. 22, no. 191. Zürich. 15 July 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  7. "Das Lausanner «Amerikaner»-Meeting". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Vol. 178, no. 2051. Zürich. 15 July 1957. p. 18. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
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  9. "1979 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  10. "1980 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  11. "1981 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
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  20. "1990 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  21. "1991 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
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  34. "2006 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  35. "2007 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  36. "2008 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  37. "2009 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  38. "2010 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  39. "2011 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  40. "2012 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  41. "2013 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  42. "2014 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  43. "2015 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  44. "2016 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  45. "2017 Results". dl.all-athletics.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  46. "2018 Results". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
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  48. "2019 Results". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  49. "2020 Results". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  50. "2021 Results". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  51. "2022 Results". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  52. "2023 Results". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  53. "2024 Results". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
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  57. "800m Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  58. "1000m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 25 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  59. "1500m Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  60. Jess Whittington (30 June 2023). "Aregawi beats Cheptegei in 5000m thriller in Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  61. "High Jump Results" (PDF). Diamond League . Omega Timing. 4 July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  62. "Pole Vault Results" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  63. "Triple Jump Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  64. Simon Turnbull (27 August 2021). "Fraser-Pryce and Rojas show their class in Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  65. "Javelin Throw Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  66. Simon Turnbull (27 August 2021). "Fraser-Pryce and Rojas show their class in Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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  68. "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 5 July 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  69. "Mile Run Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 6 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  70. "3000m Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  71. "100m Hurdles Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 26 August 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  72. "400m Hurdles Results" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  73. Jess Whittington (30 June 2023). "Aregawi beats Cheptegei in 5000m thriller in Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  74. "High Jump Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 6 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  75. Simon Turnbull (27 August 2021). "Fraser-Pryce and Rojas show their class in Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  76. "Women's Shot Put Results". IAAF. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
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  78. Phil Minshull (6 July 2017). "Kolak comes of age in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  79. "4×100m Relay Result" (PDF). swisstiming.com. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.

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