British Grand Prix (athletics)

British Grand Prix
The host stadium – Alexander Stadium
Date	May–August
Location	Birmingham, England
Event type	Track and field
World Athletics Cat.	GW [1]

The British Grand Prix, formerly known as the Birmingham Grand Prix or the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix, is an annual athletics meeting. Since 2010 it has been a part of the Diamond League series of track and field meets.

In 2020 the event was due to be held at the Gateshead International Stadium but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. ^[2] The event returned to Gateshead in 2021. ^[3] There was a 2022 Diamond League meeting (2022 Birmingham Diamond League) held at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, though it was officially a continuation of the Anniversary Games (usually held in London) rather than a British Grand Prix event. ^[4]

Venues

Venues for British Grand Prix meetings

Year	Date	Stadium	City
1992	14 August
1998	2 August	Don Valley Stadium	Sheffield
1999	7 August	Crystal Palace	London
2000	5 August	Crystal Palace	London
2001	22 July	Crystal Palace	London
2002	23 August	Crystal Palace	London
2003	8 August	Crystal Palace	London
2004	24 June	International Stadium	Gateshead
2005	21 August	Don Valley Stadium	Sheffield
2006	11 June	International Stadium	Gateshead
2007	15 July	Don Valley Stadium	Sheffield
2008	31 August	International Stadium	Gateshead
2009	31 August	International Stadium	Gateshead
2010	5 June	International Stadium	Gateshead
2011	10 July	Alexander Stadium	Birmingham
2012	26 August	Alexander Stadium	Birmingham
2013	30 June	Alexander Stadium	Birmingham
2014	24 August	Alexander Stadium	Birmingham
2015	7 June	Alexander Stadium	Birmingham
2016	5 June	Alexander Stadium	Birmingham
2017	20 August	Alexander Stadium	Birmingham
2018	18 August	Alexander Stadium	Birmingham
2019	18 August	Alexander Stadium	Birmingham
2020	Not held [2]
2021	23 May	International Stadium	Gateshead
2022 [a]	21 May	Alexander Stadium	Birmingham

World records

Over the course of its history, the following world records have been set at the British Grand Prix. ^[5]

World records set at the British Grand Prix

Year	Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality
2004	Pole vault	4.87 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia
2006	100 m	9.77 (+1.5 m/s)	Asafa Powell	Jamaica

Meeting records

Men

Men's meeting records of the British Grand Prix

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref.
100 m	9.77 (+1.5 m/s)	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	11 June 2006	Gateshead
150 m	14.97 (+0.9 m/s)	Linford Christie	Great Britain	4 September 1994	Sheffield
200 m	19.94	Michael Johnson	United States	15 September 1991
400 m	44.23	Kirani James	Grenada	5 June 2016	Birmingham	[6]
600 m	1:13.10 DLR	David Rudisha	Kenya	5 June 2016	Birmingham	[7]
800 m	1:42.79	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	18 August 2018	Birmingham	[8]
1000 m	2:16.18	Bernard Lagat	United States	31 August 2008	Gateshead	[9]
1500 m	3:29.33	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	5 June 2016	Birmingham	[10]
Mile	3:51.89	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	24 August 2014	Birmingham	[11]
3000 m	7:26.69	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	15 July 2007	Sheffield
Two miles	8:07.85	Mo Farah	Great Britain	24 August 2014	Birmingham	[12]
5000 m	13:00.20	Vincent Chepkok	Kenya	10 July 2010	Gateshead
110 m hurdles	12.95 (−0.9 m/s)	Aries Merritt	United States	26 August 2012	Birmingham	[13]
400 m hurdles	47.67	Kevin Young	United States	14 August 1992
3000 m steeplechase	8:00.12	Conseslus Kipruto	Kenya	5 June 2016	Birmingham	[14]
High jump	2.40 m	Mutaz Essa Barshim	Qatar	20 August 2017	Birmingham	[15]
Long jump	8.53 m (+1.5 m/s)	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	18 August 2018	Birmingham	[16]
Triple jump	17.74 m	Christian Olsson	Sweden	13 July 2003	London
Shot put	22.45 m	Christian Cantwell	United States	11 June 2006	Gateshead
Discus throw	71.27 m	Kristjan Čeh	Slovenia	21 May 2022	Birmingham	[17]
Hammer throw	78.51 m	Pawel Fajdek	Poland	20 August 2017	Birmingham	[18]
Javelin throw	95.66 m	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	29 August 1993	Sheffield	[19]
4 × 100 m relay	37.95	HSI: Jon Drummond Bernard Williams Curtis Johnson Maurice Greene	United States	28 August 2000		[20]

Women

Women's meeting records of the British Grand Prix

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.81 (+0.7 m/s)	Carmelita Jeter	United States	26 August 2012	Birmingham	[21]
200 m	22.15 (+0.4 m/s)	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	18 August 2018	Birmingham	[22]
400 m	49.77	Sanya Richards	United States	21 August 2005	Sheffield
800 m	1:56.92	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	5 June 2016	Birmingham	[23]
1500 m	3:58.07	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	29 June 1997	Sheffield
Mile	4:21.11	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany	18 August 2019	Birmingham	[24]
3000 m	8:28.90	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	20 August 2017	Birmingham	[25]
Two miles	9:11.49	Mercy Cherono	Kenya	24 August 2014	Birmingham	[26]
5000 m	14:47.55	Dawit Seyaum	Ethiopia	21 May 2022	Birmingham	[17]
100 m hurdles	12.46 (−0.3 m/s)	Kendra Harrison	United States	5 June 2016	Birmingham	[27]
	12.46 (−0.2 m/s)	Danielle Williams	Jamaica	18 August 2019	Birmingham	[28]
400 m hurdles	53.78	Kaliese Spencer	Jamaica	26 August 2012	Birmingham	[29]
3000 m steeplechase	9:05.55	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	18 August 2019	Birmingham	[24]
High jump	2.03 m	Kajsa Bergqvist	Sweden	21 August 2005	Sheffield
Pole vault	4.87 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	27 June 2004	Gateshead
Long jump	7.09 m (±0.0 m/s)	Malaika Mihambo	Germany	21 May 2022	Birmingham	[17]
Triple jump	14.94 m	Ashia Hansen	Great Britain	29 June 1997	Sheffield
Shot put	20.52 m	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	26 August 2012	Birmingham	[30]
	20.57 m X	Nadzeya Astapchuk	Belarus	10 July 2010	Gateshead
Discus throw	69.23 m	Sandra Perković	Croatia	7 June 2015	Birmingham	[31]
Hammer throw	71.14 m	Joanna Fiodorow	Poland	20 August 2017	Birmingham	[32]
Javelin throw	66.08 m	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	26 August 2012	Birmingham	[33]
4 × 100 m relay	42.29	Beth Dobbin Imani Lansiquot Dina Asher-Smith Daryll Neita	Great Britain	21 May 2022	Birmingham	[17]

Notes

1. Officially a continuation of the Anniversary Games, not a British Grand Prix event ^[4]

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External links

• Diamond League – Gateshead Official Web Site at the Wayback Machine (archived 2025-02-08)