Golden Grand Prix | |
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Date | May |
Location | Yokohama, Japan |
Event type | Track and field |
Established | 2011 |
Official site | Seiko Golden Grand Prix |
The Seiko Golden Grand Prix, formerly known as the Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki, is a track and field competition at the International Stadium Yokohama, Japan as part of the World Athletics Continental Tour. It was first organized in 2011 at the Todoroki Athletics Stadium in Kawasaki and sponsored by Seiko. It replaced the Osaka Grand Prix as the major athletics meet in Japan.
In 2013 the Seiko Golden Grand Prix Japanese leg of IAAF World Challenge moved from Kawasaki to Japan National Stadium in Tokyo. Meanwhile the 2018 edition moved back to Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka. From 2020 until 2022 the meeting again was held in Tokyo before it moved to Yokohama in 2023.
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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100 m | 9.88 (+1.5 m/s) | Fred Kerley | United States | 21 May 2023 | Yokohama | [1] |
200 m | 19.96 (+0.9 m/s) | Isaac Makwala | Botswana | 20 May 2018 | Osaka | [2] |
400 m | 44.62 | Michael Norman | United States | 8 May 2022 | Tokyo | [3] |
800 m | 1:45.75 | Sho Kawamoto | Japan | 11 May 2014 | [4] | |
1500 m | 3:37.72 | Ryan Gregson | Australia | 20 May 2018 | Osaka | [5] |
3000 m | 7:45.08 | Hyuga Endo | Japan | 21 May 2023 | Yokohama | [1] |
110 m hurdles | 13.07 (+0.8 m/s) | Shunsuke Izumiya | Japan | 21 May 2023 | Yokohama | [1] |
400 m hurdles | 48.60 | Rai Benjamin | United States | 8 May 2022 | Tokyo | [6] |
3000 m steeplechase | 8:15.26 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Kenya | 5 May 2013 | Tokyo | [7] |
High jump | 2.40 m | Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine | 11 May 2014 | [8] | |
Pole vault | 5.62 m | Shawnacy Barber | Canada | 8 May 2016 | [9] | |
Long jump | 8.26 (+1.0 m/s) | Hiromichi Yoshida | Japan | 21 May 2023 | Yokohama | [1] |
Triple jump | 17.18 m (+1.7 m/s) | Ruiting Wu | China | 21 May 2017 | [10] | |
Shot put | 21.33 m | Christian Cantwell | United States | 11 May 2014 | [11] | |
Discus throw | 63.98 m | Rodney Brown | United States | 8 May 2016 | [12] | |
Hammer throw | 79.47 m | Krisztián Pars | Hungary | 8 May 2011 | [13] | |
Javelin throw | 86.76 m | Jakub Vadlejch | Czech Republic | 8 May 2016 | [14] | |
4 × 100 m relay | 37.85 | Ryoto Yamagata Shoto Iizuka Yoshihide Kiryu Aska Cambridge | Japan | 20 May 2018 | Osaka | [15] |
4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.15 | Japan | 6 May 2012 | [16] |
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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100 m | 11.18 (-0.8 m/s) | Tianna Bartoletta | United States | 11 May 2014 | [17] | |
200 m | 22.65 (+1.0 m/s) | Simone Facey | Jamaica | 10 May 2015 | [18] | |
400 m | 50.52 | Amantle Montsho | Botswana | 6 May 2012 | [19] | |
800 m | 2:00.22 | Emily Cherotich Tuei | Kenya | 20 May 2018 | Osaka | [20] |
1500 m | 4:02.47 | Anna Mishchenko | Ukraine | 10 May 2015 | [21] | |
3000 m | 8:43.81 | Teresiah Muthoni Gateri | Kenya | 21 May 2023 | Yokohama | [1] |
5000 m | 15:34.39 | Haftamnesh Tesfay | Ethiopia | 5 May 2013 | Tokyo | [22] |
100 m hurdles | 12.62 (-1.9 m/s) | Brianna Rollins | United States | 11 May 2014 | [23] | |
400 m hurdles | 55.23 | Lauren Wells | Australia | 8 May 2016 | [24] | |
3000 m steeplechase | 9:31.30 | Caroline Chepkurui | Kenya | 8 May 2016 | [25] | |
High jump | 1.95 m | Anna Chicherova | Russia | 5 May 2013 | Tokyo | [26] |
Pole vault | 4.61 m | Kristen Hixson | United States | 20 May 2018 | Osaka | [27] |
Long jump | 6.88 m (+2.0 m/s) | Darya Klishina | Russia | 11 May 2014 | [28] | |
Triple jump | 13.76 m (+0.8 m/s) | Dana Veldakova | Slovakia | 8 May 2016 | [29] | |
Shot put | 18.94 m | Anita Márton | Hungary | 10 May 2015 | [30] | |
Hammer throw | 74.27 m | Martina Hrasnová | Slovakia | 10 May 2015 | [31] | |
Javelin throw | 67.12 m | Liu Shiying | China | 20 May 2018 | Osaka | [32] |
4 × 100 m relay | 42.83 | Yuan Qiqi Wei Yongli Ge Manqi Liang Xiaojing | China | 8 May 2016 | [33] | |
4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.72 | Seika Aoyama Kana Ichikawa Kaede Kashiyama Manami Kira | Japan | 8 May 2016 | [34] |
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