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ISTAF Berlin
Berliner Olympiastadion night.jpg
The Olympic Stadium in Berlin
DateAugust–September
Location Olympiastadion, Berlin
Event type Track and field athletics
World Athletics Cat.B
Established1937
Official site ISTAF

The Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) is an annual track and field athletics meeting at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. It was first held in July 1921 at the Deutsches Stadion, which was replaced from 1937 by the Stadium of the 1936 Olympic Games. Since 2006 ISTAF has been sponsored by DKB and officially known as the DKB-ISTAF and from 2010, had been part of the IAAF World Challenge, the second tier of global one day athletics events. Nowadays it's part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver tier, the third overall tier.

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History

On 3 July 1921 the Berliner Sport-Club (BSC), the Sport-Club Charlottenburg (SCC) and the Schwimm-Club Poseidon organised the first sports festival under the current name of Internationales Stadionfest or ISTAF. On 23 March 1937 the BSC, the Deutscher Sport-Club (DSC, later Olympischer Sport-Club OSC) and the SCC, agreed to hold international sports festivals together and organized the first meeting on 1 August 1937 at the Olympic Stadium, where the event is still held today. Four ISTAF meetings, in 1938, 1941, the first post-war in 1949, as well as 1953, were all held at the Mommsen Stadium, but since 1955 meetings have been held annually at Berlin's Olympic Stadium in Charlottenburg. The 2002 and 2003 ISTAF meetings were held at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark instead, due to reconstruction of the Olympic Stadium in preparation for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

There were several ISTAF-free years during the Second World War and after: 1940, as well as 1943-48 and again in 1950 and 1951. A meeting wasn't held in 1972 because of the 1972 Summer Olympics and again in 1973, as a result of the terrorist attack at the 1972 Olympic Games. From 1993 to 1997, the IAAF classified ISTAF among the Golden Four meetings and from 1998 to 2009, it became part of the IAAF Golden League. When the Diamond League was conceived, it had been provisionally planned for Berlin to hold one of its meetings, but it was unable to meet the criteria set for the new elite series, therefore as from 2010, ISTAF became part of the second tier World Challenge circuit instead.

Indoor Events

ISTAF was also held as an indoor meeting at the Deutschlandhalle for a few years until 1968, and from 2014 onwards as the ISTAF Indoor at the Mercedes Benz Arena (formerly O2 World Berlin), the first large indoor athletics event in Berlin for some time.

On 31 January 2021, the ISTAF Indoor Düsseldorf will be held in Düsseldorf as the successor to the PSD Bank Meeting, against a larger backdrop at the ISS Dome. Meeting director and managing director of the ISTAF is Martin Seeber.

World Records

Over the course of its history, many world records have been set at the ISTAF.

YearEventRecordAthleteNationality
2019 2000 m steeplechase 5:52.80 Gesa-Felicitas Krause Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2017 600 m 1:21.77 Caster Semenya Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2015 2000 m steeplechase 6:02.16 Virginia Nyambura Nganga Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
2014 Hammer throw 79.58 m Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg Poland
2010 800 m 1:41.09 David Rudisha Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
1999 2000 m 4:44.79 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
1990 1000 m 2:30.67 Christine Wachtel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1989 10000 m 27:08.23 Arturo Barrios Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
1985 1500 m 3:29.46 Saïd Aouita Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
1978 400 m hurdles 55.44 Krystyna Kacperczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
1978 1000 m 2:32.0 Ulrike Bruns Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1977 High jump 2.00 m Rosemarie Ackermann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1977 High jump 1.97 m Rosemarie Ackermann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1975 110 m hurdles 13.0 Guy Drut Flag of France.svg  France
1975 100 m 9.9 Steve Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1970 3000 m steeplechase 8:22.0 Kerry O'Brien Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
1939 Long jump 6.12 m Christel Schulz Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg German Reich
1939 3000 m 8:24.4 Miklós Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
1937 80 m hurdles 11.6 Barbara Burke Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg South Africa
1937 100 m 11.6 Stanisława Walasiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland

Meeting records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
100 m 9.82 (−0.1 m/s) Yohan Blake Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 11 September 2011 [1] [2]
200 m 19.97 Frankie Fredericks Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 30 August 1996
400 m 43.94 Michael Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 27 August 1993
800 m 1:41.09 David Rudisha Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 22 August 2010 [3]
1500 m 3:29.46 Saïd Aouita Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 23 August 1985
Mile 3:45.60 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 26 August 1997 [4]
2000 m 4:44.79 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 7 September 1999 [5]
3000 m 7:28.99 Tariku Bekele Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 22 August 2010 [6]
Two miles 8:17.6 Rod Dixon Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 21 August 1974 [7]
5000 m 12:50.55 Moses Ndiema Masai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1 June 2008 [8]
10000 m 27:08.23 Arturo Barrios Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 18 August 1989
110 m hurdles 12.97 (+1.2 m/s) Aries Merritt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2 September 2012 [9]
400 m hurdles 47.08 Karsten Warholm Flag of Norway.svg Norway13 September 2020 [10]
3000 m steeplechase 8:04.48 Paul Kipsiele Koech Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 11 September 2011 [2] [11]
High jump 2.36 m Javier Sotomayor Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 30 August 1994
Pole vault 6.05 m Sergey Bubka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 30 August 1994
Long jump 8.57 m (+0.5 m/s) Mike Powell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21 August 1992
Triple jump 17.69 m (−0.5 m/s) Jonathan Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 30 August 1996
Shot put 21.61 m Ryan Whiting Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11 September 2011 [2] [12]
Discus throw 70.60 m Lars Riedel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 30 August 1996
Hammer throw 82.84 m Heinz Weis Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 18 August 1989
Javelin throw 93.52 m (old design)
91.30 m (Current design)		 Bob Roggy
Jan Železný 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 		20 August 1982
1 September 1995
4 × 100 m relay 37.65Team USA I
Jon Drummond
Bernard Williams
Curtis Johnson
Maurice Greene 		Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1 September 2000 [13]

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
100 m 10.78 Marion Jones Flag of the United States.svg United States1 September 2000 [14]
200 m 21.96 (+0.2 m/s) Katrin Krabbe Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 10 September 1991
400 m 49.07 Tonique Williams-Darling Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 12 September 2004 [15]
600 m 1:21.77 Caster Semenya Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa27 August 2017 [16]
800 m 1:54.99 Pamela Jelimo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1 June 2008 [17]
1000 m 2:30.67 Christine Wachtel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 17 August 1990
1500 m 3:57.40 Laura Muir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain13 September 2020 [10]
Mile 4:22.45 Marta Pen Freitas Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal2 September 2018 [18]
3000 m 8:46.66 Natalya Artyomova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 18 August 1989
5000 m 14:08.79 Letesenbet Gidey Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia3 September 2023 [19]
100 m hurdles 12.37 (+1.4 m/s) Yordanka Donkova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 15 August 1986
400 m hurdles 53.26 Deon Hemmings Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 26 August 1997
2000 m steeplechase 5:52.80 Gesa-Felicitas Krause Flag of Germany.svg Germany1 September 2019 [20]
3000 m steeplechase 9:03.70 Norah Jeruto Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya27 August 2017 [21]
High jump 2.06 m Ariane Friedrich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14 June 2009 [22]
Pole vault 4.83 m Elena Isinbaeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14 June 2009 [23]
Long jump 7.10 m Heike Drechsler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 16 September 1992
Triple jump 14.88 m (−0.2 m/s) Tatyana Lebedeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 10 August 2003 [24]
Shot put 20.98 m Helena Fibingerová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 17 August 1984
Discus throw 71.16 m Valarie Allman Flag of the United States.svg United States12 September 2021 [25]
Hammer throw 79.58 m Anita Włodarczyk Flag of Poland.svg Poland31 August 2014 [26]
Javelin throw 70.53 m (Current design) Maria Abakumova Flag of Russia.svg Russia1 September 2013 [27]
74.56 m (old design) Petra Felke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 23 August 1985
4 × 100 m relay 41.55Team USA
Alice Brown
Diane Williams
Florence Griffith Joyner
Jeanette Bolden 		Flag of the United States.svg United States21 August 1987
4 × 100 m mixed relay 40.58 Kerron Stewart
Aleen Bailey
Mario Forsythe
Kemar Bailey-Cole 		Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2 September 2012 [28]

List of winners

Track disciplines

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Ramsak, Bob (11 September 2011). "Blake dashes 9.82, one of four meet records to celebrate ISTAF's 90th birthday – Berlin Report – IAAF World Challenge". IAAF . Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "800 Metres Results". ISTAF. 22 August 2010. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Mile Results". ISTAF. 26 August 1997. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "2000 Metres Results". ISTAF. 7 September 1999. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "3000 Metres Results". istaf.de. 22 August 2010. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  7. ↑ "ISTAF Race Winners". arrs.run. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "5000 Metres Results". ISTAF. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  9. ↑ Jörg Wenig (2 September 2012). "Merritt sizzles 12.97, Harting wins 33rd straight in Berlin – IAAF World Challenge". IAAF . Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  10. 1 2 Jörg Wenig (13 September 2020). "Warholm breaks Moses' 40-year-old ISTAF meeting record in Berlin". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Results". ISTAF. 11 September 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  12. ↑ "Shot Put Results". ISTAF. 11 September 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  13. ↑ "4 x 100 Metres Relay Results". ISTAF. 1 September 2000. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  14. ↑ "100 Metres Results". istaf.de. 1 September 2000. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  15. ↑ "400 Metres Results". ISTAF. 12 September 2004. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  16. ↑ "600m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "800 Metres Results". ISTAF. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  18. ↑ Jörg Wenig (2 September 2018). "Semenya clocks 2:30.70 in ISTAF 1000m as Harting takes his final bow". IAAF. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  19. ↑ "5000m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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  22. ↑ "High Jump Results". ISTAF. 14 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  23. ↑ "Pole Vault Results". ISTAF. 14 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  24. ↑ "Triple Jump Results". ISTAF. 10 August 2003. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  25. ↑ Jon Mulkeen (12 September 2021). "Allman breaks North American discus record in Berlin". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  26. ↑ "Hammer Throw Results" (PDF). istaf.de. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  27. ↑ Silke Bernhart (1 September 2013). "Abakumova dominates in Berlin with 70.53m throw – IAAF World Challenge". IAAF . Retrieved 1 September 2013.
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