| Moscow Challenge | |
|---|---|
 Luzhniki Stadium | |
| Date | June |
| Location | Moscow, Russia  |
| Event type | Track and field |
| Established | 2011 |
| Last held | 2014 |
| Official site | Moscow Challenge |
The Moscow Challenge was a track and field competition at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. The first edition took place in 2011 and it was last organized in 2014. [1]
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 10.32 (−0.2 m/s) | Dwain Chambers |  Great Britain | 11 June 2013 | [2] |
| 200 m | 20.58 (−0.3 m/s) | Aleksandr Brednev | Russia | 11 June 2012 | [3] |
| 400 m | 45.51 | Pavel Trenikhin | Russia | 11 June 2012 | [4] |
| 800 m | 1:44.93 | André Olivier |  South Africa | 11 June 2013 | [5] |
| 3000 m | 7:59.89 | Cornelius Kipruto Kangogo |  Kenya | 11 June 2012 | [6] |
| 10,000 m | 28:34.59 | Yevgeny Rybakov | Russia | 11 June 2013 | [7] |
| 110 m hurdles | 13.34 (+0.4 m/s) | Ryan Brathwaite |  Barbados | 11 June 2013 | [8] |
| 400 m hurdles | 49.87 | Vladimir Antmanis | Russia | 11 June 2012 | [9] |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 8:20.55 | Birhan Getahun |  Ethiopia | 11 June 2012 | [10] |
| High jump | 2.28 m | Bohdan Bonderenko |  Ukraine | 11 June 2013 | [11] |
| Pole vault | 5.60 m | Przemyslaw Czerwinski |  Poland | 11 June 2012 | [12] |
| Anton Ivakin | Russia | 11 June 2013 | [13] | ||
| Triple jump | 16.65 m (+0.6 m/s) | Yoann Rapinier |  France | 11 June 2013 | [14] |
| Shot put | 20.86 m | Maksim Sidorov | Russia | 11 June 2012 | [15] |
| Discus throw | 64.20 m | Bogdan Pishchalnikov | Russia | 11 June 2012 | [16] |
| Hammer throw | 79.20 m | Dilshod Nazarov |  Tajikistan | 11 June 2014 | [17] |
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 11.19 (−0.1 m/s) | Tameka Williams |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11 June 2012 | [18] |
| 200 m | 22.73 (+0.5 m/s) | Mariya Ryemyen | Ukraine | 11 June 2013 | [19] |
| 400 m | 50.78 | Natalya Nazarova | Russia | 11 June 2012 | [20] |
| 800 m | 1:57.93 | Mariya Savinova | Russia | 11 June 2012 | [21] |
| 1500 m | 4:09.06 | Yekaterina Ishova | Russia | 11 June 2013 | [22] |
| 10,000 m | 31:07.88 | Elizaveta Grechishnikova | Russia | 11 June 2012 | [23] |
| 100 m hurdles | 13.12 (+0.5 m/s) | Tatyana Dektyareva | Russia | 11 June 2013 | [24] |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 9:35.72 | Natalya Gorchakova | Russia | 11 June 2012 | [25] |
| High jump | 1.98 m | Svetlana Shkolina | Russia | 11 June 2012 | [26] |
| Long jump | 6.79 m (+0.5 m/s) | Veronika Mosina | Russia | 11 June 2013 | [27] |
| Triple jump | 14.36 m (+0.6 m/s) | Yekaterina Koneva | Russia | 11 June 2012 | [28] |
| Shot put | 18.39 m | Nadine Kleinert |  Germany | 11 June 2013 | [29] |
| Hammer throw | 74.28 m | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland | 10 June 2013 | [30] |
| Javelin throw | 65.94 m | Mariya Abakumova | Russia | 11 June 2013 | [31] |
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