Sparkassen Cup (athletics)

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Sparkassen Cup
Schleyerhalle-West.jpg
The host stadium – the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
DateEarly February
Location Stuttgart, Germany Flag of Germany.svg
Event typeIndoor track and field
Established1987
Official site Sparkassen Cup

The Sparkassen Cup was an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in February in Stuttgart, Germany. The meeting was first held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in 1987 and is currently an IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting. [1] After 25 years the last edition of the meeting took place in 2011 because the main sponsor ended its involvement. [2]

Contents

At each meeting, the two male and female athletes deemed to have given the best performance each receive the Sparkassen Cup – a metal figurine of a man or a woman respectively. [3] The recipients are often those who have broken records at the meeting. Indeed, Hicham El Guerrouj's 1997 run in the 1500 metres and Meseret Defar's winning time for the 3000 metres in 2007 remain world records on the indoor track. [4]

World records

Over the course of its history, 11 world records have been set at the Sparkassen Cup.

World records set at the Sparkassen Cup
YearEventRecordAthleteNationality
1987 300 m 32.51 Anthony McKay Flag of the United States.svg United States
1991 5000 m 15:13.72 Uta Pippig Flag of Germany.svg Germany
1992 400 m 45.02 Danny Everett Flag of the United States.svg United States
1996 3000 m 7:30.72 Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
1997 1500 m 3:31.18 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
1998 60 m 6.41 Maurice Greene Flag of the United States.svg United States
2000 1000 m 2:15.25 Wilson Kipketer Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
2002 3000 m 8:29.15 Berhane Adere Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
2002 Pole vault 4.71 m Svetlana Feofanova Flag of Russia.svg Russia
2004 5000 m 14:39.29 Berhane Adere Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia
2007 3000 m 8:23.72 Meseret Defar Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia

Meeting records

Men

Women

Notes

  1. by World Athletics source; 20.47 by former meeting website

References

  1. Gordon, Ed (2010-02-07). Jones-Ferrette shocks with 6.97 dash in Stuttgart. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-08.
  2. "Stuttgart – Nach 25 Jahren endet die Ära Sparkassen-Cup in der Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle". germanroadraces.de (in German). 20 December 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. Der Sparkassen-Cup (in German). Sparkassen Cup. Retrieved on 2010-02-08.
  4. Sparkassen-Cup-Preisträger 1987 - 2008 (in German). Sparkassen Cup. Retrieved on 2010-02-08.
  5. "3000 Metres Results". www.sparkassen-cup.de. 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  6. Ed Gordon (2011-02-06). "Oliver, Alamirew post scintillating marks in Stuttgart". IAAF . Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  7. "4x100 Metres Relay Results". www.sparkassen-cup.de. 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2011-02-08.