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]

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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, numerous world records have been set at the Sparkassen Cup.

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

Meeting records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRefVideo
60 m 6.41 Maurice Greene Flag of the United States.svg United States1 February 1998
200 m 20.48 [lower-alpha 1] John Regis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom5 February 1995
300 m 32.51 Anthony McKay Flag of the United States.svg United States1 February 1987
400 m 45.02 Danny Everett Flag of the United States.svg United States2 February 1992
800 m 1:44.71 Joseph Mwengi Mutua Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4 February 2004
1000 m 2:15.25 Wilson Kipketer Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6 February 2000
1500 m 3:31.18 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2 February 1997
3000 m 7:27.80 Yenew Alamirew Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 5 February 2011 [5] [6]
5000 m 13:31.02 Aïssa Belaout Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 6 February 1994
50 m hurdles 6.45 Anier García Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 7 February 1999
60 m hurdles 7.36 Dayron Robles Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2 February 2008
High jump 2.32 m Ralf Sonn Flag of Germany.svg Germany4 February 1990
Hendrik Beyer 6 February 1994
Pole vault 5.88 m Björn Otto Flag of Germany.svg Germany3 February 2007
Long jump 8.34 m Llewellyn Starks Flag of the United States.svg United States2 February 1992
Triple jump 17.29 m Yoelvis Quesada Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2 February 1997
Shot put 20.45 m Karsten Stolz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1 February 1987
4 × 100 m relay 40.16 Tobias Unger
Marius Broening
Alexander Kosenkow
Martin Keller
Flag of Germany.svg Germany5 February 2011 [7]

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
60 m 7.04 Irina Privalova Flag of Russia.svg Russia2 February 1992
Sevatheda Fynes Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 6 February 2000
200 m 22.36 Irina Privalova Flag of Russia.svg Russia2 February 1992
400 m 50.73 Charity Opara Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1 February 1998
800 m 1:58.78 Ludmila Formanová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7 February 1999
1000 m 2:35.66 Maria Mutola Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 7 February 1999
1500 m 4:04.88 Kutre Dulecha Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 7 February 1999
Mile 4:23.90 Gabriela Szabo Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6 February 2000
3000 m 8:23.72 Meseret Defar Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3 February 2007
5000 m 14:39.29 Berhane Adere Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 4 February 2004
60 m hurdles 7.72 Susanna Kallur Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden2 February 2008
High jump 2.04 m Blanka Vlašić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 7 February 2009
Pole vault 4.71 m Svetlana Feofanova Flag of Russia.svg Russia3 February 2002
Long jump 7.13 m Heike Drechsler Flag of Germany.svg Germany6 February 1994
Triple jump 14.78 m Rodica Mateescu-Petrescu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1 February 1998
Shot put 20.47 m Claudia Losch Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 31 January 1988

Notes

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

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