Athletissima

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Athletissima
Stade Olympique.jpg
Stade olympique de la Pontaise
DateJune – July
Location Lausanne, Switzerland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Event type Track and field
World Athletics Cat.GW [1]
Established8 July 1977
Official site Diamond League – Lausanne
Logo Athletissima Lausanne logo.svg
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Athletissima is an annual athletics meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events, it is now part of the Diamond League.

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The first edition was held on 8 July 1977 in the Stade Pierre de Coubertin. In 1986 the event was moved to the Stade olympique de la Pontaise.

The UBS has been the main sponsor of Athletissima Lausanne since 1982. [2] Other sponsors are Vaudoise Assurances, Omega, Erdgas and Nike. [3]

World records

Over the course of its history, three world records have been set at Athletissima.

YearEventRecordAthleteNationality
2006 110 m hurdles 12.88 (+1.1 m/s) Liu Xiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2005 Pole vault 4.93 m Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
1994 100 m 9.85 (+1.2 m/s) Leroy Burrell Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Meeting records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
100 m 9.69 (-0.1 m/s) DLR Yohan Blake Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica23 August 2012 [4]
200 m 19.50 (-0.1 m/s) Noah Lyles Flag of the United States.svg United States5 July 2019 [5]
400 m 43.62 Wayde van Niekerk Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa6 July 2017 [6]
800 m 1:42.61 Wilson Kipketer Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark2 July 1997
1000 m 2:13.49 DLR Ayanleh Souleiman Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti25 August 2016 [7]
1500 m 3:28.72 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg Norway30 June 2023 [8]
3000 m 7:30.62 Daniel Komen Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya2 July 1999
5000 m 12:40.45 Berihu Aregawi Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia30 June 2023 [9]
110 m hurdles 12.88 (+1.1 m/s) Liu Xiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China11 July 2006
400 m hurdles 47.14 Edwin Moses Flag of the United States.svg United States14 July 1981
3000 m steeplechase 8:01.62 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya8 July 2010
High jump 2.41 m Bohdan Bondarenko Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine4 July 2013 [10]
Pole vault 6.10 m Armand Duplantis Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden25 August 2022 [11]
Long jump 8.56 m Iván Pedroso Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 5 July 1995
Triple jump 18.06 m Christian Taylor Flag of the United States.svg United States9 July 2015 [12]
Shot put 22.81 m Ryan Crouser Flag of the United States.svg United States26 August 2021 [13]
Discus throw 70.53 m Virgilijus Alekna Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 5 July 2005
Javelin throw 90.16 m Keshorn Walcott Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago9 July 2015 [14]
Javelin throw (tail drag model)90.72 m Jan Železný Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 10 July 1991

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateRef
100 m 10.60 (+1.7 m/s) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica26 August 2021 [15]
200 m 22.07 Merlene Ottey Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 5 July 1995
400 m 49.17 Salwa Eid Naser Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain5 July 2019 [16]
800 m 1:56.25 Maria Mutola Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 2 July 2002
1500 m 3:57.34 Shelby Houlihan Flag of the United States.svg United States5 July 2018 [17]
Mile 4:16.05 Genzebe Dibaba Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia6 July 2017 [18]
3000 m 8:26.80 Francine Niyonsaba Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi26 August 2022 [19]
100 m hurdles 12.34 (-0.9 m/s) Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico26 August 2022 [20]
400 m hurdles 52.76 Femke Bol Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands30 June 2023 [21]
3000 m steeplechase 9:05.98 Beatrice Chepkoech Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya30 June 2023 [22]
High jump 2.06 m DLR Mariya Lasitskene Flag of Russia.svg Russia6 July 2017 [23]
Pole vault 4.93 m Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5 July 2005
Long jump 7.48 m (+0.4 m/s) Heike Drechsler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8 July 1992
Triple jump 15.52 m (+0.6 m/s) DLR Yulimar Rojas Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela26 August 2021 [24]
Shot put 20.95 m Valerie Adams Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 23 August 2012 [25]
Discus throw 68.96 m Sandra Perković Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia4 July 2013 [26]
Javelin throw 68.43 m Sara Kolak Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia6 July 2017 [27]
4 × 100 m relay 42.23 Murielle Ahouré-Demps
Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Jessika Gbai
Maboundou Koné 		Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast30 June 2023 [28]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "IAAF World Ranking Calendar". IAAF. 2019.
  2. ↑ "Athletissima". global. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  3. ↑ "Meeting Club Athletissima - Diamond League - Lausanne". lausanne.diamondleague.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  4. ↑ "100m Results". IAAF. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Jon Mulkeen (5 July 2019). "Lyles and Cheruiyot lead meeting record rampage in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "400m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "1000m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Jess Whittington (30 June 2023). "Aregawi beats Cheptegei in 5000m thriller in Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  9. ↑ Jess Whittington (30 June 2023). "Aregawi beats Cheptegei in 5000m thriller in Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "High Jump Results" (PDF). Diamond League . Omega Timing. 4 July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  11. ↑ Jess Whittington (26 August 2022). "Ingebrigtsen, Rojas and Lyles light up Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Triple Jump Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  13. ↑ Simon Turnbull (27 August 2021). "Fraser-Pryce and Rojas show their class in Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  14. ↑ "Javelin Throw Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  15. ↑ Simon Turnbull (27 August 2021). "Fraser-Pryce and Rojas show their class in Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  16. ↑ Jon Mulkeen (5 July 2019). "Lyles and Cheruiyot lead meeting record rampage in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  17. ↑ "1500m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "Mile Run Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  19. ↑ "3000m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  20. ↑ "100m Hurdles Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  21. ↑ Jess Whittington (30 June 2023). "Aregawi beats Cheptegei in 5000m thriller in Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  22. ↑ Jess Whittington (30 June 2023). "Aregawi beats Cheptegei in 5000m thriller in Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  23. ↑ "High Jump Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  24. ↑ Simon Turnbull (27 August 2021). "Fraser-Pryce and Rojas show their class in Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  25. ↑ "Women's Shot Put Results". IAAF. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  26. ↑ "Discus Throw Results" (PDF). Diamond League . Omega Timing. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  27. ↑ Phil Minshull (6 July 2017). "Kolak comes of age in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League". IAAF. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  28. ↑ Jess Whittington (30 June 2023). "Aregawi beats Cheptegei in 5000m thriller in Lausanne". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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