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.

Athletissima
Stade olympique de la Pontaise
DateJune – July
LocationLausanne, Switzerland Switzerland
Event typeTrack and field
World Athletics Cat.GW[1]
Established8 July 1977
Official siteDiamond League – Lausanne
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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 edit

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

Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
2006 110 m hurdles 12.88 (+1.1 m/s) Liu Xiang   China
2005 Pole vault 4.93 m Yelena Isinbayeva   Russia
1994 100 m 9.85 (+1.2 m/s) Leroy Burrell   United States

Meeting records edit

Men edit

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 9.69 (-0.1 m/s) DLR Yohan Blake   Jamaica 23 August 2012 [4]
200 m 19.50 (-0.1 m/s) Noah Lyles   United States 5 July 2019 [5]
400 m 43.62 Wayde van Niekerk   South Africa 6 July 2017 [6]
800 m 1:42.61 Wilson Kipketer   Denmark 2 July 1997
1000 m 2:13.49 DLR Ayanleh Souleiman   Djibouti 25 August 2016 [7]
1500 m 3:28.72 Jakob Ingebrigtsen   Norway 30 June 2023 [8]
3000 m 7:30.62 Daniel Komen   Kenya 2 July 1999
5000 m 12:40.45 Berihu Aregawi   Ethiopia 30 June 2023 [9]
110 m hurdles 12.88 (+1.1 m/s) Liu Xiang   China 11 July 2006
400 m hurdles 47.14 Edwin Moses   United States 14 July 1981
3000 m steeplechase 8:01.62 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto   Kenya 8 July 2010
High jump 2.41 m Bohdan Bondarenko   Ukraine 4 July 2013 [10]
Pole vault 6.10 m Armand Duplantis   Sweden 25 August 2022 [11]
Long jump 8.56 m Iván Pedroso   Cuba 5 July 1995
Triple jump 18.06 m Christian Taylor   United States 9 July 2015 [12]
Shot put 22.81 m Ryan Crouser   United States 26 August 2021 [13]
Discus throw 70.53 m Virgilijus Alekna   Lithuania 5 July 2005
Javelin throw 90.16 m Keshorn Walcott   Trinidad and Tobago 9 July 2015 [14]
Javelin throw (tail drag model) 90.72 m Jan Železný   Czechoslovakia 10 July 1991

Women edit

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 10.60 (+1.7 m/s) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce   Jamaica 26 August 2021 [15]
200 m 22.07 Merlene Ottey   Jamaica 5 July 1995
400 m 49.17 Salwa Eid Naser   Bahrain 5 July 2019 [16]
800 m 1:56.25 Maria Mutola   Mozambique 2 July 2002
1500 m 3:57.34 Shelby Houlihan   United States 5 July 2018 [17]
Mile 4:16.05 Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia 6 July 2017 [18]
3000 m 8:26.80 Francine Niyonsaba   Burundi 26 August 2022 [19]
100 m hurdles 12.34 (-0.9 m/s) Jasmine Camacho-Quinn   Puerto Rico 26 August 2022 [20]
400 m hurdles 52.76 Femke Bol   Netherlands 30 June 2023 [21]
3000 m steeplechase 9:05.98 Beatrice Chepkoech   Kenya 30 June 2023 [22]
High jump 2.06 m DLR Mariya Lasitskene   Russia 6 July 2017 [23]
Pole vault 4.93 m Yelena Isinbayeva   Russia 5 July 2005
Long jump 7.48 m (+0.4 m/s) Heike Drechsler   Germany 8 July 1992
Triple jump 15.52 m (+0.6 m/s) DLR Yulimar Rojas   Venezuela 26 August 2021 [24]
Shot put 20.95 m Valerie Adams   New Zealand 23 August 2012 [25]
Discus throw 68.96 m Sandra Perković   Croatia 4 July 2013 [26]
Javelin throw 68.43 m Sara Kolak   Croatia 6 July 2017 [27]
4 × 100 m relay 42.23 Murielle Ahouré-Demps
Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Jessika Gbai
Maboundou Koné
  Ivory Coast 30 June 2023 [28]

See also edit

Notes and references edit

  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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