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 | |
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Date | June – July |
Location | Lausanne, Switzerland |
Event type | Track and field |
World Athletics Cat. | GW[1] |
Established | 8 July 1977 |
Official site | Diamond League – Lausanne |
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]
Over the course of its history, three world records have been set at Athletissima.
Year | Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality |
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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 |
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Ref |
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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 |
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Ref |
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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] |