ISTAF Berlin

Summary

The Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) is an annual track and field athletics meeting at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. It was first held in July 1921 at the Deutsches Stadion, which was replaced from 1937 by the Stadium of the 1936 Olympic Games. Since 2006 ISTAF has been sponsored by DKB and officially known as the DKB-ISTAF and from 2010, had been part of the IAAF World Challenge, the second tier of global one day athletics events. Nowadays it's part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver tier, the third overall tier.

ISTAF Berlin
The Olympic Stadium in Berlin
DateAugust–September
LocationOlympiastadion, Berlin
Event typeTrack and field athletics
World Athletics Cat.B
Established1937
Official siteISTAF

History edit

On 3 July 1921 the Berliner Sport-Club (BSC), the Sport-Club Charlottenburg (SCC) and the Schwimm-Club Poseidon organised the first sports festival under the current name of Internationales Stadionfest or ISTAF. On 23 March 1937 the BSC, the Deutscher Sport-Club (DSC, later Olympischer Sport-Club OSC) and the SCC, agreed to hold international sports festivals together and organized the first meeting on 1 August 1937 at the Olympic Stadium, where the event is still held today. Four ISTAF meetings, in 1938, 1941, the first post-war in 1949, as well as 1953, were all held at the Mommsen Stadium, but since 1955 meetings have been held annually at Berlin's Olympic Stadium in Charlottenburg. The 2002 and 2003 ISTAF meetings were held at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark instead, due to reconstruction of the Olympic Stadium in preparation for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

There were several ISTAF-free years during the Second World War and after: 1940, as well as 1943-48 and again in 1950 and 1951. A meeting wasn't held in 1972 because of the 1972 Summer Olympics and again in 1973, as a result of the terrorist attack at the 1972 Olympic Games. From 1993 to 1997, the IAAF classified ISTAF among the Golden Four meetings and from 1998 to 2009, it became part of the IAAF Golden League. When the Diamond League was conceived, it had been provisionally planned for Berlin to hold one of its meetings, but it was unable to meet the criteria set for the new elite series, therefore as from 2010, ISTAF became part of the second tier World Challenge circuit instead.

Indoor Events edit

ISTAF was also held as an indoor meeting at the Deutschlandhalle for a few years until 1968, and from 2014 onwards as the ISTAF Indoor at the Mercedes Benz Arena (formerly O2 World Berlin), the first large indoor athletics event in Berlin for some time.

On 31 January 2021, the ISTAF Indoor Düsseldorf will be held in Düsseldorf as the successor to the PSD Bank Meeting, against a larger backdrop at the ISS Dome. Meeting director and managing director of the ISTAF is Martin Seeber.

World Records edit

Over the course of its history, many world records have been set at the ISTAF.

Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
2019 2000 m steeplechase 5:52.80 Gesa-Felicitas Krause   Germany
2017 600 m 1:21.77 Caster Semenya   South Africa
2015 2000 m steeplechase 6:02.16 Virginia Nyambura Nganga   Kenya
2014 Hammer throw 79.58 m Anita Włodarczyk   Poland
2010 800 m 1:41.09 David Rudisha   Kenya
1999 2000 m 4:44.79 Hicham El Guerrouj   Morocco
1990 1000 m 2:30.67 Christine Wachtel   East Germany
1989 10000 m 27:08.23 Arturo Barrios   Mexico
1985 1500 m 3:29.46 Saïd Aouita   Morocco
1978 400 m hurdles 55.44 Krystyna Kacperczyk   Poland
1978 1000 m 2:32.0 Ulrike Bruns   East Germany
1977 High jump 2.00 m Rosemarie Ackermann   East Germany
1977 High jump 1.97 m Rosemarie Ackermann   East Germany
1975 110 m hurdles 13.0 Guy Drut   France
1975 100 m 9.9 Steve Williams   United States
1970 3000 m steeplechase 8:22.0 Kerry O'Brien   Australia
1939 Long jump 6.12 m Christel Schulz   German Reich
1939 3000 m 8:24.4 Miklós Szabó   Hungary
1937 80 m hurdles 11.6 Barbara Burke   South Africa
1937 100 m 11.6 Stanisława Walasiewicz   Poland

Meeting records edit

Men edit

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 9.82 (−0.1 m/s) Yohan Blake   Jamaica 11 September 2011 [1][2]
200 m 19.97 Frankie Fredericks   Namibia 30 August 1996
400 m 43.94 Michael Johnson   United States 27 August 1993
800 m 1:41.09 David Rudisha   Kenya 22 August 2010 [3]
1500 m 3:29.46 Saïd Aouita   Morocco 23 August 1985
Mile 3:45.60 Hicham El Guerrouj   Morocco 26 August 1997 [4]
2000 m 4:44.79 Hicham El Guerrouj   Morocco 7 September 1999 [5]
3000 m 7:28.99 Tariku Bekele   Ethiopia 22 August 2010 [6]
Two miles 8:17.6 Rod Dixon   New Zealand 21 August 1974 [7]
5000 m 12:50.55 Moses Ndiema Masai   Kenya 1 June 2008 [8]
10000 m 27:08.23 Arturo Barrios   Mexico 18 August 1989
110 m hurdles 12.97 (+1.2 m/s) Aries Merritt   United States 2 September 2012 [9]
400 m hurdles 47.08 Karsten Warholm   Norway 13 September 2020 [10]
3000 m steeplechase 8:04.48 Paul Kipsiele Koech   Kenya 11 September 2011 [2][11]
High jump 2.36 m Javier Sotomayor   Cuba 30 August 1994
Pole vault 6.05 m Sergey Bubka   Ukraine 30 August 1994
Long jump 8.57 m (+0.5 m/s) Mike Powell   United States 21 August 1992
Triple jump 17.69 m (−0.5 m/s) Jonathan Edwards   United Kingdom 30 August 1996
Shot put 21.61 m Ryan Whiting   United States 11 September 2011 [2][12]
Discus throw 70.60 m Lars Riedel   Germany 30 August 1996
Hammer throw 82.84 m Heinz Weis   West Germany 18 August 1989
Javelin throw 93.52 m (old design)
91.30 m (Current design)
Bob Roggy
Jan Železný
  United States
  Czech Republic
20 August 1982
1 September 1995
4 × 100 m relay 37.65 Team USA I
Jon Drummond
Bernard Williams
Curtis Johnson
Maurice Greene
  United States 1 September 2000 [13]

Women edit

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 10.78 Marion Jones   United States 1 September 2000 [14]
200 m 21.96 (+0.2 m/s) Katrin Krabbe   Germany 10 September 1991
400 m 49.07 Tonique Williams-Darling   Bahamas 12 September 2004 [15]
600 m 1:21.77 Caster Semenya   South Africa 27 August 2017 [16]
800 m 1:54.99 Pamela Jelimo   Kenya 1 June 2008 [17]
1000 m 2:30.67 Christine Wachtel   East Germany 17 August 1990
1500 m 3:57.40 Laura Muir   Great Britain 13 September 2020 [10]
Mile 4:22.45 Marta Pen Freitas   Portugal 2 September 2018 [18]
3000 m 8:46.66 Natalya Artyomova   Soviet Union 18 August 1989
5000 m 14:08.79 Letesenbet Gidey   Ethiopia 3 September 2023 [19]
100 m hurdles 12.37 (+1.4 m/s) Yordanka Donkova   Bulgaria 15 August 1986
400 m hurdles 53.26 Deon Hemmings   Jamaica 26 August 1997
2000 m steeplechase 5:52.80 Gesa-Felicitas Krause   Germany 1 September 2019 [20]
3000 m steeplechase 9:03.70 Norah Jeruto   Kenya 27 August 2017 [21]
High jump 2.06 m Ariane Friedrich   Germany 14 June 2009 [22]
Pole vault 4.83 m Elena Isinbaeva   Russia 14 June 2009 [23]
Long jump 7.10 m Heike Drechsler   Germany 16 September 1992
Triple jump 14.88 m (−0.2 m/s) Tatyana Lebedeva   Russia 10 August 2003 [24]
Shot put 20.98 m Helena Fibingerová   Czechoslovakia 17 August 1984
Discus throw 71.16 m Valarie Allman   United States 12 September 2021 [25]
Hammer throw 79.58 m Anita Włodarczyk   Poland 31 August 2014 [26]
Javelin throw 70.53 m (Current design) Maria Abakumova   Russia 1 September 2013 [27]
74.56 m (old design) Petra Felke   East Germany 23 August 1985
4 × 100 m relay 41.55 Team USA
Alice Brown
Diane Williams
Florence Griffith Joyner
Jeanette Bolden
  United States 21 August 1987
4 × 100 m mixed relay 40.58 Kerron Stewart
Aleen Bailey
Mario Forsythe
Kemar Bailey-Cole
  Jamaica 2 September 2012 [28]

List of winners edit

Track disciplines edit

References edit

  1. ^ "100 Metres Results". ISTAF. 11 September 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Ramsak, Bob (11 September 2011). "Blake dashes 9.82, one of four meet records to celebrate ISTAF's 90th birthday – Berlin Report – IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  3. ^ "800 Metres Results". ISTAF. 22 August 2010. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Mile Results". ISTAF. 26 August 1997. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  5. ^ "2000 Metres Results". ISTAF. 7 September 1999. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  6. ^ "3000 Metres Results". istaf.de. 22 August 2010. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  7. ^ "ISTAF Race Winners". arrs.run. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  8. ^ "5000 Metres Results". ISTAF. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  9. ^ Jörg Wenig (2 September 2012). "Merritt sizzles 12.97, Harting wins 33rd straight in Berlin – IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  10. ^ a b Jörg Wenig (13 September 2020). "Warholm breaks Moses' 40-year-old ISTAF meeting record in Berlin". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  11. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Results". ISTAF. 11 September 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  12. ^ "Shot Put Results". ISTAF. 11 September 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  13. ^ "4 x 100 Metres Relay Results". ISTAF. 1 September 2000. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  14. ^ "100 Metres Results". istaf.de. 1 September 2000. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  15. ^ "400 Metres Results". ISTAF. 12 September 2004. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  16. ^ "600m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  17. ^ "800 Metres Results". ISTAF. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  18. ^ Jörg Wenig (2 September 2018). "Semenya clocks 2:30.70 in ISTAF 1000m as Harting takes his final bow". IAAF. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  19. ^ "5000m Result" (PDF). sportresult.com. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  20. ^ "Krause smashes 2000m steeplechase world best in Berlin". IAAF. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  21. ^ "3000m Steeplechase Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  22. ^ "High Jump Results". ISTAF. 14 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  23. ^ "Pole Vault Results". ISTAF. 14 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  24. ^ "Triple Jump Results". ISTAF. 10 August 2003. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  25. ^ Jon Mulkeen (12 September 2021). "Allman breaks North American discus record in Berlin". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  26. ^ "Hammer Throw Results" (PDF). istaf.de. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  27. ^ Silke Bernhart (1 September 2013). "Abakumova dominates in Berlin with 70.53m throw – IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  28. ^ "4x100m Mixed Relay Results" (PDF). ISTAF. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • TOP 10 ISTAF-Starters