Memorial Van Damme | |
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Date | Late August - early September |
Location | Brussels, Belgium |
Event type | Track and field |
World Athletics Cat. | DF[1] |
Official site | Memorial Van Damme |
The Memorial Van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, that takes place in late August or early September. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now the final event of the Diamond League, along with Weltklasse Zürich.
It was first organized in 1977 by a group of journalists in honour of Ivo Van Damme, a Belgian double medal winner at the Montreal Olympics who was killed the previous year in a car accident at the age of 22.
Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at Memorial Van Damme.
Year | Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality |
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2023 | 2000 m | 4:43.13 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway |
2020 | One hour | 21,330 m | Mo Farah | Great Britain |
18,930 m | Sifan Hassan | Netherlands | ||
T51 100 m | 19.71 (+0.4 m/s) | Peter Genyn | Belgium | |
2012 | 110 m hurdles | 12.80 (+0.3 m/s) | Aries Merritt | United States |
2009 | 4 × 1500 m relay | 14:36.23 | William Biwott Tanui Gideon Gathimba Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono Augustine Kiprono Choge |
Kenya |
2006 | 4 × 800 m relay | 7:02.43 | Joseph Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kombich Wilfred Bungei |
Kenya |
2005 | 10000 m | 26:17.53 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia |
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Ref |
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100 m | 10.72 (-0.3 m/s) | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica | 6 September 2013 | [14] |
10.72 (+0.6 m/s) | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica | 9 September 2016 | [15] | |
200 m | 21.48 (+0.2 m/s) DLR | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica | 8 September 2023 | [16] |
400 m | 48.83 | Sanya Richards | United States | 4 September 2009 | [17] |
800 m | 1:55.16 | Pamela Jelimo | Kenya | 6 September 2008 | |
1000 m | 2:28.98 | Svetlana Masterkova | Russia | 23 August 1996 | |
1500 m | 3:55.33 | Süreyya Ayhan | Turkey | 5 September 2003 | |
Mile | 4:14.74 | Sifan Hassan | Netherlands | 3 September 2021 | [18] |
2000 m | 5:30.19 | Gelete Burka | Ethiopia | 4 September 2009 | [19] |
3000 m | 8:24.81+ | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 14 September 2007 | |
Two miles | 8:58.58 WB | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 14 September 2007 | |
5000 m | 14:18.89 | Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia | 9 September 2016 | [20] |
One hour | 18,930 m DLR | Sifan Hassan | Netherlands | 4 September 2020 | [21] |
100 m hurdles | 12.27 (+0.1 m/s) | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Puerto Rico | 2 September 2022 | [22] |
400 m hurdles | 52.11 | Femke Bol | Netherlands | 8 September 2023 | [23] |
3000 m steeplechase | 8:55.10 | Beatrice Chepkoech | Kenya | 31 August 2018 | [24] |
High jump | 2.05 m | Anna Chicherova | Russia | 16 September 2011 | [25] |
Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Ukraine | 2 September 2022 | [26] | ||
Pole vault | 5.00 m DLR | Sandi Morris | United States | 9 September 2016 | [27] |
Long jump | 7.25 m (+1.7 m/s) | Heike Drechsler | Germany | 13 September 1991 | |
Triple jump | 15.14 m (+0.3 m/s) | Tatyana Lebedeva | Russia | 5 September 2003 | |
Shot put | 20.59 m | Valerie Adams | New Zealand | 5 September 2014 | [28] |
Discus throw | 69.84 m | Tsvetanka Christova | Bulgaria | 5 September 1986 | |
Javelin throw | 72.18 m (old design) | Fatima Whitbread | United Kingdom | 5 September 1986 | |
68.11 m (Current design) | Kara Winger | United States | 2 September 2022 | [29] | |
4 × 100 m relay | 42.97 | United States | 19 August 1988 |