The Rieti Meeting is an annual athletics event at the Stadio Raul Guidobaldi in Rieti, Italy that takes place in late August or early September. Previously one of the IAAF Grand Prix events, it is now part of the IAAF World Challenge.

It was first organized in 1971 based on an idea by Sandro Giovannelli, today's member of the IAAF Competition Commission.

World records

Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the Rieti Grand Prix.

Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
2010, 29 August 800 m 1:41.01 David Rudisha  Kenya
2007, 9 September 100 m 9.74 (+1.7 m/s) Asafa Powell  Jamaica
1999 1000 m 2:11.96 Noah Ngeny  Kenya
1996 3000 m 7:20.67 Daniel Komen  Kenya
1993 Mile 3:44.39 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria
1992 1500 m 3:28.86 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria
1983 1500 m 3:30.77 Steve Ovett  United Kingdom
1982 Mile 4:17.44 Maricica Puică  Romania

Meeting records

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 9.74 (+1.7 m/s) Asafa Powell  Jamaica 9 September 2007
200 m 19.85 (+0.6 m/s) Wallace Spearmon  United States 29 August 2010 [1]
300 m 31.93 Karol Zalewski  Poland 7 September 2014 [2]
400 m 44.21 Michael Johnson  United States 9 September 1990
800 m 1:41.01 David Rudisha  Kenya 29 August 2010 [3]
1000 m 2:11.96 Noah Ngeny  Kenya 5 September 1999
1500 m 3:26.97 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 8 September 2002
Mile 3:44.39 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 1993
2000 m 4:49.00 Vénuste Niyongabo  Burundi 1997
Two miles 8:13.40 Moses Kiptanui  Kenya 1995
3000 m 7:20.67 Daniel Komen  Kenya 1 September 1996
5000 m 13:04.43 Daniel Komen  Kenya 3 September 2000
110 m hurdles 13.01 (+0.8 m/s) David Oliver  United States 29 August 2010 [4]
400 m hurdles 47.91 Samuel Matete  Zambia 1992
3000 m steeplechase 8:00.54 Moses Kiptanui  Kenya 1997
High jump 2.38 m Igor Paklin  Soviet Union 7 September 1986
Pole vault 5.96 m Brad Walker  United States 2005
Long jump 8.45 m Larry Myricks  United States 9 September 1981
Triple jump 17.54 m Khristo Markov  Bulgaria 1987
Shot put 21.00 m Paolo Dal Soglio  Italy 1 September 1996
Discus throw 68.38 m Luis Delís  Cuba 2 September 1984
Hammer throw 82.62 m Koji Murofushi  Japan 9 September 2007
Javelin throw 84.26 m Lars Hamann  Germany 13 September 2015 [5]
4 × 100 m relay 39.76 Gianfranco Lazzer
Mauro Zuliani
Luciano Caravani
Massimo Clementoni 		 Italy 1979
4 × 400 m relay 3:03.55 Walter McCoy
Mike Franks
Darrell Robinson
Mark Rowe 		 United States 1988

Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 10.81 Irina Privalova  Russia 1992
200 m 21.88 Irina Privalova  Russia 1993
400 m 49.02 Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 2 September 1984
800 m 1:56.29 Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya 9 September 2007
1500 m 3:56.18 Maryam Jamal  Bahrain 27 August 2006
Mile 4:17.44 Maricica Puică  Romania 1982
2000 m 5:30.39 Maricica Puică  Romania 1985
3000 m 8:30.25 Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya 9 September 2007
100 m hurdles 12.64 (+0.5 m/s) Sally Pearson  Australia 8 September 2013 [6]
400 m hurdles 53.34 Sandra Glover  United States 7 September 2003
3000 m steeplechase 9:13.92 Ruth Bisibori Nyangau  Kenya 6 September 2009 [7]
High jump 2.06 m Stefka Kostadinova  Bulgaria 1987
Pole vault 4.74 m Fabiana Murer  Brazil 29 August 2010 [8]
Long jump 7.19 m Heike Drechsler  Germany 1991
Triple jump 14.94 m Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia 2008
Shot put 20.77 m Valerie Adams  New Zealand 9 September 2012 [9]
Discus throw 66.12 m Sandra Perković  Croatia 8 September 2013 [10]
Hammer throw 76.57 m Anita Włodarczyk  Poland 8 September 2013 [11]
Javelin throw 66.64 m Natalya Khoroneko  Belarus 7 September 1986
4 × 100 m relay 44.97 International team
Andrea Lynch
Liliana Cragno
Leleith Hodges
Jacqueline Pusey 		1975

See also

References

  1. ^ "200 Metres Results" (PDF). www.rietimeeting.com. 2010-08-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  2. ^ "300m Results". www.rietimeeting.com. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  3. ^ "800 Metres Results" (PDF). www.rietimeeting.com. 2010-08-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  4. ^ "110 Metres Hurdles Results" (PDF). www.rietimeeting.com. 2010-08-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  5. ^ "Javelin Throw Results" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. 13 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  6. ^ Diego Sampaolo (8 September 2013). "Fast middle-distance races and four meeting records in Rieti – IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  7. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Results" (PDF). www.rietimeeting.com. 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2009-09-06.[dead link]
  8. ^ "Pole Vault Results" (PDF). www.rietimeeting.com. 2010-08-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  9. ^ "Shot Put Results" (PDF). www.rietimeeting.com. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  10. ^ Diego Sampaolo (8 September 2013). "Fast middle-distance races and four meeting records in Rieti – IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  11. ^ Diego Sampaolo (8 September 2013). "Fast middle-distance races and four meeting records in Rieti – IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

External links

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