The Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria is an annual athletics event at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece, as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1963, held at the Panathinaiko Stadium. Its name honours Kostas Tsiklitiras, who won four olympic medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympic Games in long jump and high jump, both from standing position.
History From 2003 to 2009 IAAF classified the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria among IAAF Grand Prix meetings.
World records Over the course of its history, two world records has been set at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria, for the same event and furthermore, the first (of 1999 edition) being surpassed by the latter (2005) on a technicality.Maurice Greene (9.79WR) - Grand Prix Tsiklitiria (100m) - Athens, Greece (1999) , trackie.com The technicality is Tim Montgomery's intervening 2002 world record (9.78) was later disallowed due to Montgomery's suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs.
+World records set at the Athens Grand Prix TsiklitiriaYearEventRecordAthleteNationality19999.79 20059.77
Meeting records
Men
+Men's meeting records of the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Event Record Athlete Nationality Date 100 m9.77 Asafa Powell14 June 2005200 m19.67 Usain Bolt13 July 2008400 m44.54LaShawn Merritt13 July 2009800 m1:43.42Yuriy Borzakovskiy20061000 m2:15.53Noah Ngeny20001500 m3:30.27Daniel Komen Kipchirchir20063000 m7:31.96Daniel Komen Kipchirchir20005000 m12:59.34Sammy Kipketer2001110 m hurdles13.04Dayron Robles13 July 2008400 m hurdles48.00Bershawn Jackson20063000 m steeplechase7:56.32Saif Saaeed Shaheen2006High jump2.37 mStefan Holm13 July 2008Pole vault6.05 mMaksim Tarasov1999Long jump8.44 mDwight Phillips20038.44 m Louis Tsatoumas13 July 2008Triple jump17.52 m Marian Oprea14 June 2005Shot put21.27 mAl Feuerbach1974Discus throw70.43 mVirgilijus Alekna2 July 2007Hammer throw81.71 mAndriy Skvaruk2002Javelin throw89.93 mSergey Makarov19994 × 100 m relay39.17Team Greece14 June 2005
Women
+Men's meeting records of the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Event Record Athlete Nationality Date 100 m10.92Ekaterini Thanou199910.92 Veronica Campbell-Brown13 July 2008200 m22.10Inger Miller1999400 m49.59Katharine Merry2001800 m1:57.70Larisa Mikhaylova19991500 m3:56.74Yelena Soboleva20063000 m8:33.07Dong Yanmei20005000 m15:30.06Merima Denboba1998100 m hurdles12.63Glory Alozie2002400 m hurdles53.02Lashinda Demus20063000 m steeplechase9:01.59Gulnara Samitova2004High jump2.00 mKajsa Bergqvist2006Pole vault4.88 mSvetlana Feofanova2004Long jump7.03 mFiona May1998Triple jump15.34 m Tatyana Lebedeva2004Shot put19.68 mNadezhda Ostapchuk13 July 2009Discus throw68.31 m Nicoleta Grasu2001Javelin throw67.99 m Osleidys Menéndez2004
References
External links
Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Meeting Records