The Globengalan is an annual indoor athletics event held in February at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. The meeting was first held in 1990 and from 2000 to 2010 known as GE Galan, because General Electric was the official title sponsor. From 2011 to 2015 the official name changed to XL Galan and was sponsored by Swedish book-trade company XL-BYGG.
The 2016 edition was part of the inaugural IAAF World Indoor Tour, but after a loss of sponsorship, was not held in 2017.
Meseret Defar made a world record run in the 5000 metres at the 2009 edition. She returned for a second record attempt in 2010 and finished just hundredths of a second short of the record, although Alemitu Bekele's second-place finish improved the European record indoors.Julin, A. Lennart (2010-02-11). Another blazing 5000m run by Defar - Stockholm report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-11.
World records
Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the GE Galan. +World records set at the Globengalan Year Event Record Athlete Nationality 19962:31.23199712:59.04199812:51.4819992:30.941999Pole vault4.56 m2002Pole vault4.72 m200914:24.372012Pole vault5.01 m20148:16.60201514:18.8620162:14.2020164:13.31
Meeting records
Men
+Men's meeting records of the Globengalan Event Record Athlete Nationality Date 60 m6.51Bruny Surin1997200 m20.60Jeff Williams1996400 m45.39Abdalleleh Haroun19 February 2015800 m1:44.34Yuriy Borzakovskiy20031000 m2:14.20Ayanleh Souleiman17 February 20161500 m3:33.39Laban Rotich1999Mile3:52.18Rui Silva20013000 m7:30.16Galen Rupp21 February 20135000 m12:51.48Daniel Komen199860 m hurdles7.42Colin Jackson1994High jump2.38 mYaroslav Rybakov15 February 2005Pole vault5.92 mMaksim Tarasov1998Igor Potapovich1998Long jump8.49 mCarl Lewis1992Triple jump17.64 mChristian Olsson12 February 2004Shot put21.33 mTim Nedow17 February 2016Heptathlon6188 ptsErki Nool1996 (60 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump), (60 m hurdles), (pole vault), (1000 m)
Women
+Women's meeting records of the Globengalan Event Record Athlete Nationality Date 60 m7.03Gail Devers1999200 m23.37Michelle-Lee Ahye19 February 2015400 m50.94Grit Breuer1998800 m1:57.67Stephanie Graf20011000 m2:30.94Maria Mutola19991500 m3:56.46Genzebe Dibaba17 February 2016Mile4:13.31Genzebe Dibaba17 February 20163000 m8:16.60Genzebe Dibaba6 February 20145000 m14:18.86Genzebe Dibaba19 February 201560 m hurdles7.74Susanna Kallur21 February 2008High jump2.03 mKajsa Bergqvist2003Pole vault5.01 mYelena Isinbayeva23 February 2012Long jump6.99 mChristabel Nettey19 February 2015Triple jump14.79 mOlga Saladukha23 February 2012Shot put19.79 mAstrid Kumbernuss1996Pentathlon4685 ptsYelena Lebedenko1996 (60 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (long jump), (800 m)
References
External links Official website