Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, formerly known as BW-Bank Meeting and officially known as the Init Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in January or February in Karlsruhe, Germany. The meeting was first held at the Europahalle in 1985 and is currently a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold-level event, the highest level of one-day indoor meeting in the World Athletics calendar. The athletics meeting is known for having strong fields in the short sprint events.Ed Gordon (2011-02-14). Three world leads in Karlsruhe. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-19. The 2016 edition was part of the inaugural IAAF World Indoor Tour.

The meeting has a strong tradition in the 60 metres hurdles event – Susanna Kallur set a women's world record in 2008, while Liu Xiang and Márcio de Souza have set continental records on the men's side.

It was previously known as the LBBW Meeting, changing to BW-Bank Meeting in 2006.LBBW Meeting – Karlsruhe. Euro Meetings. Retrieved on 2011-02-19.

A strict limit of 199 occupants following safety concerns after modified fire safety regulations in Germany required in 2015 that the meeting was moved to Dm-Arena in Rheinstetten on Karlsruhe's exhibition areal. The sport infrastructure is temporary, it was first used in the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg and was acquired by the city of Karlsruhe with the intention to be able to host various more high-profile athletics events in Dm-Arena than would be possible in Europahalle even if it is put back in normal operation.

Editions

+Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe editions Name Date 1985 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 3 Feb 1985 1986 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 31 Jan 1986 1987 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 28 Jan 1987 1988 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 7 Feb 1988 1989 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 24 Feb 1989 1990 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 11 Feb 1990 1991 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 24 Feb 1991 1992 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 31 Jan 1992 1993 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 6 Mar 1993 1994 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 1 Mar 1994 1995 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 12 Feb 1995 1996 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 11 Feb 1996 1997 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 14 Feb 1997 1998 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 25 Jan 1998 1999 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 24 Jan 1999 2000 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 29 Jan 2000 2001 LBBW Meeting 27 Jan 2001 2002 LBBW Meeting 25 Jan 2002 2003 LBBW Meeting 28 Feb 2003 2004 LBBW Meeting 15 Feb 2004 2005 LBBW Meeting 13 Feb 2005 2006 BW-Bank Meeting 29 Jan 2006 2007 BW-Bank Meeting 11 Feb 2007 2008 BW-Bank Meeting 10 Feb 2008 2009 BW-Bank Meeting 15 Feb 2009 2010 BW-Bank Meeting 31 Jan 2010 2011 BW-Bank Meeting 13 Feb 2011 2012 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 12 Feb 2012 2013 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 2 Feb 2013 2014 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 1 Feb 2014 2015 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 2 Feb 2015 2016 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 6 Feb 2016 2017 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 4 Feb 2017 2018 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 3 Feb 2018 2019 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 2 Feb 2019 2020 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 31 Jan 2020 2021 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 29 Jan 2021 2022 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 28 Jan 2022 2023 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 27 Jan 2023 2024: Meet cancelled, Europahalle unavailable 2025 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 7 Feb 2025 2026 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 8 Feb 2026

World records Over the course of its history, three world records have been set at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe.

+World records set at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe Year Event Record Athlete Nationality19987:26.1520087.6820143:55.17

Meeting records

Men

+Men's meeting records of the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe Event Record Athlete Nationality Date 60 m6.45Ronald Pognon13 February 2005200 m20.61Tobias Unger13 February 2005300 m32.19Robson Caetano da Silva24 February 1989400 m46.03Brian Faust7 February 2025800 m1:44.15Yuriy Borzakovskiy27 January 20011000 m2:17.01Mehdi Baala13 February 20051500 m3:33.08Daniel Kipchirchir Komen13 February 2005Mile3:53.74Jens-Peter Herold1 March 19942000 m4:56.23Jens-Peter Herold6 March 19933000 m7:26.15Haile Gebrselassie25 January 199860 m hurdles7.38Allen Johnson22 February 1995High jump2.35 mNaoto Tobe2 February 2019Pole vault6.02 mArmand Duplantis28 January 2022Long jump8.38 mLarry Myricks7 February 1998Triple jump17.46 mJadel Gregorio15 February 2004Shot put21.33 mDavid Storl1 February 2014

Women

+Women's meeting records of the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Video60 m7.04Irina Privalova11 February 1996Dina Asher-Smith27 January 2023200 m22.50Irina Privalova31 January 1992400 m50.84Helga Arendt7 February 1998800 m1:57.48Maria Lurdes Mutola15 February 20041500 m3:55.17Genzebe Dibaba1 February 20143000 m8:26.41Laura Muir4 February 201760 m hurdles7.68Susanna Kallur10 February 2008High jump2.05 mAriane Friedrich15 February 2009Pole vault4.76 mSilke Spiegelburg13 February 2011Long jump7.07 mMalaika Mihambo7 February 2025Triple jump14.88 mYamile Aldama29 January 2003Shot put20.68 mSarah Mitton7 February 2025

References

External links

Official website Meeting Records - Men Meeting Records - Women