The Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, abbreviated as FBK Games, is an annual track and field event at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion in Hengelo, Netherlands. It is named after Fanny Blankers-Koen in 1981, but was named Adriaan Paulen Memorial after Adriaan Paulen between 1987 and 2000. It has been part of the World Athletics Continental Tour since 2021.
History The first edition was organized on 6 June 1981."Atletiektoppers naar Hengelo" (in Dutch), De Telegraaf, 6 June 1981. Retrieved 17 July 2024. Its name honours Fanny Blankers-Koen, who won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympic Games.
It was known as the 'Adriaan Paulen Memorial' from 1987 to 2000, in memory of another Dutch athlete, but when Fanny Blankers-Koen was elected as the best female athlete of the 20th century by the IAAF in 2000, it was decided to use the original name "FBK-Games" again.FBK history. — accessed July 25, 2008.
From 2003 to 2009 IAAF classified the FBK Games among IAAF Grand Prix meetings and from 2010 to 2019 it was a IAAF World Challenge meeting. The 2020 event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2021 it is a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold level meeting.
World records Over the course of its history, half a dozen world records have been set at the FBK Games. +World records set at the FBK GamesYearEventRecordAthleteNation199412:56.96199526:43.5319978:01.08199826:22.75200412:37.35202129:06.82
Meeting records
Men
+Men's meeting records of the FBK GamesEventRecordAthleteNationalityDate100 m9.95 Richard Thompson8 June 2014200 m20.23 Churandy Martina8 June 2013400 m44.35Abdalleleh Haroun3 June 2018800 m1:43.05Wilfred Bungei1 June 20031000 m2:14.37Niels Laros7 July 20241500 m3:29.51Hicham El Guerrouj31 May 1997Mile3:50.39James Kwalia1 June 20033000 m7:29.49Haile Gebrselassie27 May 1996Two miles8:01.08Haile Gebrselassie31 May 19975000 m12:37.35Kenenisa Bekele31 May 200410,000 m26:22.75Haile Gebrselassie1 June 1998One hour20,822.36 mHaile Gebrselassie1 June 2009110 m hurdles13.03 Grant Holloway4 June 2023400 m hurdles48.08Edwin Moses19 July 19873000 m steeplechase8:01.05Paul Kipsiele Koech26 May 2007High jump2.33 mAndriy Protsenko8 June 2014Pole vault6.11 mArmand Duplantis4 June 2023Long jump8.73 m Irving Saladino24 May 2008Triple jump17.57 m Hugues Fabrice Zango7 July 2024Shot put21.87 mReese Hoffa28 May 2011Discus throw71.84 mPiotr Małachowski8 June 2013Hammer throw80.90 mIgor Astapkovich28 May 2000Javelin throw90.75 m Anderson Peters6 June 20224 × 100 m relay38.29 Santa Monica Track Club4 June 19944 × 200 m relay1:20.43 Santa Monica Track Club13 August 19894 × 400 m relay3:09.59 Dutch national team19 July 1987
Women
+Women's meeting records of the FBK GamesEventRecordAthleteNationalityDate100 m10.92 Dina Asher-Smith6 June 2021200 m22.02 Dafne Schippers22 May 2016400 m50.02Femke Bol7 July 2024800 m1:55.76Pamela Jelimo24 May 20081000 m2:34.65Mary Decker19 July 19871500 m3:56.14Sifan Hassan11 June 2017Mile4:25.71Jennifer Simpson3 June 20182000 m5:40.71Elly van Hulst13 August 19893000 m8:30.43Zahra Ouaziz1 June 19985000 m14:35.37Meseret Defar28 May 200610,000 m29:06.82 Sifan Hassan6 June 2021100 m hurdles12.39 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn7 July 2024400 m hurdles 52.51 Femke Bol 9 June 2025 3000 m steeplechase9:07.06Sofia Assefa11 June 2017High jump2.04 mMariya Lasitskene11 June 2017Pole vault4.90 mYarisley Silva8 June 2013Long jump6.88 m Larissa Berezhnaya13 August 1989Triple jump14.63 m Caterine Ibarguen8 June 2014Shot put20.86 mAstrid Kumbernuss31 May 1997Discus throw67.42 mIlke Wyludda25 June 1991Hammer throw71.54 mManuela Montebrun1 June 2003Javelin throw63.90 mTatsiana Khaladovich11 June 20174 × 100 m relay42.25Alexandra BurghardtLisa MayerGina LückenkemperRebekka Haase11 June 2017
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