The Helsinki Grand Prix (, World Games in English) was an annual one-day outdoor track and field meeting held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland. Established in 1959, it was originally organised by a local athletics club, Helsingin Kisa-Veikot (HKV). It continued in this format, with Apu magazine a key sponsor, for nearly three decades. In 1987, HKV came to an agreement where the Finnish Amateur Athletic Association took on the operating costs of the competition. The Finnish Association ceased this arrangement in 1992, causing the cancellation of the 1993 meeting due to financial difficulties.
Following the successful hosting the 1994 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, the meeting was rebooted and incorporated into the annual IAAF Grand Prix series upon that competition's founding in 1998.1998 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-27. It continued to be a high-level meeting for international athletes, and was again included the top bracket upon the creation of the IAAF World Athletics Tour in 2005. During this period it had title sponsors and was known as the Ericsson Grand Prix (1998–2000), Asics Grand Prix (2001–2004) and GE Money Grand Prix (2005–2006). However, the 2006 meeting proved to be its last and the meeting folded in 2007.
Best athlete prize
At each competition, the best athlete of the meet would be presented with a sculpted glass prize.
Meet records
Men +Men's meeting records of the Helsinki Grand Prix Event Record Athlete Nationality Date 100 m9.87Frankie Fredericks200 m20.14Ato BoldonObadele Thompson400 m44.53Mark Richardson800 m1:43.97Mbulaeni Mulaudzi1500 m3:31.00Noureddine Morceli3000 m7:26.03Haile Gebrselassie5000 m12:39.36Haile Gebrselassie10,000 m27:16.50Salvatore Antibo3000 m steeplechase8:10.15Moses Kiptanui110 m hurdles13.12Colin Jackson400 m hurdles48.06Ruslan MashchenkoHigh jump2.37 mHollis ConwayPole vault5.90 mRiaan BothaLong jump8.44 mDwight PhillipsTriple jump17.82 mJonathan EdwardsShot put22.47 mWerner GünthörDiscus throw70.98 mMac WilkinsHammer throw84.14 mYuriy SedykhJavelin throw89.98 mSergey Makarov4 × 100 m relay38.38
Women +Men's meeting records of the Helsinki Grand Prix Event Record Athlete Nationality Date 100 m10.86Marion Jones200 m21.91Marion Jones400 m50.39DeeDee Trotter800 m1:57.10Sigrun Wodars1500 m4:02.9Tatyana Kazankina3000 m8:40.72Maricica Puică5000 m14:52.66Fernanda Ribeiro10,000 m31:00.64Kayoko Fukushi100 m hurdles12.66Damu Cherry400 m hurdles54.05Sandra Farmer-PatrickHigh jump2.00 mStefka KostadinovaPole vault4.50 mSvetlana FeofanovaLong jump7.09 mInessa KravetsTriple jump15.05 mTrecia-Kaye SmithShot put20.63 mNatalya LisovskayaDiscus throw65.82 mMaría Cristina BetancourtHammer throw69.19 mOlga KuzenkovaJavelin throw68.47 mOsleidys Menéndez4 × 100 m relay42.65
References
External links GE Money Grand Prix Records