The Kip Keino Classic is a track and field meeting held at the Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya and named after Olympian Kipchoge Keino. The inaugural edition took place in 2020 as part of the inaugural World Athletics Continental Tour.
The venue is at 1,612 metres in elevation, slightly over 1 mile in altitude, thus all marks set here are considered at altitude which is an advantage to short, explosive events like sprinting and jumping due to less air resistance but a dis-advantage to long distance runners due to the availability of less oxygen.
Meet records Men EventRecordAthleteNationalityDate100 m9.76 Trayvon Bromell18 September 2021200 m19.71 Courtney Lindsey20 April 2024Letsile Tebogo20 April 2024400 m43.76 Zakithi Nene31 May 2025800 m1:43.32 Emmanuel Wanyonyi13 May 2023Jonah Koech31 May 20251500 m3:31.01 Abel Kipsang7 May 20223000 m7:45.56 Emmanuel Kiprono24 April 20265000 m13:08.32 Nicholas Kimeli3 October 202010,000 m28:06.90 Paul Tanui3 October 2020400 m hurdles48.34 Wiseman Were Mukhobe31 May 20253000 m steeplechase8:14.55 Gemechu Godana24 April 2026High jump2.20 m Mathew Sawe3 October 2020Pole vault5.65 m Rutger Koppelaar18 September 2021Triple jump15.95 m Isaac Kirwa20 April 2024Shot put16.66 m George Malala31 May 2025Hammer throw84.38 m Ethan Katzberg20 April 2024Javelin throw89.28 m Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage24 April 202620 km walk (road)1:22:56 Samuel Gathimba3 October 2020
Women EventRecordAthleteNationalityDate100 m10.67 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce7 May 2022200 m21.89 Gabby Thomas24 April 2026400 m50.14 Mercy Oketch31 May 2025800 m1:57.96 Mary Moraa20 April 20241500 m4:01.50 Diribe Welteji7 May 20223000 m9:08.98 Venenza Chebet Masai24 April 20265000 m14:49.97 Girmawit Gebrzihair7 May 2022400 m hurdles54.12 Amalie Iuel24 April 20263000 m steeplechase9:04.95 Norah Jeruto7 May 2022High jump2.00 m Yaroslava Mahuchikh13 May 2023Long jump6.84 m Lissandra Campos31 May 2025Hammer throw80.03 m Camryn Rogers24 April 202620 km walk (road)1:46:40 Grace Wanjiru3 October 2020
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