British Grand Prix (athletics)
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The host stadium – Alexander Stadium
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Date | July |
Location | Birmingham, England |
Event type | Track and field |
Official site | British Grand Prix |
The British Grand Prix is an annual athletics meeting. It is part of the IAAF Diamond League series of track and field meets and it is sponsored by Aviva. It was held at the Gateshead International Stadium in Gateshead until the 2010 edition, when it moved Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.
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History
From 2003 to 2009 IAAF classified the British Grand Prix among IAAF Grand Prix meetings. Asafa Powell equalled the 100 metres world record at the meeting in 2006.[1]
World records
Over the course of its history, one world record has been set at the British Grand Prix.
Year | Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality |
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2006 | 100 m | 9.77 (+1.5 m/s) | Asafa Powell | Jamaica |
Meeting records
Men
Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Ref |
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100 m | 9.77 (+1.5 m/s) | Asafa Powell | Jamaica | 11 June 2006 | |
200 m | 19.94 | Michael Johnson | United States | 15 September 1991 | |
300 m | 31.56 | Douglas Walker | Great Britain | 19 July 1998 | |
400 m | 44.49 | Iwan Thomas | United Kingdom | 29 June 1997 | |
600 m | 1:13.71 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 24 August 2014 | [2] |
800 m | 1:43.93 | Mark Everett | United States | 15 September 1991 | |
1500 m | 3:30.82 | Ali Saïdi-Sief | Algeria | 27 August 2000 | |
Mile | 3:51.89 | Asbel Kiprop | Kenya | 24 August 2014 | [3] |
Two miles | 8:07.85 | Mo Farah | Great Britain | 24 August 2014 | [4] |
5000 m | 13:00.20 | Vincent Chepkok | Kenya | 10 July 2010 | |
110 m hurdles | 12.95 (-0.9 m/s) | Aries Merritt | United States | 26 August 2012 | [5] |
400 m hurdles | 47.67 | Kevin Young | United States | 14 August 1992 | |
3000 m steeplechase | 8:07.80 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Kenya | 24 August 2014 | [6] |
High jump | 2.38 m | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar | 24 August 2014 | [7] |
Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine | 24 August 2014 | [7] | ||
Long jump | 8.45 m | Miguel Pate | United States | 21 August 2005 | |
Triple jump | 17.74 m | Christian Olsson | Sweden | 13 July 2003 | |
Shot put | 22.45 m | Christian Cantwell | United States | 11 June 2006 | |
Discus throw | 69.83 m | Piotr Małachowski | Poland | 10 July 2010 | |
Javelin throw | 95.66 m | Jan Železný | Czech Republic | 29 August 1993 |
Women
References
- ↑ Powell equals 100m world record. BBC Sport (2006-06-11). Retrieved on 2010-06-07.
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External links
British Grand Prix at Diamond LeagueLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).