Weltklasse Zürich

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Weltklasse Zürich (German: World Class Zurich) is an annual athletics meeting at the Letzigrund in Zürich, Switzerland as part of the IAAF Golden League. One of the first large-scale international athletics events (outside the Olympics), it is sometimes referred to as the one day Olympics. Weltklasse Zürich first took place on August 12, 1928.

[edit] World records

Twenty-five world records were broken or equalled in the meeting's history^[1]:

[edit] Men

100 Metres

10.0 Armin Hary FRG 21 Jun 1960

9.77 Asafa Powell JAM 18 Aug 2006

400 Metres

43.29 Butch Reynolds USA 17 Aug 1988

800 Metres

1:41.24 Wilson Kipketer DEN 13 Aug 1997

1500 Metres

3:32.1 Sebastian Coe GBR 15 Aug 1979

One Mile

3:48.53 Sebastian Coe GBR 19 Aug 1981

5000 Metres

12:44.39 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 16 Aug 1995

12:41.86 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 13 Aug 1997

3000 Metres Steeplechase

8:02.08 Moses Kiptanui KEN 19 Aug 1992

7:59.18 Moses Kiptanui KEN 16 Aug 1995

7:59.08 Wilson Boit Kipketer KEN 13 Aug 1997

110 Metres Hurdles

13.2 Martin Lauer FRG 7 Jul 1959

13.2 Willie Davenport USA 4 Jul 1969

13.1 Rod Milburn USA 6 Jul 1973

12.93 Renaldo Nehemiah USA 19 Aug 1981

12.92 Roger Kingdom USA 16 Aug 1989

120 Yards Hurdles

13.2 Martin Lauer FRG 7 Jul 1959

200 Metres Hurdles Bend

22.5 Martin Lauer FRG 7 Jul 1959

4 x 100 Metres Relay

37.67 United States 1 USA 7 Aug 1991

[edit] Women

100 Metres

10.76 Evelyn Ashford USA 22 Aug 1984

1500 Metres

3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina URS 13 Aug 1980

One Mile

4:16.71 Mary Slaney USA 21 Aug 1985

4:12.56 Svetlana Masterkova RUS 14 Aug 1996

Pole vault

5.06 m Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 28 Aug 2009

Discus Throw

70.20 Faina Melnik URS 20 Aug 1975

[edit] Meeting Records

[edit] Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date
100 m	9.77	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	18 August 2006
200 m	19.92	Xavier Carter	United States	7 September 2007
400 m	43.29	Harry ("Butch") Reynolds	United States	17 August 1988
800 m	1:41.24	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	13 August 1997
1000 m
1500 m	3:26.45	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	12 August 1998
Mile
3000 m
5000 m	12:41.86	Haile Gebreselassie	Ethiopia	13 August 1997
10000 m
110 m hurdles	12.92	Roger Kingdom	United States	16 August 1989
400 m hurdles	47.10	Samuel Matete	Zambia	7 August 1991
3000 m steeplechase	7:56.54	Saif Saeed Shaheen	Qatar	18 August 2006
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump	17.79 m	Jonathan Edwards	United Kingdom	14 August 1996
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw	92.28 m	Raymond Hecht	Germany	14 August 1996
4x100 m relay	37.67		United States	7 August 1991
4x400 m relay

[edit] Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date
100 m	10.76	Evelyn Ashford	United States	22 August 1984
200 m
400 m	48.86	Jarmila Kratochvilova	Czech Republic	18 August 1982
800 m	1:55.19	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	17 August 1994
1000 m
1500 m
Mile
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
100 m hurdles	12.39	Gail Devers	United States	11 August 2000
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
High jump
Pole vault	5.06 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	28 August 2009
Long jump	7.39 m	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	21 August 1985
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
4x100 m relay
4x400 m relay