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{{Infobox athletics race
| bgcolour      = #FE9A2E
| image         = 
| imagesize     = 300 px
| caption       = The host stadium – Spiros Louis Stadium
| date          = June–July
| location      = [[Athens]], Greece {{flagicon|Greece}}
| type          = [[Track and field]]
| est           = 1963
| homepage      = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090706085356/http://www.tsiklitiria.org/index.htm Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria]
}}

The '''Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria''' is an annual [[Sport of athletics|athletics]] event at the [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Athens]], Greece, as part of the [[IAAF World Challenge Meetings]]. It was first organized in 1963, held at the [[Panathinaiko Stadium]]. Its name honours [[Kostas Tsiklitiras]], who won four olympic medals at the [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908]] and [[1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Olympic Games]] in [[Standing long jump|long jump]] and [[Standing high jump|high jump]], both from standing position.

==History==
From 2003 to 2009 [[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]] classified the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria among [[IAAF Grand Prix]] meetings.

==World records==
Over the course of its history, two [[List of world records in athletics|world records]] has been set at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria, for the same event and furthermore, the first (of 1999 edition) being surpassed by the latter (2005) on a technicality.<ref>{{cite web|title=IAAF World Championships: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Daegu 2011. |url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/06/10/33/61033_PDF_English.pdf |publisher=IAAF Media & Public Relations Department |location=Monte Carlo |page=596 (digital p. 42) |year=2011 |access-date=August 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818100742/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/06/10/33/61033_PDF_English.pdf |archive-date=August 18, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/TrackieTV/maurice-greene-9-79wr-grand-prix-tsiklitiria-100m-athens-greece-1999/612/ Maurice Greene (9.79WR) - Grand Prix Tsiklitiria (100m) - Athens, Greece (1999)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129055529/http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/TrackieTV/maurice-greene-9-79wr-grand-prix-tsiklitiria-100m-athens-greece-1999/612/ |date=2016-01-29 }}, trackie.com</ref> The technicality is [[Tim Montgomery]]'s intervening 2002 world record (9.78) was later disallowed due to Montgomery's suspension for using [[performance-enhancing drugs]].

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+World records set at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria
|-
!Year
!Event
!Record
!Athlete
!Nationality
|-
|'''1999'''
|{{Sort|100|[[100 metres|100 m]]}}
|9.79 {{wind|+0.1}}
|{{Sortname|Maurice|Greene|Maurice Greene (sprinter)}}
|{{flagu|United States}}
|-
|'''2005'''
|{{Sort|100|[[100 metres|100 m]]}}
|9.77 {{wind|+1.6}}
|{{Sortname|Asafa|Powell}}
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|}

==Meeting records==

===Men===
{{Sticky header}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header"
|+Men's meeting records of the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria
|-
!scope="col"| Event
!scope="col"| Record
!scope="col"| Athlete
!scope="col"| Nationality
!scope="col"| Date
!scope="col"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|[[100 metres|100 m]]
|9.77 {{wind|+1.6}}
|[[Asafa Powell]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|14 June 2005
|<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Metres Results |url=http://www.tsiklitiria.org/history/2005/res2005.asp?event=men100h0&type=res |publisher=www.tsiklititia.org |date=2005-06-14 |access-date=2010-02-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229150516/http://www.tsiklitiria.org/history/2005/res2005.asp?event=men100h0&type=res |archive-date=December 29, 2007 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|[[200 metres|200 m]]
|19.67 {{wind|-0.5}}
|[[Usain Bolt]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|13 July 2008
|<ref>{{cite web|title=200 Metres Results |url=http://www.tsiklitiria.org/results/res2008.asp?event=men200h0&type=res |publisher=www.tsiklititia.org |date=2008-07-13 |access-date=2009-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907075305/http://www.tsiklitiria.org/results/res2008.asp?event=men200h0&type=res |archive-date=September 7, 2008 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|[[400 metres|400 m]]
|44.54
|[[LaShawn Merritt]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|13 July 2009
|<ref>{{cite web|title=400 Metres Results |url=http://www.tsiklitiria.org/results/res2009.asp?event=men400f1&type=res |publisher=www.tsiklititia.org |date=2009-07-13 |access-date=2009-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716180150/http://www.tsiklitiria.org/results/res2009.asp?event=men400f1&type=res |archive-date=July 16, 2009 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|[[800 metres|800 m]]
|1:43.42
|[[Yuriy Borzakovskiy]]
|{{flagu|Russia}}
|2006
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[1000 metres|1000 m]]
|2:15.53
|[[Noah Ngeny]]
|{{flagu|Kenya}}
|2000
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[1500 metres|1500 m]]
|3:30.27
|[[Daniel Komen Kipchirchir]]
|{{flagu|Kenya}}
|2006
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[3000 metres|3000 m]]
|7:31.96
|[[Daniel Komen Kipchirchir]]
|{{flagu|Kenya}}
|2000
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[5000 metres|5000 m]]
|12:59.34
|[[Sammy Kipketer]]
|{{flagu|Kenya}}
|2001
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[110 metres hurdles|110 m hurdles]]
|13.04
|[[Dayron Robles]]
|{{flagu|Cuba}}
|13 July 2008
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
|48.00
|[[Bershawn Jackson]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|2006
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]
|7:56.32
|[[Saif Saaeed Shaheen]]
|{{flagu|Qatar}}
|2006
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[High jump]]
|2.37 m
|[[Stefan Holm]]
|{{flagu|Sweden}}
|13 July 2008
|<ref>{{cite web|title=High Jump Results |url=http://www.tsiklitiria.org/results/res2008.asp?event=menypsfi&type=res |publisher=www.tsiklititia.org |date=2008-07-13 |access-date=2009-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907075336/http://www.tsiklitiria.org/results/res2008.asp?event=menypsfi&type=res |archive-date=September 7, 2008 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|[[Pole vault]]
|6.05 m
|[[Maksim Tarasov]]
|{{flagu|Russia}}
|1999
|
|-
!scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"|[[Long jump]]
|8.44 m
|[[Dwight Phillips]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|2003
|
|-
|8.44 m {{wind|+0.2}}
|[[Louis Tsatoumas]]
|{{flagu|Greece}}
|13 July 2008
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[Triple jump]]
|17.52 m {{wind|+0.9}}
|[[Marian Oprea]]
|{{flagu|Romania}}
|14 June 2005
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[Shot put]]
|21.27 m
|[[Al Feuerbach]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|1974
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[Discus throw]]
|70.43 m
|[[Virgilijus Alekna]]
|{{flagu|Lithuania}}
|2 July 2007
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[Hammer throw]]
|81.71 m
|[[Andriy Skvaruk]]
|{{flagu|Ukraine}}
|2002
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[Javelin throw]]
|89.93 m
|[[Sergey Makarov (athlete)|Sergey Makarov]]
|{{flagu|Russia}}
|1999
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|39.17
|Team Greece
|{{flagu|Greece}}
|14 June 2005
|
|}

===Women===
{{Sticky header}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header"
|+Men's meeting records of the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria
|-
!scope="col"| Event
!scope="col"| Record
!scope="col"| Athlete
!scope="col"| Nationality
!scope="col"| Date
!scope="col"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="rowgroup" rowspan="2"|[[100 metres|100 m]]
|10.92
|[[Ekaterini Thanou]]
|{{flagu|Greece}}
|1999
|
|-
|10.92 {{wind|0.0}}
|[[Veronica Campbell-Brown]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|13 July 2008
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[200 metres|200 m]]
|22.10
|[[Inger Miller]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|1999
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[400 metres|400 m]]
|49.59
|[[Katharine Merry]]
|{{flagu|United Kingdom}}
|2001
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[800 metres|800 m]]
|1:57.70
|[[Larisa Mikhaylova]]
|{{flagu|Russia}}
|1999
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[1500 metres|1500 m]]
|3:56.74
|[[Yelena Soboleva]]
|{{flagu|Russia}}
|2006
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[3000 metres|3000 m]]
|8:33.07
|[[Dong Yanmei]]
|{{flagu|China}}
|2000
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[5000 metres|5000 m]]
|15:30.06
|[[Merima Denboba]]
|{{flagu|Ethiopia}}
|1998
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[100 metres hurdles|100 m hurdles]]
|12.63
|[[Glory Alozie]]
|{{flagu|Spain}}
|2002
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]
|53.02
|[[Lashinda Demus]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|2006
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]
|9:01.59
|[[Gulnara Samitova]]
|{{flagu|Russia}}
|2004
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[High jump]]
|2.00 m
|[[Kajsa Bergqvist]]
|{{flagu|Sweden}}
|2006
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[Pole vault]]
|4.88 m
|[[Svetlana Feofanova]]
|{{flagu|Russia}}
|2004
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[Long jump]]
|7.03 m
|[[Fiona May]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|1998
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[Triple jump]]
|15.34 m {{wind|-0.5}}
|[[Tatyana Lebedeva]]
|{{flagu|Russia}}
|2004
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[Shot put]]
|19.68 m
|[[Nadezhda Ostapchuk]]
|{{flagu|Belarus}}
|13 July 2009
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Shot Put Results |url=http://www.tsiklitiria.org/results/res2009.asp?event=womsfafi&type=res |publisher=www.tsiklititia.org |date=2009-07-13 |access-date=2009-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716180210/http://www.tsiklitiria.org/results/res2009.asp?event=womsfafi&type=res |archive-date=July 16, 2009 }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|[[Discus throw]]
|68.31 m 
|[[Nicoleta Grasu]]
|{{flagu|Romania}}
|2001
|
|-
!scope="row"|[[Javelin throw]]
|67.99 m 
|[[Osleidys Menéndez]]
|{{flagu|Cuba}}
|2004
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20090706085356/http://www.tsiklitiria.org:80/index.htm}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090709071807/http://www.tsiklitiria.org/records.htm Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Meeting Records]

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