Athletissima

100 meter run at the Athletissima 2012

The Athletissima is an annual international athletics meeting in Lausanne . It belongs since 2010 IAAF Diamond League of the IAAF . The venue for the Athletissima was initially the Stade Pierre de Coubertin , and since 1986 it has been held at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise .

On July 11, 2006, Liu Xiang (China) set a new world record for the 110 meter hurdles in Lausanne . He completed the forest of hurdles in 12.88 s. In Liu's record race, the American Dominique Arnold undercut the old mark of 12.91 s achieved by both Liu Xiang and Colin Jackson (Great Britain) with a time of 12.90 s . The record has been improved several times since then. Other world records that no longer exist today are the 4.93 m of Jelena Issinbajewa (Russia) in the pole vault (2005) and the 9.85 s of Leroy Burrell (USA) over 100 meters , set in 1994.

Competitive best

Men

Art	record	athlete	origin	date
100 m	9.69 (−0.1 m / s)	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	23rd August 2012
200 m	19.50 (−0.1 m / s)	Noah Lyles	United States	5th July 2019
400 m	43.62	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	6th July 2017
800 m	1: 42.61	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	July 2, 1997
1500 m	3: 28.77	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya	5th July 2019
3000 m	7: 30.62	Daniel Komen	Kenya	July 2, 1999
5000 m	12: 55.23	Muktar Edris	Ethiopia	6th July 2017
110 m hurdles	12.88 (+1.1 m / s)	Liu Xiang	People's Republic of China	July 11, 2006
400 m hurdles	47.14	Edwin Moses	United States	July 14, 1981
3000 m obstacle	8: 01.62	Brimin Kiprop Kipruto	Kenya	July 8, 2010
Pole vault	6.01 m	Piotr Lisek	Poland	5th July 2019
high jump	2.41 m	Bohdan Bondarenko	Ukraine	4th July 2013
Long jump	8.56 m	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	5th July 1995
Triple jump	18.06 m	Christian Taylor	United States	July 9, 2015
Shot put	22.39 m	Ryan Crouser	United States	6th July 2017
Discus throw	70.53 m	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	July 5, 2005
Javelin throw	90.72 m	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	July 10, 1991

Women

Art	record	Athlete	origin	date
100 m	10.72 (0.0 m / s)	Marion Jones	United States	August 25, 1998
200 m	22.07	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	June 5, 1995
400 m	49.17	Salwa Eid Naser	Bahrain	5th July 2019
800 m	1: 56.25	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	July 2, 2002
1500 m	3: 57.34	Shelby Houlihan	United States	5th July 2018
3000 m	8: 31.34	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	6th July 2017
100 m hurdles	12.40 (+1.2 m / s)	Gail Devers	United States	July 2, 2002
400 m hurdles	53.08	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco	July 2, 1999
3000 m obstacle	9: 16.99	Virginia Nyambura	Kenya	July 9, 2015
high jump	2.06 m	Marija Lassizkene	Authorized Neutral Athletes	6th July 2017
Pole vault	4.93 m	Elena Isinbayeva	Russia	July 5, 2005
Long jump	7.47 m (+0.4 m / s)	Heike Drechsler	Germany	July 8, 1992
Triple jump	15.33 m (+1.2 m / s)	Tatiana Lebedeva	Russia	July 6, 2004
Shot put	20.95 m	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	23rd August 2012
Discus throw	68.96 m	Sandra Perković	Croatia	4th July 2013
Javelin throw	68.43 m	Sara Kolak	Croatia	6th July 2017

Web links

Commons : Athletissima  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website