Memorial Van Damme
The Memorial Van Damme is an athletics meeting that is held annually in August or September in the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels .
The memorial was organized for the first time in 1977 by a group of journalists in honor of Ivo Van Damme , who was killed in a car accident the year before. The meeting was part of the Golden Four from 1993 to 1997 . After that it was part of the Golden League and since 2010 it has been part of the Diamond League .
World records (Olympic disciplines only)
| date | athlete | discipline | power |
| 1996 | Salah Hissou (Morocco) | 10,000 m | 26: 38.08 min |
| 1997 | Daniel Komen (Kenya) | 5000 m | 12: 39.74 min |
| 1997 | Paul Tergat (Kenya) | 10,000 m | 26: 27.85 min |
| 2001 | Brahim Boulami (Morocco) | 3000 m obstacle | 7: 55.28 min |
| 2004 | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (Qatar) | 3000 m obstacle | 7: 53.63 min |
| 2004 | Jelena Isinbayeva (Russia) | Pole vault | 4.92 m |
| 2005 | Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) | 10,000 m | 26: 17.53 min |
| 2012 | Aries Merritt (USA) | 110 m hurdles | 12.80 s |
Individual evidence
- ^ History ( Memento of September 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Memorial Van Damme
Web links
Commons : Memorial Van Damme - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Memorial Van Damme (Dutch, Belgian or English)