Athletissima

Athletics tournament held in Lausanne, Switzerland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Athletissima is an annual athletics meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events, it is now part of the Diamond League.

DateJune – September
LocationLausanne, Switzerland Switzerland
Event typeTrack and field
World Athletics Cat.GW[1]
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Athletissima
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
DateJune – September
LocationLausanne, Switzerland Switzerland
Event typeTrack and field
World Athletics Cat.GW[1]
Established8 July 1977; 48 years ago (1977-07-08)
Official siteDiamond League – Lausanne
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The first edition was held on 8 July 1977 in the Stade Pierre de Coubertin.[2] In 1986, the event was moved to the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise.[2]

UBS has been the main sponsor of Athletissima Lausanne since 1982.[3] Other sponsors are Vaudoise Assurances, Omega, Erdgas and Nike.[4]

History

Prior to Athletissima, international athletics meetings were also held in Lausanne on 6 July 1947[5] and 13 July 1957.[6] The latter was also known as the "American Meeting",[7] similar to precursors of the Weltklasse Zürich.

Editions

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Athletissima editions
Ed. Meeting Series Date Ref.
1st 1977 Athletissima8 Jul 1977[2]
2nd 1978 Athletissima13 Jul 1978[8]
3rd 1979 Athletissima18 Jul 1979[9]
4th 1980 Athletissima15 Aug 1980[10]
5th 1981 Athletissima14 Jul 1981[11]
6th 1982 Athletissima14 Jul 1982[12]
7th 1983 Athletissima30 Jun 1983[13]
8th 1984 Athletissima10 Jul 1984[14]
9th 1985 Athletissima10 Jul 1985[15]
10th 1986 Athletissima2 Sep 1986[16]
11th 1987 Athletissima15 Sep 1987[17]
12th 1988 Athletissima1988 IAAF Grand Prix[2]24 Jun 1988[18]
13th 1989 Athletissima1989 IAAF Grand Prix27 Jun 1989[19]
14th 1990 Athletissima1990 IAAF Grand Prix12 Jul 1990[20]
15th 1991 Athletissima1991 IAAF Grand Prix10 Jul 1991[21]
16th 1992 Athletissima1992 IAAF Grand Prix8 Jul 1992[22]
17th 1993 Athletissima1993 IAAF Grand Prix7 Jul 1993[2]
18th 1994 Athletissima1994 IAAF Grand Prix6 Jul 1994[23]
19th 1995 Athletissima1995 IAAF Grand Prix5 Jul 1995[2]
20th 1996 Athletissima1996 IAAF Grand Prix3 Jul 1996[24]
21st 1997 Athletissima1997 IAAF Grand Prix2 Jul 1997[25]
22nd 1998 Athletissima1998 IAAF Grand Prix25 Aug 1998[26]
23rd 1999 Athletissima1999 IAAF Grand Prix2 Jul 1999[27]
24th 2000 Athletissima2000 IAAF Grand Prix5 Jul 2000[28]
25th 2001 Athletissima2001 IAAF Grand Prix4 Jul 2001[29]
26th 2002 Athletissima2002 IAAF Grand Prix2 Jul 2002[30]
27th 2003 Athletissima2003 IAAF Super Grand Prix1 Jul 2003[31]
28th 2004 Athletissima2004 IAAF Super Grand Prix6 Jul 2004[32]
29th 2005 Athletissima2005 IAAF Super Grand Prix5 Jul 2005[33]
30th 2006 Athletissima2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix11 Jul 2006[34]
31st 2007 Athletissima2007 IAAF Super Grand Prix10 Jul 2007[35]
32nd 2008 Athletissima2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix2 Sep 2008[36]
33rd 2009 Athletissima2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix7 Jul 2009[37]
34th 2010 Athletissima2010 Diamond League8 Jul 2010[38]
35th 2011 Athletissima2011 Diamond League30 Jun 2011[39]
36th 2012 Athletissima2012 Diamond League23 Aug 2012[40]
37th 2013 Athletissima2013 Diamond League4 Jul 2013[41]
38th 2014 Athletissima2014 Diamond League3 Jul 2014[42]
39th 2015 Athletissima2015 Diamond League9 Jul 2015[43]
40th 2016 Athletissima2016 Diamond League25 Aug 2016[44]
41st 2017 Athletissima2017 Diamond League6 Jul 2017[45]
42nd 2018 Athletissima2018 Diamond League4–5 Jul 2018[46][47]
43rd 2019 Athletissima2019 Diamond League4–5 Jul 2019[48]
44th 2020 Athletissima2020 Diamond League2 Sep 2020[49]
45th 2021 Athletissima2021 Diamond League25–26 Aug 2021[50]
46th 2022 Athletissima2022 Diamond League25–26 Aug 2022[51]
47th 2023 Athletissima2023 Diamond League29–30 Jun 2023[52]
48th 2024 Athletissima2024 Diamond League21–22 Aug 2024[53]
49th 2025 Athletissima2025 Diamond League19–20 Aug 2025[54]
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World records

Over the course of its history, three world records have been set at Athletissima.

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World records set at Athletissima
Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
1994 100 m 9.85 (+1.2 m/s) Leroy Burrell  United States
2005 Pole vault 4.93 m Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia
2006 110 m hurdles 12.88 (+1.1 m/s) Liu Xiang  China
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Meeting records

Men

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Men's meeting records of Athletissima
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Ref.
100 m 9.69 (−0.1 m/s) DLR Yohan Blake  Jamaica 23 August 2012 2012 [55]
200 m 19.50 (−0.1 m/s) Noah Lyles  United States 5 July 2019 2019 [56]
400 m 43.62 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 6 July 2017 2017 [57]
800 m 1:41.11 DLR Emmanuel Wanyonyi  Kenya 22 August 2024 2024 [58]
1000 m 2:13.49 DLR Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti 25 August 2016 2016 [59]
1500 m 3:27.83 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 22 August 2024 2024 [60]
Mile 3:49.12 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 10 July 1991 1991 [61]
2000 m 4:52.44 Jim Spivey  USA 15 September 1987 1987 [62]
3000 m 7:30.62 Daniel Komen  Kenya 2 July 1999 1999
5000 m 12:40.45 Berihu Aregawi  Ethiopia 30 June 2023 2023 [63]
10,000 m 27:15.00 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 6 July 1994 1994 [64]
110 m hurdles 12.88 (+1.1 m/s) Liu Xiang  China 11 July 2006 2006
400 m hurdles 47.14 Edwin Moses  United States 14 July 1981 1981
3000 m steeplechase 8:01.62 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto  Kenya 8 July 2010 2010
High jump 2.41 m Bohdan Bondarenko  Ukraine 4 July 2013 2013 [65]
Pole vault 6.15 m Armand Duplantis  Sweden 21 August 2024 2024 [66]
Long jump 8.56 m (+2.0 m/s) Iván Pedroso  Cuba 5 July 1995 1995
Triple jump 18.06 m (+1.1 m/s) Christian Taylor  United States 9 July 2015 2015 [67]
Shot put 22.81 m Ryan Crouser  United States 26 August 2021 2021 [68]
Discus throw 70.53 m Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 5 July 2005 2005
Hammer throw 84.48 m Igor Nikulin  Soviet Union 12 July 1990 1990 [69]
Javelin throw 90.72 m (old design) Jan Železný  Czechoslovakia 10 July 1991 1991
90.61 m (current design) Anderson Peters  Grenada 22 August 2024 2024 [70]
4 × 100 m relay 38.75 Michael Frater
Ainsley Waugh
Nesta Carter
Asafa Powell		  Jamaica 10 July 2007 2007 [71]
4 × 400 m relay 3:07.26 Reto Jelinek
Mathias Rusterholz
Alain Sierro
Daniel Kehl		   Switzerland 8 July 1992 1992 [72]
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Women

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Women's meeting records of Athletissima
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Ref.
100 m 10.60 (+1.7 m/s) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica 26 August 2021 2021 [73]
200 m 22.07 (+1.6 m/s) Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 5 July 1995 1995
400 m 49.17 Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain 5 July 2019 2019 [74]
800 m 1:55.69 Keely Hodgkinson  Great Britain 20 August 2025 2025 [75]
1500 m 3:57.34 Shelby Houlihan  United States 5 July 2018 2018 [76]
Mile 4:16.05 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 6 July 2017 2017 [77]
3000 m 8:21.50 Diribe Welteji  Ethiopia 22 August 2024 2024 [78]
100 m hurdles 12.34 (−0.9 m/s) Jasmine Camacho-Quinn  Puerto Rico 26 August 2022 2022 [79]
400 m hurdles 52.25 Femke Bol  Netherlands 22 August 2024 2024 [80]
3000 m steeplechase 9:05.98 Beatrice Chepkoech  Kenya 30 June 2023 2023 [81]
High jump 2.06 m Mariya Lasitskene  Russia 6 July 2017 2017 [82]
Pole vault 4.93 m Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia 5 July 2005 2005
Long jump 7.48 m (+0.4 m/s) Heike Drechsler  Germany 8 July 1992 1992 [72]
Triple jump 15.52 m (+0.6 m/s) DLR Yulimar Rojas  Venezuela 26 August 2021 2021 [83]
Shot put 20.95 m Valerie Adams  New Zealand 23 August 2012 2012 [84]
Discus throw 68.96 m Sandra Perković  Croatia 4 July 2013 2013 [85]
Javelin throw 69.58 m (old design) Natalya Shikolenko  Bulgaria 6 July 1994 1994 [64]
68.43 m (current design) Sara Kolak  Croatia 6 July 2017 2017 [86]
4 × 100 m relay 42.03 Dina Asher-Smith
Desiree Henry
Bianca Williams
Amy Hunt		  Great Britain 22 August 2024 2024 [87]
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