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Meeting de Paris (formerly known as the Meeting Areva and Meeting Gaz de France) is an annual track and field meeting at the Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris, France. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the Diamond League. It was first organized in 1999. The record attendance was set on 1 July 2005, with a total of 70,253 spectators.[2]

DateJune – August
LocationParis, France France
Event typeTrack and field
World Athletics Cat.GW[1]
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Meeting de Paris
DateJune – August
LocationParis, France France
Event typeTrack and field
World Athletics Cat.GW[1]
Established21 July 1999; 27 years ago (1999-07-21)
Official siteDiamond League – Paris
2026 Meeting de Paris
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History

Stade De France, which hosted the Meeting de Paris from 1999 to 2016

The origins of the meet date back to 1984 when Michel Zilbermann organised an athletics meeting at the Stade Auguste Delaune. Another meeting in Paris was held annually in the Stade Sébastien Charléty. In the 1990s, the Saint-Denis meet was sponsored by the L'Humanité newspaper.[3]

The two meets collaborated to create a new event in the Stade de France in 1999. Following this, the two meetings officially merged to become one meet in 2000. The meeting's founder Zilbermann died in April 2008 following a long illness.[2]

The 2009 event was marred by heavy rain but Kenenisa Bekele, Kerron Stewart, Sanya Richards and Yelena Isinbayeva all remained on target for the 2009 Golden League jackpot. A particular highlight was Usain Bolt's 9.79 seconds run for the 100 m meet record, which was closely followed by a national-record-breaking Daniel Bailey. There were 46,500 people in attendance to see new French record holder Renaud Lavillenie win the pole vault competition.[4] The 2013 event was headlined by Usain Bolt setting a World Leading time in the 200m in front of 50,226 fans. In 2017, the meeting moved back to Stade Sébastien Charléty. The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Editions

The 2023 meeting at the Charléty stadium
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Meeting de Paris editions
Ed. Meeting name Series Date Ref.
1st Meeting de Saint-Denis2 Jun 1984[6]
2nd Meeting de Paris13 Jul 1985[7]
3rd BNP de Paris22 Jul 1986[7]
4th Saint-Denis Invitational11 Jun 1987[7]
5th Saint-Denis Invitational7 Jun 1988[7][8]
6th Meeting International de Saint-Denis23 Jun 1989[9][8]
7th Meeting International de Saint-Denis22 Jun 1990[7][10]
8th Meeting International d'Athletisme19 Jul 1991[3][10]
9th Meeting International d'Athletisme4 Jun 1992[7][8]
10th International d'Athletisme de St Denis11 Jun 1993[7][8]
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12th 1996 Meeting Gaz de France1996 IAAF Grand Prix28 Jun 1996[11]
13th 1997 Meeting Gaz de France1997 IAAF Grand Prix25 Jun 1997[12]
14th 1998 Meeting Gaz de France1998 IAAF Grand Prix29 Jul 1998[13]
1999 Meeting Gaz de France Saint-Denis1999 IAAF Grand Prix3 Jul 1999[14][15]
15th 1999 Meeting de Paris1999 IAAF Grand Prix21 Jul 1999[16][17]
16th 2000 Meeting Gaz de France2000 IAAF Golden League23 Jun 2000[18]
17th 2001 Meeting Gaz de France2001 IAAF Golden League6 Jul 2001[19]
18th 2002 Meeting Gaz de France2002 IAAF Golden League5 Jul 2002[20]
19th 2003 Meeting Gaz de France2003 IAAF Golden League4 Jul 2003[21]
20th 2004 Meeting Gaz de France2004 IAAF Golden League23 Jul 2004[22]
21st 2005 Meeting Gaz de France2005 IAAF Golden League1 Jul 2005[23]
22nd 2006 Meeting Gaz de France2006 IAAF Golden League8 Jul 2006[24]
23rd 2007 Meeting Gaz de France2007 IAAF Golden League6 Jul 2007[25]
24th 2008 Meeting Gaz de France2008 IAAF Golden League18 Jul 2008[26]
25th 2009 Meeting Areva2009 IAAF Golden League17 Jul 2009[27]
26th 2010 Meeting Areva2010 Diamond League16 Jul 2010[28]
27th 2011 Meeting Areva2011 Diamond League8 Jul 2011[29]
28th 2012 Meeting Areva2012 Diamond League6 Jul 2012[30]
29th 2013 Meeting Areva2013 Diamond League6 Jul 2013[31]
30th 2014 Meeting Areva2014 Diamond League5 Jul 2014[32]
31st 2015 Meeting Areva2015 Diamond League4 Jul 2015[33]
32nd 2016 Meeting de Paris2016 Diamond League27 Aug 2016[34]
33rd 2017 Meeting de Paris2017 Diamond League1 Jul 2017[35]
34th 2018 Meeting de Paris2018 Diamond League30 Jun 2018[36]
35th 2019 Meeting de Paris2019 Diamond League24 Aug 2019[37]
2020: Meet canceled due to COVID-19[5]
36th 2021 Meeting de Paris2021 Diamond League28 Aug 2021[38]
37th 2022 Meeting de Paris2022 Diamond League18 Jun 2022[39]
38th 2023 Meeting de Paris2023 Diamond League9 Jun 2023[40]
39th 2024 Meeting de Paris2024 Diamond League7 Jul 2024[41]
40th 2025 Meeting de Paris2025 Diamond League20 Jun 2025[42]
41st 2026 Meeting de Paris2026 Diamond League28 Jun 2026[43]
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World records

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World records set at the Meeting de Paris
Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
2023 Two miles 7:54.10 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway
3000 m steeplechase 7:52.11 Lamecha Girma  Ethiopia
5000 m 14:05.20 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya
2024 High Jump 2.10 m Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine
1500m 3:49.04 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya
2025 1500m 3:27.72 WU20R Phanuel Koech  Kenya
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Meeting records

Men

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Men's meeting records of the Meeting de Paris
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Ref.
100 m 9.79 (−0.2 m/s) Usain Bolt  Jamaica 17 July 2009 2009
200 m 19.65 (+0.2 m/s) Noah Lyles  United States 24 August 2019 2019 [44]
400 m 43.54 Collen Kebinatshipi  Botswana 28 June 2026 2026 [45]
800 m 1:41.54 David Rudisha  Kenya 6 July 2012 2012 [46]
1000 m 2:13.73 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 2 July 1993
1500 m 3:27.49 Azeddine Habz  France 20 June 2025 2025 [47]
Mile 3:49.01 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 29 July 1998 1998
2000 m 4:58.21 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 4 June 1992
3000 m 7:24.00+[a] Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 9 June 2023 2023 [48][49]
Two miles 7:54.10 WB Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 9 June 2023 2023 [48]
5000 m 12:40.18 Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 1 July 2005 2005 [50]
10,000 m 27:22.95 Fernando Mamede  Portugal 9 July 1982
110 m hurdles 12.88 (+0.5 m/s) Dayron Robles  Cuba 18 July 2008 2008
400 m hurdles 46.93 Rai Benjamin  United States 20 June 2025 2025 [51]
3000 m steeplechase 7:52.11 WR Lamecha Girma  Ethiopia 9 June 2023 2023 [48][52]
High jump 2.40 m Javier Sotomayor  Cuba 19 July 1991
Pole vault 6.13 m Armand Duplantis  Sweden 28 June 2026 2026 [45]
Long jump 8.66 m (+0.9 m/s) Mike Powell  United States 29 June 1990
Triple jump 18.06 m (+0.4 m/s) Will Claye  United States 24 August 2019 2019 [53]
Shot put 22.44 m Tomas Walsh  New Zealand 24 August 2019 2019 [54]
Discus throw 70.21 m Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 23 July 2004 2004 [55]
Hammer throw 83.00 m Balázs Kiss  Hungary 4 June 1998 1998
Javelin throw 91.40 m Jan Železný  Czech Republic 29 July 1998 1998
4 × 100 m relay 38.22 Méba Mickaël Zeze
Jeff Erius
Ryan Zeze
Jimmy Vicaut		  France 9 June 2023 2023 [56]
4 × 200 m relay 1:21.73 Attila Kovács
László Babály
István Tatár
István Nagy		  Hungary 9 July 1982
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Women

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Women's meeting records of the Meeting de Paris
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Ref.
100 m 10.67 (+0.5 m/s) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica 18 June 2022 2022 [57]
200 m 21.97 (+1.1 m/s) Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 29 June 1990
400 m 48.48 DLR Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic 28 June 2026 2026 [45]
800 m 1:53.80 Audrey Werro   Switzerland 28 June 2026 2026 [45]
1000 m 2:32.40 Ella Kovács  Romania 2 July 1993
1500 m 3:49.04 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya 7 July 2024 2024 [58]
Mile 4:18.08 Mary Slaney  United States 9 July 1982
3000 m 8:19.08 Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi 28 August 2021 2021 [59]
5000 m 14:05.20 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya 9 June 2023 2023 [48][52]
10,000 m 31:08.41 Catherina McKiernan  Ireland 17 June 1995
100 m hurdles 12.21 (+0.7 m/s) Grace Stark  United States 20 June 2025 2025 [60]
400 m hurdles 53.06 Kim Batten  United States 29 July 1998 1998
3000 m steeplechase 8:52.78 Ruth Jebet  Bahrain 27 August 2016 2016 [61]
High jump 2.10 m WR Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine 7 July 2024 2024 [62]
Pole vault 4.91 m Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia 6 July 2007 2007 [63]
Long jump 7.15 m (+1.7 m/s) Heike Drechsler  Germany 6 July 1992
Triple jump 15.12 m (−0.9 m/s) Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia 4 July 2003 2003 [64]
Shot put 20.78 m Valerie Adams  New Zealand 8 July 2011 2011 [65]
20.78 m X Nadezhda Ostapchuk  Belarus 16 July 2010 2010
Discus throw 69.04 m Valarie Allman  United States 9 June 2023 2023 [48]
Hammer throw 77.13 m Brooke Andersen  United States 9 June 2023 2023 [66]
Javelin throw 70.88 m (old design) Petra Felke-Meier  East Germany 29 June 1990
68.01 m (current design) Christina Obergföll  Germany 8 July 2011 2011 [67]
4 × 100 m relay 42.99 Carmen Marco
Paula García
Paula Sevilla
Jaël Bestué		  Spain 9 June 2023 2023
4 × 200 m relay 1:32.17 Laurence Bily
Liliane Gaschet
Chantal Réga
Raymonde Naigre		  France 9 July 1982
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Mixed

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Mixed meeting records of the Meeting de Paris
Event Record Athletes Nationality Date Meet Ref.
4 × 100 m relay 40.99 Ylann Bizasene
Chloé Galet
Théo Schaub
Sarah Richard		  France 28 June 2026 2026 [68]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    by World Athletics source; 7:23.8 by official Race Analysis

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