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Weltklasse in Köln

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Weltklasse in Köln
The host stadium
DateAugust
LocationCologne, Germany
Event typeTrack and field
Established1934
Last held1999

The Weltklasse in Köln was an annual one-day outdoor track and field meeting at the Müngersdorfer Stadion in Cologne, Germany. First held in 1934,[1] it was organised by ASV Köln until 1999, when the meeting folded after its fiftieth edition due to financial reasons. Despite the meeting's long history, it was not included in the IAAF's international circuit, although it did receive IAAF Grand Prix status for its final edition.[2]

Earlier in its history, the meeting was known as the ASV-Sportfest or Internationale Leichtathletik-Sportfest. Following its establishment in 1934, the meeting's second edition hosted several newly crowned Olympic champions in 1936 after the Berlin Olympics. It played host to the German Athletics Championships in 1947. The meeting returned after World War II with a meeting in 1952 and the first world record was set at the stadium in 1958, courtesy of the German men's 4 × 100 metres relay team. The 1980s and 1990s saw several more world records set at the Müngersdorfer Stadion. Former sprinter Manfred Germar was head of the organising committee for its final three decades.[3][4][5][6][7]

World records

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Wilson Kipketer celebrating his world record in Cologne
World records set at the Weltklasse in Köln
Year Event Record[8] Athlete Nationality
1958, 29 August 4 × 100 m relay 39.5 h Manfred Steinbach
Martin Lauer
Heinz Fütterer
Manfred Germar 		 Germany
1983, 28 August 1500 m 3:31.24 Sydney Maree  United States
1983, 28 August Pole vault 5.82 m Pierre Quinon  France
1986, 17 August 100 m hurdles 12.35 Yordanka Donkova  Bulgaria
1986, 17 August 100 m hurdles 12.29 Yordanka Donkova  Bulgaria
1989, 20 August 3000 m 7:29.45 Saïd Aouita  Morocco
1992, 17 August 3000 m 7:28.96 Moses Kiptanui  Kenya
1995, 18 August Pole vault 4.20 m Daniela Bártová  Czech Republic
1997, 24 August 800 m 1:41.11 Wilson Kipketer  Denmark
1997, 24 August 3000 m steeplechase 7:55.72 Bernard Barmasai  Kenya

References

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  1. ^ Sportpark Müngersdorf. Stadt Koln. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  2. ^ 1999 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  3. ^ Rösch wird Sportdirektor beim ASV. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (2007-06-29). Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  4. ^ Wenig, Jörg (2009-09-04). Abschied von der Golden League in Brüssel. Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  5. ^ Kein Preis zu hoch, Der Spiegel 30/1998, 20. Juli 1998, S. 165/166
  6. ^ Sportfest des ASV Köln fällt aus. Rheinische Post (2000-04-03). Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  7. ^ Schwenk, Gustav (2005-03-10). Manfred Germar – Mehr als nur „der Schnell-Läufer“. German Athletics Association. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  8. ^ World records. World Athletics. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
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