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Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe

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Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe
The 60 metres at the 2009 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe
DateFebruary
LocationKarlsruhe, Germany Germany
Event typeIndoor track and field
Established1985
Official siteIndoor Meeting Karlsruhe
2024 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe

Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, formerly known as BW-Bank Meeting and officially known as the Init Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in January or February in Karlsruhe, Germany. The meeting was first held at the Europahalle in 1985 and is currently a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold-level event, the highest level of one-day indoor meeting in the World Athletics calendar. The athletics meeting is known for having strong fields in the short sprint events.[1] The 2016 edition was part of the inaugural IAAF World Indoor Tour.

The meeting has a strong tradition in the 60 metres hurdles event – Susanna Kallur set a women's world record in 2008, while Liu Xiang and Márcio de Souza have set continental records on the men's side.

It was previously known as the LBBW Meeting, changing to BW-Bank Meeting in 2006.[2]

A strict limit of 199 occupants following safety concerns after modified fire safety regulations in Germany required in 2015 that the meeting was moved to Dm-Arena in Rheinstetten on Karlsruhe's exhibition areal. The sport infrastructure is temporary, it was first used in the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg and was acquired by the city of Karlsruhe with the intention to be able to host various more high-profile athletics events in Dm-Arena than would be possible in Europahalle even if it is put back in normal operation.

World records

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Over the course of its history, three world records have been set at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe.

World records set at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe
Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
1998 3000 m 7:26.15 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia
2008 60 m hurdles 7.68 Susanna Kallur  Sweden
2014 1500 m 3:55.17 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia

Meeting records

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Men

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Women

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References

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  1. ^ Ed Gordon (2011-02-14). Three world leads in Karlsruhe. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-19.
  2. ^ LBBW Meeting – Karlsruhe. Euro Meetings. Retrieved on 2011-02-19.
  3. ^ "High Jump Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Jess Whittington (28 January 2021). "Aregawi and Duplantis put on a show in Karlsruhe". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  5. ^ Phil Minshull, Ed Gordon (1 February 2014). "Genzebe Dibaba smashes world indoor 1500m record with 3:55.17 in Karlsruhe". IAAF. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  6. ^ Jon Mulkeen (27 January 2023). "Asher-Smith blazes to British and meeting record of 7.04 in Karlsruhe". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  7. ^ Phil Minshull, Ed Gordon (1 February 2014). "Genzebe Dibaba smashes world indoor 1500m record with 3:55.17 in Karlsruhe". IAAF. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Laura Muir smashes European 3000m record in Karlsruhe". athleticsweekly.com. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  9. ^ "High Jump Results". www.bw-bank-meeting.de. 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
  10. ^ "Pole Vault Results". www.bw-bank-meeting.de. 2011-02-13. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  11. ^ "Shot Put Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 29 January 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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