Palio Citta della Quercia

Palio Citta della Quercia

The 2009 edition of the Palio Citta della Quercia
Date late August or early September
Location Rovereto, Italy
Event type Athletics
Official site http://www.usquercia.it/palio/

The Palio Citta della Quercia is an annual track and field meeting held at the Stade Quercia in Rovereto, Italy. Usually held in late August or early September, it is a European Athletics premier meeting.[1] It is the oldest international athletics meeting in Italy, having been first held in Rovereto in 1965.[2]

Rovereto also hosts the Cross della Vallagarina, an elite level cross-country race.

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Meet records

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 10.05 Steve Mullings  Jamaica 2009
800 m 1:43.97 Youssef Saad Kamel  Bahrain 2005
1500 m 3:34.12 Peter Elliott  Great Britain 1990
5000 m 13:12.48 Joseph Kiplimo  Kenya 2009

Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 11.13 Irina Privalova  Russia 1993
200 m 22.69 Beverly McDonald  Jamaica 2000
1500 m 4:09.10 Agnese Possamai  Italy 1982
100 m hurdles 12.87 (-0.5 m/s) Yvette Lewis  United States 13 September 2011 [3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Palio Citta della Quercia". usquercia.it. http://www.usquercia.it/palio/. Retrieved 2 September 2011. 
  2. ^ Palio "Città della Quercia" (Italian). Comune di Rovereto. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.
  3. ^ Diego Sampaolo (14 September 2011). "Women's Hammer Throw the highlight in Rovereto". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=62514.html. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 
  4. ^ "100 Metres Hurdles Results". www.dbresults.net. 13 September 2011. http://www.dbresults.net/sitof/risultati/at/2011/Rovereto1309201101/stampe/cls-asf-100%20hs-finale-01.pdf. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 

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