Gugl Games

The Gugl Games, formerly known as the Gugl-Meeting, is the largest one-day athletics meeting in Austria at the Linzer Stadion. Founded in 1988 the Gugl-Meeting was IAAF Grand Prix meeting from 1994 onwards and has changed to EAA Premium Status in 2006. Many big athletic stars have started at the Gugl-Meeting: Carl Lewis, Colin Jackson, Allen Johnson, Marion Jones, Iván Pedroso, Maria de Lurdes Mutola, Javier Sotomayor and many more. The Linz track is famous for fast 100 m sprints and excellent long jumps in the past.

On 20 August 2006, Israeli newspaper Ynet revealed that the competition does not accept European Pole vaulting champion, Aleksandr Averbukh, due to his Israeli nationality.[1]

After 4 years of interruption the meet restarted under its new name in 2012 and was held over two days.

Meeting Records

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 9.94 Davidson Ezinwa  Nigeria
200 m 20.66 Mike Rodgers  United States 26 August 2013
400 m 44.46 Kirani James  Grenada 20 August 2012 [2]
800 m
1000 m 2:16.39 Seurei Benson  Kenya 20 August 2012 [3]
3000 m 7:46.39 Bernard Lagat  United States 26 August 2013
110 m hurdles 13.09 (0.0 m/s) Sergej Shubenkov  Russia 20 August 2012 [4]
400 m hurdles 48.13 Felix Sanchez  Dominican Republic 20 August 2012 [5]
High jump
Pole vault 5.63 m Valentin Lavillenie  France 26 August 2013
Long jump 8.66 m Iván Pedroso  Cuba
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw 65.22 m Gerd Kanter  Estonia 20 August 2012 [6]

Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 11.14 (-1.0 m/s) Barbara Pierre  United States 26 August 2013
400 m 50.92 Natasha Hastings  United States 26 August 2013
1000 m 2:39.86 Malika Akkaoui  Morocco 26 August 2013
1500 m
100 m hurdles 12.82 (-0.1 m/s) Sally Pearson  Australia 26 August 2013
400 m hurdles 55.01 Dalilah Muhammad  Australia 26 August 2013
3000 m steeplechase 9:23.52 Lydia Chepkurui  Kenya 20 August 2012 [7]
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump 6.36 (0.0 m/s) Jazmin Sawyers  Great Britain 26 August 2013
Triple jump
Shot put

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Austrians to Alex Averbukh: don't come" (in Hebrew). Ynet. 20 August 2006.
  2. ↑ "400m Results". www-guglgames.at. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "1000m Results". www-guglgames.at. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "110m Hurdles Results". www-guglgames.at. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "400m Hurdles Results". www-guglgames.at. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Discus Throw Results". www-guglgames.at. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "3000m Steeplechase Results". www-guglgames.at. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

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