Sparkassen Cup (athletics)

Sparkassen Cup

The host stadium – the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
Date Early February
Location Stuttgart, Germany Germany
Event type Indoor track and field
Established 1987
Official site Sparkassen Cup

The Sparkassen Cup is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in February in Stuttgart, Germany. The meeting was first held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in 1987 and is currently an IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting.[1]

At each meeting, the two male and female athletes deemed to have given the best performance each receive the Sparkassen Cup – a metal figurine of a man or a woman respectively.[2] The recipients are often those who have broken records at the meeting. Indeed, Hicham El Guerrouj's 1997 run in the 1500 metres and Meseret Defar's winning time for the 3000 metres in 2007 remain world records on the indoor track.[3]


World records

Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the Sparkassen Cup.

Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
2007 3000 m 8:23.72 Meseret Defar  Ethiopia
2004 5000 m 14:39.29 Berhane Adere  Ethiopia
2002 Pole vault 4.71 m Svetlana Feofanova  Russia
2002 3000 m 8:29.15 Berhane Adere  Ethiopia
2000 1000 m 2:15.25 Wilson Kipketer  Kenya
1998 60 m 6.41 Maurice Greene  United States
1997 1500 m 3:31.18 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco
1996 3000 m 7:30.72 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia
1992 400 m 45.02 Danny Everett  United States
1991 5000 m 15:13.72 Uta Pippig  Germany
1987 300 m 32.51 Anthony McKay  United States

Meeting Records

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref Video
60 m 6.41 Maurice Greene  United States 1998
200 m 20.47 John Regis  United Kingdom 1995
300 m 32.51 Anthony McKay  United States 1987
400 m 45.02 Danny Everett  United States 1992
800 m 1:44.71 Joseph Mwengi Mutua  Kenya 2004
1000 m 2:15.25 Wilson Kipketer  Denmark 2000
1500 m 3:31.18 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 1997
3000 m 7:27.80 Yenew Alamirew  Ethiopia 5 February 2011 [4][5]
5000 m 13:31.02 Aissa Belaout  Algeria 1994
50 m hurdles 6.45 Anier Garcia  Cuba 1999
60 m hurdles 7.36 Dayron Robles  Cuba 2008
High jump 2.32 m Ralf Sonn  Germany 1990
Hendrik Beyer 1994
Pole vault 5.88 m Björn Otto  Germany 2007
Long jump 8.34 m Llewellyn Starks  United States 1992
Triple jump 17.29 m Yoelvis Quesada  Cuba 1997
Shot put 20.45 m Karsten Stolz  West Germany 1987
4x100m relay 40.16 Tobias Unger
Marius Broening
Alexander Kosenkow
Martin Keller		  Germany 5 February 2011 [6]

Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
60 m 7.04 Irina Privalova  Russia 1992
Sevatheda Fynes  Bahamas 2000
200 m 22.36 Irina Privalova  Russia 1992
400 m 50.73 Charity Opara  Nigeria 1998
800 m 1:58.78 Ludmila Formanova  Czech Republic 1999
1000 m 2:35.66 Maria Mutola  Mozambique 1999
1500 m 4:04.88 Kutre Dulecha  Ethiopia 1999
Mile 4:23.90 Gabriela Szabo  Romania 2000
3000 m 8:23.72 Meseret Defar  Ethiopia 2007
5000 m 14:39.29 Berhane Adere  Ethiopia 2004
60 m hurdles 7.72 Susanna Kallur  Sweden 2008
High jump 2.04 m Blanka Vlasic  Croatia 2009
Pole vault 4.71 m Svetlana Feofanova  Russia 2002
Long jump 7.13 m Heike Drechsler  Germany 1994
Triple jump 14.78 m Rodica Mateescu-Petrescu  Romania 1998
Shot put 20.47 m Claudia Losch  West Germany 1988

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Ed (2010-02-07). Jones-Ferrette shocks with 6.97 dash in Stuttgart. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-08.
  2. ↑ Der Sparkassen-Cup (German). Sparkassen Cup. Retrieved on 2010-02-08.
  3. ↑ Sparkassen-Cup-Preisträger 1987 - 2008 (German). Sparkassen Cup. Retrieved on 2010-02-08.
  4. ↑ "3000 Metres Results". www.sparkassen-cup.de. 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  5. ↑ Ed Gordon (2011-02-06). "Oliver, Alamirew post scintillating marks in Stuttgart". IAAF. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  6. ↑ "4x100 Metres Relay Results". www.sparkassen-cup.de. 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2011-02-08.

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