Weltklasse Zürich
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Weltklasse Zürich is an annual athletics meeting at the Letzigrund in Zürich, Switzerland that takes place on August 19 as the fourth part of the IAAF Golden League.
Weltklasse Zürich first took place on August 12, 1928. 24 world records were broken or equalled in the meeting's history.
[edit] Meeting Records
[edit] Men
| Discipline | Time | Athlete | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 9.93 s | Carl Lewis |  United States |
1988 |
| 100 m | 9.77 s | Asafa Powell |  Jamaica |
2006 |
| 200 m | 19.99 s | Calvin Smith | United States |
1985 |
| 400 m | 43.29 s | Butch Reynolds | United States |
1988 |
| 800 m | 1:41.11 min | Wilson Kipketer |  Denmark |
1997 |
| 1500 m | 3:26.45 min | Hicham El Guerrouj |  Morocco |
1998 |
| 5000 m | 12:41,86 min | Haile Gebreselassie |  Ethiopia |
1997 |
| 110 m hurdles | 12.92 s | Roger Kingdom | United States |
1989 |
| 400 m hurdles | 47.13 s | Samuel Matete |  Zambia |
1991 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 7:59.08 min | Wilson Boit Kipketer |  Kenya |
1997 |
[edit] External links
| Meetings of the IAAF Golden League |
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Meeting Gaz de France, Paris, France | Golden Gala, Rome, Italy | Bislett Games, Oslo, Norway | Weltklasse Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland | Memorial van Damme, Brussels, Belgium | ISTAF, Berlin, Germany | Herculis, Monaco |
