Memorial Van Damme facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Memorial Van Damme
King Baudouin Stadium during the 2012 edition
Date	Late August - early September
Location	Brussels, Belgium
Event type	Track and field
World Athletics Cat.	DF
Official site	Memorial Van Damme

The Memorial Van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, that takes place in late August or early September. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now the final event of the Diamond League, along with Weltklasse Zürich.

It was first organized in 1977 by a group of journalists in honour of Ivo Van Damme, a Belgian double medal winner at the Montreal Olympics who was killed the previous year in a car accident at the age of 22.

World records

Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at Memorial Van Damme.

Year	Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality
2023	2000 m	4:43.13	Ingebrigtsen, JakobJakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway
2020	One hour	21,330 m	Mo Farah	Great Britain
		18,930 m	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands
	T51 100 m	19.71 (+0.4 m/s)	Peter Genyn	Belgium
2012	110 m hurdles	12.80 (+0.3 m/s)	Aries Merritt	United States
2009	4 × 1500 m relay	14:36.23	William Biwott Tanui Gideon Gathimba Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono Augustine Kiprono Choge	Kenya
2006	4 × 800 m relay	7:02.43	Joseph Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kombich Wilfred Bungei	Kenya
2005	10000 m	26:17.53	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia

2004

• 10,000 m men Junior 27:04.00 Boniface Kiprop Toroitich, Uganda
• 3,000 m steeplechase men 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Qatar
• Pole vault women 4.92 m Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia

2001

• 3,000 m men Junior 7:30.67 Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia
• 3,000 m steeplechase men 7:55.28 Brahim Boulami, Morocco

1997

• 5,000 m men 12:39.74 Daniel Komen, Kenya
• 10,000 m men 26:27.85 Paul Tergat, Kenya

1996

• 10,000 m men 26:38.08 Salah Hissou, Morocco
• 1,000 m women 2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova, Russia

1995

• 5,000 m men Junior 13:07.38 Daniel Komen, Kenya
• 1,000 m women 2:29.34 Maria de Lurdes Mutola, Mozambique

1981

• 1 mile men 3:47.33 Sebastian Coe, United Kingdom

Meeting Records

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref	Video
100 m	9.76 (+1.3 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 September 2011		[1]
200 m	19.26 (+0.7 m/s) DLR	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	16 September 2011		[2]
400 m	44.03	Michael Cherry	United States	3 September 2021
800 m	1:42.20	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	22 August 1997
1000 m	2:14.95	Sammy Koskei	Kenya	30 August 1985
1500 m	3:26.12	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	24 August 2001
Mile	3:47.30	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	3 September 1993
2000 m	4:43.13 WR	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	8 September 2023
3000 m	7:23.09	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	3 September 1999
5000 m	12:39.74	Daniel Komen	Kenya	22 August 1997
10000 m	26:17.53	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	26 August 2005
One hour	21,330 m DLR	Mo Farah	Great Britain	4 September 2020
110 m hurdles	12.80 (+0.3 m/s) WR	Aries Merritt	United States	7 September 2012
400 m hurdles	47.51	Andre Phillips	United States	5 September 1986
3000 m steeplechase	7:53.63	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	Qatar	3 September 2004
High jump	2.43 m DLR	Mutaz Essa Barshim	Qatar	5 September 2014
Pole vault	6.10 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	8 September 2023
Long jump	8.65 m (+0.2 m/s)	Carl Lewis	United States	24 August 1984
Triple jump	17.60 m (+0.3 m/s)	Jonathan Edwards	United Kingdom	25 August 1995
Shot put	22.61 m	Joe Kovacs	United States	1 September 2022
Discus throw	69.94 m	Imrich Bugár	Czechoslovakia	24 August 1984
Hammer throw	82.26 m	Lance Deal	United States	23 August 1996
Javelin throw	93.48 m (old design) 90.50 m (Current design)	Tom Petranoff Jan Železný	United States  Czech Republic	26 August 1983 25 August 1995
4 × 100 m relay	38.49	Xavi Mo-Ajok Taymir Burnet Hensley Paulina Raphael Bouju	Netherlands	8 September 2023
4 × 800 m relay	7:02.43	Joseph Mwengi Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kipngetich Kombich Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	25 August 2006
4 × 1500 m relay	14:36.23	William Biwott Tanui Gideon Gathimba Geoffrey Rono Augustine Choge	Kenya	4 September 2009

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref
100 m	10.72 (-0.3 m/s)	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	6 September 2013
	10.72 (+0.6 m/s)	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	9 September 2016
200 m	21.48 (+0.2 m/s) DLR	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	8 September 2023
400 m	48.83	Sanya Richards	United States	4 September 2009
800 m	1:55.16	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	6 September 2008
1000 m	2:28.98	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	23 August 1996
1500 m	3:55.33	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	5 September 2003
Mile	4:14.74	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	3 September 2021
2000 m	5:30.19	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	4 September 2009
3000 m	8:24.81+	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	14 September 2007
Two miles	8:58.58 WB	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	14 September 2007
5000 m	14:18.89	Almaz Ayana	Ethiopia	9 September 2016
One hour	18,930 m DLR	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	4 September 2020
100 m hurdles	12.27 (+0.1 m/s)	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Puerto Rico	2 September 2022
400 m hurdles	52.11	Femke Bol	Netherlands	8 September 2023
3000 m steeplechase	8:55.10	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	31 August 2018
High jump	2.05 m	Anna Chicherova	Russia	16 September 2011
		Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Ukraine	2 September 2022
Pole vault	5.00 m DLR	Sandi Morris	United States	9 September 2016
Long jump	7.25 m (+1.7 m/s)	Heike Drechsler	Germany	13 September 1991
Triple jump	15.14 m (+0.3 m/s)	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia	5 September 2003
Shot put	20.59 m	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	5 September 2014
Discus throw	69.84 m	Tsvetanka Christova	Bulgaria	5 September 1986
Javelin throw	72.18 m (old design)	Fatima Whitbread	United Kingdom	5 September 1986
	68.11 m (Current design)	Kara Winger	United States	2 September 2022
4 × 100 m relay	42.97		United States	19 August 1988