Helsinki Grand Prix

The Helsinki Grand Prix (Finnish: Maailmankisat, World Games in English) was an annual one-day outdoor track and field meeting held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland. Established in 1959, it was originally organised by a local athletics club, Helsingin Kisa-Veikot (HKV). It continued in this format, with Apu magazine a key sponsor, for nearly three decades. In 1987, HKV came to an agreement where the Finnish Amateur Athletic Association took on the operating costs of the competition. The Finnish Association ceased this arrangement in 1992, causing the cancellation of the 1993 meeting due to financial difficulties.[1][2]

Helsinki Grand Prix
The host venue – Helsinki Olympic Stadium
LocationHelsinki, Finland
Event typeTrack and field
Established1959

Following the successful hosting the 1994 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, the meeting was rebooted and incorporated into the annual IAAF Grand Prix series upon that competition's founding in 1998.[3] It continued to be a high-level meeting for international athletes, and was again included the top bracket upon the creation of the IAAF World Athletics Tour in 2005. During this period it had title sponsors and was known as the Ericsson Grand Prix (1998–2000), Asics Grand Prix (2001–2004) and GE Money Grand Prix (2005–2006). However, the 2006 meeting proved to be its last and the meeting folded in 2007.[4]

Best athlete prize

Jorma Kinnunen on the javelin podium at the 1965 meeting

At each competition, the best athlete of the meet would be presented with a sculpted glass prize.[5][1]

Meet records

Event Men Women
100 m 9.87  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 10.86  Marion Jones (USA)
200 m 20.14  Ato Boldon (TRI)
 Obadele Thompson (BAR)
21.91  Marion Jones (USA)
400 m 44.53  Mark Richardson (GBR) 50.39  DeeDee Trotter (USA)
800 m 1.43.97  Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA) [6] 1.57.10  Sigrun Wodars (GDR)
1500 m 3.31.00  Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 4.02.9  Tatyana Kazankina (URS)
3000 m 7.26.03  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 8.40.72  Maricica Puică (ROM)
5000 m 12.39.36  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 14.52.66  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
10000 m 27.16.50  Salvatore Antibo (ITA) 31.00.64  Kayoko Fukushi (JPN) [7]
3000 m steeplechase 8.10.15  Moses Kiptanui (KEN)
110 m / 100 m hurdles 13.12  Colin Jackson (GBR) 12.66  Damu Cherry (USA)[8]
400 m hurdles 48.06  Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS) 54.05  Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA)
High jump 2.37 m  Hollis Conway (USA) 2.00 m  Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
Pole vault 5.90 m  Riaan Botha (RSA) 4.50 m  Svetlana Feofanova (RUS)
Long jump 8.44 m  Dwight Phillips (USA) 7.09 m  Inessa Kravets (UKR)
Triple jump 17.82 m  Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 15.05 m  Trecia-Kaye Smith (JAM) [9]
Shot put 22.47 m  Werner Günthör (SUI) 20.63 m  Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)
Discus throw 70.98 m  Mac Wilkins (USA) 65.82 m  María Cristina Betancourt (CUB)
Hammer throw 84.14 m  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 69.19 m  Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)
Javelin throw 89.98 m  Sergey Makarov (RUS) 68.47 m  Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)
4 × 100 m relay 38.38  Trinidad and Tobago 42.65  United States

References

  1. "GE Money Grand Prix / Historia". GE Money Grand Prix. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  2. "Helsingin GP-kisasta GE Money Grand Prix". Suomen Urheiluliitto ry. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  3. 1998 Grand Prix Standings. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  4. "Helsinki GP:tä ei järjestetä 2007". Ilta-Sanomat. 2006-11-01. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  5. Martiskainen, Seppo (2006). Suomi voittoon – kansa liikkumaan. Helsinki: Yleisurheilun tukisäätiö. p. 183. ISBN 951-98952-2-1.
  6. "GE Money Grand Prix 2006: 800 m Men". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  7. "GE Money Grand Prix 2006: 10 000 m Women". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  8. "GE Money Grand Prix 2006: 100 m Hurdles Women". Archived from the original on 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  9. "GE Money Grand Prix 2006: Triple Jump Women". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
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