Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe

Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, formerly known as BW-Bank Meeting, is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in January or February in Karlsruhe, Germany. The meeting was first held at the Europahalle in 1985 and is currently a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold-level event, the highest level of one-day indoor meeting in the World Athletics calendar. The athletics meeting is known for having strong fields in the short sprint events.[1] The 2016 edition was part of the inaugural IAAF World Indoor Tour.

Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe
DateFebruary
LocationKarlsruhe, Germany Germany
Event typeIndoor track and field
Established1985
Official siteIndoor Meeting Karlsruhe

The meeting has a strong tradition in the 60 metres hurdles event – Susanna Kallur set a women's world record in 2008, while Liu Xiang and Márcio de Souza have set continental records on the men's side.

It was previously known as the LBBW Meeting, changing to BW-Bank Meeting in 2006.[2]

A strict limit of 199 occupants following safety concerns after modified fire safety regulations in Germany required in 2015 that the meeting was moved to Dm-Arena in Rheinstetten on Karlsruhe's exhibition areal. The sport infrastructure is temporary, it was first used in the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg and was acquired by the city of Karlsruhe with the intention to be able to host various more high-profile athletics events in Dm-Arena than would be possible in Europahalle even if it is put back in normal operation.

World records

Over the course of its history, three world records have been set at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe.

Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
2014 1500 m 3:55.17 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia
2008 60 m hurdles 7.68 Susanna Kallur  Sweden
1998 3000 m 7:26.15 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia

Meeting records

Men
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
60 m 6.45 Ronald Pognon  France 13 February 2005
200 m 20.61 Tobias Unger  Germany 13 February 2005
300 m 32.19 Robson Caetano da Silva  Brazil 24 February 1989
400 m 46.11 Thomas Schönlebe  East Germany 11 February 1990
800 m 1:44.15 Yuriy Borzakovskiy  Russia 27 January 2001
1000 m 2:17.01 Mehdi Baala  France 13 February 2005
1500 m 3:33.08 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen  Kenya 13 February 2005
Mile 3:53.74 Jens-Peter Herold  Germany 1 March 1994
2000 m 4:56.23 Jens-Peter Herold  Germany 6 March 1993
3000 m 7:26.15 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 25 January 1998
60 m hurdles 7.38 Allen Johnson  United States 22 February 1995
High jump 2.35 m Naoto Tobe  Japan 2 February 2019 [3]
Pole vault 6.02 m Armand Duplantis  Sweden 28 January 2022 [4]
Long jump 8.38 m Larry Myricks  United States 7 February 1998
Triple jump 17.46 m Jadel Gregorio  Brazil 15 February 2004
Shot put 21.33 m David Storl  Germany 1 February 2014 [5]

Women
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref Video
60 m 7.04 Irina Privalova  Russia 11 February 1996
Dina Asher-Smith  Great Britain 27 January 2023 [6]
200 m 22.50 Irina Privalova  Russia 31 January 1992
400 m 50.84 Helga Arendt  Germany 7 February 1998
800 m 1:57.48 Maria Lurdes Mutola  Mozambique 15 February 2004
1500 m 3:55.17 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 1 February 2014 [7]
3000 m 8:26.41 Laura Muir  Great Britain 4 February 2017 [8]
60 m hurdles 7.68 Susanna Kallur  Sweden 10 February 2008
High jump 2.05 m Ariane Friedrich  Germany 15 February 2009 [9]
Pole vault 4.76 m Silke Spiegelburg  Germany 13 February 2011 [10]
Long jump 7.06 m Heike Drechsler  Germany 31 January 1994
Triple jump 14.88 m Yamile Aldama  Cuba 29 January 2003
Shot put 19.65 m Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang  Portugal 29 January 2021 [11]

References
  1. Ed Gordon (2011-02-14). Three world leads in Karlsruhe. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-19.
  2. LBBW Meeting – Karlsruhe. Euro Meetings. Retrieved on 2011-02-19.
  3. "High Jump Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  4. Jess Whittington (28 January 2021). "Aregawi and Duplantis put on a show in Karlsruhe". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  5. Phil Minshull, Ed Gordon (1 February 2014). "Genzebe Dibaba smashes world indoor 1500m record with 3:55.17 in Karlsruhe". IAAF. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  6. Jon Mulkeen (27 January 2023). "Asher-Smith blazes to British and meeting record of 7.04 in Karlsruhe". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  7. Phil Minshull, Ed Gordon (1 February 2014). "Genzebe Dibaba smashes world indoor 1500m record with 3:55.17 in Karlsruhe". IAAF. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  8. "Laura Muir smashes European 3000m record in Karlsruhe". athleticsweekly.com. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  9. "High Jump Results". www.bw-bank-meeting.de. 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
  10. "Pole Vault Results". www.bw-bank-meeting.de. 2011-02-13. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  11. "Shot Put Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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