Weltklasse Zürich

Swiss track and field invitational event
Weltklasse Zürich
The host stadium – Letzigrund
DateAugust – September
LocationZürich, Switzerland
Event typeTrack and field
World Athletics Cat.GW/DF[1]
Established12 August 1928; 96 years ago (1928-08-12)
Official siteDiamond League Zürich
2024 Weltklasse Zürich
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Weltklasse Zürich (English: World Class Zurich) is an annual, invitation-only, world-class track and field meeting at the Letzigrund in Zürich, Switzerland, generally held at the end of August or beginning of September. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it now serves as a final of the Wanda Diamond League, alongside Memorial Van Damme between 2010 and 2019. In 2021 and 2022, Weltklasse Zürich served as the sole final of the Diamond League,[2] and this is also planned for 2025 and 2027.[3]

One of the first large-scale international athletics events (outside the Summer Olympics), it is sometimes referred to as the one-day Olympics. Weltklasse Zürich first took place on 12 August 1928. In the beginning, the meeting was nicknamed by the public the "Nurmi meeting" after the most admired and celebrated participant at the time, Paavo Nurmi. On 21 June 1960, on the Letzigrund track, Armin Hary became the first human to run the 100 m dash in 10.0 seconds.[4]

UBS has supported Weltklasse Zürich as its main sponsor since 1981.[5] Other sponsors are Vaudoise Assurances, Migros, Le Gruyère Switzerland, Medica, Omega, Swiss, Lexus, Erdgas and Puma.[6]

History

The meeting was conceived in 1924 by the athletic section of the FC Zürich which became the Leichtathletik Club Zürich in 1934, and was first held at the Letzigrund on a dirt track on 12 August 1928 as the Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting in Zürich.[7][8] Since 1935 it also became known as the "American Meeting",[9][10][11] similar to the Bislett Games, and this continued into the 1950s.[12][13] A notable hiatus occurred after the 1952 meeting[14] until the rebuilt Letzigrund Stadium opened in 1958,[15] although a meeting had still been planned for August 1954.[16] The name "Weltklasse Zürich" was adopted in 1959.[17] The meet would not be held regularly on an annual basis until 1973, and the Weltklasse introduced electronic timing the following year.[7]

During 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic prevented Weltklasse Zürich from taking place, instead an event called Inspiration Games was held.[18]

Track surface

The first surface was made of dirt in 1928, and the first synthetic track surface in Europe was installed in 1968.[19][7] The number of lanes was increased to eight in the early 1970s which forced the Weltklasse to be put on hold for two years for the construction to take place.[20][7]

The current surface at the Letzigrund Stadium was developed in 2014 by the Swiss company CONICA.[21][22][23] The new surface was installed in June 2014 at a cost of 800,000 CHF and was paid for by the city of Zurich, which owns Letzigrund Stadium.[24]

Editions

Some of the earliest editions were bilateral matches that are not counted among the 29 "Internationales" and Weltklasse meetings organized from 1928 til 1977.[25]

Weltklasse Zürich editions
Ed. Meeting Series Date Ref.
1928 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 12 Aug 1928 [7][8]
1929 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 13 Aug 1929 [26]
1932 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 3 Sep 1932 [27]
1934 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 12 Aug 1934 [28]
1935 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 8 Aug 1935 [9]
1937 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 29 Aug 1937 [29]
1939 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 13 Aug 1939 [30][31]
1946 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 18 Jul 1946 [32][33]
1947 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 5 July 1947 [34][35]
1948 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 21 Aug 1948 [36]
1949 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 21 Aug 1949 [37][38]
1951 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 19 Jun 1951 [39][40]
28 Jul 1951 [12][41]
1952 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 12 Aug 1952 [42]
1958 Internationales Leichtathletik-Meeting 1 Jul 1958 [43][44]
17 Jul 1958 [13]
1st 1959 Weltklasse Zürich 7 Jul 1959 [45][46]
2nd 1960 Weltklasse Zürich 21 Jun 1960 [47]
3rd 1961 Weltklasse Zürich 27 Jun 1961 [48]
4th 1962 Weltklasse Zürich 10 Jul 1962 [49]
5th 1963 Weltklasse Zürich 2 Jul 1963 [50][51]
6th 1964 Weltklasse Zürich 23 Jun 1964 [52][53]
7th 1965 Weltklasse Zürich 29 Jun 1965 [54]
8th 1966 Weltklasse Zürich 30 Jun 1966 [55]
9th 1967 Weltklasse Zürich 4 Jul 1967 [56]
10th 1968 Weltklasse Zürich 2 Jul 1968 [57]
11th 1969 Weltklasse Zürich 4 Jul 1969 [58][59]
12th 1970 Weltklasse Zürich 3 Jul 1970 [60][61]
13th 1973 Weltklasse Zürich 6 Jul 1973 [62][63]
14th 1974 Weltklasse Zürich 16 Aug 1974 [64]
15th 1975 Weltklasse Zürich 20 Aug 1975 [65]
16th 1976 Weltklasse Zürich 18 Aug 1976 [66]
17th 1977 Weltklasse Zürich 24 Aug 1977 [61]
18th 1978 Weltklasse Zürich 16 Aug 1978 [61]
19th 1979 Weltklasse Zürich 15 Aug 1979 [61]
20th 1980 Weltklasse Zürich 13 Aug 1980 [61]
21st 1981 Weltklasse Zürich 19 Aug 1981 [67]
22nd 1982 Weltklasse Zürich 18 Aug 1982 [61]
23rd 1983 Weltklasse Zürich 24 Aug 1983 [67]
24th 1984 Weltklasse Zürich 22 Aug 1984 [67]
25th 1985 Weltklasse Zürich 1985 IAAF Grand Prix 21 Aug 1985 [61]
26th 1986 Weltklasse Zürich 1986 IAAF Grand Prix 13 Aug 1986 [61]
27th 1987 Weltklasse Zürich 1987 IAAF Grand Prix 19 Aug 1987 [61]
28th 1988 Weltklasse Zürich 1988 IAAF Grand Prix 17 Aug 1988 [68]
29th 1989 Weltklasse Zürich 1989 IAAF Grand Prix 16 Aug 1989 [69]
30th 1990 Weltklasse Zürich 1990 IAAF Grand Prix 15 Aug 1990 [70]
31st 1991 Weltklasse Zürich 1991 IAAF Grand Prix 7 Aug 1991 [71]
32nd 1992 Weltklasse Zürich 1992 IAAF Grand Prix 19 Aug 1992 [72]
33rd 1993 Weltklasse Zürich 1993 IAAF Grand Prix 4 Aug 1993 [73]
34th 1994 Weltklasse Zürich 1994 IAAF Grand Prix 17 Aug 1994 [74]
35th 1995 Weltklasse Zürich 1995 IAAF Grand Prix 16 Aug 1995 [75]
36th 1996 Weltklasse Zürich 1996 IAAF Grand Prix 14 Aug 1996 [76]
37th 1997 Weltklasse Zürich 1997 IAAF Grand Prix 13 Aug 1997 [77]
38th 1998 Weltklasse Zürich 1998 IAAF Golden League 12 Aug 1998 [78]
39th 1999 Weltklasse Zürich 1999 IAAF Golden League 11 Aug 1999 [79]
40th 2000 Weltklasse Zürich 2000 IAAF Golden League 11 Aug 2000 [80]
41st 2001 Weltklasse Zürich 2001 IAAF Golden League 17 Aug 2001 [81]
42nd 2002 Weltklasse Zürich 2002 IAAF Golden League 16 Aug 2002 [82]
43rd 2003 Weltklasse Zürich 2003 IAAF Golden League 15 Aug 2003 [83]
44th 2004 Weltklasse Zürich 2004 IAAF Golden League 6 Aug 2004 [84]
45th 2005 Weltklasse Zürich 2005 IAAF Golden League 19 Aug 2005 [85]
46th 2006 Weltklasse Zürich 2006 IAAF Golden League 18 Aug 2006 [86]
47th 2007 Weltklasse Zürich 2007 IAAF Golden League 7 Sep 2007 [87]
48th 2008 Weltklasse Zürich 2008 IAAF Golden League 29 Aug 2008 [88]
49th 2009 Weltklasse Zürich 2009 IAAF Golden League 28 Aug 2009 [89]
50th 2010 Weltklasse Zürich 2010 Diamond League 18–19 Aug 2010 [90]
51st 2011 Weltklasse Zürich 2011 Diamond League 7–8 Sep 2011 [91]
52nd 2012 Weltklasse Zürich 2012 Diamond League 29–30 Aug 2012 [92]
53rd 2013 Weltklasse Zürich 2013 Diamond League 28–29 Aug 2013 [93]
54th 2014 Weltklasse Zürich 2014 Diamond League 28 Aug 2014 [94]
55th 2015 Weltklasse Zürich 2015 Diamond League 2–3 Sep 2015 [95]
56th 2016 Weltklasse Zürich 2016 Diamond League 31 Aug, 1 Sep 2016 [96]
57th 2017 Weltklasse Zürich 2017 Diamond League 23–24 Aug 2017 [97]
58th 2018 Weltklasse Zürich 2018 Diamond League 29–30 Aug 2018 [98]
59th 2019 Weltklasse Zürich 2019 Diamond League 28–29 Aug 2019 [99]
2020 Inspiration Games 2020 Diamond League 9 Jul 2020 [100]
60th 2021 Weltklasse Zürich 2021 Diamond League 8–9 Sep 2021 [101]
61st 2022 Weltklasse Zürich 2022 Diamond League 7–8 Sep 2022 [102]
62nd 2023 Weltklasse Zürich 2023 Diamond League 30–31 Aug 2023 [103]
63rd 2024 Weltklasse Zürich 2024 Diamond League 4–5 Sep 2024 [104]

World records

Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at Weltklasse Zürich.[105]

World records set at the Weltklasse Zürich
Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
1959 200 m hurdles (bend) 22.5 h (+1.2 m/s) Martin Lauer  West Germany
120 yd hurdles 13.2 h (+1.9 m/s) /
13.56 		Martin Lauer  West Germany
110 m hurdles
1960 100 m 10.0 h Armin Hary  West Germany
1969 110 m hurdles 13.2 h Willie Davenport  United States
1973 110 m hurdles 13.1 h Rod Milburn  United States
1975 Discus throw 70.20 m Faina Melnik  Soviet Union
1979 1500 m 3:32.1 h Sebastian Coe  United Kingdom
1980 1500 m 3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union
1981 Mile 3:48.53 Sebastian Coe  United Kingdom
110 m hurdles 12.93 (−0.2 m/s) Renaldo Nehemiah  United States
1984 100 m 10.76 (+1.7 m/s) Evelyn Ashford  United States
1985 Mile 4:16.71 Mary Slaney  United States
1988 400 m 43.29 Harry ("Butch") Reynolds  United States
1989 110 m hurdles 12.92 (−0.1 m/s) Roger Kingdom  United States
1991 4 × 100 m relay 37.67 Michael Marsh
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis 		 United States
1992 3000 m steeplechase 8:02.08 Moses Kiptanui  Kenya
1995 5000 m 12:44.39 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia
3000 m steeplechase 7:59.18 Moses Kiptanui  Kenya
1996 Mile 4:12.56 Svetlana Masterkova  Russia
1997 800 m 1:41.24 Wilson Kipketer  Denmark
3000 m steeplechase 7:59.08 Wilson Boit Kipketer  Kenya
5000 m 12:41.86 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia
2006 100 m 9.77 (+1.0 m/s) Asafa Powell  Jamaica
2009 Pole vault 5.06 m Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia

Meeting records

Men

Men's meeting records of the Weltklasse Zürich
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Ref.
100 m 9.76 (+1.4 m/s) Yohan Blake  Jamaica 30 August 2012 2012 [106][107]
200 m 19.52 (−0.6 m/s) Noah Lyles  United States 8 September 2022 2022 [108]
400 m 43.29 Harry ("Butch") Reynolds  United States 17 August 1988 1988
800 m 1:41.24 Wilson Kipketer  Denmark 13 August 1997 1997
1500 m 3:26.45 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 12 August 1998 1998
Mile 3:45.19 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria 16 August 1995 1995
3000 m 7:32.54 Said Aouita  Morocco 13 August 1986 1986
5000 m 12:41.86 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 13 August 1997 1997
110 m hurdles 12.92 (−0.1 m/s) Roger Kingdom  United States 16 August 1989 1989
400 m hurdles 46.92 Karsten Warholm  Norway 29 August 2019 2019 [109]
3000 m steeplechase 7:56.54 Saif Saeed Shaheen  Qatar 18 August 2006 2006
7:53.17 X Brahim Boulami  Morocco 16 August 2002 2002
High jump 2.40 m Charles Austin  United States 7 August 1991 1991
Pole vault 6.07 m Armand Duplantis  Sweden 8 September 2022 2022 [110]
Long jump 8.65 m (−0.5 m/s) DLR Juan Miguel Echevarría  Cuba 29 August 2019 2019 [111]
Triple jump 17.80 m (+0.1 m/s) Christian Taylor  United States 1 September 2016 2016 [112]
Shot put 23.23 m DLR Joe Kovacs  United States 7 September 2022 2022 [113]
Discus throw 71.12 m Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 11 August 2000 2000
Hammer throw 83.24 m Andrey Abduvaliyev  Uzbekistan 17 August 1994 1994
Javelin throw 92.28 m Raymond Hecht  Germany 14 August 1996 1996
4 × 100 m relay 37.45 DLR Trell Kimmons
Wallace Spearmon
Tyson Gay
Michael Rodgers 		 United States 19 August 2010 2010

Women

Women's meeting records of the Weltklasse Zürich
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Ref. Video
100 m 10.65 (+0.6 m/s) Elaine Thompson-Herah  Jamaica 9 September 2021 2021 [114]
10.65 (−0.8 m/s) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica 8 September 2022 2022 [115]
200 m 21.66 (−1.0 m/s) Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 15 August 1990 1990
400 m 48.86 Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 18 August 1982 1982
800 m 1:54.01 Pamela Jelimo  Kenya 29 August 2008 2008 [1]
1000 m 2:32.70 Jolanta Januchta  Poland 19 August 1981 1981
1500 m 3:52.47 Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union 13 August 1980 1980
Mile 4:12.56 Svetlana Masterkova  Russia 14 August 1996 1996
3000 m 8:22.34 Almaz Ayana  Ethiopia 3 September 2015 2015 [116]
5000 m 14:09.52 Beatrice Chebet  Kenya 5 September 2024 2024 [117]
100 m hurdles 12.29 (−0.3 m/s) Tobi Amusan  Nigeria 8 September 2022 2022 [118]
400 m hurdles 52.80 Femke Bol  Netherlands 9 September 2021 2021 [119]
3000 m steeplechase 8:55.29 Ruth Jebet  Bahrain 24 August 2017 2017 [120]
High jump 2.05 m Mariya Lasitskene  ANA 8 September 2021 2021 [121]
Pole vault 5.06 m (outdoor) Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia 28 August 2009 2009
4.91 m (indoor) Nina Kennedy  Australia 30 August 2023 2023 [122]
Long jump 7.39 m (+0.3 m/s) Heike Drechsler  East Germany 21 August 1985 1985
Triple jump 15.48 m (+0.3 m/s) Yulimar Rojas  Venezuela 9 September 2021 2021 [123]
Shot put 20.98 m [124] Valerie Adams  New Zealand 28 August 2013 2013 [125]
Discus throw 70.20 m Faina Melnik  Soviet Union 20 August 1975 1975
Javelin throw 69.57 m DLR Christina Obergföll  Germany 8 September 2011 2011 [126]
4 × 100 m relay 41.60 Sherone Simpson
Natasha Morrison
Elaine Thompson
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 		 Jamaica 3 September 2015 2015 [127]

See also

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