Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria


The Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria is an annual athletics event at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1963, held at the Panathinaiko Stadium. Its name honours Kostas Tsiklitiras, who won four olympic medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympic Games in long jump and high jump, both from standing position.

History

From 2003 to 2009 IAAF classified the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria among IAAF Grand Prix meetings.

World records

Over the course of its history, two world records has been set at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria, for the same event and furthermore, the first being surpassed by the latter on a technicality. The technicality is Tim Montgomery's intervening 2002 world record was later disallowed due to Montgomery's suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs.
YearEventRecordAthleteNationality
1999100 m9.79 Maurice Greene
2005100 m9.77 Asafa Powell

Meeting Records

Men

Women