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Helsinki Grand Prix

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Helsinki Grand Prix
The host venue – Helsinki Olympic Stadium
LocationHelsinki, Finland
Event typeTrack and field
Established1959
Last held2006

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]

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

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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

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Men

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Men's meeting records of the Helsinki Grand Prix
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref.
100 m 9.87 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia
200 m 20.14 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago
Obadele Thompson  Barbados
400 m 44.53 Mark Richardson  United Kingdom
800 m 1:43.97 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi  South Africa [6]
1500 m 3:31.00 Noureddine Morceli  Algeria
3000 m 7:26.03 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia
5000 m 12:39.36 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia
10,000 m 27:16.50 Salvatore Antibo  Italy
3000 m steeplechase 8:10.15 Moses Kiptanui  Kenya
110 m hurdles 13.12 Colin Jackson  United Kingdom
400 m hurdles 48.06 Ruslan Mashchenko  Russia
High jump 2.37 m Hollis Conway  United States
Pole vault 5.90 m Riaan Botha  South Africa
Long jump 8.44 m Dwight Phillips  United States
Triple jump 17.82 m Jonathan Edwards  United Kingdom
Shot put 22.47 m Werner Günthör   Switzerland
Discus throw 70.98 m Mac Wilkins  United States
Hammer throw 84.14 m Yuriy Sedykh  Soviet Union
Javelin throw 89.98 m Sergey Makarov  Russia
4 × 100 m relay 38.38  Trinidad and Tobago

Women

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Men's meeting records of the Helsinki Grand Prix
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref.
100 m 10.86 Marion Jones  United States
200 m 21.91 Marion Jones  United States
400 m 50.39 DeeDee Trotter  United States
800 m 1:57.10 Sigrun Wodars  East Germany
1500 m 4:02.9 Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union
3000 m 8:40.72 Maricica Puică  Romania
5000 m 14:52.66 Fernanda Ribeiro  Portugal
10,000 m 31:00.64 Kayoko Fukushi  Japan [7]
100 m hurdles 12.66 Damu Cherry  United States [8]
400 m hurdles 54.05 Sandra Farmer-Patrick  United States
High jump 2.00 m Stefka Kostadinova  Bulgaria
Pole vault 4.50 m Svetlana Feofanova  Russia
Long jump 7.09 m Inessa Kravets  Ukraine
Triple jump 15.05 m Trecia-Kaye Smith  Jamaica [9]
Shot put 20.63 m Natalya Lisovskaya  Soviet Union
Discus throw 65.82 m María Cristina Betancourt  Cuba
Hammer throw 69.19 m Olga Kuzenkova  Russia
Javelin throw 68.47 m Osleidys Menéndez  Cuba
4 × 100 m relay 42.65  United States

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on April 29, 2013. 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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