Herculis

The Herculis is an annual track and field meet at Stade Louis II in Fontvieille, Monaco. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events. Herculis is now part of the Diamond League.

Herculis
Herculis in 2005
Date	July – August
Location	Fontvieille, Monaco
Event type	Track and field
World Athletics Cat.	GW[1]
Established	19 September 1987; 37 years ago (1987-09-19)
Official site	Diamond League – Monaco
2025 Herculis

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Editions

Herculis editions

Ed.	Meeting	Series	Date	Ref.
1st	1987 Herculis		19 Sep 1987	[2]
2nd	1988 Herculis		2 Aug 1988	[2]
3rd	1989 IAAF Grand Prix Final	1989 IAAF Grand Prix	1 Sep 1989	[3][4]
4th	1990 Herculis	1990 IAAF Grand Prix	12 Aug 1990	[5]
5th	1991 Herculis	1991 IAAF Grand Prix	3 Aug 1991	[6]
6th	1992 Herculis	1992 IAAF Grand Prix	11 Aug 1992	[7]
7th	1993 Herculis	1993 IAAF Grand Prix	7 Aug 1993	[7]
8th	1994 Herculis	1994 IAAF Grand Prix	2 Aug 1994	[7]
9th	1995 IAAF Grand Prix Final	1995 IAAF Grand Prix	9 Sep 1995	[4]
10th	1996 Herculis	1996 IAAF Grand Prix	10 Aug 1996	[8]
11th	1997 Herculis	1997 IAAF Grand Prix	16 Aug 1997	[9]
12th	1998 Herculis	1998 IAAF Golden League	8 Aug 1998	[10]
13th	1999 Herculis	1999 IAAF Golden League	4 Aug 1999	[11]
14th	2000 Herculis	2000 IAAF Golden League	18 Aug 2000	[12]
15th	2001 Herculis	2001 IAAF Golden League	20 Jul 2001	[13]
16th	2002 Herculis	2002 IAAF Golden League	19 Jul 2002	[14]
17th	2003 IAAF World Athletics Final	2003 IAAF Super Grand Prix	13–14 Sep 2003	[15]
18th	2004 IAAF World Athletics Final	2004 IAAF Super Grand Prix	18–19 Sep 2004	[16]
19th	2005 IAAF World Athletics Final	2005 IAAF Super Grand Prix	9–10 Sep 2005	[17]
20th	2006 Herculis	2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix	20 Aug 2006	[18]
21st	2007 Herculis	2007 IAAF Super Grand Prix	25 Jul 2007	[19]
22nd	2008 Herculis	2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix	29 Jul 2008	[20]
23rd	2009 Herculis	2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix	28 Jul 2009	[21]
24th	2010 Herculis	2010 Diamond League	22 Jul 2010	[22]
25th	2011 Herculis	2011 Diamond League	22 Jul 2011	[23]
26th	2012 Herculis	2012 Diamond League	20 Jul 2012	[24]
27th	2013 Herculis	2013 Diamond League	19 Jul 2013	[25]
28th	2014 Herculis	2014 Diamond League	18 Jul 2014	[26]
29th	2015 Herculis	2015 Diamond League	17 Jul 2015	[27]
30th	2016 Herculis	2016 Diamond League	15 Jul 2016	[28]
31st	2017 Herculis	2017 Diamond League	21 Jul 2017	[29]
32nd	2018 Herculis	2018 Diamond League	20 Jul 2018	[30]
33rd	2019 Herculis	2019 Diamond League	11–12 Jul 2019	[31]
34th	2020 Herculis	2020 Diamond League	14 Aug 2020	[32]
35th	2021 Herculis	2021 Diamond League	9 Jul 2021	[33]
36th	2022 Herculis	2022 Diamond League	10 Aug 2022	[34]
37th	2023 Herculis	2023 Diamond League	21 Jul 2023	[35]
38th	2024 Herculis	2024 Diamond League	12 Jul 2024	[36]

World records

Over the course of its history, seven world records have been set at Herculis.

World records set at Herculis

Year	Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality
2008	Pole vault	5.04 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia
2015	1500 m	3:50.07	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia
2018	3000m steeplechase	8:44.32	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya
2019	Mile	4:12.33	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands
2020	5000 m	12:35.36	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda
2023	Mile	4:07.64	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya
2024	2000 m	5:19.70	Jessica Hull	Australia

Meeting records

Men

Men's meeting records of Herculis

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Ref.
100 m	9.78 (−0.3 m/s)	Justin Gatlin	United States	17 July 2015	2015	[37]
200 m	19.46 (+0.8 m/s)	Noah Lyles	United States	10 August 2022	2022	[38]
400 m	43.73	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	21 July 2017	2017	[39]
800 m	1:41.46	Djamel Sedjati	Algeria	12 July 2024	2024	[40]
1000 m	2:13.88	Jake Wightman	Great Britain	10 August 2022	2022	[41]
1500 m	3:26.69 DLR	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	17 July 2015	2015	[42]
Mile	3:56.75	John Ngugi	Kenya	12 August 1990	1990
2000 m	5:00.97	Mohamed Choumassi	Morocco	2 August 1994	1994
3000 m	7:25.02	Ali Saidi-Sief	Algeria	18 August 2000	2000
5000 m	12:35.36 WR DLR	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	14 August 2020	2020	[43]
110 m hurdles	12.93 (±0.0 m/s)	Aries Merritt	United States	20 July 2012	2012	[44]
400 m hurdles	46.51	Karsten Warholm	Norway	21 July 2023	2023	[45]
3000 m steeplechase	7:53.64	Brimin Kipruto	Kenya	22 July 2011	2011	[46]
High jump	2.40	Bohdan Bondarenko	Ukraine	18 July 2014	2014
		Danil Lysenko	ANA	20 July 2018	2018	[47]
Pole vault	6.02 m	Piotr Lisek	Poland	12 July 2019	2019	[48]
Long jump	8.58 m (−0.8 m/s)	Ivan Pedroso	Cuba	25 July 1995	1995
Triple jump	17.82 m (+0.2 m/s)	Christian Taylor	United States	12 July 2019	2019	[49]
Shot put	22.56 m	Joe Kovacs	United States	17 July 2015	2015	[50]
Discus throw	69.08 m	Lars Riedel	Germany	25 July 1995	1995
Javelin throw	90.20 m	Raymond Hecht	Germany	10 August 1996	1996
4 × 100 m relay	37.58	USA "Red": Charles Silmon Mike Rodgers Mookie Salaam Justin Gatlin	United States	19 July 2013	2013	[51]

Women

Women's meeting records of Herculis

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Ref.
100 m	10.62 (+0.4 m/s)	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	10 August 2022	2022	[52]
200 m	21.77	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	7 August 1993	1993
400 m	48.97	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	20 July 2018	2018	[53]
800 m	1:54.60	Caster Semenya	South Africa	20 July 2018	2018	[54]
1000 m	2:29.15 DLR	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	14 August 2020	2020	[55]
1500 m	3:50.07	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	17 July 2015	2015	[56]
Mile	4:07.64 WR DLR	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	21 July 2023	2023	[57]
2000 m	5:19.70 WR DLR	Jessica Hull	Australia	12 July 2024	2024	[58]
5000 m	14:22.12	Hellen Obiri	Kenya	14 August 2020	2020	[59]
100 m hurdles	12.30 (+0.6 m/s)	Nia Ali	United States	21 July 2023	2023	[60]
400 m hurdles	52.63	Lashinda Demus	United States	28 July 2009	2009
3000 m steeplechase	8:44.32 WR DLR	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	20 July 2018	2018	[61]
High jump	2.05 m	Mariya Lasitskene	Russia	21 July 2017	2017	[62]
Pole vault	5.04 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	29 July 2008	2008
Long jump	7.33 m	Heike Drechsler	Germany	11 August 1992	1992
Triple jump	15.31 m (±0.0 m/s)	Caterine Ibargüen	Colombia	18 July 2014	2014	[63]
Shot put	20.60 m	Natalya Lisovskaya	Soviet Union	3 August 1991	1991
Discus throw	69.30 m	Larisa Korotkevich	Russia	11 August 1992	1992
Javelin throw	69.45 m	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	22 July 2011	2011	[64]
4 × 100 m relay	41.75	USA "Red": English Gardner Octavious Freeman Allyson Felix Carmelita Jeter	United States	19 July 2013	2013	[65]