IAAF World Challenge Dakar

The IAAF World Challenge Dakar is an annual one-day track and field competition at the Stade Leopold Senghor in Dakar, Senegal as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 2003 as the Meeting International d'Athletisme de la Ville de Dakar. From 2006 to 2009 the IAAF classified it among IAAF Grand Prix meetings, and it was known as the Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar as a result.

IAAF World Challenge Dakar
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor
Date	May
Location	Dakar, Senegal
Event type	Track and field
Established	2003
Official site	meeting-dakar.com

Meet records

Men

Men's meeting records of IAAF World Challenge Dakar

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref.
100 m	9.98 (+3.5 m/s)	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	4 April 2003
200 m	20.56	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	2003
400 m	45.29	Young Talkmore Nyongani	Zimbabwe	2004
800 m	1:45.40	Ferguson Rotich	Kenya	12 June 2013	[1]
1500 m	3:35.15	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	Kenya	12 June 2013	[2]
3000 m	7:43.99	Mohamed Moustaoui	Morocco	28 May 2011	[3]
110 m hurdles	13.60	David Oliver	United States	2006
400 m hurdles	48.68	Angelo Taylor	United States	28 April 2007	[4]
High jump	2.30 m	Aleksey Dmitrik	Russia	28 May 2011	[5]
Pole vault	5.55 m	Denis Yurchenko	Ukraine	17 May 2008	[6]
		Jurij Rovan	Slovenia
Long jump	8.27 m	Ndiss Kaba Badji	Senegal	24 April 2010
Triple jump	17.08 m	Randy Lewis	Grenada	2008
Shot put	21.53 m	Christian Cantwell	United States	2009
Discus throw	64.93 m	Gábor Máté	Hungary	2008
Hammer throw	75.29 m	Pavel Bareisha	Belarus	25 May 2016	[7]
Javelin throw	81.10 m	Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	2007

Women

Women's meeting records of IAAF World Challenge Dakar

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref.
100 m	11.10 (+1.7 m/s)	Oludamola Osayomi	Nigeria	17 May 2008	[8]
200 m	23.20	Sheri-Ann Brooks	Jamaica
		Aida Diop	Senegal	2002
400 m	50.94	Amy Mbacké Thiam	Senegal
		Amantle Montsho	Botswana	2010
800 m	2:00.61	Caster Semenya	South Africa	28 May 2011	[9]
3000 m	8:44.30	Almaz Ayana	Ethiopia	12 June 2013	[10]
100 m hurdles	12.94	Tacko Diouf	Senegal	2000
	12.94 (+0.1 m/s)	Christina Manning	United States	25 May 2016	[11]
400 m hurdles	55.84	Surita Febraio	South Africa	2005
High jump	1.94 m	Doreen Amata	Nigeria	23 May 2015	[12]
Pole vault	4.40 m	Robeilys Peinado	Venezuela	25 May 2016	[13]
Long jump	6.74 m (+1.8 m/s)	Keila Costa	Brazil	28 April 2007	[14]
Triple jump	14.22 m (±0.0 m/s)	Susana Costa	Portugal	23 May 2015	[15]
Shot put	19.51 m	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	17 May 2008	[16]
Discus throw	59.38 m	Sabine Rumpf	Germany	12 June 2013	[17]
Hammer throw	75.33 m	Betty Heidler	Germany	28 May 2011	[18][19]
Javelin throw	60.48 m	Līna Mūze	Latvia	23 May 2015	[20]