Indoor Flanders Meeting

The Indoor Flanders meeting was an annual indoor track and field meeting which took place at the Flanders Sports Arena in Ghent, Belgium. It was one of foremost meetings on the indoor European circuit and one of nine events which hold IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting status.^[1]

Indoor Flanders
The meeting was previously held at the Flanders Expo arena
Date	Mid-February
Location	Ghent, Belgium
Event type	Indoor track and field
Established	1990
Official site	Indoor Flanders

First held in 1990, the competition was originally held at the Flanders Expo arena and moved to the Flanders Sports Arena in 2000.^[2] Over its history the meeting has been sponsored by Energizer, KBC Bank, and Toyota (its current sponsor). The 23rd edition in 2012 was annulled because of loss sponsorship.^[3] After taking a year off, the Flanders Indoor Meeting returns in 2013 and 2014 but was cancelled from 2015 onwards.

World records

Over the course of its history, three world records have been set at the Indoor Flanders Meeting.

World records set at the Indoor Flanders Meeting

Year	Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality
1995	3000 m	7:35.15	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya
1997	Mile	3:48.45	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco
2002	Pole vault	4.73 m	Svetlana Feofanova	Russia

Meeting records

Men

Men's meeting records of the Indoor Flanders Meeting

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref.
60 m	6.45	Andre Cason	United States	1992
200 m	20.37	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	1996
300 m	32.15	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	9 February 2014	[4]
400 m	45.45	Jamie Baulch	United Kingdom	1997
600 m	1:15.65	Kevin Borlée	Belgium	13 February 2011	[5][6]
800 m	1:45.72	Tony Morrell	United Kingdom	1988
1000 m	2:16.15	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	Sudan	28 February 2008
1500 m	3:33.01	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	1997
Mile	3:48.45	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	1997
2000 m	5:02.53	John Mayock	United Kingdom	2000
3000 m	7:35.15	Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	1995
Two miles	8:09.89	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	2001
5000 m	13:11.39	Alberto García	Spain	2003
60 m hurdles	7.38	Colin Jackson	United Kingdom	1994
2000 m steeplechase	5:13.77	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	13 February 2011	[7][8]
Pole vault	5.90 m	Maksim Tarasov	Russia	1998
High jump	2:30 m	Vyacheslav Voronin	Russia	2000
Long jump	8.40 m	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	1997
Triple jump	17.42 m	Marian Oprea	Romania	26 February 2006

Women

Women's meeting records of the Indoor Flanders Meeting

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref.
60 m	6.97	Irina Privalova	Russia	1995
200 m	22.47	Irina Privalova	Russia	1992
400m	51.50	Charity Opara	Nigeria	1998
800 m	1:56.85	Stephanie Graf	Austria	2002
1500 m	4:04.80	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	14 February 2010	[9]
3000 m	8:41.67	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	26 February 2006
5000 m	15:07.39	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	1998
60 m hurdles	7.82	Brigita Bukovec	Slovenia	1999
High jump	2.00 m	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	26 February 2006
Pole vault	4.76 m	Anna Rogowska	Poland	9 February 2014	[10]
Long jump	6.61 m	Olga Rublyova	Russia	2000
Triple jump	14.47 m	Ashia Hansen	United Kingdom	1998