Athletissima

Athletissima is an annual athletics meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events, it is now part of the Diamond League.

Athletissima
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Date	June – September
Location	Lausanne, Switzerland
Event type	Track and field
World Athletics Cat.	GW[1]
Established	8 July 1977; 48 years ago (1977-07-08)
Official site	Diamond League – Lausanne
2025 Athletissima

Logo

The first edition was held on 8 July 1977 in the Stade Pierre de Coubertin.^[2] In 1986, the event was moved to the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise.^[2]

UBS has been the main sponsor of Athletissima Lausanne since 1982.^[3] Other sponsors are Vaudoise Assurances, Omega, Erdgas and Nike.^[4]

History

Prior to Athletissima, international athletics meetings were also held in Lausanne on 6 July 1947^[5] and 13 July 1957.^[6] The latter was also known as the "American Meeting",^[7] similar to precursors of the Weltklasse Zürich.

Editions

Athletissima editions

Ed.	Meeting	Series	Date	Ref.
1st	1977 Athletissima		8 Jul 1977	[2]
2nd	1978 Athletissima		13 Jul 1978	[8]
3rd	1979 Athletissima		18 Jul 1979	[9]
4th	1980 Athletissima		15 Aug 1980	[10]
5th	1981 Athletissima		14 Jul 1981	[11]
6th	1982 Athletissima		14 Jul 1982	[12]
7th	1983 Athletissima		30 Jun 1983	[13]
8th	1984 Athletissima		10 Jul 1984	[14]
9th	1985 Athletissima		10 Jul 1985	[15]
10th	1986 Athletissima		2 Sep 1986	[16]
11th	1987 Athletissima		15 Sep 1987	[17]
12th	1988 Athletissima	1988 IAAF Grand Prix[2]	24 Jun 1988	[18]
13th	1989 Athletissima	1989 IAAF Grand Prix	27 Jun 1989	[19]
14th	1990 Athletissima	1990 IAAF Grand Prix	12 Jul 1990	[20]
15th	1991 Athletissima	1991 IAAF Grand Prix	10 Jul 1991	[21]
16th	1992 Athletissima	1992 IAAF Grand Prix	8 Jul 1992	[22]
17th	1993 Athletissima	1993 IAAF Grand Prix	7 Jul 1993	[2]
18th	1994 Athletissima	1994 IAAF Grand Prix	6 Jul 1994	[23]
19th	1995 Athletissima	1995 IAAF Grand Prix	5 Jul 1995	[2]
20th	1996 Athletissima	1996 IAAF Grand Prix	3 Jul 1996	[24]
21st	1997 Athletissima	1997 IAAF Grand Prix	2 Jul 1997	[25]
22nd	1998 Athletissima	1998 IAAF Grand Prix	25 Aug 1998	[26]
23rd	1999 Athletissima	1999 IAAF Grand Prix	2 Jul 1999	[27]
24th	2000 Athletissima	2000 IAAF Grand Prix	5 Jul 2000	[28]
25th	2001 Athletissima	2001 IAAF Grand Prix	4 Jul 2001	[29]
26th	2002 Athletissima	2002 IAAF Grand Prix	2 Jul 2002	[30]
27th	2003 Athletissima	2003 IAAF Super Grand Prix	1 Jul 2003	[31]
28th	2004 Athletissima	2004 IAAF Super Grand Prix	6 Jul 2004	[32]
29th	2005 Athletissima	2005 IAAF Super Grand Prix	5 Jul 2005	[33]
30th	2006 Athletissima	2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix	11 Jul 2006	[34]
31st	2007 Athletissima	2007 IAAF Super Grand Prix	10 Jul 2007	[35]
32nd	2008 Athletissima	2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix	2 Sep 2008	[36]
33rd	2009 Athletissima	2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix	7 Jul 2009	[37]
34th	2010 Athletissima	2010 Diamond League	8 Jul 2010	[38]
35th	2011 Athletissima	2011 Diamond League	30 Jun 2011	[39]
36th	2012 Athletissima	2012 Diamond League	23 Aug 2012	[40]
37th	2013 Athletissima	2013 Diamond League	4 Jul 2013	[41]
38th	2014 Athletissima	2014 Diamond League	3 Jul 2014	[42]
39th	2015 Athletissima	2015 Diamond League	9 Jul 2015	[43]
40th	2016 Athletissima	2016 Diamond League	25 Aug 2016	[44]
41st	2017 Athletissima	2017 Diamond League	6 Jul 2017	[45]
42nd	2018 Athletissima	2018 Diamond League	4–5 Jul 2018	[46][47]
43rd	2019 Athletissima	2019 Diamond League	4–5 Jul 2019	[48]
44th	2020 Athletissima	2020 Diamond League	2 Sep 2020	[49]
45th	2021 Athletissima	2021 Diamond League	25–26 Aug 2021	[50]
46th	2022 Athletissima	2022 Diamond League	25–26 Aug 2022	[51]
47th	2023 Athletissima	2023 Diamond League	29–30 Jun 2023	[52]
48th	2024 Athletissima	2024 Diamond League	21–22 Aug 2024	[53]
49th	2025 Athletissima	2025 Diamond League	19–20 Aug 2025	[54]

World records

Over the course of its history, three world records have been set at Athletissima.

World records set at Athletissima

Year	Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality
1994	100 m	9.85 (+1.2 m/s)	Leroy Burrell	United States
2005	Pole vault	4.93 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia
2006	110 m hurdles	12.88 (+1.1 m/s)	Liu Xiang	China

Meeting records

Men

Men's meeting records of Athletissima

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Ref.
100 m	9.69 (−0.1 m/s) DLR	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	23 August 2012	2012	[55]
200 m	19.50 (−0.1 m/s)	Noah Lyles	United States	5 July 2019	2019	[56]
400 m	43.62	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	6 July 2017	2017	[57]
800 m	1:41.11 DLR	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya	22 August 2024	2024	[58]
1000 m	2:13.49 DLR	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	25 August 2016	2016	[59]
1500 m	3:27.83	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	22 August 2024	2024	[60]
Mile	3:49.12	Noureddine Morceli	Algeria	10 July 1991	1991	[61]
2000 m	4:52.44	Jim Spivey	USA	15 September 1987	1987	[62]
3000 m	7:30.62	Daniel Komen	Kenya	2 July 1999	1999
5000 m	12:40.45	Berihu Aregawi	Ethiopia	30 June 2023	2023	[63]
10,000 m	27:15.00	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	6 July 1994	1994	[64]
110 m hurdles	12.88 (+1.1 m/s)	Liu Xiang	China	11 July 2006	2006
400 m hurdles	47.14	Edwin Moses	United States	14 July 1981	1981
3000 m steeplechase	8:01.62	Brimin Kiprop Kipruto	Kenya	8 July 2010	2010
High jump	2.41 m	Bohdan Bondarenko	Ukraine	4 July 2013	2013	[65]
Pole vault	6.15 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	21 August 2024	2024	[66]
Long jump	8.56 m (+2.0 m/s)	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	5 July 1995	1995
Triple jump	18.06 m (+1.1 m/s)	Christian Taylor	United States	9 July 2015	2015	[67]
Shot put	22.81 m	Ryan Crouser	United States	26 August 2021	2021	[68]
Discus throw	70.53 m	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	5 July 2005	2005
Hammer throw	84.48 m	Igor Nikulin	Soviet Union	12 July 1990	1990	[69]
Javelin throw	90.72 m (old design)	Jan Železný	Czechoslovakia	10 July 1991	1991
	90.61 m (current design)	Anderson Peters	Grenada	22 August 2024	2024	[70]
4 × 100 m relay	38.75	Michael Frater Ainsley Waugh Nesta Carter Asafa Powell	Jamaica	10 July 2007	2007	[71]
4 × 400 m relay	3:07.26	Reto Jelinek Mathias Rusterholz Alain Sierro Daniel Kehl	Switzerland	8 July 1992	1992	[72]

Women

Women's meeting records of Athletissima

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Ref.
100 m	10.60 (+1.7 m/s)	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	26 August 2021	2021	[73]
200 m	22.07 (+1.6 m/s)	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	5 July 1995	1995
400 m	49.17	Salwa Eid Naser	Bahrain	5 July 2019	2019	[74]
800 m	1:55.69	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	20 August 2025	2025	[75]
1500 m	3:57.34	Shelby Houlihan	United States	5 July 2018	2018	[76]
Mile	4:16.05	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	6 July 2017	2017	[77]
3000 m	8:21.50	Diribe Welteji	Ethiopia	22 August 2024	2024	[78]
100 m hurdles	12.34 (−0.9 m/s)	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Puerto Rico	26 August 2022	2022	[79]
400 m hurdles	52.25	Femke Bol	Netherlands	22 August 2024	2024	[80]
3000 m steeplechase	9:05.98	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	30 June 2023	2023	[81]
High jump	2.06 m	Mariya Lasitskene	Russia	6 July 2017	2017	[82]
Pole vault	4.93 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	5 July 2005	2005
Long jump	7.48 m (+0.4 m/s)	Heike Drechsler	Germany	8 July 1992	1992	[72]
Triple jump	15.52 m (+0.6 m/s) DLR	Yulimar Rojas	Venezuela	26 August 2021	2021	[83]
Shot put	20.95 m	Valerie Adams	New Zealand	23 August 2012	2012	[84]
Discus throw	68.96 m	Sandra Perković	Croatia	4 July 2013	2013	[85]
Javelin throw	69.58 m (old design)	Natalya Shikolenko	Bulgaria	6 July 1994	1994	[64]
	68.43 m (current design)	Sara Kolak	Croatia	6 July 2017	2017	[86]
4 × 100 m relay	42.03	Dina Asher-Smith Desiree Henry Bianca Williams Amy Hunt	Great Britain	22 August 2024	2024	[87]

See also

• Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern
• Weltklasse Zürich