Meeting Hauts de France Pas de Calais

The Meeting Hauts de France Pas de Calais (formerly Meeting Pas de Calais) also called Meeting International de Liévin (International Meeting of Liévin) is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in February in Liévin, France.

Meeting Pas de Calais
DateFebruary
LocationLiévin, France
Event typeIndoor track and field
Established1988
Official siteMeeting Pas de Calais

As of 2020, it is one of the seven events of the World Athletics Indoor Tour organised by World Athletics. [1]

History

The first meeting was held in 1988, two years after the construction of the Arena Stade Couvert de Liévin and one year after the 1987 European Athletics Indoor Championships. [2]

The meeting was held every year from 1988 to 2007 and then from 2009 to 2012 and is one of the Events of the World Indoor Meetings.

Due to technical problems and work delays, the meeting of 2013 was cancelled.

In 2018, the meeting was held again as an EA Indoor Permit Meeting.

In 2020, the meeting was one of the events of the World Athletics Indoor Tour.

World records

Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the Meeting Pas de Calais.

Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
1993 200 m 21.87 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
1993 Pole vault 6m14 Sergey Bubka  Ukraine
1994 Triple jump 14m90 Inna Lasovskaya  Russia
1995 200 m 20.25 Linford Christie  United Kingdom
1996 200 m 19.92 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia
2002 Pole vault 4m74 Svetlana Feofanova  Russia
2005 Pole vault 4m89 Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia

Meeting Records

Men
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
60 m 6.44 Ronnie Baker  United States 19 February 2020 [3]
200 m 19.92 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 18 February 1996
300 m 32.38 Greg Nixon  United States 2009
400 m 45.76 Darnell Hall  United States 1995
800 m 1:44.57 Adam Kszczot  Poland 14 February 2012 [4]
1000 m 2:17.06 Mehdi Baala  France 2004
1500 m 3:32.01 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 1998
Mile 3:51.34 Bernard Lagat  United States 2009
2000 m 4:54.76 Vénuste Niyongabo  Burundi 18 February 1996
3000 m 7:31.25 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 1999
Two miles 8:06.61 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 2003
60 m hurdles 7.40 Allen Johnson  United States 1995
High jump 2.38 m Javier Sotomayor  Cuba 1995
18 February 1996
Pole vault 6.14 m Sergey Bubka  Ukraine 13 February 1993
Long jump 8.60 m Ivan Pedroso  Cuba 1997
Triple jump 17.64 m [lower-alpha 1] Teddy Tamgho  France 8 February 2011 [5]
Shot put 20.27 m Pavel Sofin  Soviet Union 1990
5000 m walk 18:28.50 Frantz Kostiukevich  Belarus 13 February 1993

Women
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
60 m 6.93 Irina Privalova  Russia 1994
200 m 21.87 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 13 February 1993
300 m 35.69 Patricia Hall  Jamaica 14 February 2012 [6]
400 m 50.73 Grit Breuer  Germany 1998
800 m 1:56.36 Maria Mutola  Mozambique 1998
1000 m 2:34.61 Maria Mutola  Mozambique 2003
1500 m 4:00.60 Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 19 February 2020 [7]
Mile 4:23.0 Carla Sacramento  Portugal 2002
2000 m 5:38.76 Gabriela Szabo  Romania 2000
3000 m 8.34.09 Gabriela Szabo  Romania 1999
60 m hurdles 7.77 Michelle Freeman  Jamaica 1997
2000 m steeplechase 5:47.79 Maruša Mišmaš  Slovenia 19 February 2020 [8]
High jump 2.02 m Stefka Kostadinova  Bulgaria 1992
Pole vault 4.89 m Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia 2005
Long jump 7.09 m Heike Drechsler  Germany 1995
Triple jump 14.90 m Inna Lasovskaya  Russia 1994

Notes
  1. official website mentions Leonid Volochin's 17.33 m as record, unclear why

References
  1. "World Athletics Indoor Tour". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  2. "MEETING INTERNATIONAL LIEVIN LE 19 FEVRIER 2020 - history". meetinglievin.com. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  3. "60 Metres Result | Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais". World Athletics. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. "800 Metres Results" (PDF). www.meeting-pasdecalais.com. 14 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  5. "Triple Jump Results" (PDF). www.meeting-pasdecalais.com. 2011-02-08. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  6. "300 Metres Results" (PDF). www.meeting-pasdecalais.com. 14 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  7. "1500 Metres Result | Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais". World Athletics. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  8. "Meeting de Liévin (indoor) : record du monde pour Marusa Mismas sur le 2000m steeple - Athlé - Meeting de Liévin". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-19.
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