Meeting de Paris
Track and field
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  1. FE9A2E
DateJune – August
LocationParis, France
Iaaf categoryGW[1]
Est21 Jul 1999
HomepageDiamond League – Paris
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Meeting de Paris (formerly known as the Meeting Areva and Meeting Gaz de France) is an annual track and field meeting at the Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris, France. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the Diamond League. It was first organized in 1999. The record attendance was set on 1 July 2005, with a total of 70,253 spectators.[2]

History

The origins of the meet date back to 1984 when Michel Zilbermann organised an athletics meeting at the Stade Auguste Delaune. Another meeting in Paris was held annually in the Stade Sébastien Charléty. In the 1990s, the Saint-Denis meet was sponsored by the L'Humanité newspaper.[3]

The two meets collaborated to create a new event in the Stade de France in 1999. Following this, the two meetings officially merged to become one meet in 2000. The meeting's founder Zilbermann died in April 2008 following a long illness.[2]

The 2009 event was marred by heavy rain but Kenenisa Bekele, Kerron Stewart, Sanya Richards and Yelena Isinbayeva all remained on target for the 2009 Golden League jackpot. A particular highlight was Usain Bolt's 9.79 seconds run for the 100 m meet record, which was closely followed by a national-record-breaking Daniel Bailey. There were 46,500 people in attendance to see new French record holder Renaud Lavillenie win the pole vault competition.[4] The 2013 event was headlined by Usain Bolt setting a World Leading time in the 200m in front of 50,226 fans. In 2017, the meeting moved back to Stade Sébastien Charléty. The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Editions

Meeting de Paris editions
Ed.Meeting nameSeriesDateRef.
Meeting de Saint-Denis2 June 1984[6]
Meeting de Paris13 July 1985[7]
BNP de Paris22 July 1986[7]
Saint-Denis Invitational11 June 1987[7]
Saint-Denis Invitational7 June 1988[7][8]
Meeting International de Saint-Denis23 June 1989[9][8]
Meeting International de Saint-Denis22 June 1990[7][10]
Meeting International d'Athletisme19 July 1991[3][10]
Meeting International d'Athletisme4 June 1992[7][8]
International d'Athletisme de St Denis11 June 1993[7][8]
...
1996 Meeting Gaz de France1996 IAAF Grand Prix28 June 1996[11]
1997 Meeting Gaz de France1997 IAAF Grand Prix25 June 1997[12]
1998 Meeting Gaz de France1998 IAAF Grand Prix29 July 1998[13]
1999 Meeting Gaz de France Saint-Denis1999 IAAF Grand Prix3 July 1999[14][15]
1999 Meeting de Paris1999 IAAF Grand Prix21 July 1999[16][17]
2000 Meeting Gaz de France2000 IAAF Golden League23 Jun 2000[18]
2001 Meeting Gaz de France2001 IAAF Golden League6 July 2001[19]
2002 Meeting Gaz de France2002 IAAF Golden League5 July 2002[20]
2003 Meeting Gaz de France2003 IAAF Golden League4 July 2003[21]
2004 Meeting Gaz de France2004 IAAF Golden League23 July 2004[22]
2005 Meeting Gaz de France2005 IAAF Golden League1 July 2005[23]
2006 Meeting Gaz de France2006 IAAF Golden League8 July 2006[24]
2007 Meeting Gaz de France2007 IAAF Golden League6 July 2007[25]
2008 Meeting Gaz de France2008 IAAF Golden League18 July 2008[26]
2009 Meeting Areva2009 IAAF Golden League17 July 2009[27]
2010 Meeting Areva2010 Diamond League16 July 2010[28]
2011 Meeting Areva2011 Diamond League8 July 2011[29]
2012 Meeting Areva2012 Diamond League6 July 2012[30]
2013 Meeting Areva2013 Diamond League6 July 2013[31]
2014 Meeting Areva2014 Diamond League5 July 2014[32]
2015 Meeting Areva2015 Diamond League4 July 2015[33]
2016 Meeting de Paris2016 Diamond League27 August 2016[34]
2017 Meeting de Paris2017 Diamond League1 July 2017[35]
2018 Meeting de Paris2018 Diamond League30 Jun 2018[36]
2019 Meeting de Paris2019 Diamond League24 Aug 2019[37]
2020: Meet canceled due to COVID-19[5]
2021 Meeting de Paris2021 Diamond League28 Aug 2021[38]
2022 Meeting de Paris2022 Diamond League18 Jun 2022[39]
2023 Meeting de Paris2023 Diamond League9 Jun 2023[40]
2024 Meeting de Paris2024 Diamond League7 July 2024[41]
2025 Meeting de Paris2025 Diamond League20 June 2025[42]

World records

World records set at the Meeting de Paris
YearEventRecordAthleteNationality
2023Two miles7:54.10Jakob IngebrigtsenNorway
3000 m steeplechase7:52.11Lamecha GirmaEthiopia
5000 m14:05.20Faith KipyegonKenya
2024High Jump2.10 mYaroslava MahuchikhUkraine
1500m3:49.04Faith KipyegonKenya
20251500m3:27.72 'Phanuel KoechKenya

Meeting records

Men

Men's meeting records of the Meeting de Paris [1]
EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetRef.
100 m9.79Usain BoltJamaica17 July 20092009
200 m19.65Noah LylesUnited States24 August 20192019[43]
400 m43.86Jeremy WarinerUnited States18 July 20082008[44]
800 m1:41.54David RudishaKenya6 July 20122012[45]
1000 m2:13.73Noureddine MorceliAlgeria2 July 1993
1500 m3:27.49Azeddine HabzFrance20 June 20252025[46]
Mile3:49.01Hicham El GuerroujMorocco29 July 19981998
2000 m4:58.21Noureddine MorceliAlgeria4 June 1992
3000 m7:24.00[a]Jakob IngebrigtsenNorway9 June 20232023[47][48]
Two miles7:54.10 ' DLR'Jakob IngebrigtsenNorway9 June 20232023[47]
5000 m12:40.18Kenenisa BekeleEthiopia1 July 20052005[49]
10,000 m27:22.95Fernando MamedePortugal9 July 1982
110 m hurdles12.88Dayron RoblesCuba18 July 20082008
400 m hurdles46.93Rai BenjaminUnited States20 June 20252025[50]
3000 m steeplechase7:52.11 ' DLR'Lamecha GirmaEthiopia9 June 20232023[47][51]
High jump2.40 mJavier SotomayorCuba19 July 1991
Pole vault6.01 mArmand DuplantisSweden28 August 20212021[52]
Long jump8.66 mMike PowellUnited States29 June 1990
Triple jump18.06 mWill ClayeUnited States24 August 20192019[53]
Shot put22.44 mTomas WalshNew Zealand24 August 20192019[54]
Discus throw70.21 mVirgilijus AleknaLithuania23 July 20042004[55]
Hammer throw83.00 mBalázs KissHungary4 June 19981998
Javelin throw91.40 mJan ŽeleznýCzech Republic29 July 19981998
4 × 100 m relay38.22Méba Mickaël Zeze
Jeff Erius
Ryan Zeze
Jimmy Vicaut		France9 June 20232023[56]
4 × 200 m relay1:21.73Attila Kovács
László Babály
István Tatár
István Nagy		Hungary9 July 1982

Women

Women's meeting records of the Meeting de Paris [2]
EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetRef.
100 m10.67Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJamaica18 June 20222022[57]
200 m21.97Merlene OtteyJamaica29 June 1990
400 m48.81Marileidy PaulinoDominican Republic20 June 20252025[58]
800 m1:54.25 DLRCaster SemenyaSouth Africa30 June 20182018[59]
1000 m2:32.40Ella KovácsRomania2 July 1993
1500 m3:49.04Faith KipyegonKenya7 July 20242024[60]
Mile4:18.08Mary SlaneyUnited States9 July 1982
3000 m8:19.08Francine NiyonsabaBurundi28 August 20212021[61]
5000 m14:05.20Faith KipyegonKenya9 June 20232023[47][51]
10,000 m31:08.41Catherina McKiernanIreland17 June 1995
100 m hurdles12.21Grace StarkUnited States20 June 20252025[62]
400 m hurdles53.06Kim BattenUnited States29 July 19981998
3000 m steeplechase8:52.78Ruth JebetBahrain27 August 20162016[63]
High jump2.10 m 'Yaroslava MahuchikhUkraine7 July 20242024[64]
Pole vault4.91 mYelena IsinbayevaRussia6 July 20072007[65]
Long jump7.15 mHeike DrechslerGermany6 July 1992
Triple jump15.12 mTatyana LebedevaRussia4 July 20032003[66]
Shot put20.78 mValerie AdamsNew Zealand8 July 20112011[67]
20.78 mNadezhda OstapchukBelarus16 July 20102010
Discus throw69.04 mValarie AllmanUnited States9 June 20232023[47]
Hammer throw77.13 mBrooke AndersenUnited States9 June 20232023[68]
Javelin throw70.88 m (old design)Petra Felke-MeierEast Germany29 June 1990
68.01 m (current design)Christina ObergföllGermany8 July 20112011[69]
4 × 100 m relay42.99Carmen Marco
Paula García
Paula Sevilla
Jaël Bestué		Spain9 June 20232023
4 × 200 m relay1:32.17Laurence Bily
Liliane Gaschet
Chantal Réga
Raymonde Naigre		France9 July 1982

Notes

  1. ^ by World Athletics source; 7:23.8 by official Race Analysis

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