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Location
  
Brussels, Belgium

Event type
  
Track and field athletics

Official site
  
Memorial Van Damme


Date
  
late August - early September

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Memorial Van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium that takes place in late August or early September. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the IAAF Diamond League.

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It was first organized in 1977 by a group of journalists in honour of Ivo Van Damme, a Belgian double medal winner at the Montreal Olympics who was killed the previous year in a car accident at the age of 22. A former footballer, he turned to athletics and in particular the 1500 m and 3000 m disciplines. Later on, he discovered the 800 m. In 1976, he took part in the Montreal Olympic Games, where he won silver medals in both the 800 m and 1500 m.

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2012

  • 110 m hurdles 12.80 Aries Merritt, USA

    • 2009

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  • 4 × 1500 m relay men 14:36.23 Kenya (William Biwott Tanui, Gideon Gathimba, Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono, Augustine Kiprono Choge)

    • 2006

  • 4 × 800 m relay men 7:02.43 Kenya (Joseph Mutua, William Yiampoy, Ismael Kombich, Wilfred Bungei)

    • 2005

  • 10,000 m 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia

    • 2004

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  • 10,000 m men Junior 27:04.00 Boniface Kiprop Toroitich, Uganda
  • 3,000 m steeplechase men 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Qatar
  • Pole vault women 4.92 m Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia

    • 2001

  • 3,000 m men Junior 7:30.67 Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia
  • 3,000 m steeple men 7:55.28 Brahim Boulami, Morocco

    • 1997

  • 5,000 m men 12:39.74 Daniel Komen, Kenya
  • 10,000 m men 26:27.85 Paul Tergat, Kenya

    • 1996

  • 10,000 m men 26:38.08 Salah Hissou, Morocco
  • 1,000 m women 2:28.98 Svetlana Masterkova, Russia

    • 1995

  • 5,000 m men Junior 13:07.38 Daniel Komen, Kenya
  • 1,000 m women 2:29.34 Maria de Lurdes Mutola, Mozambique

    • 1981

  • 1 mile men 3:47.33 Sebastian Coe, United Kingdom

    • Women

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    References

    Memorial Van Damme Wikipedia
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