# Fanny Blankers-Koen Games

The Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, abbreviated as FBK Games, is an annual track and field event at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion in Hengelo, Netherlands. It is named after Fanny Blankers-Koen in 1981, but was named Adriaan Paulen Memorial after Adriaan Paulen between 1987 and 2000. It has been part of the World Athletics Continental Tour since 2021.

## History

The first edition was organized on 6 June 1981. Its name honours Fanny Blankers-Koen, who won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympic Games.
It was known as the 'Adriaan Paulen Memorial' from 1987 to 2000, in memory of another Dutch athlete, but when Fanny Blankers-Koen was elected as the best female athlete of the 20th century by the IAAF in 2000, it was decided to use the original name "FBK-Games" again.
From 2003 to 2009 IAAF classified the FBK Games among IAAF Grand Prix meetings and from 2010 to 2019 it was a IAAF World Challenge meeting. The 2020 event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2021 it is a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold level meeting.

## World records

Over the course of its history, half a dozen world records have been set at the FBK Games.
World records set at the FBK Games :
| Year | Event | Record | Athlete | Nation |
| 1994 | 5000 m | 12:56.96 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia |
| 1995 | 10,000 m | 26:43.53 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia |
| 1997 | Two miles | 8:01.08 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia |
| 1998 | 10,000 m | 26:22.75 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia |
| 2004 | 5000 m | 12:37.35 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia |
| 2021 | 10,000 m | 29:06.82 | Sifan Hassan | Netherlands |

## Meeting records
### Men

Men's meeting records of the FBK Games :
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date |
| 100 m | 9.95 (+1.4 m/s) | Richard Thompson | Trinidad and Tobago | 8 June 2014 |
| 200 m | 20.23 (+2.0 m/s) | Churandy Martina | Netherlands | 8 June 2013 |
| 400 m | 44.35 | Abdalleleh Haroun | Qatar | 3 June 2018 |
| 800 m | 1:43.05 | Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1 June 2003 |
| 1000 m | 2:14.37 | Niels Laros | Netherlands | 7 July 2024 |
| 1500 m | 3:29.51 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 31 May 1997 |
| Mile | 3:50.39 | James Kwalia | Kenya | 1 June 2003 |
| 3000 m | 7:29.49 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 27 May 1996 |
| Two miles | 8:01.08 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 31 May 1997 |
| 5000 m | 12:37.35 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 31 May 2004 |
| 10,000 m | 26:22.75 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 1 June 1998 |
| One hour | 20822.36 m | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 1 June 2009 |
| 110 m hurdles | 13.03 (+0.4 m/s) | Grant Holloway | United States | 4 June 2023 |
| 400 m hurdles | 48.08 | Edwin Moses | United States | 19 July 1987 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 8:01.05 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | Kenya | 26 May 2007 |
| High jump | 2.33 m | Andriy Protsenko | Ukraine | 8 June 2014 |
| Pole vault | 6.11 m | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | 4 June 2023 |
| Long jump | 8.73 m (+1.2 m/s) | Irving Saladino | Panama | 24 May 2008 |
| Triple jump | 17.57 m (+1.7 m/s) | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Burkina Faso | 7 July 2024 |
| Shot put | 21.87 m | Reese Hoffa | United States | 28 May 2011 |
| Discus throw | 71.84 m | Piotr Małachowski | Poland | 8 June 2013 |
| Hammer throw | 80.90 m | Igor Astapkovich | Belarus | 28 May 2000 |
| Javelin throw | 90.75 m | Anderson Peters | Grenada | 6 June 2022 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | 38.29 | Santa Monica Track Club | United States | 4 June 1994 |
| 4 × 200 m relay | 1:20.43 | Santa Monica Track Club | United States | 13 August 1989 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:09.59 | Dutch national team | Netherlands | 19 July 1987 |

### Women

Women's meeting records of the FBK Games :
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date |
| 100 m | 10.92 (+0.8 m/s) | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain | 6 June 2021 |
| 200 m | 22.02 (−0.3 m/s) | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 22 May 2016 |
| 400 m | 50.02 | Femke Bol | Netherlands | 7 July 2024 |
| 800 m | 1:55.76 | Pamela Jelimo | Kenya | 24 May 2008 |
| 1000 m | 2:34.65 | Mary Decker | United States | 19 July 1987 |
| 1500 m | 3:56.14 | Sifan Hassan | Netherlands | 11 June 2017 |
| Mile | 4:25.71 | Jennifer Simpson | United States | 3 June 2018 |
| 2000 m | 5:40.71 | Elly van Hulst | Netherlands | 13 August 1989 |
| 3000 m | 8:30.43 | Zahra Ouaziz | Morocco | 1 June 1998 |
| 5000 m | 14:35.37 | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 28 May 2006 |
| 10,000 m | 29:06.82 | Sifan Hassan | Netherlands | 6 June 2021 |
| 100 m hurdles | 12.39 (+1.6 m/s) | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Puerto Rico | 7 July 2024 |
| 400 m hurdles | 53.94 | Femke Bol | Netherlands | 6 June 2022 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 9:07.06 | Sofia Assefa | Ethiopia | 11 June 2017 |
| High jump | 2.04 m | Mariya Lasitskene | Russia | 11 June 2017 |
| Pole vault | 4.90 m | Yarisley Silva | Cuba | 8 June 2013 |
| Long jump | 6.88 m NWI | Larissa Berezhnaya | Soviet Union | 13 August 1989 |
| Triple jump | 14.63 m (+1.7 m/s) | Caterine Ibarguen | Colombia | 8 June 2014 |
| Shot put | 20.86 m | Astrid Kumbernuss | Germany | 31 May 1997 |
| Discus throw | 67.42 m | Ilke Wyludda | Germany | 25 June 1991 |
| Hammer throw | 71.54 m | Manuela Montebrun | France | 1 June 2003 |
| Javelin throw | 63.90 m | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Belarus | 11 June 2017 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | 42.25 | Alexandra Burghardt Lisa Mayer Gina Lückenkemper Rebekka Haase | Germany | 11 June 2017 |