# Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe

Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, formerly known as BW-Bank Meeting and officially known as the Init Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in January or February in Karlsruhe, Germany. The meeting was first held at the Europahalle in 1985 and is currently a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold-level event, the highest level of one-day indoor meeting in the World Athletics calendar. The athletics meeting is known for having strong fields in the short sprint events. The 2016 edition was part of the inaugural IAAF World Indoor Tour.
The meeting has a strong tradition in the 60 metres hurdles event – Susanna Kallur set a women's world record in 2008, while Liu Xiang and Márcio de Souza have set continental records on the men's side.
It was previously known as the LBBW Meeting, changing to BW-Bank Meeting in 2006.
A strict limit of 199 occupants following safety concerns after modified fire safety regulations in Germany required in 2015 that the meeting was moved to Dm-Arena in Rheinstetten on Karlsruhe's exhibition areal. The sport infrastructure is temporary, it was first used in the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg and was acquired by the city of Karlsruhe with the intention to be able to host various more high-profile athletics events in Dm-Arena than would be possible in Europahalle even if it is put back in normal operation.

## World records

Over the course of its history, three world records have been set at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe.
World records set at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe :
| Year | Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality |
| 1998 | 3000 m | 7:26.15 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia |
| 2008 | 60 m hurdles | 7.68 | Susanna Kallur | Sweden |
| 2014 | 1500 m | 3:55.17 | Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia |

## Meeting records
### Men

Men's meeting records of the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe :
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date |
| 60 m | 6.45 | Ronald Pognon | France | 13 February 2005 |
| 200 m | 20.61 | Tobias Unger | Germany | 13 February 2005 |
| 300 m | 32.19 | Robson Caetano da Silva | Brazil | 24 February 1989 |
| 400 m | 46.03 | Brian Faust | United States | 7 February 2025 |
| 800 m | 1:44.15 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 27 January 2001 |
| 1000 m | 2:17.01 | Mehdi Baala | France | 13 February 2005 |
| 1500 m | 3:33.08 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | Kenya | 13 February 2005 |
| Mile | 3:53.74 | Jens-Peter Herold | Germany | 1 March 1994 |
| 2000 m | 4:56.23 | Jens-Peter Herold | Germany | 6 March 1993 |
| 3000 m | 7:26.15 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 25 January 1998 |
| 60 m hurdles | 7.38 | Allen Johnson | United States | 22 February 1995 |
| High jump | 2.35 m | Naoto Tobe | Japan | 2 February 2019 |
| Pole vault | 6.02 m | Armand Duplantis | Sweden | 28 January 2022 |
| Long jump | 8.38 m | Larry Myricks | United States | 7 February 1998 |
| Triple jump | 17.46 m | Jadel Gregorio | Brazil | 15 February 2004 |
| Shot put | 21.33 m | David Storl | Germany | 1 February 2014 |

### Women

Women's meeting records of the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe :
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date |
| 60 m | 7.04 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 11 February 1996 |
| 60 m | 7.04 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain | 27 January 2023 |
| 200 m | 22.50 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 31 January 1992 |
| 400 m | 50.84 | Helga Arendt | Germany | 7 February 1998 |
| 800 m | 1:57.48 | Maria Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique | 15 February 2004 |
| 1500 m | 3:55.17 | Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia | 1 February 2014 |
| 3000 m | 8:26.41 | Laura Muir | Great Britain | 4 February 2017 |
| 60 m hurdles | 7.68 | Susanna Kallur | Sweden | 10 February 2008 |
| High jump | 2.05 m | Ariane Friedrich | Germany | 15 February 2009 |
| Pole vault | 4.76 m | Silke Spiegelburg | Germany | 13 February 2011 |
| Long jump | 7.07 m | Malaika Mihambo | Germany | 7 February 2025 |
| Triple jump | 14.88 m | Yamile Aldama | Cuba | 29 January 2003 |
| Shot put | 20.68 m | Sarah Mitton | Canada | 7 February 2025 |