# Sparkassen Cup (athletics)

The Sparkassen Cup was an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in February in Stuttgart, Germany. The meeting was first held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in 1987 and is currently an IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting. After 25 years the last edition of the meeting took place in 2011 because the main sponsor ended its involvement.
At each meeting, the two male and female athletes deemed to have given the best performance each receive the Sparkassen Cup – a metal figurine of a man or a woman respectively. The recipients are often those who have broken records at the meeting. Indeed, Hicham El Guerrouj's 1997 run in the 1500 metres and Meseret Defar's winning time for the 3000 metres in 2007 remain world records on the indoor track.

## World records

Over the course of its history, 11 world records have been set at the Sparkassen Cup.
World records set at the Sparkassen Cup :
| Year | Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality |
| 1987 | 300 m | 32.51 | Anthony McKay | United States |
| 1991 | 5000 m | 15:13.72 | Uta Pippig | Germany |
| 1992 | 400 m | 45.02 | Danny Everett | United States |
| 1996 | 3000 m | 7:30.72 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia |
| 1997 | 1500 m | 3:31.18 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco |
| 1998 | 60 m | 6.41 | Maurice Greene | United States |
| 2000 | 1000 m | 2:15.25 | Wilson Kipketer | Kenya |
| 2002 | 3000 m | 8:29.15 | Berhane Adere | Ethiopia |
| 2002 | Pole vault | 4.71 m | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia |
| 2004 | 5000 m | 14:39.29 | Berhane Adere | Ethiopia |
| 2007 | 3000 m | 8:23.72 | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia |

## Meeting records
### Men

Men's meeting records of the Sparkassen Cup :
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date |
| 60 m | 6.41 | Maurice Greene | United States | 1 February 1998 |
| 200 m | 20.48 | John Regis | United Kingdom | 5 February 1995 |
| 300 m | 32.51 | Anthony McKay | United States | 1 February 1987 |
| 400 m | 45.02 | Danny Everett | United States | 2 February 1992 |
| 800 m | 1:44.71 | Joseph Mwengi Mutua | Kenya | 4 February 2004 |
| 1000 m | 2:15.25 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 6 February 2000 |
| 1500 m | 3:31.18 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 2 February 1997 |
| 3000 m | 7:27.80 | Yenew Alamirew | Ethiopia | 5 February 2011 |
| 5000 m | 13:31.02 | Aïssa Belaout | Algeria | 6 February 1994 |
| 50 m hurdles | 6.45 | Anier García | Cuba | 7 February 1999 |
| 60 m hurdles | 7.36 | Dayron Robles | Cuba | 2 February 2008 |
| High jump | 2.32 m | Ralf Sonn | Germany | 4 February 1990 |
| High jump | 2.32 m | Hendrik Beyer | Germany | 6 February 1994 |
| Pole vault | 5.88 m | Björn Otto | Germany | 3 February 2007 |
| Long jump | 8.34 m | Llewellyn Starks | United States | 2 February 1992 |
| Triple jump | 17.29 m | Yoelvis Quesada | Cuba | 2 February 1997 |
| Shot put | 20.45 m | Karsten Stolz | West Germany | 1 February 1987 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | 40.16 | Tobias Unger Marius Broening Alexander Kosenkow Martin Keller | Germany | 5 February 2011 |

### Women

Women's meeting records of the Sparkassen Cup :
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date |
| 60 m | 7.04 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 2 February 1992 |
| 60 m | 7.04 | Sevatheda Fynes | Bahamas | 6 February 2000 |
| 200 m | 22.36 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 2 February 1992 |
| 400 m | 50.73 | Charity Opara | Nigeria | 1 February 1998 |
| 800 m | 1:58.78 | Ludmila Formanová | Czechoslovakia | 7 February 1999 |
| 1000 m | 2:35.66 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 7 February 1999 |
| 1500 m | 4:04.88 | Kutre Dulecha | Ethiopia | 7 February 1999 |
| Mile | 4:23.90 | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 6 February 2000 |
| 3000 m | 8:23.72 | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 3 February 2007 |
| 5000 m | 14:39.29 | Berhane Adere | Ethiopia | 4 February 2004 |
| 60 m hurdles | 7.72 | Susanna Kallur | Sweden | 2 February 2008 |
| High jump | 2.04 m | Blanka Vlašić | Croatia | 7 February 2009 |
| Pole vault | 4.71 m | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | 3 February 2002 |
| Long jump | 7.13 m | Heike Drechsler | Germany | 6 February 1994 |
| Triple jump | 14.78 m | Rodica Mateescu-Petrescu | Romania | 1 February 1998 |
| Shot put | 20.47 m | Claudia Losch | West Germany | 31 January 1988 |