Memorial Van Damme

**Memorial van Damme** is a yearly athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.  It takes place in late August or early September. Before it was one of the IAAF Golden League events.  Now it is now part of the IAAF Diamond League.

It was first put together in 1977 by a group of journalists in honour of Ivo van Damme.  Damme was a Belgian double medal winner at the Montreal Olympics who was killed 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. Later on, he ran in 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.

### 2009

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

### 2006

- 4 x 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

- 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

### Men

|Event|Record|Athlete|Nationality|Date|Ref|Video|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|100 m|9.76 (+1.3 m/s)|Usain Bolt||16 September 2011||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b198eaN6y0(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b198eaN6y0)|
|200 m|19.26 (+0.7 m/s)|Yohan Blake||16 September 2011||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzJr9Prvus8(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzJr9Prvus8)|
|400 m|44.06|Michael Johnson||28 August 1998|||
|800 m|1:42.20|Wilson Kipketer||22 August 1997|||
|1000 m|2:14.95|Sammy Koskei||30 August 1985|||
|1500 m|3:26.12|Hicham El Guerrouj||24 August 2001|||
|Mile|3:47.30|Noureddine Morceli||3 September 1993|||
|3000 m|7:23.09|Hicham El Guerrouj||3 September 1999|||
|5000 m|12:39.74|Daniel Komen||22 August 1997|||
|10000 m|26:17.53|Kenenisa Bekele||26 August 2005|||
|110 m hurdles|12.92 (+0.2 m/s)|Allen Johnson||23 August 1996|||
|400 m hurdles|47.51|Andre Phillips||5 September 1986|||
|3000 m steeplechase|7:53.63|Saif Saaeed Shaheen||3 September 2004|||
|High jump|2.38 m|Hollis Conway||10 August 1990|||
|Pole vault|5.95 m|Sergey Bubka Sergey Bubka Jeff Hartwig Jeff Hartwig||19 August 1994 22 August 1997 28 August 1998 3 September 1999|||
|Long jump|8.65 m|Carl Lewis||24 August 1984|||
|Triple jump|17.60 m|Jonathan Edwards||30 August 1995|||
|Shot put|22.16 m|Reese Hoffa||27 August 2010|||
|Discus throw|69.94 m|Imrich Bugár||24 August 1984|||
|Hammer throw|82.26 m|Lance Deal||23 August 1996|||
|Javelin throw|93.48 m <small>(old design)</small> 90.50 m <small>(Current design)</small>|Tom Petranoff Jan Železný||26 August 1983 25 August 1995|||
|4x100 m relay|38.65|United States||19 August 1988|||
|4x800 m relay|7:02.43|Kenya||25 August 2006|||
|4x1500 m relay|14:36.23|William Biwott Tanui Gideon Gathimba Geoffrey Rono Augustine Choge||4 September 2009|||

### Women

|Event|Record|Athlete|Nationality|Date|Ref|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|100 m|10.76 (+0.9 m/s)|Marion Jones||22 August 1997||
|200 m|21.64|Merlene Ottey||13 September 1991||
|400 m|48.83|Sanya Richards||4 September 2009||
|800 m|1.55.16|Pamela Jelimo||6 September 2008||
|1000 m|2:28.98|Svetlana Masterkova||23 August 1996||
|1500 m|3.55.33|Süreyya Ayhan||5 September 2003||
|Mile|4.17.75|Maryam Yusuf Jamal||14 September 2007||
|2000 m|5:30.19|Gelete Burka||4 September 2009||
|3000 m|8.24.81+|Meseret Defar||14 September 2007||
|Two miles|8.58.58|Meseret Defar||14 September 2007||
|5000 m|14.25.43|Vivian Cheruiyot||6 September 2008||
|100 m hurdles|12.42|Yordanka Donkova||5 September 1986||
|400 m hurdles|53.43|Nezha Bidouane||28 August 1998||
|3000 m steeplechase|9:15.43|Yuliya Zaripova||16 September 2011||
|High jump|2.05 m|Anna Chicherova||16 September 2011||
|Pole vault|4.93 m|Yelena Isinbayeva||26 August 2005||
|Long jump|7.25 m|Heike Drechsler||13 September 1991||
|Triple jump|15.14 m (+0.3 m/s)|Tatyana Lebedeva||5 September 2003||
|Shot put|20.57 m|Natalya Lisovskaya||11 September 1987||
|Discus throw|69.84 m|Tsvetanka Christova||5 September 1986||
|Javelin throw|72.18 m <small>(old design)</small> 67.76 m <small>(Current design)</small>|Fatima Whitbread Trine Hattestad||5 September 1986 25 August 2000||
|4x100 m relay|42.97|United States||19 August 1988||

<small>+ = en route to a longer distance</small>

## Other websites

- Diamond League – Brussels Official Web Site