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British Grand Prix (athletics)

UK athletics competition

UK athletics competition

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imageAlexander Stadium.jpg
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captionThe host stadium – Alexander Stadium
dateMay–August
locationBirmingham, England
typeTrack and field
iaaf_categoryGW

The British Grand Prix, formerly known as the Birmingham Grand Prix or the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix, was an annual athletics meeting. From 2010 through 2021 it was a part of the Diamond League series of track and field meets. From 1997 through 2005 the name British Grand Prix was used for meetings that were part of the London Grand Prix series, before reverting to the meetings usually held in Gateshead and Birmingham.

In 2020 the event was due to be held at the Gateshead International Stadium but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The event returned once more to Gateshead in 2021. There was a 2022 Diamond League meeting (2022 Birmingham Diamond League) held at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, though it was officially a continuation of the Anniversary Games (usually held in London) rather than a British Grand Prix event.

Editions

The event has been sponsored by a variety of companies including Bupa, Norwich Union, Aviva and Müller.

Ed.MeetingSeriesDateSponsorRef.
International Invitation Meeting9 Aug 1991Pearl Assurance
International Invitation Meeting17 Jul 1992Vauxhall Motorstitle=IAAF Grand Prix schedules 1985-1995 (PDF)url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fxSusyQ_3hk_1qKS9wNFDsqyoBsvn0oZ/viewaccess-date=2025-08-08publisher=IAAFvia=Google Drive}}
International Invitation Meeting30 Jul 1993title=Vauxhall Invitational 3 km Resultsurl=https://more.arrs.run/race/2923access-date=2025-07-27website=Association of Road Racing Statisticians}}
1994 British Grand Prix II1994 IAAF Grand Prix II1 Jul 1994Bupa
1995 British Grand Prix II1995 IAAF Grand Prix II2 Jul 1995
1996 British Grand Prix II1996 IAAF Grand Prix II30 Jun 1996
1997 British Grand Prix II1997 IAAF Grand Prix II7 Sep 1997
1998 British Grand Prix II1998 IAAF Grand Prix II19 Jul 1998
1999 British Grand Prix II1999 IAAF Grand Prix II27 Jun 1999CGU
2000 British Grand Prix II2000 IAAF Grand Prix II28 Aug 2000
2001 British Grand Prix II2001 IAAF Grand Prix II19 Aug 2001Norwich Union
2002 British Grand Prix II2002 IAAF Grand Prix II30 June 2002
2003 British Super Grand Prix2003 IAAF Super Grand Prix13 Jul 2003
2004 British Super Grand Prix2004 IAAF Super Grand Prix27 Jun 2004
2005 British Super Grand Prix2005 IAAF Super Grand Prix21 Aug 2005
2006 British Grand Prix2006 IAAF Grand Prix11 Jun 2006
2007 British Grand Prix2007 IAAF Grand Prix15 Jul 2007
2008 British Grand Prix2008 IAAF Grand Prix31 Aug 2008Aviva
2009 British Grand Prix2009 IAAF Grand Prix31 Aug 2009
2010 British Grand Prix2010 Diamond League10 Jul 2010
2011 Birmingham Grand Prix2011 Diamond League10 Jul 2011
2012 Birmingham Grand Prix2012 Diamond League26 Aug 2012
2013 Birmingham Grand Prix2013 Diamond League30 Jun 2013Sainsbury's
2014 Birmingham Grand Prix2014 Diamond League24 Aug 2014
2015 Birmingham Grand Prix2015 Diamond League7 Jun 2015
2016 Birmingham Grand Prix2016 Diamond League5 Jun 2016Müller
2017 Birmingham Grand Prix2017 Diamond League20 Aug 2017
2018 Birmingham Grand Prix2018 Diamond League18 Aug 2018
2019 Birmingham Grand Prix2019 Diamond League18 Aug 2019
2020: Meet canceled due to COVID-19
2021 British Grand Prix2021 Diamond League23 May 2021Müller
The 2022 Birmingham meet was part of the London Diamond League series

Venues

YearsVenueRegionCountry1991–2001, 2003–2004, 2006, 2008–2010, 20212002, 2005, 20072011–2019
Gateshead International StadiumGatesheadEngland
Don Valley StadiumSheffieldEngland
Alexander StadiumBirminghamEngland

World records

Over the course of its history, the following world records have been set at the British Grand Prix.

YearEventRecordAthleteNationality20042006
Pole vault4.87 mRussia
9.77Jamaica

Meeting records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef.100 m150 m200 m300 m400 m600 m800 m1000 m1500 mMile2000 m3000 mTwo miles5000 m110 m hurdles300 m hurdles400 m hurdles3000 m steeplechaseHigh jumpPole vaultLong jumpTriple jumpShot putDiscus throwHammer throwJavelin throw4 × 100 m relay
9.77Asafa PowellJamaica11 June 2006Gateshead
14.97Linford ChristieGreat Britain4 September 1994Sheffield
19.94Michael JohnsonUnited States15 September 1991Sheffield
31.56Douglas WalkerGreat Britain19 July 1998Gateshead
44.23Kirani JamesGrenada5 June 2016Birmingham
1:13.10 DLRDavid RudishaKenya5 June 2016Birmingham
1:42.79Emmanuel KorirKenya18 August 2018Birmingham
2:16.18Bernard LagatUnited States31 August 2008Gateshead
3:29.33Asbel KipropKenya5 June 2016Birmingham
3:51.89Asbel KipropKenya24 August 2014Birmingham
4:48.36Hicham El GuerroujMorocco19 July 1998Gateshead
7:26.69Kenenisa BekeleEthiopia15 July 2007Sheffield
8:07.85Mo FarahGreat Britain24 August 2014Birmingham
13:00.20Vincent ChepkokKenya10 July 2010Gatesheadtitle=Diamond League 2010 Gateshead Resultsurl=http://www.diamondleague-birmingham.com/ResultsArchive/2010/Birmingham/Results.pdfdate=2010-07-10url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112235141/http://www.diamondleague-birmingham.com/ResultsArchive/2010/Birmingham/Results.pdfarchive-date=2013-11-12access-date=2025-09-25website=Diamond League}}
12.95Aries MerrittUnited States26 August 2012Birmingham
34.48Chris RawlinsonGreat Britain30 June 2002Sheffield
47.67Kevin YoungUnited States14 August 1992Sheffield
8:00.12Conseslus KiprutoKenya5 June 2016Birmingham
2.40 mMutaz Essa BarshimQatar20 August 2017Birmingham
5.91 mAleksandr AverbukhIsrael19 August 2001Gateshead
8.53 mLuvo ManyongaSouth Africa18 August 2018Birmingham
17.74 mChristian OlssonSweden13 July 2003Gateshead
22.45 mChristian CantwellUnited States11 June 2006Gateshead
69.83 mPiotr MałachowskiPoland10 July 2010Gateshead
78.51 mPawel FajdekPoland20 August 2017Birmingham
95.66 mJan ŽeleznýCzech Republic29 August 1993Sheffield
37.95HSI:
Jon Drummond
Bernard Williams
Curtis Johnson
Maurice GreeneUnited States28 August 2000Gateshead

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef.100 m200 m300 m400 m800 m1000 m1500 mMile2000 m3000 mTwo miles5000 m10,000 m100 m hurdles400 m hurdles3000 m steeplechaseHigh jumpPole vaultLong jumpTriple jumpShot putDiscus throwHammer throwJavelin throw4 × 100 m relay
10.81Carmelita JeterUnited States26 August 2012Birmingham
22.15Shaunae Miller-UiboBahamas18 August 2018Birmingham
35.71Donna FraserGreat Britain28 August 2000Gateshead
49.77Sanya RichardsUnited States21 August 2005Sheffield
1:56.92Francine NiyonsabaBurundi5 June 2016Birmingham
2:33.92Laura MuirGreat Britain18 August 2018Birmingham
3:58.07Kelly HolmesGreat Britain29 June 1997Sheffield
4:21.11Konstanze KlosterhalfenGermany18 August 2019Birminghamtitle=Chepkoech and Klosterhalfen smash meeting records in Birmingham – IAAF Diamond Leagueurl=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/diamond-league-birmingham-chepkoech-klosterhapublisher=IAAFauthor=Jon Mulkeendate=18 August 2019access-date=28 August 2019}}
5:34.49Angela ChalmersCanada4 September 1994Sheffield
8:28.90Sifan HassanNetherlands20 August 2017Birmingham
9:11.49Mercy CheronoKenya24 August 2014Birmingham
14:51.77Tirunesh DibabaEthiopia21 August 2005Sheffield
30:17.15Paula RadcliffeGreat Britain27 June 2004Gateshead
12.46Kendra HarrisonUnited States5 June 2016Birmingham
12.46Danielle WilliamsJamaica18 August 2019Birmingham
53.78Kaliese SpencerJamaica26 August 2012Birmingham
9:05.55Beatrice ChepkoechKenya18 August 2019Birmingham
2.03 mKajsa BergqvistSweden21 August 2005Sheffield
4.87 mYelena IsinbayevaRussia27 June 2004Gateshead
6.96 mMalaika MihamboGermany18 August 2018Birmingham
14.94 mAshia HansenGreat Britain29 June 1997Sheffield
20.52 mValerie AdamsNew Zealand26 August 2012Birmingham
20.57 mNadzeya AstapchukBelarus10 July 2010Gateshead
69.23 mSandra PerkovićCroatia7 June 2015Birmingham
71.14 mJoanna FiodorowPoland20 August 2017Birmingham
66.08 mBarbora ŠpotákováCzech Republic26 August 2012Birmingham
43.80Jamaica17 July 1992Gateshead

Notes

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