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Memorial Van Damme

Athletics tournament held in Belgium

Memorial Van Damme

Athletics tournament held in Belgium

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dateLate August – early September
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The Memorial Van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, that takes place in late August or early September. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it now serves as a final event of the Diamond League, along with Weltklasse Zürich between 2010 and 2019. In 2024 and 2026, Memorial Van Damme will serve as the sole final of the Diamond League.

It was first organized in 1977 by a group of journalists in honour of Ivo Van Damme, a Belgian double medal winner at the Montreal Olympics who was killed the previous year in a car accident at the age of 22.

King Baudouin Stadium during the 2012 edition

Editions

Ed.MeetingSeriesDateRef.
1977 Memorial Van Damme16 Aug 1977
1978 Memorial Van Damme18 Aug 1978title=Alberto Juantorena Dangerurl=http://www.thegreatdistancerunners.de/AlbertoJuantorena.htmlaccess-date=2024-08-04website=The Great Distance Runners }}
1979 Memorial Van Damme4 Sep 1979
1980 Memorial Van Damme22 Aug 1980
1981 Memorial Van Damme28 Aug 1981
1982 Memorial Van Damme27 Aug 1982
1983 Memorial Van Damme26 Aug 1983
1984 Memorial Van Damme24 Aug 1984
1985 Memorial Van Damme1985 IAAF Grand Prix30 Aug 1985
1986 Memorial Van Damme1986 IAAF Grand Prix5 Sep 1986
1987 Memorial Van Damme1987 IAAF Grand Prix11 Sep 1987
1988 Memorial Van Damme1988 IAAF Grand Prix19 Aug 1988
1989 Memorial Van Damme1989 IAAF Grand Prix25 Aug 1989
1990 Memorial Van Damme1990 IAAF Grand Prix10 Aug 1990
1991 Memorial Van Damme1991 IAAF Grand Prix13 Sep 1991
1992 Memorial Van Damme1992 IAAF Grand Prix28 Aug 1992
1993 Memorial Van Damme1993 IAAF Grand Prix3 Sep 1993
1994 Memorial Van Damme1994 IAAF Grand Prix19 Aug 1994
1995 Memorial Van Damme1995 IAAF Grand Prix25 Aug 1995
1996 Memorial Van Damme1996 IAAF Grand Prix23 Aug 1996
1997 Memorial Van Damme1997 IAAF Grand Prix22 Aug 1997
1998 Memorial Van Damme1998 IAAF Golden League28 Aug 1998
1999 Memorial Van Damme1999 IAAF Golden League3 Sep 1999
2000 Memorial Van Damme2000 IAAF Golden League28 Aug 2000
2001 Memorial Van Damme2001 IAAF Golden League24 Aug 2001
2002 Memorial Van Damme2002 IAAF Golden League30 Aug 2002
2003 Memorial Van Damme2003 IAAF Golden League5 Sep 2003
2004 Memorial Van Damme2004 IAAF Golden League2–3 Sep 2004
2005 Memorial Van Damme2005 IAAF Golden League26 Aug 2005
2006 Memorial Van Damme2006 IAAF Golden League25 Aug 2006
2007 Memorial Van Damme2007 IAAF Golden League14 Sep 2007
2008 Memorial Van Damme2008 IAAF Golden League5 Sep 2008
2009 Memorial Van Damme2009 IAAF Golden League4 Sep 2009
2010 Memorial Van Damme2010 Diamond League27 Aug 2010
2011 Memorial Van Damme2011 Diamond League16 Sep 2011
2012 Memorial Van Damme2012 Diamond League7 Sep 2012
2013 Memorial Van Damme2013 Diamond League6 Sep 2013
2014 Memorial Van Damme2014 Diamond League5 Sep 2014
2015 Memorial Van Damme2015 Diamond League11 Sep 2015
2016 Memorial Van Damme2016 Diamond League8–9 Sep 2016
2017 Memorial Van Damme2017 Diamond League31 Aug, 1 Sep 2017
2018 Memorial Van Damme2018 Diamond League30–31 Aug 2018
2019 Memorial Van Damme2019 Diamond League5–6 Sep 2019
2020 Memorial Van Damme2020 Diamond League4 Sep 2020
2021 Memorial Van Damme2021 Diamond League1 Sep, 3 Sep 2021
2022 Memorial Van Damme2022 Diamond League1–2 Sep 2022
2023 Memorial Van Damme2023 Diamond League7–8 Sep 2023
2024 Memorial Van Damme2024 Diamond League13–14 Sep 2024
2025 Memorial Van Damme2025 Diamond League22 Aug 2025

World records

Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at Memorial Van Damme.

YearEventRecordAthleteNationality19811995199619972001200420052006200720092012202020232025
3:47.33United Kingdom
13:07.38Kenya
2:29.34Mozambique
26:38.08Morocco
2:28.98Russia
12:39.74Kenya
26:27.85Kenya
7:30.67Ethiopia
7:55.28Morocco
27:04.00Uganda
7:53.63Qatar
Pole vault4.92 mRussia
26:17.53Ethiopia
7:02.43
William Yiampoy
Ismael Kombich
Wilfred BungeiKenya
8:58.58Ethiopia
14:36.23
Gideon Gathimba
Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono
Augustine Kiprono ChogeKenya
12.80United States
(track)56:20.02Belgium
21,330 mGreat Britain
18,930 mNetherlands
19.71Belgium
4:43.13Norway
4:40.13Bahrain

Meeting records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetRef.Video100 m200 m300 m400 m800 m1000 m1500 mMile2000 m3000 m5000 m10,000 m15,000 m10 Miles20,000 mOne hour110 m hurdles400 m hurdles2000 m steeplechase3000 m steeplechaseHigh jumpPole vaultLong jumpTriple jumpShot putDiscus throwHammer throwJavelin throw4 × 100 m relay4 × 400 m relay4 × 800 m relay4 × 1500 m relay
9.76Usain BoltJamaica16 September 20112011https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b198eaN6y0
19.26 DLRYohan BlakeJamaica16 September 20112011https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzJr9Prvus8
32.22Butch ReynoldsUnited States19 Augustus 19881988
44.03Michael CherryUnited States3 September 20212021
1:42.20Wilson KipketerDenmark22 August 19971997
2:14.95Sammy KoskeiKenya30 August 19851985
3:26.12Hicham El GuerroujMorocco24 August 20012001
3:47.30Noureddine MorceliAlgeria3 September 19931993
4:43.13 ****Jakob IngebrigtsenNorway8 September 20232023
7:23.09Hicham El GuerroujMorocco3 September 19991999
12:39.74Daniel KomenKenya22 August 19971997
26:17.53Kenenisa BekeleEthiopia26 August 20052005
41:51.64Sabastian SaweKenya1 September 20222022title=1 Hour Men resultsurl=https://ath-wdl-archive.azureedge.net/2022/brussels/re4510040.pdfdate=2022-09-01access-date=2025-08-24website=Diamond League}}
44:57.65Sabastian SaweKenya1 September 20222022
56:20.02 ** DLR**Bashir AbdiBelgium4 September 20202020
21,330 m DLRMo FarahGreat Britain4 September 20202020
12.80 ****Aries MerrittUnited States7 September 20122012
47.51Andre PhillipsUnited States5 September 19861986
5:30.7Joseph MahmoudFrance24 August 19841984
7:53.63Saif Saaeed ShaheenQatar3 September 20042004
2.43 m DLRMutaz Essa BarshimQatar5 September 20142014
6.11 mArmand DuplantisSweden13 September 20242024
8.65 mCarl LewisUnited States24 August 19841984
17.66 mChristian TaylorUnited States6 September 20192019
22.98 mLeonardo FabbriItaly14 September 20242024
69.96 mMatthew DennyAustralia13 September 20242024
82.26 mLance DealUnited States23 August 19961996
93.48 m (old design)Tom PetranoffUnited States26 August 19831983
90.50 m (current design)Jan ŽeleznýCzech Republic25 August 19951995
38.49Xavi Mo-Ajok
Taymir Burnet
Hensley Paulina
Raphael BoujuNetherlands8 September 20232023
3:05.57Olympic Essenbeek Halle:
Jonathan Sacoor
Tuur Bras
Kevin Borlée
Dylan BorléeBelgium14 September 20242024
7:02.43Joseph Mwengi Mutua
William Yiampoy
Ismael Kipngetich Kombich
Wilfred BungeiKenya25 August 20062006
14:36.23William Biwott Tanui
Gideon Gathimba
Geoffrey Rono
Augustine ChogeKenya4 September 20092009

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetRef.100 m200 m400 m800 m1000 m1500 mMile2000 m3000 mTwo miles5000 mOne hour100 m hurdles400 m hurdlesMile steeplechase3000 m steeplechaseHigh jumpPole vaultLong jumpTriple jumpShot putDiscus throwJavelin throw4 × 100 m relay4 × 400 m relay
10.72Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJamaica6 September 20132013
10.72Elaine ThompsonJamaica9 September 20162016
21.48 DLRShericka JacksonJamaica8 September 20232023
48.83Sanya RichardsUnited States4 September 20092009
1:55.16Pamela JelimoKenya6 September 20082008
2:28.98Svetlana MasterkovaRussia23 August 19961996
3:54.75Faith KipyegonKenya14 September 20242024
4:14.74Sifan HassanNetherlands3 September 20212021
5:30.19Gelete BurkaEthiopia4 September 20092009
8:24.81Meseret DefarEthiopia14 September 20072007
8:58.58 ****Meseret DefarEthiopia14 September 20072007
14:09.82Beatrice ChebetKenya14 September 20242024
18,930 m DLRSifan HassanNetherlands4 September 20202020
12.27Jasmine Camacho-QuinnPuerto Rico2 September 20222022
52.11Femke BolNetherlands8 September 20232023
4:40.13 ****Winfred YaviBahrain22 August 20252025
8:55.10Beatrice ChepkoechKenya31 August 20182018
2.05 mAnna ChicherovaRussia16 September 20112011
Yaroslava MahuchikhUkraine2 September 20222022
5.00 mSandi MorrisUnited States9 September 20162016
7.25 mHeike DrechslerGermany13 September 19911991
15.14 mTatyana LebedevaRussia5 September 20032003
20.90 mChase JacksonUnited States22 August 20252025
69.84 mTsvetanka ChristovaBulgaria5 September 19861986
72.18 m (old design)Fatima WhitbreadUnited Kingdom5 September 19861986
68.11 m (current design)Kara WingerUnited States2 September 20222022
42.97Gwen Torrence
Sheila Echols
Dannette Young
Evelyn AshfordUnited States19 August 19881988
3:42.09Atletiekvereniging Lyra Lierse:
Jitse Steenmans
Elise Mehuys
Messalina Pieroni
Lien TorfsBelgium14 September 20242024

Mixed

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetRef.4 × 100 m relay
40.96Netherlands Orange:
Elvis Afrifa
Minke Bisschops
Nsikak Ekpo
Britt de BlaauwNetherlands22 August 20252025

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