Josef Odložil Memorial

Josef Odložil Memorial
The host stadium
Date	May
Location	Prague, Czech Republic
Event type	Track and field
Established	1994
Official site	Josef Odložil Memorial

The Josef Odložil Memorial (Czech: Memoriál Josefa Odložila) is an annual track and field meeting which takes place in June at Stadion Juliska (until 2001 at Stadion Evžena Rošického) in Prague, Czech Republic.

The competition was first held in 1994 as a race over 2000 m in memory of Czech middle-distance runner Josef Odložil – a silver medallist over 1500 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics, who died in 1993. The programme expanded to a wider selection of track and field events the following year. The meet grew in stature, attracting a number of top-class international competitors, and by 2004 it had gained IAAF Grand Prix status and was broadcast on television by Eurosport.^[1] In 2011, it was selected as a "Outdoor Premium Meeting" by the European Athletics Association.^[2]

A memorial race over 1500 m is now held in honour of Odložil features among the list of events at the meeting.^[3]

Meet records

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref
100 m	10.06 (+1.5 m/s)	Henricho Bruintjies	South Africa	8 June 2015	[4]
200 m	20.37	Clement Campbell	Jamaica	13 June 2007
400 m	45.26	Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	18 June 2001
800 m	1:44.46	Robert Chirchir	Kenya	12 June 1996
1500 m	3:34.55	Teshome Diressa	Ethiopia	11 June 2012	[5]
2000 m	4:57.72	Daniel Komen	Kenya	14 June 1999
10000 m	26:57.27	Sileshi Sihine	Ethiopia	27 June 2005
110 m hurdles	13.21	Dexter Faulk	United States	8 June 2009
400 m hurdles	48.62	David Greene	United Kingdom	8 June 2009
3000 m steeplechase	8:14.32	Collins Kosgei	Kenya	13 June 2007
High jump	2.31 m	Jaroslav Bába	Czech Republic	13 June 2011	[6]
Pole vault	5.76 m	Adam Ptáček	Czech Republic	17 June 2002
Long jump	8.60 m	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	10 June 1997
Triple jump	17.21 m	Yoandri Betanzos	Cuba	17 June 2002
Shot put	21.26 m	Manuel Martínez	Spain	17 June 2002
Discus throw	63.38 m	Vaclavas Kidykas	Lithuania	12 June 1996
Hammer throw	84.86 m	Koji Murofushi	Japan	29 June 2003
Javelin throw	90.56 m	Jan Železný	Czech Republic	5 June 2000
4x100m relay	39.27	Czech Team A Jan Veleba Jiří Vojtík Vojtěch Šulc Lukáš Milo	Czech Republic	13 June 2011	[7]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref
100 m	11.35	Vida Anim	Ghana	28 June 2004
200 m	22.74	Stephanie Durst	United States	13 June 2007
400 m	50.87	Helena Fuchsová	Czech Republic	5 June 2000
800 m	1:58.83	Irina Mistyukevich	Russia	14 June 1999
1500 m	4:05.66	Irina Biryukova	Russia	10 June 1997
3000 m	8:47.42	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	5 June 2000
5000 m	15:21.32	Bouchra Chaâbi	Morocco	28 June 2004
100 m hurdles	12.81	Aurelia Trywiańska	Poland	16 June 2008
400 m hurdles	54.43	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	11 June 2012	[8]
3000 m steeplechase	9:20.33	Dorcus Inzikuru	Uganda	27 June 2005
High jump	2.01 m	Yelena Slesarenko	Russia	28 June 2004
Pole vault	4.76 m	Silke Spiegelburg	Germany	11 June 2012	[9]
Long jump	6.75 m	Tünde Vaszi	Hungary	10 June 1997
Triple jump	14.83 m	Yelena Oleynikova	Russia	17 June 2002
Discus throw	66.81 m	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová	Czech Republic	27 June 2005
Hammer throw	67.24 m	Lucie Vrbenská	Czech Republic	29 June 2003
Javelin throw	68.81 m	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	16 June 2008
5000 m race walk	29:18.1	Pavla Choděrová	Czech Republic	2 August 1994
4 x 100 m relay	44.04	Popowicz Korczynska Jedrusinska Opon	Poland	11 June 2012	[10]

References

1. Cantwell, Slesarenko and Murofushi top Prague line-up. IAAF (2004-06-26). Retrieved on 2011-06-14.
2. Czech stars out in force in Prague. European Athletics (2011-06-13). Retrieved on 2011-06-14.
3. Ramsak, Bob (2011-06-14). Spotakova improves to 65.77m in Prague. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-14.
4. "100m Results". memorial-odlozil.cz. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
5. "Josef Odložil Memorial 2012 Complete Results". EAA. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
6. "High Jump Results". www.memorial-odlozil.cz. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
7. "4x100m Relay Results". www.memorial-odlozil.cz. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
8. "Josef Odložil Memorial 2012 Complete Results". EAA. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
9. "Josef Odložil Memorial 2012 Complete Results". EAA. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
10. "Josef Odložil Memorial 2012 Complete Results". EAA. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Josef Odložil Memorial Records