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 an "Outdoor Premium Meeting" by the European Athletics Association.[2]

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

Meet records

Men

Men's meeting records of the Josef Odložil Memorial

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref.
100 m	9.92 (+1.7 m/s)	Mike Rodgers	United States	4 June 2018	[4]
200 m	20.37	Clement Campbell	Jamaica	13 June 2007
400 m	45.09	Baboloki Thebe	Botswana	3 June 2019	[5]
	44.42	Blake Leeper [a]	United States	4 June 2018	[6]
800 m	1:44.46	Robert Chirchir	Kenya	12 June 1996
1500 m	3:32.32	Sadik Mikhou	Bahrain	5 June 2017	[7]
2000 m	4:57.72	Daniel Komen	Kenya	14 June 1999
10,000 m	26:57.27	Sileshi Sihine	Ethiopia	27 June 2005
110 m hurdles	13.11 (+1.8 m/s)	Antonio Alkana	South Africa	5 June 2017	[8]
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	Czechoslovakia	13 June 2011	[9]
Pole vault	5.82 m	Raphael Holzdeppe	Germany	10 June 2013
		Piotr Lisek	Poland	9 June 2014
		Thibaut Collet	France	6 June 2022	[10]
Long jump	8.60 m	Iván Pedroso	Cuba	10 June 1997
Triple jump	17.21 m	Yoandri Betanzos	Cuba	17 June 2002
Shot put	22.31 m	Ryan Crouser	United States	4 June 2018	[11]
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	Czechoslovakia	5 June 2000
4 × 100 m relay	38.99	Czech Team A: Stromšík Jan Veleba Jirka Záleský	Czech Republic	4 June 2018	[12]

Women

Women's meeting records of the Josef Odložil Memorial

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref.
100 m	11.35	Vida Anim	Ghana	28 June 2004
200 m	22.67 (+1.2 m/s)	Christine Mboma	Namibia	7 June 2021	[13]
400 m	50.87	Helena Fuchsová	Czechoslovakia	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	12.69 (+1.0 m/s)	Elvira Herman	Belarus	4 June 2018	[14]
400 m hurdles	54.04	Georganne Moline	United States	4 June 2018	[15]
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	[16]
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	Czechoslovakia	27 June 2005
Hammer throw	73.98 m	Malwina Kopron	Poland	5 June 2017	[17]
Javelin throw	68.81 m	Barbora Špotáková	Czechoslovakia	16 June 2008
5000 m walk	29:18.1	Pavla Choděrová	Czechoslovakia	2 August 1994
4 × 100 m relay	44.04	Popowicz Korczynska Jedrusinska Opon	Poland	11 June 2012	[18]

Notes

1. Leeper is a double amputee paralympic athlete

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 Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. 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" (PDF). ČAS. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
5. "400m Results" (PDF). memorial-odlozil.cz. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
6. "400m Results" (PDF). ČAS. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
7. "1500m Results". memorial-odlozil.cz. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
8. "110m Hurdles Results". memorial-odlozil.cz. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
9. "High Jump Results". www.memorial-odlozil.cz. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
10. "Pole Vault Results" (PDF). memorial-odlozil.cz. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
11. "Shot Put Results" (PDF). ČAS. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
12. "4×100m Relay Results" (PDF). ČAS. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
13. "200m Result" (PDF). memorial-odlozil.cz. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
14. "100m Hurdles Results" (PDF). ČAS. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
15. "400m Hurdles Results" (PDF). ČAS. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
16. "Josef Odložil Memorial 2012 Complete Results". EAA. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
17. "Hammer Throw Results". memorial-odlozil.cz. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
18. "Josef Odložil Memorial 2012 Complete Results". EAA. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Josef Odložil Memorial Records