Fanny Blankers-Koen Games

Fanny Blankers-Koen Games
Bram Som and Jonathan Kitilit during the 800 metres of the 2018 edition.
Date May–August
Location Hengelo, Netherlands
Event type Track and field
World Athletics Cat. A
Established 1981
Last held 4 June 2023
Official site www.fbkgames.nl

The FBK Games is an annual track and field event at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Stadion in Hengelo, Netherlands as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings.

History

The event was first organized in 1981. Its name honours Fanny Blankers-Koen, who won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympic Games.

It was known as the Adriaan Paulen Memorial from 1987 to 2000, in memory of another Dutch athlete, but when Fanny Blankers-Koen was elected as the best female athlete of the 20th century by the IAAF in 2000, it was decided to use the original name "FBK-Games" again.

From 2003 to 2009 IAAF classified the FBK Games among IAAF Grand Prix meetings and from 2010 to 2019 it was a IAAF World Challenge meeting. The 2020 event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2021 it is a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold level meeting.

World records

Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at the FBK Games.

Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
1998 10000 m 26:22.75 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia
2004 5000 m 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia
2021 10000 m 29:06.82 Sifan Hassan Netherlands

Meeting Records

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 9.95 (+1.4 m/s) Richard Thompson Trinidad and Tobago 8 June 2014
200 m 20.23 (+2.0 m/s) Churandy Martina Netherlands 8 June 2013
400 m 44.35 Abdalleleh Haroun Qatar 3 June 2018
800 m 1:43.05 Wilfred Bungei Kenya 30 May 2003
1500 m 3:29.51 Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco 31 May 1997
Mile 3:50.39 James Kwalia Kenya 30 May 2003
3000 m 7:29.49 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 27 May 1996
Two miles 8:01.08 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 31 May 1997
5000 m 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 31 May 2004
10000 m 26:22.75 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 1 June 1998
One hour 20822.36 m Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 1 June 2009
110 m hurdles 13.03 (+0.4 m/s) Grant Holloway United States 4 June 2023
400 m hurdles 48.08 Edwin Moses United States 19 July 1987
3000 m steeplechase 8:01.05 Paul Kipsiele Koech Kenya 26 May 2007
High jump 2.33 m Andriy Protsenko Ukraine 8 June 2014
Pole vault 6.11 m Armand Duplantis Sweden 4 June 2023
Long jump 8.73 m (+1.2 m/s) Irving Saladino Panama 24 May 2008
Triple jump 17.31 m (+1.0 m/s) Phillips Idowu Great Britain 27 May 2012
Shot put 21.87 m Reese Hoffa United States 28 May 2011
Discus throw 71.84 m Piotr Małachowski Poland 8 June 2013
Hammer throw 80.90 m Igor Astapkovich Belarus 28 May 2000
Javelin throw 90.75 m Anderson Peters Grenada 6 June 2022
4 × 100 m relay 38.29 Santa Monica Track Club United States 4 June 1994
4 × 200 m relay 1:20.43 Santa Monica Track Club United States 13 August 1989
4 × 400 m relay 3:09.59 Dutch National Team Netherlands 19 July 1987

Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
100 m 10.92 (+0.8 m/s) Dina Asher-Smith Great Britain 6 June 2021
200 m 22.02 (-0.3 m/s) Dafne Schippers Netherlands 22 May 2016
400 m 50.11 Femke Bol Netherlands 4 June 2023
800 m 1:55.76 Pamela Jelimo Kenya 24 May 2008
1000 m 2:34.65 Mary Decker United States 19 July 1987
1500 m 3:56.14 Sifan Hassan Netherlands 11 June 2017
Mile 4:25.71 Jennifer Simpson United States 3 June 2018
2000 m 5:40.71 Elly van Hulst Netherlands 13 August 1989
3000 m 8:30.43 Zahra Ouaziz Morocco 1 June 1998
5000 m 14:35.37 Meseret Defar Ethiopia 28 May 2006
10000 m 29:06.82 Sifan Hassan Netherlands 6 June 2021
100 m hurdles 12.44 (+0.5 m/s) Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Puerto Rico 6 June 2021
400 m hurdles 53.94 Femke Bol Netherlands 6 June 2022
3000 m steeplechase 9:07.06 Sofia Assefa Ethiopia 11 June 2017
High jump 2.04 m Mariya Lasitskene Russia 11 June 2017
Pole vault 4.90 m Yarisley Silva Cuba 8 June 2013
Long jump 6.88 m NWI Larissa Berezhnaya Soviet Union 13 August 1989
Triple jump 14.63 m (+1.7 m/s) Caterine Ibarguen Colombia 8 June 2014
Shot put 20.86 m Astrid Kumbernuss Germany 31 May 1997
Discus Throw 67.42 m Ilke Wyludda Germany 25 June 1991
Hammer throw 71.54 m Manuela Montebrun France 30 May 2003
Javelin Throw 63.90 m Tatsiana Khaladovich Belarus 11 June 2017
4 × 100 m relay 42.25 German National Team Germany 11 June 2017