Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe

Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe
The 60 metres at the 2009 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe
DateFebruary
LocationEuropahalle, Karlsruhe, Germany
Event typeIndoor track and field
Established1985
Official siteIndoor Meeting Karlsruhe
2026 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe

Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, formerly known as BW-Bank Meeting and officially known as the Init Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in January or February in Karlsruhe, Germany. The meeting was first held at the Europahalle in 1985 and is currently a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold-level event, the highest level of one-day indoor meeting in the World Athletics calendar. The athletics meeting is known for having strong fields in the short sprint events.[1] The 2016 edition was part of the inaugural IAAF World Indoor Tour.

The meeting has a strong tradition in the 60 metres hurdles event – Susanna Kallur set a women's world record in 2008, while Liu Xiang and Márcio de Souza have set continental records on the men's side.

It was previously known as the LBBW Meeting, changing to BW-Bank Meeting in 2006.[2]

A strict limit of 199 occupants following safety concerns after modified fire safety regulations in Germany required in 2015 that the meeting was moved to Dm-Arena in Rheinstetten on Karlsruhe's exhibition areal. The sport infrastructure is temporary, it was first used in the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg and was acquired by the city of Karlsruhe with the intention to be able to host various more high-profile athletics events in Dm-Arena than would be possible in Europahalle even if it is put back in normal operation.

Editions

Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe editions
Ed. Name Date Ref.
1st 1985 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 3 Feb 1985 [3]
2nd 1986 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 31 Jan 1986 [3]
3rd 1987 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 28 Jan 1987 [3]
4th 1988 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 7 Feb 1988 [3]
5th 1989 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 24 Feb 1989 [3]
6th 1990 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 11 Feb 1990 [3]
7th 1991 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 24 Feb 1991 [3]
8th 1992 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 31 Jan 1992 [3]
9th 1993 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 6 Mar 1993 [3]
10th 1994 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 1 Mar 1994 [3]
11th 1995 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 12 Feb 1995 [3]
12th 1996 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 11 Feb 1996 [3]
13th 1997 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 14 Feb 1997 [3]
14th 1998 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 25 Jan 1998 [3]
15th 1999 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 24 Jan 1999 [3]
16th 2000 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 29 Jan 2000 [3]
17th 2001 LBBW Meeting 27 Jan 2001 [3]
18th 2002 LBBW Meeting 25 Jan 2002 [3]
19th 2003 LBBW Meeting 28 Feb 2003 [3]
20th 2004 LBBW Meeting 15 Feb 2004 [3]
21st 2005 LBBW Meeting 13 Feb 2005 [3]
22nd 2006 BW-Bank Meeting 29 Jan 2006 [3]
23rd 2007 BW-Bank Meeting 11 Feb 2007 [3]
24th 2008 BW-Bank Meeting 10 Feb 2008 [3]
25th 2009 BW-Bank Meeting 15 Feb 2009 [3]
26th 2010 BW-Bank Meeting 31 Jan 2010 [3]
27th 2011 BW-Bank Meeting 13 Feb 2011 [3]
28th 2012 Internationale Hallenleichtathletik Meeting 12 Feb 2012 [3]
29th 2013 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 2 Feb 2013 [3]
30th 2014 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 1 Feb 2014 [3]
31st 2015 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 2 Feb 2015 [3]
32nd 2016 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 6 Feb 2016 [3]
33rd 2017 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 4 Feb 2017 [3]
34th 2018 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 3 Feb 2018 [4]
35th 2019 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 2 Feb 2019 [5]
36th 2020 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 31 Jan 2020 [6]
37th 2021 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 29 Jan 2021 [7]
38th 2022 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 28 Jan 2022 [8]
39th 2023 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 27 Jan 2023 [9]
2024: Meet cancelled, Europahalle unavailable
40th 2025 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 7 Feb 2025 [10]
41st 2026 Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 8 Feb 2026 [11]

World records

Over the course of its history, three world records have been set at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe.

World records set at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe
Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
1998 3000 m 7:26.15 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia
2008 60 m hurdles 7.68 Susanna Kallur  Sweden
2014 1500 m 3:55.17 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia

Meeting records

Men

Men's meeting records of the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref.
60 m 6.45 Ronald Pognon  France 13 February 2005
200 m 20.61 Tobias Unger  Germany 13 February 2005
300 m 32.19 Robson Caetano da Silva  Brazil 24 February 1989
400 m 46.03 Brian Faust  United States 7 February 2025 [12]
800 m 1:44.15 Yuriy Borzakovskiy  Russia 27 January 2001
1000 m 2:17.01 Mehdi Baala  France 13 February 2005
1500 m 3:33.08 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen  Kenya 13 February 2005
Mile 3:53.74 Jens-Peter Herold  Germany 1 March 1994
2000 m 4:56.23 Jens-Peter Herold  Germany 6 March 1993
3000 m 7:26.15 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 25 January 1998
60 m hurdles 7.38 Allen Johnson  United States 22 February 1995
High jump 2.35 m Naoto Tobe  Japan 2 February 2019 [13]
Pole vault 6.02 m Armand Duplantis  Sweden 28 January 2022 [14]
Long jump 8.38 m Larry Myricks  United States 7 February 1998
Triple jump 17.46 m Jadel Gregorio  Brazil 15 February 2004
Shot put 21.33 m David Storl  Germany 1 February 2014 [15]

Women

Women's meeting records of the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref. Video
60 m 7.04 Irina Privalova  Russia 11 February 1996
Dina Asher-Smith  Great Britain 27 January 2023 [16]
200 m 22.50 Irina Privalova  Russia 31 January 1992
400 m 50.84 Helga Arendt  Germany 7 February 1998
800 m 1:57.48 Maria Lurdes Mutola  Mozambique 15 February 2004
1500 m 3:55.17 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 1 February 2014 [15]
3000 m 8:26.41 Laura Muir  Great Britain 4 February 2017 [17]
60 m hurdles 7.68 Susanna Kallur  Sweden 10 February 2008 [1]
High jump 2.05 m Ariane Friedrich  Germany 15 February 2009 [18]
Pole vault 4.76 m Silke Spiegelburg  Germany 13 February 2011 [19]
Long jump 7.07 m Malaika Mihambo  Germany 7 February 2025 [12]
Triple jump 14.88 m Yamile Aldama  Cuba 29 January 2003
Shot put 20.68 m Sarah Mitton  Canada 7 February 2025 [12]

References

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  2. ^ LBBW Meeting – Karlsruhe. Euro Meetings. Retrieved on 2011-02-19.
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  4. ^ "Karlsruhe Indoor Meeting 2018 results". World Athletics. 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  5. ^ "Indoor Meeting - Karlsruhe 2019 results". World Athletics. 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  6. ^ "Indoor Meeting - Karlsruhe 2020 results". World Athletics. 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  7. ^ "Indoor Meeting - Karlsruhe 2021 results". World Athletics. 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  8. ^ "INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 2022 results". World Athletics. 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  9. ^ "INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 2023 results". World Athletics. 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  10. ^ "INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 2025 results". World Athletics. 2025-02-07. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  11. ^ "INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe 2026 results". World Athletics. 2026-02-08. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  12. ^ a b c "Mitton and Mihambo make strong statements in Karlsruhe". World Athletics. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  13. ^ "High Jump Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  14. ^ Jess Whittington (28 January 2021). "Aregawi and Duplantis put on a show in Karlsruhe". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  15. ^ a b Phil Minshull, Ed Gordon (1 February 2014). "Genzebe Dibaba smashes world indoor 1500m record with 3:55.17 in Karlsruhe". IAAF. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  16. ^ Jon Mulkeen (27 January 2023). "Asher-Smith blazes to British and meeting record of 7.04 in Karlsruhe". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Laura Muir smashes European 3000m record in Karlsruhe". athleticsweekly.com. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  18. ^ "High Jump Results". www.bw-bank-meeting.de. 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
  19. ^ "Pole Vault Results". www.bw-bank-meeting.de. 2011-02-13. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
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