The PSD Bank Meeting was an annual indoor track and field competition which took place in February at the Arena-Sportpark in Düsseldorf, Germany. The inaugural edition 1. Internationales Indoor Meeting Düsseldorf was held in 2006 and attracted a sell-out crowd of 1500 people.[1] The competition was created following investment by the Düsseldorf municipal council, bringing a new usage to the venue which had served as a training facility for the 1977 IAAF World Cup.[2]

PSD Bank Meeting
DateFebruary
LocationDüsseldorf, Germany Germany
Event typeTrack and field
Established2006
Official sitePSD Bank Meeting

The second edition of the competition attracted a number of high calibre athletes from Europe, Africa, Asia and North America, with David Gillick's Irish national record in the 400 metres being a highlight.[3] The meeting was one of a handful of competitions which holds permit status from the European Athletics Association.[4] It established itself on the international circuit with frequent world-leading performances from athletes and typically sell-out editions in the 2000 capacity venue.[5][6][7]

In 2008, Cuban Dayron Robles ran 7.33 seconds for the 60 metres hurdles which was a Panamerican record for the event and the second fastest ever.[8] Among the performances in 2010 was an Asian indoor record for the 5000 m by Essa Ismail Rashed.[7] The sixth edition of the meeting in 2011 saw 18-year-old Isaiah Koech run the fourth fastest indoor 5000 metres in history, which was also the fastest ever by a junior athlete.[9] Katja Demut also set a German record in the triple jump at that year's event.[10]

The last edition took place in 2020.[11] In 2021 a new meeting format was organized under the name ISTAF Indoor Düsseldorf that was new located at the ISS Dome.

From 2018 onwards the previously sponsor PSD Bank also started a main sponsorship at the Indoor Meeting in Dortmund.[12]

Meeting records edit

Men edit

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref Video
60 m 6.43 Su Bingtian   China 6 February 2018 [13]
400 m 45.81 Pavel Maslák   Czech Republic 30 January 2014 [14]
800 m 1:45.42 Adam Kszczot   Poland 30 January 2014 [15]
1500 m 3:34.63 Nixon Chepseba   Kenya 11 February 2011 [16][17] [1]
3000 m 7:35.71 Selemon Barega   Ethiopia 4 February 2020 [18]
5000 m 12:53.29 Isaiah Kiplangat Koech   Kenya 11 February 2011 [17][19] [2]
60 m hurdles 7.33 Dayron Robles   Cuba 8 February 2008
High jump 2.34 m Naoto Tobe   Japan 20 February 2019 [20]
Pole vault 6.00 m Armand Duplantis   Sweden 4 February 2020 [21]
Long jump 7.98 m Godfrey Mokoena   South Africa 10 February 2012 [22]
Ignisious Gaisah   Ghana
Shot put 22.17 m Tomáš Staněk   Czech Republic 6 February 2018 [23]

Women edit

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref
60 m 7.02 Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast 20 February 2019 [24]
400 m 52.21 Antonina Krivoshapka   Russia 10 February 2012 [22]
800 m 1:59.69 Tetyana Petlyuk   Ukraine 6 February 2007
1500 m 4:02.09 Beatrice Chepkoech   Kenya 4 February 2020 [25]
60 m hurdles 7.77 Christina Manning   United States 6 February 2018 [26]
Pole vault 4.77 m Anzhelika Sidorova   Russia 20 February 2019 [27]
Long jump 6.60 m Funmi Jimoh   United States 11 February 2011 [28]
Triple jump 14.84 m Yargelis Savigne   Cuba 3 February 2010

References edit

  1. ^ "Gelungene Meeting-Premiere in Düsseldorf". DLV. 17 February 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  2. ^ Wenig, Jorg (2006-02-18). A high quality inaugural meeting in Düsseldorf. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-12.
  3. ^ Gordon, Ed (2007-02-07). World Indoor best and National record for Gillick in Düsseldorf. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-12.
  4. ^ Results European Athletics Indoor Permit Meetings 2010 Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2010). Retrieved on 2011-02-12.
  5. ^ Hat-trick for Bartels, Mohr over 5.85m in Dusseldorf Archived 2011-02-18 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-02-12). Retrieved on 2011-02-12.
  6. ^ Wenig, Jorg (2009-02-14). Three World-leading runs in Düsseldorf. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-12.
  7. ^ a b Gordon, Ed (2010-02-04). 13:02.95 by Koech tops eight world leads in Düsseldorf. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-12.
  8. ^ 60 Metres Hurdles All Time. IAAF (2011-02-05). Retrieved on 2011-02-12.
  9. ^ Wenig, Jorg (2011-02-12). Isaiah Koech storms to amazing 5000m time in Düsseldorf. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-12.
  10. ^ Mulkeen, Jon (2011-02-11). Collins rolls back the years, Koech smashes world junior indoor best in Düsseldorf Archived 2011-02-15 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-02-12.
  11. ^ Ute Neubauer (5 February 2020). "Düsseldorf: PSD Bank Leichtathletik Meeting zum letzten Mal in dieser Form". report-d.de. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  12. ^ "PSD Bank Indoor Meeting Dortmund". psdbank-indoormeeting.de. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  13. ^ "60m Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  14. ^ "400 Metres Result". www.psd-bank-meeting.de. 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  15. ^ "800 Metres Result". www.psd-bank-meeting.de. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  16. ^ "1500 Metres Results". 2011-02-11. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  17. ^ a b Jörg Wenig (2011-02-12). "Isaiah Koech storms to amazing 5000m time in Düsseldorf". IAAF. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  18. ^ Bob Ramsak (4 February 2020). "Duplantis tops 6.00m in Dusseldorf, narrowly misses 6.17m world record". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  19. ^ "5000 Metres Results". www.psdbankmeeting.com. 2011-02-11. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  20. ^ "High Jump Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  21. ^ Bob Ramsak (4 February 2020). "Duplantis tops 6.00m in Dusseldorf, narrowly misses 6.17m world record". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  22. ^ a b "PSD Bank Meeting 2012 Complete Results". EAA. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  23. ^ "Shot Put Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  24. ^ "60 Metres Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  25. ^ Bob Ramsak (4 February 2020). "Duplantis tops 6.00m in Dusseldorf, narrowly misses 6.17m world record". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  26. ^ "60m Hurdles Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  27. ^ "Pole Vault Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  28. ^ "Long Jump Results". psdbankmeeting.com. 2011-02-11. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-03-25.

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