| ISTAF Berlin | |
|---|---|
 The Olympic Stadium in Berlin | |
| Date | August–September |
| Location | Olympiastadion,Berlin |
| Event type | Track and fieldathletics |
| World Athletics Cat. | B |
| Established | 1937 |
| Official site | ISTAF |
TheInternationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) is an annualtrack and fieldathletics meeting at theOlympic Stadium inBerlin, Germany. It was first held in July 1921 at theDeutsches Stadion, which was replaced from 1937 by theStadium of the 1936 Olympic Games. Since 2006 ISTAF has been sponsored byDKB and officially known as theDKB-ISTAF and from 2010, had been part of theIAAF World Challenge, the second tier of global one day athletics events. Nowadays, the meeting is a part of theWorld Athletics Continental Tour Silver tier, the third ranked tier.
On 3 July 1921 theBerliner Sport-Club (BSC), theSport-Club Charlottenburg (SCC) and theSchwimm-Club Poseidon organised the first sports festival under the current name of Internationales Stadionfest or ISTAF. On 23 March 1937 theBSC, theDeutscher Sport-Club (DSC, laterOlympischer Sport-Club OSC) and theSCC, agreed to hold international sports festivals together and organized the first meeting on 1 August 1937 at the Olympic Stadium, where the event is still held today. Four ISTAF meetings, in 1938, 1941, the first post-war in 1949, as well as 1953, were all held at theMommsen Stadium, but since 1955 meetings have been held annually at Berlin's Olympic Stadium inCharlottenburg. The 2002 and 2003 ISTAF meetings were held at theFriedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark instead, due to reconstruction of the Olympic Stadium in preparation for the2006 FIFA World Cup.
There were several ISTAF-free years during the Second World War and after: 1940, as well as 1943-48 and again in 1950 and 1951. A meeting wasn't held in 1972 because of the1972 Summer Olympics and again in 1973, as a result of theterrorist attack at the 1972 Olympic Games. From 1993 to 1997, theIAAF classified ISTAF among theGolden Four meetings and from 1998 to 2009, it became part of theIAAF Golden League. When theDiamond League was conceived, it had been provisionally planned for Berlin to hold one of its meetings, but it was unable to meet the criteria set for the new elite series, therefore as from 2010, ISTAF became part of the second tier World Challenge circuit instead.
ISTAF was also held as an indoor meeting at the Deutschlandhalle for a few years until 1968, and from 2014 onwards as theISTAF Indoor at theMercedes Benz Arena (formerly O2 World Berlin), the first large indoor athletics event in Berlin for some time.
On 31 January 2021, the ISTAF Indoor Düsseldorf was held inDüsseldorf as the successor to the PSD Bank Meeting, against a larger backdrop at the ISS Dome. Meeting director and managing director of the ISTAF is Martin Seeber.
Over the course of its history, manyworld records have been set at the ISTAF.
| Year | Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 100 m | 11.6h | Stanisława Walasiewicz |  Poland |
| 80 m hurdles | 11.6h | Barbara Burke |  South Africa | |
| 1939 | Long jump | 6.12 m | Christel Schulz |  German Reich |
| 1970 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:22.0h | Kerry O'Brien |  Australia |
| 1975 | 100 m | 9.9h | Steve Williams |  United States |
| 110 m hurdles | 13.0h | Guy Drut |  France | |
| 1977 | High jump | 1.97 m | Rosemarie Ackermann |  East Germany |
| High jump | 2.00 m | Rosemarie Ackermann | East Germany | |
| 1978 | 1000 m | 2:32.0h | Ulrike Bruns | East Germany |
| 400 m hurdles | 55.44 | Krystyna Kacperczyk | Poland | |
| 1985 | 1500 m | 3:29.46 | Saïd Aouita |  Morocco |
| 1989 | 10,000 m | 27:08.23 | Arturo Barrios |  Mexico |
| 1990 | 1000 m | 2:30.67 | Christine Wachtel | East Germany |
| 1999 | 2000 m | 4:44.79 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco |
| 2010 | 800 m | 1:41.09 | David Rudisha |  Kenya |
| 2014 | Hammer throw | 79.58 m | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland |
| 2015 | 2000 m steeplechase | 6:02.16 | Virginia Nyambura Nganga | Kenya |
| 2017 | 600 m | 1:21.77 | Caster Semenya |  South Africa |
| 2019 | 2000 m steeplechase | 5:52.80 | Gesa-Felicitas Krause |  Germany |
| 2024 | 600 m | 1:21.63 | Mary Moraa | Kenya |
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 9.82(−0.1 m/s) | Yohan Blake |  Jamaica | 11 September 2011 | [1][2] |
| 200 m | 19.97 | Frankie Fredericks |  Namibia | 30 August 1996 | |
| 400 m | 43.94 | Michael Johnson | United States | 27 August 1993 | |
| 800 m | 1:41.09 | David Rudisha | Kenya | 22 August 2010 | [3] |
| 1500 m | 3:29.46 | Saïd Aouita | Morocco | 23 August 1985 | |
| Mile | 3:45.60 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 26 August 1997 | [4] |
| 2000 m | 4:44.79 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 7 September 1999 | [5] |
| 3000 m | 7:28.99 | Tariku Bekele |  Ethiopia | 22 August 2010 | [6] |
| Two miles | 8:17.6h | Rod Dixon |  New Zealand | 21 August 1974 | [7] |
| 5000 m | 12:50.55 | Moses Ndiema Masai | Kenya | 1 June 2008 | [8] |
| 10,000 m | 27:08.23 | Arturo Barrios | Mexico | 18 August 1989 | |
| 110 m hurdles | 12.97(+1.2 m/s) | Aries Merritt | United States | 2 September 2012 | [9] |
| 400 m hurdles | 47.08 | Karsten Warholm |  Norway | 13 September 2020 | [10] |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 8:04.48 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | Kenya | 11 September 2011 | [2][11] |
| High jump | 2.36 m | Javier Sotomayor |  Cuba | 30 August 1994 | |
| Pole vault | 6.05 m | Sergey Bubka |  Ukraine | 30 August 1994 | |
| Long jump | 8.57 m(+0.5 m/s) | Mike Powell | United States | 21 August 1992 | |
| Triple jump | 17.69 m(−0.5 m/s) | Jonathan Edwards |  United Kingdom | 30 August 1996 | |
| Shot put | 21.61 m | Ryan Whiting | United States | 11 September 2011 | [2][12] |
| Discus throw | 70.60 m | Lars Riedel | Germany | 30 August 1996 | |
| Hammer throw | 82.84 m | Heinz Weis | West Germany | 18 August 1989 | |
| Javelin throw | 93.52 m(old design) | Bob Roggy | United States | 20 August 1982 | |
| 91.30 m(current design) | Jan Železný |  Czechoslovakia | 1 September 1995 | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | 37.65 | Team USA I: Jon Drummond Bernard Williams Curtis Johnson Maurice Greene | United States | 1 September 2000 | [13] |
| Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 10.78 | Marion Jones | United States | 1 September 2000 | [14] |
| 200 m | 21.96(+0.2 m/s) | Katrin Krabbe | Germany | 10 September 1991 | |
| 400 m | 49.07 | Tonique Williams-Darling |  Bahamas | 12 September 2004 | [15] |
| 600 m | 1:21.63 | Mary Moraa | Kenya | 1 September 2024 | [16] |
| 800 m | 1:54.99 | Pamela Jelimo | Kenya | 1 June 2008 | [17] |
| 1000 m | 2:30.67 | Christine Wachtel | East Germany | 17 August 1990 | |
| 1500 m | 3:57.40 | Laura Muir | Great Britain | 13 September 2020 | [10] |
| Mile | 4:22.45 | Marta Pen Freitas |  Portugal | 2 September 2018 | [18] |
| 3000 m | 8:46.66 | Natalya Artyomova |  Soviet Union | 18 August 1989 | |
| 5000 m | 14:08.79 | Letesenbet Gidey | Ethiopia | 3 September 2023 | [19] |
| 100 m hurdles | 12.37(+1.4 m/s) | Yordanka Donkova |  Bulgaria | 15 August 1986 | |
| 400 m hurdles | 53.26 | Deon Hemmings | Jamaica | 26 August 1997 | |
| 2000 m steeplechase | 5:52.80 | Gesa-Felicitas Krause | Germany | 1 September 2019 | [20] |
| 3000 m steeplechase | 9:03.70 | Norah Jeruto | Kenya | 27 August 2017 | [21] |
| High jump | 2.06 m | Ariane Friedrich | Germany | 14 June 2009 | [22] |
| Pole vault | 4.83 m | Elena Isinbaeva |  Russia | 14 June 2009 | [23] |
| Long jump | 7.10 m | Heike Drechsler | Germany | 16 September 1992 | |
| Triple jump | 14.88 m(−0.2 m/s) | Tatyana Lebedeva | Russia | 10 August 2003 | [24] |
| Shot put | 20.98 m | Helena Fibingerová | Czech Republic | 17 August 1984 | |
| Discus throw | 71.16 m | Valarie Allman | United States | 12 September 2021 | [25] |
| Hammer throw | 79.58 m | Anita Włodarczyk | Poland | 31 August 2014 | [26] |
| Javelin throw | 74.56 m(old design) | Petra Felke | East Germany | 23 August 1985 | |
| 70.53 m(current design) | Maria Abakumova | Russia | 1 September 2013 | [27] | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | 41.55 | Team USA: Alice Brown Diane Williams Florence Griffith Joyner Jeanette Bolden | United States | 21 August 1987 | |
| 4 × 100 m mixed relay | 40.58 | Kerron Stewart Aleen Bailey Mario Forsythe Kemar Bailey-Cole | Jamaica | 2 September 2012 | [28] |
| Year | Winner | Nationality | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | not held | ||
| 1938 | not held | ||
| 1939 | Dorle Voigt | Nazi Germany | 25.1 |
| 1941 | not held | ||
| 1942 | not held | ||
| 1949 | not held | ||
| 1952 | not held | ||
| 1953 | not held | ||
| 1954 | not held | ||
| 1955 | not held | ||
| 1956 | not held | ||
| 1957 | not held | ||
| 1958 | Barbara Janiczewska | Poland | 24.2 |
| 1959 | not held | ||
| 1960 | not held | ||
| 1961 | not held | ||
| 1962 | Brenda Fletcher | United Kingdom | 25.2 |
| 1963 | Helga Henning (de) | West Germany | 24.4 |
| 1964 | not held | ||
| 1965 | not held | ||
| 1966 | not held | ||
| 1967 | not held | ||
| 1969 | Rita Jahn | West Germany | 23.4 |
| 1970 | Annelie Wilden (de) | West Germany | 23.8 |
| 1971 | Alice Anum |  Ghana | 23.2 |
| 1974 | Irena Szewińska | Poland | 22.6 |
| 1975 | not held | ||
| 1976 | Lorna Forde |  Barbados | 23.95 |
| 1977 | Jacqueline Pusey (de) | Jamaica | 23.28 |
| 1978 | Evelyn Ashford | United States | 23.41 |
| 1979 | Annegret Richter | West Germany | 22.83 |
| 1980 | Angella Taylor |  Canada | 23.03 |
| 1981 | not held | ||
| 1982 | not held | ||
| 1983 | not held | ||
| 1984 | not held | ||
| 1985 | not held | ||
| 1986 | not held | ||
| 1987 | Angella Taylor-Issajenko | Canada | 22.55 |
| 1988 | Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 22.70 |
| 1989 | not held | ||
| 1990 | not held | ||
| 1991 | Katrin Krabbe | Germany | 21.96 |
| 1992 | not held | ||
| 1993 | not held | ||
| 1994 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 22.07 |
| 1995 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 21.98 |
| 1996 | not held | ||
| 1997 | not held | ||
| 1998 | not held | ||
| 1999 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 22.55 |
| 2000-03 | not held | ||
| 2004 | not held | ||
| 2005 | not held | ||
| 2006 | not held | ||
| 2007 | Lauryn Williams | United States | 22.95 |
| 2008 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica | 22.43 |
| 2009-12 | not held | ||
| 2013 | Tiffany Townsend | United States | 22.77 |
| 2014 | not held |
| Year | Winner | Nationality | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | not held | ||
| 1938 | not held | ||
| 1939 | not held | ||
| 1941 | not held | ||
| 1942 | not held | ||
| 1949 | not held | ||
| 1952 | not held | ||
| 1953 | not held | ||
| 1954 | not held | ||
| 1955 | not held | ||
| 1956 | not held | ||
| 1957 | not held | ||
| 1958 | not held | ||
| 1959 | not held | ||
| 1960 | not held | ||
| 1961 | not held | ||
| 1962 | not held | ||
| 1963 | not held | ||
| 1964 | not held | ||
| 1965 | not held | ||
| 1966-67 | not held | ||
| 1969 | Colette Besson | France | 52.9 |
| 1970 | Marilyn Neufville | Jamaica | 52.3 |
| 1971 | Christel Frese | West Germany | 53.6 |
| 1972-73 | not held | ||
| 1974 | Krystina Kacperczyk (pl) | Poland | 52.0 |
| 1975 | Rita Wilden | West Germany | 52.6 |
| 1976 | Pirjo Häggman |  Finland | 51.07 |
| 1977 | Irena Szewińska | Poland | 49.97 |
| 1978 | Pirjo Häggman | Finland | 51.29 |
| 1979 | not held | ||
| 1980 | not held | ||
| 1981 | not held | ||
| 1982 | not held | ||
| 1983 | not held | ||
| 1984 | not held | ||
| 1985 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | United States | 49.56 |
| 1986 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | United States | 50.31 |
| 1987 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | United States | 50.01 |
| 1988 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | Cuba | 50.27 |
| 1989 | not held | ||
| 1990 | not held | ||
| 1991 | not held | ||
| 1992 | not held | ||
| 1993 | not held | ||
| 1994 | not held | ||
| 1995 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 50.98 |
| 1996 | Falilat Ogunkoya |  Nigeria | 50.31 |
| 1997 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 49.87 |
| 1998 | Falilat Ogunkoya | Nigeria | 50.31 |
| 1999 | not held | ||
| 2000 | not held | ||
| 2001 | Grit Breuer | Germany | 50.78 |
| 2002 | Ana Guevara | Mexico | 49.91 |
| 2003 | Lorraine Fenton | Jamaica | 49.98 |
| 2004 | Tonique Williams-Darling | Bahamas | 49.07 |
| 2006 | Sanya Richards | United States | 49.81 |
| 2007 | Sanya Richards | United States | 49.27 |
| 2008 | not held | ||
| 2009 | Sanya Richards | United States | 49.57 |
| 2010 | Debbie Dunn | United States | 50.56 |
| 2011 | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya | Russia | 50.75 |
| 2014 | not held |
| Year | Winner | Nationality | Time (min:s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | not held | ||
| 1938 | not held | ||
| 1939 | not held | ||
| 1941 | not held | ||
| 1942 | not held | ||
| 1949 | not held | ||
| 1952 | not held | ||
| 1953 | not held | ||
| 1954 | not held | ||
| 1955 | not held | ||
| 1956 | not held | ||
| 1957 | not held | ||
| 1958 | not held | ||
| 1959 | not held | ||
| 1960 | not held | ||
| 1961 | not held | ||
| 1962 | Gerda Kraan |  Netherlands | 2:06.2 |
| 1963 | not held | ||
| 1964 | Maryvonne Dupureur | France | 2:03.9 |
| 1965 | not held | ||
| 1966 | not held | ||
| 1967 | not held | ||
| 1969 | Anne-Marie Nenzell (sv) |  Sweden | 2:05:00 |
| 1970 | Vera Nikolić |  SFR Yugoslavia | 2:02.2 |
| 1971 | Vera Nikolić | SFR Yugoslavia | 2.01.0 |
| 1972-73 | not held | ||
| 1974 | not held | ||
| 1975 | Mariana Suman |  Romania | 2.02.40 |
| 1976 | Francie Laprieu | United States | 2:00.22 |
| 1977 | Elżbieta Katolik (pl) | Poland | 2:00.10 |
| 1978 | not held | ||
| 1979 | not held | ||
| 1980 | Margrit Klinger | West Germany | 2:00.50 |
| 1981 | Margrit Klinger | West Germany | 2:00.07 |
| 1982 | Jolanta Januchta (pl) | Poland | 2:01.87 |
| 1983 | Mary Decker | United States | 1:59.14 |
| 1984 | not held | ||
| 1985 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Czechoslovakia | 1:58.38 |
| 1986 | Gaby Bußmann | West Germany | 1:58.11 |
| 1987 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | Cuba | 1:56.56 |
| 1988 | not held | ||
| 1989 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | Cuba | 1:57.90 |
| 1990 | not held | ||
| 1991 | not held | ||
| 1992 | Ellen van Langen | Netherlands | 1:59.55 |
| 1993 | Maria Mutola |  Mozambique | 1:57.99 |
| 1994 | not held | ||
| 1995 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:57.61 |
| 1996 | not held | ||
| 1997 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:56.93 |
| 1998 | not held | ||
| 1999 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:57.56 |
| 2000 | not held | ||
| 2001 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:59.19 |
| 2002 | not held | ||
| 2003 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:59.01 |
| 2004 | not held | ||
| 2005 | Zulia Calatayud | Cuba | 1:59.25 |
| 2006 | not held | ||
| 2007 | Janeth Jepkosgei | Kenya | 1:58.62 |
| 2008 | Pamela Jelimo | Kenya | 1:54.99 |
| 2009 | not held | ||
| 2010 | Caster Semenya | South Africa | 1:59.90 |
| 2011 | Janeth Jepkosgei | Kenya | 1:58.26 |
| 2012 | Pamela Jelimo | Kenya | 1:58.68 |
| 2013 | not held | ||
| 2014 | Tigist Assefa | Ethiopia | 2:00.16 |
| Year | Winner | Nationality | Time (min:s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | not held | ||
| 1938 | not held | ||
| 1939 | not held | ||
| 1941 | not held | ||
| 1942 | not held | ||
| 1949 | not held | ||
| 1952 | not held | ||
| 1953 | not held | ||
| 1954 | not held | ||
| 1955-57 | not held | ||
| 1958 | not held | ||
| 1959 | not held | ||
| 1960 | not held | ||
| 1961 | not held | ||
| 1962 | not held | ||
| 1963 | not held | ||
| 1964 | not held | ||
| 1965 | not held | ||
| 1967-1983 | not held | ||
| 1984 | Brit McRoberts | Canada | 4:12.61 |
| 1985 | not held | ||
| 1986 | not held | ||
| 1987 | not held | ||
| 1988 | Paula Ivan | Romania | 4:00.24 |
| 1989-93 | not held | ||
| 1994 | Angela Chalmers | Canada | 4:04.39 |
| 1995 | not held | ||
| 1996 | Svetlana Masterkova | Russia | 4:06.87 |
| 1997 | not held | ||
| 1998 | Svetlana Masterkova | Russia | 4:03.19 |
| 1999 | not held | ||
| 2000 | Violeta Szekely |  Romania | 4:02.80 |
| 2001 | Violeta Szekely | Romania | 4:00.80 |
| 2002 | Süreyya Ayhan |  Turkey | 3:58.43 |
| 2003 | Süreyya Ayhan | Turkey | 3:59.58 |
| 2004 | Tatyana Tomashova | Russia | 4:04.41 |
| 2005 | not held | ||
| 2006 | not held | ||
| 2007 | not held | ||
| 2008 | not held | ||
| 2009 | not held | ||
| 2010 | not held | ||
| 2011 | not held | ||
| 2012 | not held | ||
| 2013 | Yekaterina Sharmina | Russia | 4:10.47 |
| 2014 | not held |
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