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The Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria is an annual athletics event at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece, as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1963, held at the Panathinaiko Stadium. Its name honours Kostas Tsiklitiras, who won four olympic medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympic Games in long jump and high jump, both from standing position.

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Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria
DateJune–July
LocationAthens, Greece Greece
Event typeTrack and field
Established1963
Official siteAthens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria
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History

From 2003 to 2009 IAAF classified the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria among IAAF Grand Prix meetings.

World records

Over the course of its history, two world records has been set at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria, for the same event and furthermore, the first (of 1999 edition) being surpassed by the latter (2005) on a technicality.[1][2] The technicality is Tim Montgomery's intervening 2002 world record (9.78) was later disallowed due to Montgomery's suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs.

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World records set at the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria
Year Event Record Athlete Nationality
1999 100 m 9.79 (+0.1 m/s) Maurice Greene  United States
2005 100 m 9.77 (+1.6 m/s) Asafa Powell  Jamaica
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Meeting records

Men

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Women

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References

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