Memorial Van Damme

The Memorial Van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, that takes place in late August or early September. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it now serves as a final event of the Diamond League, along with Weltklasse Zürich between 2010 and 2019. In 2024 and 2026, Memorial Van Damme will serve as the sole final of the Diamond League.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

It was first organized in 1977 by a group of journalists in honour of Ivo Van Damme, a Belgian double medal winner at the Montreal Olympics who was killed the previous year in a car accident at the age of 22.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

File:Memorial Van Damme 2012.jpg

King Baudouin Stadium during the 2012 edition

Editions

Memorial Van Damme editions

Template:Abbr	Meeting	Series	Date	Template:Abbr
Template:Ord	1977 Memorial Van Damme		16 Aug 1977	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ARRS-MVD">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	1978 Memorial Van Damme		18 Aug 1978	<ref name="GDR-AJ">Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	1979 Memorial Van Damme		4 Sep 1979	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1980 Memorial Van Damme		22 Aug 1980	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1981 Memorial Van Damme		28 Aug 1981	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1982 Memorial Van Damme		27 Aug 1982	<ref name="GDR-AJ"/>
Template:Ord	1983 Memorial Van Damme		26 Aug 1983	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1984 Memorial Van Damme		24 Aug 1984	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1985 Memorial Van Damme	1985 IAAF Grand Prix	30 Aug 1985	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1986 Memorial Van Damme	1986 IAAF Grand Prix	5 Sep 1986	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1987 Memorial Van Damme	1987 IAAF Grand Prix	11 Sep 1987	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1988 Memorial Van Damme	1988 IAAF Grand Prix	19 Aug 1988	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1989 Memorial Van Damme	1989 IAAF Grand Prix	25 Aug 1989	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1990 Memorial Van Damme	1990 IAAF Grand Prix	10 Aug 1990	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1991 Memorial Van Damme	1991 IAAF Grand Prix	13 Sep 1991	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1992 Memorial Van Damme	1992 IAAF Grand Prix	28 Aug 1992	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1993 Memorial Van Damme	1993 IAAF Grand Prix	3 Sep 1993	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1994 Memorial Van Damme	1994 IAAF Grand Prix	19 Aug 1994	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1995 Memorial Van Damme	1995 IAAF Grand Prix	25 Aug 1995	<ref name="ARRS-MVD"/>
Template:Ord	1996 Memorial Van Damme	1996 IAAF Grand Prix	23 Aug 1996	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	1997 Memorial Van Damme	1997 IAAF Grand Prix	22 Aug 1997	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	1998 Memorial Van Damme	1998 IAAF Golden League	28 Aug 1998	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	1999 Memorial Van Damme	1999 IAAF Golden League	3 Sep 1999	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2000 Memorial Van Damme	2000 IAAF Golden League	28 Aug 2000	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2001 Memorial Van Damme	2001 IAAF Golden League	24 Aug 2001	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2002 Memorial Van Damme	2002 IAAF Golden League	30 Aug 2002	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2003 Memorial Van Damme	2003 IAAF Golden League	5 Sep 2003	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2004 Memorial Van Damme	2004 IAAF Golden League	2–3 Sep 2004	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2005 Memorial Van Damme	2005 IAAF Golden League	26 Aug 2005	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2006 Memorial Van Damme	2006 IAAF Golden League	25 Aug 2006	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2007 Memorial Van Damme	2007 IAAF Golden League	14 Sep 2007	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2008 Memorial Van Damme	2008 IAAF Golden League	5 Sep 2008	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2009 Memorial Van Damme	2009 IAAF Golden League	4 Sep 2009	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2010 Memorial Van Damme	2010 Diamond League	27 Aug 2010	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2011 Memorial Van Damme	2011 Diamond League	16 Sep 2011	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2012 Memorial Van Damme	2012 Diamond League	7 Sep 2012	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2013 Memorial Van Damme	2013 Diamond League	6 Sep 2013	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2014 Memorial Van Damme	2014 Diamond League	5 Sep 2014	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2015 Memorial Van Damme	2015 Diamond League	11 Sep 2015	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2016 Memorial Van Damme	2016 Diamond League	8–9 Sep 2016	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2017 Memorial Van Damme	2017 Diamond League	31 Aug, 1 Sep 2017	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2018 Memorial Van Damme	2018 Diamond League	30–31 Aug 2018	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2019 Memorial Van Damme	2019 Diamond League	5–6 Sep 2019	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2020 Memorial Van Damme	2020 Diamond League	4 Sep 2020	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2021 Memorial Van Damme	2021 Diamond League	1 Sep, 3 Sep 2021	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2022 Memorial Van Damme	2022 Diamond League	1–2 Sep 2022	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2023 Memorial Van Damme	2023 Diamond League	7–8 Sep 2023	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2024 Memorial Van Damme	2024 Diamond League	13–14 Sep 2024	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Template:Ord	2025 Memorial Van Damme	2025 Diamond League	22 Aug 2025	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

World records

Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at Memorial Van Damme.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

World records set at the Memorial Van Damme

Year	Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality
1981	Template:Sort	3:47.33	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
1995	Template:Sort	13:07.38 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
	Template:Sort	2:29.34	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
1996	Template:Sort	26:38.08	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
	Template:Sort	2:28.98	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
1997	Template:Sort	12:39.74	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
	Template:Sort	26:27.85	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
2001	Template:Sort	7:30.67 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
	Template:Sort	7:55.28	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
2004	Template:Sort	27:04.00 Template:AthAbbr	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
	Template:Sort	7:53.63	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
	Pole vault	4.92 m	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
2005	Template:Sort	26:17.53	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
2006	Template:Sort	7:02.43	Template:Sortname William Yiampoy Ismael Kombich Wilfred Bungei	Template:Flagu
2007	Template:Sort	8:58.58	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
2009	Template:Sort	14:36.23	Template:Sortname Gideon Gathimba Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono Augustine Kiprono Choge	Template:Flagu
2012	Template:Sort	12.80 Template:Wind	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
2020	Template:Sort (track)	56:20.02Template:AthAbbr	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
	Template:Sort	21,330 m	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
		18,930 m	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
	Template:Sort	19.71 Template:Wind	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
2023	Template:Sort	4:43.13	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu
2025	Template:Sort	4:40.13	Template:Sortname	Template:Flagu

Meeting records

Men

Men's meeting records of the Memorial Van Damme [1]

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Template:Abbr	Video
100 m	9.76 Template:Wind	Usain Bolt	Template:Flagu	16 September 2011	2011	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	[2]
200 m	19.26 Template:Wind DLR	Yohan Blake	Template:Flagu	16 September 2011	2011	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	[3]
300 m	32.22	Butch Reynolds	Template:Flagu	19 Augustus 1988	1988	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
400 m	44.03	Michael Cherry	Template:Flagu	3 September 2021	2021	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
800 m	1:42.20	Wilson Kipketer	Template:Flagu	22 August 1997	1997
1000 m	2:14.95	Sammy Koskei	Template:Flagu	30 August 1985	1985
1500 m	3:26.12	Hicham El Guerrouj	Template:Flagu	24 August 2001	2001
Mile	3:47.30	Noureddine Morceli	Template:Flagu	3 September 1993	1993
2000 m	4:43.13 Template:AthAbbr	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Template:Flagu	8 September 2023	2023	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
3000 m	7:23.09	Hicham El Guerrouj	Template:Flagu	3 September 1999	1999
5000 m	12:39.74	Daniel Komen	Template:Flagu	22 August 1997	1997
10,000 m	26:17.53	Kenenisa Bekele	Template:Flagu	26 August 2005	2005
15,000 m	41:51.64Template:AthAbbr	Sabastian Sawe	Template:Flagu	1 September 2022	2022	<ref name=2022onehour>Template:Cite web</ref>
10 Miles	44:57.65Template:AthAbbr	Sabastian Sawe	Template:Flagu	1 September 2022	2022	<ref name=2022onehour/>
20,000 m	56:20.02Template:AthAbbr Template:AthAbbr DLR	Bashir Abdi	Template:Flagu	4 September 2020	2020	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
One hour	21,330 m DLR	Mo Farah	Template:Flagu	4 September 2020	2020	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
110 m hurdles	12.80 Template:Wind Template:AthAbbr	Aries Merritt	Template:Flagu	7 September 2012	2012	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
400 m hurdles	47.51	Andre Phillips	Template:Flagu	5 September 1986	1986
2000 m steeplechase	5:30.7Template:AthAbbr Template:AthAbbr	Joseph Mahmoud	Template:Flagu	24 August 1984	1984
3000 m steeplechase	7:53.63	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	Template:Flagu	3 September 2004	2004
High jump	2.43 m DLR	Mutaz Essa Barshim	Template:Flagu	5 September 2014	2014	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Pole vault	6.11 m	Armand Duplantis	Template:Flagu	13 September 2024	2024	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Long jump	8.65 m Template:Wind	Carl Lewis	Template:Flagu	24 August 1984	1984
Triple jump	17.66 m Template:Wind	Christian Taylor	Template:Flagu	6 September 2019	2019	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Shot put	22.98 m	Leonardo Fabbri	Template:Flagu	14 September 2024	2024	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Discus throw	69.96 m	Matthew Denny	Template:Flagu	13 September 2024	2024	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Hammer throw	82.26 m	Lance Deal	Template:Flagu	23 August 1996	1996
Javelin throw	93.48 m (old design)	Tom Petranoff	Template:Flagu	26 August 1983	1983
	90.50 m (current design)	Jan Železný	Template:Flagu	25 August 1995	1995
4 × 100 m relay	38.49	Xavi Mo-Ajok Taymir Burnet Hensley Paulina Raphael Bouju	Template:Flagu	8 September 2023	2023	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
4 × 400 m relay	3:05.57	Olympic Essenbeek Halle: Jonathan Sacoor Tuur Bras Kevin Borlée Dylan Borlée	Template:Flagu	14 September 2024	2024	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
4 × 800 m relay	7:02.43	Joseph Mwengi Mutua William Yiampoy Ismael Kipngetich Kombich Wilfred Bungei	Template:Flagu	25 August 2006	2006	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
4 × 1500 m relay	14:36.23	William Biwott Tanui Gideon Gathimba Geoffrey Rono Augustine Choge	Template:Flagu	4 September 2009	2009	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Women

Women's meeting records of the Memorial Van Damme [4]

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Template:Abbr
100 m	10.72 Template:Wind	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Template:Flagu	6 September 2013	2013	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	10.72 Template:Wind	Elaine Thompson	Template:Flagu	9 September 2016	2016	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
200 m	21.48 Template:Wind DLR	Shericka Jackson	Template:Flagu	8 September 2023	2023	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
400 m	48.83	Sanya Richards	Template:Flagu	4 September 2009	2009	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
800 m	1:55.16	Pamela Jelimo	Template:Flagu	6 September 2008	2008
1000 m	2:28.98	Svetlana Masterkova	Template:Flagu	23 August 1996	1996
1500 m	3:54.75	Faith Kipyegon	Template:Flagu	14 September 2024	2024	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Mile	4:14.74	Sifan Hassan	Template:Flagu	3 September 2021	2021	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000 m	5:30.19	Gelete Burka	Template:Flagu	4 September 2009	2009	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
3000 m	8:24.81Template:AthAbbr	Meseret Defar	Template:Flagu	14 September 2007	2007
Two miles	8:58.58 Template:AthAbbr	Meseret Defar	Template:Flagu	14 September 2007	2007
5000 m	14:09.82	Beatrice Chebet	Template:Flagu	14 September 2024	2024	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
One hour	18,930 m DLR	Sifan Hassan	Template:Flagu	4 September 2020	2020	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
100 m hurdles	12.27 Template:Wind	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Template:Flagu	2 September 2022	2022	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
400 m hurdles	52.11	Femke Bol	Template:Flagu	8 September 2023	2023	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Mile steeplechase	4:40.13 Template:AthAbbr	Winfred Yavi	Template:Flagu	22 August 2025	2025	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
3000 m steeplechase	8:55.10	Beatrice Chepkoech	Template:Flagu	31 August 2018	2018	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
High jump	2.05 m	Anna Chicherova	Template:Flagu	16 September 2011	2011	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		Yaroslava Mahuchikh	Template:Flagu	2 September 2022	2022	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Pole vault	5.00 m	Sandi Morris	Template:Flagu	9 September 2016	2016	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Long jump	7.25 m Template:Wind	Heike Drechsler	Template:Flagu	13 September 1991	1991
Triple jump	15.14 m Template:Wind	Tatyana Lebedeva	Template:Flagu	5 September 2003	2003
Shot put	20.90 m	Chase Jackson	Template:Flagu	22 August 2025	2025	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Discus throw	69.84 m	Tsvetanka Christova	Template:Flagu	5 September 1986	1986
Javelin throw	72.18 m (old design)	Fatima Whitbread	Template:Flagu	5 September 1986	1986
	68.11 m (current design)	Kara Winger	Template:Flagu	2 September 2022	2022	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
4 × 100 m relay	42.97	Gwen Torrence Sheila Echols Dannette Young Evelyn Ashford	Template:Flagu	19 August 1988	1988
4 × 400 m relay	3:42.09	Atletiekvereniging Lyra Lierse: Jitse Steenmans Elise Mehuys Messalina Pieroni Lien Torfs	Template:Flagu	14 September 2024	2024	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Mixed

Mixed meeting records of the Memorial Van Damme

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Template:Abbr
4 × 100 m relay	40.96	Netherlands Orange: Elvis Afrifa Minke Bisschops Nsikak Ekpo Britt de Blaauw	Template:Flagu	22 August 2025	2025	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• Template:Official website
• Diamond League – Brussels Official Web Site