- Melbourne Track Classic
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Melbourne Track Classic 
The track at the event venue, Olympic Park StadiumDate Early March Location Melbourne, Australia 
Event type Track and field Official site Melbourne Track Classic The Melbourne Track Classic is an annual outdoor track and field meeting which takes place in early March at the Olympic Park Stadium.
The competition was inaugurated in the late 1980s at the Olympic Stadium and gained a place on the IAAF Grand Prix circuit in its formative years.[1] It has remained on the major international outdoor track and field circuit, featuring as the opening race of the year on the IAAF World Athletics Tour from 2005 to 2009.[2] It is currently the first race of the IAAF World Challenge series.[3] The event is also the foremost meet of the Athletics Grand Prix Series.
The Melbourne Track Classic has featured many high level performances including continental Oceanian records by Tim Forsyth in the men's high jump, Scott Martin in the shot put,[4] Lisa Corrigan in the mile run and Bronwyn Thompson in the women's long jump.[5] National records have also been set at the meeting by New Zealand and Australia's athletes.
Contents
Meeting Records
Men
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref 100 m 5000 m 13:08.43 Bernard Lagat 
United States3 March 2011 [6][7] Shot put Women
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Ref 200 m 1500 m Shot put References
- ^ Johnson, Len (2011-02-28). Melbourne's Olympic Park - one final look back. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05.
- ^ World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05.
- ^ 2010 IAAF World Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05.
- ^ Area Outdoor Records - Men - OCEANIA. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05.
- ^ Area Outdoor Records - Women - OCEANIA. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-05.
- ^ Len Johnson (2011-03-03). "A touch slower, but Rudisha still supreme - IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/IWC11/news/kind=100/newsid=59441.html. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
- ^ "5000 Metres Results". IAAF. 2011-03-03. http://www.iaaf.org/iwc11/Results/eventCode=4725/sex=M/discCode=5000/result.html#M5000. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
External links
- Official website from Athletics Australia
- Event profile from IAAF World Challenge
IAAF World Challenge Melbourne Track Classic • Jamaica International Invitational • Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki • Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Meeting • Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo • Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar • Fanny Blankers-Koen Games • Golden Spike Ostrava • Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat • Znamensky Memorial • Meeting de Atletismo Madrid • Internationales Stadionfest • Rieti Meeting • Hanžeković Memorial
IAAF World Athletics Tour (2005 – 2009) Golden League Meetings Meeting Areva · Golden Gala · Bislett Games · Weltklasse Zürich · Memorial Van Damme · Internationales Stadionfest · Herculis (1998–2002)Years Super Grand Prix Grand Prix Melbourne Track Classic · Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar · Osaka Grand Prix · Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo · Fanny Blankers-Koen Games · Reebok Grand Prix · Prefontaine Classic · Golden Spike Ostrava · Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria · Hanžeković Memorial · Meeting de Atletismo Madrid · Rieti IAAF Grand Prix · British Grand Prix · Shanghai Golden Grand PrixSee also : IAAF Diamond League • IAAF World Challenge • World Athletics Final • World Indoor Meetings Categories:- Annual track and field meetings
- Athletics in Australia
- IAAF World Challenge
- IAAF Grand Prix
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