The Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) is an annual track and field athletics meeting at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. It was first held in July 1921 at the Deutsches Stadion, which was replaced from 1937 by the Stadium of the 1936 Olympic Games. Since 2006 ISTAF has been sponsored by DKB and officially known as the DKB-ISTAF and from 2010, had been part of the IAAF World Challenge, the second tier of global one day athletics events. Nowadays it's part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver tier, the third overall tier.
| ISTAF Berlin | |
|---|---|
 The Olympic Stadium in Berlin | |
| Date | August–September |
| Location | Olympiastadion, Berlin |
| Event type | Track and field athletics |
| World Athletics Cat. | B |
| Established | 1937 |
| Official site | ISTAF |
History
On 3 July 1921 the Berliner Sport-Club (BSC), the Sport-Club Charlottenburg (SCC) and the Schwimm-Club Poseidon organised the first sports festival under the current name of Internationales Stadionfest or ISTAF. On 23 March 1937 the BSC, the Deutscher Sport-Club (DSC, later Olympischer Sport-Club OSC) and the SCC, 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 the Mommsen Stadium, but since 1955 meetings have been held annually at Berlin's Olympic Stadium in Charlottenburg. The 2002 and 2003 ISTAF meetings were held at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark instead, due to reconstruction of the Olympic Stadium in preparation for the 2006 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 the 1972 Summer Olympics and again in 1973, as a result of the terrorist attack at the 1972 Olympic Games. From 1993 to 1997, the IAAF classified ISTAF among the Golden Four meetings and from 1998 to 2009, it became part of the IAAF Golden League. When the Diamond 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.
Indoor Events
ISTAF was also held as an indoor meeting at the Deutschlandhalle for a few years until 1968, and from 2014 onwards as the ISTAF Indoor at the Mercedes 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 will be held in Düsseldorf 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.
World Records
Over the course of its history, many world records have been set at the ISTAF.
| Year | Event | Record | Athlete | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2000 m steeplechase | 5:52.80 | Gesa-Felicitas Krause |  Germany |
| 2017 | 600 m | 1:21.77 | Caster Semenya |  South Africa |
| 2015 | 2000 m steeplechase | 6:02.16 | Virginia Nyambura Nganga |  Kenya |
| 2014 | Hammer throw | 79.58 m | Anita Włodarczyk |  Poland |
| 2010 | 800 m | 1:41.09 | David Rudisha | Kenya |
| 1999 | 2000 m | 4:44.79 | Hicham El Guerrouj |  Morocco |
| 1990 | 1000 m | 2:30.67 | Christine Wachtel |  East Germany |
| 1989 | 10000 m | 27:08.23 | Arturo Barrios |  Mexico |
| 1985 | 1500 m | 3:29.46 | Saïd Aouita | Morocco |
| 1978 | 400 m hurdles | 55.44 | Krystyna Kacperczyk | Poland |
| 1978 | 1000 m | 2:32.0 | Ulrike Bruns | East Germany |
| 1977 | High jump | 2.00 m | Rosemarie Ackermann | East Germany |
| 1977 | High jump | 1.97 m | Rosemarie Ackermann | East Germany |
| 1975 | 110 m hurdles | 13.0 | Guy Drut |  France |
| 1975 | 100 m | 9.9 | Steve Williams |  United States |
| 1970 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:22.0 | Kerry O'Brien |  Australia |
| 1939 | Long jump | 6.12 m | Christel Schulz |  German Reich |
| 1939 | 3000 m | 8:24.4 | Miklós Szabó |  Hungary |
| 1937 | 80 m hurdles | 11.6 | Barbara Burke |  South Africa |
| 1937 | 100 m | 11.6 | Stanisława Walasiewicz | Poland |
Meeting records
Men
Women
List of winners
Track disciplines
| 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 | Herbert Jacob | Nazi Germany | 3:58.2 |
| 1939 | not held | ||
| 1941 | not held | ||
| 1942 | Rolf Seidenschnur | Nazi Germany | 3:51.4 |
| 1949 | Lennart Strand | Sweden | 3:56.8 |
| 1952 | Josy Barthel |  Luxembourg | 3:51.0 |
| 1953 | Werner Lueg | West Germany | 3:52.4 |
| 1954 | Günter Dohrow | West Germany | 3:53.8 |
| 1955-57 | not held | ||
| 1958 | Marian Jochman (pl) | Poland | 3:49.7 |
| 1959 | Tomás Barris |  Spain | 3:51.9 |
| 1960 | Klaus Ostach | West Germany | 3:47.3 |
| 1961 | Klaus Lehmann | West Germany | 3:43.0 |
| 1962 | Karl Eyerkaufer (de) | West Germany | 3:47.1 |
| 1963 | Harald Norpoth |  Austria | 3:46.9 |
| 1964 | Eugène Allonsius |  Belgium | 3:45.5 |
| 1965 | Jim Grelle | United States | 3:44.0 |
| 1967-1983 | not held | ||
| 1984 | not held | ||
| 1985 | Saïd Aouita | Morocco | 3:29.46 WR |
| 1986 | Enda Fitzpatrick |  Ireland | 3:39.18 |
| 1987 | not held | ||
| 1988 | not held | ||
| 1989-93 | not held | ||
| 1994 | Vénuste Niyongabo |  Burundi | 3:31.18 |
| 1995 | not held | ||
| 1996 | not held | ||
| 1997 | not held | ||
| 1998 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:31.18 |
| 1999 | not held | ||
| 2000 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:30.90 |
| 2001 | not held | ||
| 2002 | Hicham El Guerrouj | Morocco | 3:30.00 |
| 2003 | not held | ||
| 2004 | Paul Korir | Kenya | 3:32.46 |
| 2005 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | Kenya | 3:29.72 |
| 2006 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 3:32.48 |
| 2007 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | Kenya | 3:34.09 |
| 2008 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 3:31.57 |
| 2009 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 3:29.47 |
| 2010 | Silas Kiplagat | Kenya | 3:30.31 |
| 2011 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 3:31.14 |
| 2012 | Nixon Chepseba | Kenya | 3:33.11 |
| 2013 | İlham Tanui Özbilen |  Turkey | 3:35.58 |
| 2014 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | Ethiopia | 3:33.24 |
| 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 |
References
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