Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, formerly known as BW-Bank Meeting and officially known as the

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Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, is an annual indoor

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competition which takes place in January or February in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...

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. The meeting was first held at the

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in 1985 and is currently a

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Gold-level event, the highest level of one-day indoor meeting in the

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meeting is known for having strong fields in the short

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events. The 2016 edition was part of the inaugural

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. The meeting has a strong tradition in the

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event –

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set a women's world record in 2008, while Liu Xiang and

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have set continental records on the men's side. It was previously known as the LBBW Meeting, changing to ''BW-Bank Meeting'' in 2006.LBBW Meeting – Karlsruhe
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regulations in Germany required in 2015 that the meeting was moved to

Dm-Arena Dm-Arena is a multi-purpose hall in Rheinstetten near Karlsruhe, Germany. The indoor arena is one of four exhibition halls of the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre (). It opened in 2003 and holds 14,000 people. It hosts mainly trade shows and indoor spo ...

Rheinstetten Rheinstetten (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Rhoischdedde'') is a town in the west of Baden-Württemberg on the border to Rhineland-Palatinate. It is situated to the south-west of Karlsruhe and belongs to the rural Karlsruhe (d ...

on Karlsruhe's exhibition areal. The sport infrastructure is temporary, it was first used in the

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and was acquired by the city of Karlsruhe with the intention to be able to host various more high-profile athletics events in Dm-Arena than would be possible in Europahalle even if it is put back in normal operation.

World records

Over the course of its history, three

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have been set at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe.

Meeting records

Men

Women

References

External links

Official website

Meeting Records - Men

Meeting Records - Women
IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings Athletics competitions in Germany Sport in Karlsruhe World Athletics Indoor Tour meetings {{athletics-stub