The Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria is an annual

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event at the

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, Greece, as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1963, held at the

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. Its name honours

Kostas Tsiklitiras Konstantinos "Kostis" Tsiklitiras (; 30 October 1888 – 10 February 1913) was a Greek athlete and Olympic champion. Born in Pylos, he moved to Athens in 1905 to study medicine. Tsiklitiras soon took up sports and joined Panellinios GS. He pr ...

, who won four olympic medals at the

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and

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and

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, both from standing position.

History

From 2003 to 2009

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classified the Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria among IAAF Grand Prix meetings.

World records

Over the course of its history, two

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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.Maurice Greene (9.79WR) - Grand Prix Tsiklitiria (100m) - Athens, Greece (1999)
, trackie.com The technicality is

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's intervening 2002 world record (9.78) was later disallowed due to Montgomery's suspension for using

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Meeting records

Men

Women

References

External links

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Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria Meeting Records
{{WAT Annual track and field meetings IAAF Grand Prix IAAF Super Grand Prix Annual sports competitions in Athens Recurring sporting events established in 1988 Athletics competitions in Greece Summer in Greece Athletics in Athens IAAF World Outdoor Meetings