The Kamila Skolimowska Memorial (Polish: Memoriał Kamili Skolimowskiej), also known as the Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, is an annual track and field meeting held at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland in summer, organized by the Kamila Skolimowska Foundation. In 2020 the meeting was part of the inaugural World Athletics Continental Tour. Since 2022, the event has been part of the Diamond League series.
History The event is held in memory of Polish hammer thrower and Olympic champion Kamila Skolimowska, who died on 18 February 2009. The inaugural edition took place at the RKS Skra Stadium in Warsaw on 2 May 2009 and consisted of the men's and women's hammer throw events only. The meeting inaugurated the Kamila Skolimowska Hammer Throw Center in Warsaw and was initially supposed to be a one-off event.
In 2011, a decision was taken by the Kamila Skolimowska Foundation to organize further editions of the meeting and add more competitions. The following editions were held at Warsaw's Orzeł Stadium until it moved to National Stadium in 2014. From 2018 onwards the meeting moved to Chorzów.
At the 2014 edition of the meeting, Usain Bolt set a world indoor record over 100 meters achieving 9.98 seconds and improving the previous record of Frankie Fredericks set in 1996. The Warsaw National Stadium's roof was closed for the event, making the indoor record possible.
In 2016, Anita Włodarczyk set a world record in the hammer throw by achieving 82.98 meters.
In 2020, the memorial was part of the inaugural World Athletics Continental Tour. Since 2022, the event has been part of the Diamond League series becoming the first Polish site of a Diamond League meeting.
In 2024, an estimated 42,357 spectators gathered at the Silesian Stadium making it the largest attendance in the event's history. Two world records were set during the meeting, first by Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the 3000 m steeplechase (7:17.55) followed by Armand Duplantis in the pole vault (6.26 m).
Editions
+Kamila Skolimowska Memorial editions Meeting Series Date 2009 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2 May 2009 2011 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 20 Sep 2011 2012 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 19 Aug 2012 2013 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 25 Aug 2013 2014 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 23 Aug 2014 2015 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 13 Sep 2015 2016 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 28 Aug 2016 2017 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 15 Aug 2017 2018 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 22 Aug 2018 2019 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 14 Sep 2019 2020 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour 6 Sep 2020 2021 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour 5 Sep 2021 2022 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 Diamond League 6 Aug 2022 2023 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2023 Diamond League 16 Jul 2023 2024 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 Diamond League 25 Aug 2024 2025 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 Diamond League 15–16 Aug 2025 2026 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 Diamond League 22–23 Aug 2026
World records Over the course of its history, three world records have been set at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial. +World records set at the Kamila Skolimowska MemorialYearEventRecordAthleteNationality2016Hammer throw82.98 m20247:17.55Pole vault6.26 mArmand Duplantis
Meeting records
Men
+Men's meeting records of the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeet100 m9.83 Oblique Seville23 August 20262026200 m19.83Letsile Tebogo25 August 20242024400 m43.59Busang Collen Kebinatshipi23 August 20262026800 m1:41.86Marco Arop25 August 202420241000 m2:21.01Marcin Lewandowski14 September 201920191500 m3:27.14Jakob Ingebrigtsen16 July 202320233000 m7:17.55 Jakob Ingebrigtsen25 August 20242024110 m hurdles13.03 Orlando Ortega23 August 2014201413.03 Cordell Tinch16 August 20252025400 m hurdles46.28Karsten Warholm16 August 202520253000 m steeplechase8:02.74 Gemechu Godana23 August 20262026High jump2.36 mMutaz Essa Barshim16 July 20232023Pole vault6.26 mArmand Duplantis25 August 20242024Long jump8.13 m Miltiadis Tentoglou6 August 20222022Triple jump17.53 m Andy Díaz6 August 20222022Shot put22.70 mRyan Crouser6 September 20202020Discus throw72.58 m Mykolas Alekna23 August 20262026Hammer throw83.48 mPaweł Fajdek28 August 20142014Javelin throw97.76 mJohannes Vetter6 September 202020204 × 100 m relay39.51Ameer WebbKim CollinsWallace SpearmonKamil MasztakInvitational team25 August 201320134 × 400 m relay3:01.46 Patrik Simon EnyingiZoltán WahlCsanad CsahócziAttila Molnár15 August 20252025
Women
+Women's meeting records of the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeet100 m10.66 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce6 August 2022202210.66 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden16 August 20252025200 m21.84 Shericka Jackson6 August 20222022300 m35.76 Lurdes Gloria Manuel23 August 20262026400 m48.66Marileidy Paulino25 August 20242024800 m1:54.74Keely Hodgkinson16 August 202520251000 m2:31.24Nelly Chepchirchir25 August 202420241500 m3:50.62Gudaf Tsegay16 August 202520253000 m8:07.04 Faith Kipyegon16 August 202520255000 m14:54.09Nadia Battocletti23 August 20262026100 m hurdles12.19 Masai Russell16 August 20252025400 m hurdles51.91Femke Bol16 August 20252025High jump2.00 mYaroslava Mahuchikh15 August 2025202523 August 20262026Pole vault4.70 mMarie-Julie Bonnin15 August 20252025Long jump6.98 m Agate de Sousa22 August 202620266.98 m Alyssa JonesTriple jump15.18 m Yulimar Rojas16 July 20232023Shot put20.92 mChase Jackson22 August 20262026Discus throw59.42 mJoanna Wiśniewska19 August 20122012Hammer throw82.98 m Anita Włodarczyk28 August 20162016Javelin throw67.04 mHaruka Kitaguchi16 July 20232023
See also Sport in Poland Copernicus Cup Janusz Kusociński Memorial Irena Szewińska Memorial
References
External links Official website Diamond League – Silesia Official Web Site