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, the meeting is a part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver tier, the third ranked tier.
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 was 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.
+World records set at the ISTAF BerlinYearEventRecordAthleteNationality193711.6 11.6 South Africa1939Long jump6.12 m German Reich19708:22.0 19759.9 13.0 1977High jump1.97 mHigh jump2.00 m19782:32.0 55.4419853:29.46198927:08.2319902:30.6719994:44.7920101:41.092014Hammer throw79.58 m20156:02.1620171:21.7720195:52.8020241:21.63Mary Moraa
Meeting records
Men +Men's meeting records of the ISTAF Berlin Event Record Athlete Nationality Date 100 m9.82 Yohan Blake11 September 2011200 m19.97 Frankie Fredericks30 August 1996400 m43.94Michael Johnson27 August 1993800 m1:41.09David Rudisha22 August 20101500 m3:29.46Saïd Aouita23 August 1985Mile3:45.60Hicham El Guerrouj26 August 19972000 m4:44.79Hicham El Guerrouj7 September 19993000 m7:28.99Tariku Bekele22 August 2010Two miles8:17.6 Rod Dixon21 August 19745000 m12:50.55Moses Ndiema Masai1 June 200810,000 m27:08.23Arturo Barrios18 August 1989110 m hurdles12.97 Aries Merritt2 September 2012400 m hurdles47.08Karsten Warholm13 September 20203000 m steeplechase8:04.48Paul Kipsiele Koech11 September 2011High jump2.36 mJavier Sotomayor30 August 1994Pole vault6.05 mSergey Bubka30 August 1994Long jump8.57 m Mike Powell21 August 1992Triple jump17.69 m Jonathan Edwards30 August 1996Shot put21.61 mRyan Whiting11 September 2011Discus throw70.60 mLars Riedel30 August 1996Hammer throw82.84 mHeinz Weis18 August 1989Javelin throw93.52 m (old design)Bob Roggy20 August 198291.30 m (current design)Jan Železný1 September 19954 × 100 m relay37.65Team USA I:Jon DrummondBernard WilliamsCurtis JohnsonMaurice Greene1 September 2000
Women +Women's meeting records of the ISTAF Berlin Event Record Athlete Nationality Date 100 m10.78Marion Jones1 September 2000200 m21.96 Katrin Krabbe10 September 1991400 m49.07Tonique Williams-Darling12 September 2004600 m1:21.63Mary Moraa1 September 2024800 m1:54.99Pamela Jelimo1 June 20081000 m2:30.67Christine Wachtel17 August 19901500 m3:57.40Laura Muir13 September 2020Mile4:22.45Marta Pen Freitas2 September 20183000 m8:46.66Natalya Artyomova18 August 19895000 m14:08.79Letesenbet Gidey3 September 2023100 m hurdles12.37 Yordanka Donkova15 August 1986400 m hurdles53.26Deon Hemmings26 August 19972000 m steeplechase5:52.80Gesa-Felicitas Krause1 September 20193000 m steeplechase9:03.70Norah Jeruto27 August 2017High jump2.06 mAriane Friedrich14 June 2009Pole vault4.83 mElena Isinbaeva14 June 2009Long jump7.10 mHeike Drechsler16 September 1992Triple jump14.88 m Tatyana Lebedeva10 August 2003Shot put21.02 mChase Jackson30 August 2026Discus throw71.16 mValarie Allman12 September 2021Hammer throw79.58 mAnita Włodarczyk31 August 2014Javelin throw74.56 m (old design)Petra Felke23 August 198570.53 m (current design)Maria Abakumova1 September 20134 × 100 m relay41.55Team USA:Alice BrownDiane WilliamsFlorence Griffith JoynerJeanette Bolden21 August 19874 × 100 m mixed relay40.58Kerron StewartAleen BaileyMario ForsytheKemar Bailey-Cole2 September 2012
List of winners
Track disciplines
+ 100 m, MenYearWinnerNationalityTime (s)1937Gerd Hornberger10.61938Tinus Osendarp10.51939Karl Neckermann10.71941Karl Fehrmann10.81942Tinus Osendarp10.81949Ernst Rohrssen10.81952Andrew Stanfield10.51953George Brown10.91955Carl Kaufmann10.91956Manfred Steinbach10.51957Leamon King10.41958Armin Hary10.51959Armin Hary10.41960Armin Hary10.21961Manfred Germar10.51962Peter Gamper10.21963Peter Gamper10.31964Heinz Schumann (de)10.21965Jürgen Schröter10.41966Hideo Iijima10.11967Karl-Peter Schmidtke10.31969Günther Nickel10.51970Donald Quarrie10.41971Bobby Turner10.41974Steve Riddick10.21975Steve Williams9.9 =WR1976Donald Quarrie10.01977Clancy Edwards10.371978Steve Williams10.211979Houston McTear10.171980Stanley Floyd10.251981Herman Panzo10.141982Carl Lewis10.081983Carl Lewis10.071984Calvin Smith10.231985Marian Woronin10.201986Chidi Imoh10.001987Calvin Smith10.121988Calvin Smith10.121989Leroy Burrell10.081990Leroy Burrell10.171991Leroy Burrell10.041992Linford Christie9.991993Leroy Burrell10.121994Dennis Mitchell10.001995Donovan Bailey10.101996Dennis Mitchell10.081997Frankie Fredericks9.991998Maurice Greene9.941999Bruny Surin10.072000Maurice Greene9.862001Francis Obikwelu9.982002Dwain Chambers10.022003Darvis Patton10.172004not held2005Dwight Thomas10.012006Asafa Powell9.862007Jaysuma Saidy Ndure10.142008Nesta Carter10.082009Daniel Bailey10.032010Nesta Carter9.962011Yohan Blake9.822012Kemar Bailey-Cole10.002013Kemar Bailey-Cole10.042014Richard Thompson10.15
+ 100 m, WomenYearWinnerNationalityTime (s)1937Stanisława Walasiewicz11.91938Stanisława Walasiewicz11.81939Fanny Koen12.01941not held1942Christel Schulz (de)12.31949not held1952Fanny Blankers-Koen11.71953Ingrid Kühn11.31955Gisela Köhler12.01956Gisela Köhler11.51957Brunhilde Hendrix11.91958Inge Fuhrmann11.81959Anni Biechl11.71960Wilma Rudolph11.51961Jutta Heine11.71962Joke Bijleveld11.71963Jutta Heine11.61964Erika Pollmann (de)11.51965Maureen Tranter11.71966Hannelore Trabert (de)11.71967Hannelore Trabert (de)11.51969Jutta Stöck (de)11.61970Annelie Wilden (de)11.61971Elfgard Schittenhelm11.41974Irena Szewińska11.11975Inge Helten11.21976Annegret Richter11.241977Elvira Possekel11.611978Annegret Richter11.161979Evelyn Ashford11.021980Angella Taylor11.251981Linda Haglund11.061982Merlene Ottey11.141983Merlene Ottey11.091984Evelyn Ashford10.941985Alice Brown11.061986Evelyn Ashford10.931987Gail Devers10.981988Alice Brown11.181989Nelli Fiere-Cooman11.231990Merlene Ottey10.821991Merlene Ottey10.841992Irina Privalova10.931993Merlene Ottey11.011994not held1995not held1996Gail Devers10.891997Marion Jones10.811998Marion Jones10.811999not held2000Marion Jones10.782001Myriam Léonie Mani11.132002Marion Jones11.012003Kelli White10.842004Debbie Ferguson11.142005Christine Arron11.012006Sherone Simpson10.922007Carmelita Jeter11.152008Verena Sailer11.532009Kerron Stewart11.002010Sherone Simpson11.092011Kelly-Ann Baptiste11.152012Kelly-Ann Baptiste11.252013LaKeisha Lawson11.182014Kerron Stewart11.25
+ 200 m, MenYearWinnerNationalityTime (s)1937not held1938Jakob Scheuring (de)21.71939Jakob Scheuring (de)21.21941not held1942Harald Mellerowicz (de)21.51949Hans Hieke22.81952McDonald Bailey20.91953George Brown21.91954Walter Sichling22.51955Heinz Fütterer21.41956Martin Lauer21.61957Leamon King21.31958Manfred Germar21.71959Livio Berruti21.11960Tom Robinson21.01961Johannes Kaiser21.31962Seraphino Antao20.81963Seraphino Antao21.21964Heinz Schumann (de)20.91965Jürgen Schröter21.41966Josef Schwarz21.01967Josef Schwarz21.21969Ossi Karttunen20.91970Donald Quarrie20.41971Heinz Rienecker21.31974Donald Quarrie20.51975Manfred Ommer (de)21.01976James Gilkes20.511977Clancy Edwards20.141978James Gilkes20.341979James Gilkes20.441980Fred Taylor20.821981Allan Wells20.151982Jeffrey Phillips20.401983Mel Lattany20.221984James Butler20.451985Kirk Baptiste20.451986not held1987Carl Lewis20.091988not held1989Robson da Silva20.281990Robson da Silva20.281991not held1992Frankie Fredericks20.011993not held1994not held1995not held1996Frankie Fredericks19.971997Jon Drummond20.071998not held1999Maurice Greene20.212000-03not held2004Asafa Powell20.242005Christopher Williams20.332006not held2007Wallace Spearmon20.222008not held2009-12not held2013not held2014not held
+ 200 m, WomenYearWinnerNationalityTime (s)1937not held1938not held1939Dorle Voigt25.11941not held1942not held1949not held1952not held1953not held1954not held1955not held1956not held1957not held1958Barbara Janiczewska24.21959not held1960not held1961not held1962Brenda Fletcher25.21963Helga Henning (de)24.41964not held1965not held1966not held1967not held1969Rita Jahn23.41970Annelie Wilden (de)23.81971Alice Anum23.21974Irena Szewińska22.61975not held1976Lorna Forde23.951977Jacqueline Pusey (de)23.281978Evelyn Ashford23.411979Annegret Richter22.831980Angella Taylor23.031981not held1982not held1983not held1984not held1985not held1986not held1987Angella Taylor-Issajenko22.551988Grace Jackson22.701989not held1990not held1991Katrin Krabbe21.961992not held1993not held1994Merlene Ottey22.071995Gwen Torrence21.981996not held1997not held1998not held1999Debbie Ferguson22.552000-03not held2004not held2005not held2006not held2007Lauryn Williams22.952008Sherone Simpson22.432009-12not held2013Tiffany Townsend22.772014not held