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Janusz Kusociński Memorial
Silesian Stadium
DateJune–August
LocationChorzów, Poland Poland
Event typeTrack and field
Established1954
Official siteJanusz Kusociński Memorial
Jamaican sprinter Michael Frater receiving a garland at the 2010 event

The Janusz Kusociński Memorial (Polish: Memoriał Janusza Kusocińskiego) is an annual track and field meeting at different venues in Poland, in recent times at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland.

The meeting was first held in 1954 in memory of the Polish runner Janusz Kusociński, the 1932 Olympic champion over 10,000 metres, who was killed on 21 June 1940 during the German AB-Aktion Operation. The event was located at the 10th-Anniversary Stadium in Warsaw for much of its early history. Later on, the meet venue changed to a rotational basis and the memorial was held in cities such as Lublin, Bydgoszcz, Poznań, Szczecin and most recently Chorzów. In 2022 the meeting was part of the 2022 World Athletics Continental Tour on gold level.

From its inception to the present day, the Janusz Kusociński Memorial has attracted world record holders and Olympic medallists. Initially attracting top Eastern European athletes (including Soviet Olympic champion Vladimir Kuts at the first competition), Frenchman Michel Jazy, American Bill Nieder, and China's Ni Zhiqin were among the participants in its first decade. The 1970s saw runners Ron Clarke and Filbert Bayi compete, while the 1980s featured performers including Wolfgang Schmidt and Sergey Bubka. Among the world record breakers to appear at the memorial in the 1990s were Svetlana Masterkova, Wilson Kipketer and Jan Železný. Numerous Olympic, World and European Championship level athletes continue to take part on an annual basis.

Each edition features a long-distance memorial race. This event has been dominated by East African athletes in the last decade. In addition to the memorial race, the meeting typically has high calibre performances in the throwing events.

The meeting, which holds European Athletics Outdoor Meetings status, is among the foremost Polish track and field competitions, alongside the annual Pedro's Cup events.

Meet records

Men

Men's meeting records of the Janusz Kusociński Memorial
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Venue Ref.
100 m 10.00 (+2.0 m/s) Marian Woronin  Poland 1984 Warsaw
200 m 20.06 Silvio Leonard  Cuba 1978
400 m 44.47 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 20 June 2021 Chorzów
800 m 1:43.66 Alberto Juantorena  Cuba 1977
1500 m 3:35.77 Nicholas Kemboi  Kenya 2010 Warsaw
3000 m 7:43.67 Sammy Kipketer  Kenya 1999
5000 m 13:31:09 Hansjörg Kunze  East Germany 1979
10,000 m 28:41.02 Ryszard Kopijasz  Poland 1980
Marathon 2:36:06 Józef Russek  Poland 1956
110 m hurdles 13.25 (+0.5 m/s) Sergey Shubenkov  Russia Chorzów
13.25 (+1.0 m/s) Orlando Ortega  Spain 25 August 2020 Chorzów
400 m hurdles 49.00 Kemel Thompson  Jamaica 2000
3000 m steeplechase 8:21.2 h Bronisław Malinowski  Poland 1974
High jump 2.36 m Artur Partyka  Poland 1996
Pole vault 5.92 m Chris Nilsen  United States 5 June 2022 Chorzów
Long jump 8.37 m James Beckford  Jamaica 2007
Triple jump 17.48 m Danil Burkenya  Russia 2007
Shot put 22.31 m Tomas Walsh  New Zealand 5 June 2022 Chorzów
Discus throw 68.50 m Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 21 July 2012 Szczecin
Hammer throw 83.93 m Paweł Fajdek  Poland 9 August 2015 Szczecin
Javelin throw 91.50 m Jan Železný  Czechoslovakia 1994
Decathlon 8118 pts Ryszard Skowronek  Poland 1973
Mile walk 5:35.49 Maher Ben Hlima  Poland 4 June 2023 Chorzów
5000 m walk (track) 18:41.79 Robert Korzeniowski  Poland 1997
10,000 m walk (track) 40:32.8 Daniel Bautista  Mexico 1978
20 km walk (road) 1:20.52 Zdzisław Szlapkin  Poland 1988
Robert Korzeniowski  Poland 1995
4 × 100 m relay 38.65 Zbigniew Tulin
Łukasz Chyła
Marcin Jędrusiński
Marcin Urbaś 		 Poland 2004
4 × 400 m relay 3:06.6 h  Great Britain 1964

Women

Women's meeting records of the Janusz Kusociński Memorial
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Venue Ref.
100 m 11.03 (−0.7 m/s) Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast 4 June 2023 Chorzów
11.03 (+0.4 m/s) Ewa Swoboda  Poland 4 June 2023 Chorzów
200 m 22.61 Ewa Kasprzyk  Poland 1985 Warsaw
400 m 49.75 Irena Szewińska  Poland 1976 Bydgoszcz
600 m 1:25.04 Joanna Jóźwik  Poland 9 August 2015 Szczecin
800 m 1:56.2 Anita Weiß  East Germany 1978
1500 m 3:54.01 Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 20 June 2021 Chorzów
3000 m 9:07.57 Purity Rionoripo  Kenya 21 July 2012 Szczecin
100 m hurdles 12.36 (+1.9 m/s) Grażyna Rabsztyn  Poland 12 June 1980 Warsaw
400 m hurdles 54.73 Vania Stambolova  Bulgaria 2011 Szczecin
3000 m steeplechase 9:39.51 Mercy Wanjiku  Kenya 2010 Warsaw
High jump 1.99 m Kamila Lićwinko  Poland 18 June 2016 Szczecin
Pole vault 4.70 m Svetlana Feofanova  Russia 2011 Szczecin
Long jump 6.91 m Agata Karczmarek  Poland 1996
Triple jump 14.50 m Olha Saladukha  Ukraine 2010 Warsaw
Shot put 21.41 m Helena Fibingerová  Czech Republic 1980 Warsaw
Discus throw 66.58 m Ilke Wyludda  Germany 1995
Hammer throw 79.61 m Anita Włodarczyk  Poland 18 June 2016 Szczecin
Javelin throw 56.72 m Barbara Madejczyk  Poland 21 July 2012 Szczecin
Mile walk (track) 6:27.76 Olga Chojecka  Poland 4 June 2023 Chorzów
3000 m walk (track) 13:01.72 Katarzyna Mosio  Poland 1992
5000 m walk (track) 26:10.5 Agnieszka Wyszyńska  Poland 1981
10,000 m walk (track) 43:28 Katarzyna Radtke  Poland 1995
4 × 100 m relay 43.58  Poland 1999
4 × 400 m relay 3:34.0 h  Poland 1972

References

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  2. KUSOCIŃSKI JANUSZ TADEUSZ (1907-1940) Archived 2008-08-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish). Polish Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2011-06-25.
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