Indoor Flanders Meeting


The Indoor Flanders meeting was an annual indoor track and field meeting which took place at the Flanders [Sports Arena] in Ghent, Belgium. It was one of foremost meetings on the indoor European circuit and one of nine events which hold IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting status.
First held in 1990, the competition was originally held at the Flanders Expo arena and moved to the Flanders Sports Arena in 2000. Over its history the meeting has been sponsored by Energizer, KBC Bank, and Toyota. The 23rd edition in 2012 was annulled because of loss sponsorship. After taking a year off, the Flanders Indoor Meeting returns in 2013 and 2014 but was cancelled from 2015 onwards.

World records

Over the course of its history, three world records have been set at the Indoor Flanders Meeting.
YearEventRecordAthleteNationality
19957:35.15KenyaSort|1609|MileSortname|Hicham|El Guerrouj

Meeting records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDate
60 m6.45Andre CasonUnited States

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDate
60 m6.97Irina PrivalovaRussia