Memorial Van Damme


The Memorial Van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, that takes place in late August or early September. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it now serves as a final event of the Diamond League, along with Weltklasse Zürich between 2010 and 2019. In 2024 and 2026, Memorial Van Damme will serve as the sole final of the Diamond League.
It was first organized in 1977 by a group of journalists in honour of Ivo Van Damme, a Belgian double medal winner at the Montreal Olympics who was killed the previous year in a car accident at the age of 22.
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Editions

MeetingSeriesDate
1977 Memorial Van Damme16 Aug 1977
1978 Memorial Van Damme18 Aug 1978
1979 Memorial Van Damme4 Sep 1979
1980 Memorial Van Damme22 Aug 1980
1981 Memorial Van Damme28 Aug 1981
1982 Memorial Van Damme27 Aug 1982
1983 Memorial Van Damme26 Aug 1983
1984 Memorial Van Damme24 Aug 1984
1985 Memorial Van Damme1985 IAAF Grand Prix30 Aug 1985
1986 Memorial Van Damme1986 IAAF Grand Prix5 Sep 1986
1987 Memorial Van Damme1987 IAAF Grand Prix11 Sep 1987
1988 Memorial Van Damme1988 IAAF Grand Prix19 Aug 1988
1989 Memorial Van Damme1989 IAAF Grand Prix25 Aug 1989
1990 Memorial Van Damme1990 IAAF Grand Prix10 Aug 1990
1991 Memorial Van Damme1991 IAAF Grand Prix13 Sep 1991
1992 Memorial Van Damme1992 IAAF Grand Prix28 Aug 1992
1993 Memorial Van Damme1993 IAAF Grand Prix3 Sep 1993
1994 Memorial Van Damme1994 IAAF Grand Prix19 Aug 1994
1995 Memorial Van Damme1995 IAAF Grand Prix25 Aug 1995
1996 Memorial Van Damme1996 IAAF Grand Prix23 Aug 1996
1997 Memorial Van Damme1997 IAAF Grand Prix22 Aug 1997
1998 Memorial Van Damme1998 IAAF Golden League28 Aug 1998
1999 Memorial Van Damme1999 IAAF Golden League3 Sep 1999
2000 Memorial Van Damme2000 IAAF Golden League28 Aug 2000
2001 Memorial Van Damme2001 IAAF Golden League24 Aug 2001
2002 Memorial Van Damme2002 IAAF Golden League30 Aug 2002
2003 Memorial Van Damme2003 IAAF Golden League5 Sep 2003
2004 Memorial Van Damme2004 IAAF Golden League2-3 Sep 2004
2005 Memorial Van Damme2005 IAAF Golden League26 Aug 2005
2006 Memorial Van Damme2006 IAAF Golden League25 Aug 2006
2007 Memorial Van Damme2007 IAAF Golden League14 Sep 2007
2008 Memorial Van Damme2008 IAAF Golden League5 Sep 2008
2009 Memorial Van Damme2009 IAAF Golden League4 Sep 2009
2010 Memorial Van Damme2010 Diamond League27 Aug 2010
2011 Memorial Van Damme2011 Diamond League16 Sep 2011
2012 Memorial Van Damme2012 Diamond League7 Sep 2012
2013 Memorial Van Damme2013 Diamond League6 Sep 2013
2014 Memorial Van Damme2014 Diamond League5 Sep 2014
2015 Memorial Van Damme2015 Diamond League11 Sep 2015
2016 Memorial Van Damme2016 Diamond League8-9 Sep 2016
2017 Memorial Van Damme2017 Diamond League31 Aug, 1 Sep 2017
2018 Memorial Van Damme2018 Diamond League30-31 Aug 2018
2019 Memorial Van Damme2019 Diamond League5-6 Sep 2019
2020 Memorial Van Damme2020 Diamond League4 Sep 2020
2021 Memorial Van Damme2021 Diamond League1 Sep, 3 Sep 2021
2022 Memorial Van Damme2022 Diamond League1-2 Sep 2022
2023 Memorial Van Damme2023 Diamond League7-8 Sep 2023
2024 Memorial Van Damme2024 Diamond League13-14 Sep 2024
2025 Memorial Van Damme2025 Diamond League22 Aug 2025

World records

Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at Memorial Van Damme.
YearEventRecordAthleteNationality
19813:47.33United KingdomSort|5000|5000 mAthAbbr|WJRSortname|Daniel|Komen

Meeting records

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetVideo
100 m9.76 Usain BoltJamaicawind|+0.7

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeet
100 m10.72 Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJamaicawind|+0.6