Adidas Games

Adidas Games
Atlanta, where the street meet portion of the meeting is held since 2023
DateMay
LocationAtlanta, Georgia (formerly Boston, Massachusetts) United States
Event typeTrack and field
Established2016[1]
Official site[1]

The Adidas Games, formerly the adidas BOOST Boston Games and today officially known as the adidas Atlanta City Games, is an annual track and field meeting and street meet in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was originally held in Boston, Massachusetts from 2016 to 2021, and it was relocated to Atlanta City in 2023. The event was announced on the same day the Adidas Grand Prix meet in New York was removed from the Diamond League schedule in 2016.[1][2]

When the meet was held in Boston, the traditional track events were held in the Henry G. Steinbrenner Stadium on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while the street meet portion was held on an elevated straight track constructed between Boston Common and the Boston Public Garden.[3] Currently, it is held in Piedmont Park (the finish line of the Peachtree Road Race, with junior events at Eddie S Henderson Stadium across the street.

The event has hosted several Olympic track and field athletes, including 400 m world record holder and Rio gold medalist Wayde van Niekerk in 2017.[4]

Event records

Men

Track portion

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Ref
400 m 44.28 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 2017 [4]
800 m 1:45.18 Brandon McBride  Canada 20 May 2018 [5]
1500 m 3:35.82 Collins Cheboi  Kenya 2017 [4]
Mile 3:56.72 Drew Hunter  United States 20 May 2018 [6]
3000 m 7:45.64 Cyrus Rutto  Kenya 20 May 2018 [7]
5000 m 12:59.89 Dejen Gebremeskel  Ethiopia 2017 [4]
400 m hurdles 48.69 Michael Stigler  United States 2016 [8]

Street portion

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Ref
100 m 9.90 (-0.4 m/s) Akani Simbine  South Africa 19 May 2024 [9]
150 m (straight) 14.41 (+0.3 m/s) Noah Lyles  United States 18 May 2024 [10]
200 m (straight) 19.84 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 2016 [8]
600 m 1:15 Marco Arop  Canada 23 May 2021 [11]
Mile 4:01 Clayton Murphy  United States 23 May 2021 [11]
110 m hurdles 13.07 (-0.7 m/s) Grant Holloway  United States 19 May 2024 [12]
200 m hurdles (straight) 22.12 (-0.6 m/s) [a] Alison dos Santos  Brazil 23 May 2021 [11]
Long jump 8.06 m Jarrion Lawson  United States 2016 [8]

Women

Nikki Hiltz (left) and Dominique Scott (right) running the Back Bay Mile at the Adidas Boost Boston Games in 2019.

Track portion

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Ref
800 m 1:59.27 Ajeé Wilson  United States 20 May 2018 [13]
1500 m 4:04.65 Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia 20 May 2018 [14]
5000 m 15:55.24 Caroline Kipkirui  Kenya 20 May 2018 [6]

Street portion

Event Record Athlete Nation Date Ref
100 m 10.88 (+0.5 m/s) Aleia Hobbs  United States 19 May 2024 [15]
150 m (straight) 16.23 (-0.7 m/s) Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 20 May 2018 [16]
200 m (straight) 21.76 (+0.5 m/s) Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 4 June 2017 [17]
600 m 1:24 Natoya Goule  Jamaica 23 May 2021 [11]
Mile 4:31 Nikki Hiltz  United States 23 May 2021 [11]
100 m hurdles 12.49 (-0.9 m/s) Kendra Harrison  United States 23 May 2021 [11]
200 m hurdles (straight) 24.86 (+0.1 m/s) Shiann Salmon  Jamaica 23 May 2021 [11]
Long jump 7.17 m (+0.1 m/s) Tara Davis-Woodhall  United States 19 May 2024 [18]

Notes

  1. ^ by official result source, 22.11 by World Athletics source

References

  1. ^ a b "Global Athletics & Marketing to Recast adidas Grand Prix".
  2. ^ "IAAF Diamond League Expands Into a Fourth Continent: Africa".
  3. ^ "Meet Info".
  4. ^ a b c d "adidas Boost Boston Games 2017 Results".
  5. ^ "800m Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Mile Run Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. ^ "3000m Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  8. ^ a b c "Adidas Boost Boston Games 2016 Results".
  9. ^ Nick McCarvel (19 May 2024). "NOAH LYLES JUST MISSES USAIN BOLT RECORD IN 150M, WHILE GRANT HOLLOWAY, ALEIA HOBBS ALSO WIN AT ATLANTA CITY GAMES". olympics.com. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Lyles and Hill equal American 150m bests as track royalty lights up adidas Atlanta City Games". adidas Atlanta City Games. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Jon Mulkeen (24 May 2021). "Hurdle stars Holloway and Harrison lead record blitz in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  12. ^ Nick McCarvel (19 May 2024). "NOAH LYLES JUST MISSES USAIN BOLT RECORD IN 150M, WHILE GRANT HOLLOWAY, ALEIA HOBBS ALSO WIN AT ATLANTA CITY GAMES". olympics.com. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  13. ^ Kevin Sully (21 May 2018). "Miller-Uibo & Hunter Shine In Boston, Centro Doubles, Wilson PRs; Pro Recap". flotrack.org. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  14. ^ "1500m Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  15. ^ Nick McCarvel (19 May 2024). "NOAH LYLES JUST MISSES USAIN BOLT RECORD IN 150M, WHILE GRANT HOLLOWAY, ALEIA HOBBS ALSO WIN AT ATLANTA CITY GAMES". olympics.com. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  16. ^ "150m Results". adidasboostboston.com. 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  17. ^ "South Africa's Van Niekerk wins 200m dash in Boston". Yahoo! News. AFP. 5 June 2017.
  18. ^ Karen Rosen (21 May 2024). "Davis-Woodhall Bullish On The Olympic Year". Retrieved 22 May 2024.