Palio Città della Quercia explained

The Palio Città della Quercia is an annual track and field meeting held at the in Rovereto, Italy. Usually held in late August or early September, it is a European Athletics premier meeting.^[1] It is the oldest international athletics meeting in Italy, having been first held in Rovereto in 1965.^[2]

Rovereto also hosts the Cross della Vallagarina, an elite level cross-country race.

Meet records

Men

Men's meeting records of the Palio Città della Quercia

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date
100 m	9.98	Marvin Bracy		31 August 2021	[3]
200 m	20.07	Pietro Mennea		1 September 1980
400 m	44.55	Michael Cherry		31 August 2021	[4]
	1:14.41	Andrea Longo		2000
800 m	1:43.94	Wycliffe Kinyamal		29 August 2017	[5]
1500 m	3:34.12	Peter Elliott		2 September 1990
3000 m	7:33.32	Grant Fisher		6 September 2023	[6]
5000 m	13:08.43	Egide Ntakarutimana		30 August 2022	[7]
10,000 m	27:39.31	David Maritim		2000
110 m hurdles	13.27	Roger Kingdom		2 September 1990
400 m hurdles	48.08	Samuel Matete		2 September 1995
2000 m steeplechase	5:14.43			1990
3000 m steeplechase	8:21.72	Laid Bessou		2000
High jump	2.35 m	Troy Kemp		1991
				1999
Long jump	8.32 m	Nenad Stekić		1978
Triple jump	17.27 m	Jonathan Edwards		2001
Pole vault	5.81 m	Giuseppe Gibilisco		2005
Shot put	21.88 m	Zane Weir		6 September 2023	[8]
Discus throw	67.44 m	Luis Delis		1984
Hammer throw	76.60 m			1980
Javelin throw	85.66 m	Vítězslav Veselý		4 September 2012	[9]

Women

Women's meeting records of the Palio Città della Quercia

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date
100 m	11.00	Natasha Morrison		6 September 2023	[10]
200 m	22.67	Mariya Ryemyen		3 September 2013	[11]
400 m	49.94	Antonina Krivoshapka		4 September 2012	[12]
800 m	1:57.69	Fita Lovin		2 September 1981
1000 m	2:31.66	Jolanda Čeplak		2002
1500 m	3:57.31	Genzebe Dibaba		6 September 2016	[13]
Mile	4:14.30	Genzebe Dibaba		6 September 2016	[14]
3000 m	8:39.95	Svetlana Aplachkina		31 August 2021	[15]
5000 m	15:14.25	Priscah Jepleting Cherono		2011
10,000 m	32:30.91	Aurora Cunha		1984
100 m hurdles	12.76	Sarah Lavin		6 September 2023	[16]
400 m hurdles	53.71	Andrea Blackett		6 September 2003
3000 m steeplechase	9:25.09	Mekdes Bekele		2010
Long jump	6.85 m	Fiona May		1997
High jump	2.00 m	Lyudmila Andonova		1984
Pole vault	4.72 m	Stacy Dragila		2002
		Roberta Bruni		30 August 2022
Triple jump	14.98 m	Šárka Kašpárková		1998
Shot put	20.70 m	Helena Fibingerová		1982
Discus throw	67.20 m	Ilke Wyludda		1992
Hammer throw	74.13 m			2011
Javelin throw	66.28 m	Osleidys Menéndez		2005

External links

• Palio Citta della Quercia
• Meeting records

Notes and References

1. Web site: Palio Citta della Quercia . usquercia.it . 2 September 2011.
2. http://www.comune.rovereto.tn.it/vivere_rovereto_c.jsp?ID_LINK=1210&id_context=4020&page=7&area=97&id_context=4020 Palio "Città della Quercia"
3. News: Hussong and Bracy make their mark in Rovereto. World Athletics. Diego Sampaolo. 1 September 2021. 13 September 2021.
4. News: Hussong and Bracy make their mark in Rovereto. World Athletics. Diego Sampaolo. 1 September 2021. 13 September 2021.
5. News: Kinyamal clocks 1:43.84 [sic!] in Rovereto]. IAAF. Diego Sampaolo. 30 August 2017. 2 September 2017.
6. Web site: Weir among meeting record-breakers in Rovereto. World Athletics. 6 September 2023. 8 September 2023.
7. Web site: Bruni and Ntakarutimana set records in Rovereto. World Athletics. Diego Sampaolo. 30 August 2022. 31 August 2022.
8. Web site: Weir among meeting record-breakers in Rovereto. World Athletics. 6 September 2023. 8 September 2023.
9. Web site: 48° Palio Città della Quercia 2012 Complete Results. www.dbresults.net. 4 September 2012. 4 September 2012.
10. Web site: Weir among meeting record-breakers in Rovereto. World Athletics. 6 September 2023. 8 September 2023.
11. Web site: 200 Metres Results. FIDAL. 3 September 2013. 3 September 2013.
12. Web site: 48° Palio Città della Quercia 2012 Complete Results. www.dbresults.net. 4 September 2012. 4 September 2012.
13. Web site: Mile Run – 1500m Split Time Results. FIDAL. 6 September 2016. 7 September 2016.
14. Web site: Mile Run Results. FIDAL. 6 September 2016. 7 September 2016.
15. News: Hussong and Bracy make their mark in Rovereto. World Athletics. Diego Sampaolo. 1 September 2021. 13 September 2021.
16. Web site: Weir among meeting record-breakers in Rovereto. World Athletics. 6 September 2023. 8 September 2023.