Botswana Golden Grand Prix | |
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Dates | Late April |
Host city | Gaborone, Botswana |
Venue | Botswana National Stadium |
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Level | World Athletics Continental Tour Gold |
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The Botswana Golden Grand Prix, formerly called the Gaborone International Meet, is a track and field meeting held at the Botswana National Stadium in Gaborone. Since 2023, it is a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold level meeting – the second-highest level of athletics meetings behind the Diamond League.
The meeting was founded by the Sport View Runners Club as the Sports View International after Gaborone hosted the 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships, though the first international meeting was not held until 2012.[1] It was rebranded to Gaborone International Meet in 2017 before adopting its current name in 2020.[2][3][4]
It was the third-ever meeting in Africa to be promoted to Continental Tour Gold status, after the Rabat Diamond League in Morocco and the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya. Per an agreement signed in 2023, it will be a Gold status meeting through 2025.[5] Former 800 metres runner Glody Dube has been described as "the brains behind" the operation.[6]
Ed. | Name | Date | Ref. |
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1st | 2012 Sports View International | 18-19 Apr 2012 | [7] |
2nd | 2014 Sports View International | 19 Apr 2014 | [8] |
3rd | 2015 Sports View International | 23 May 2015 | [9] |
4th | 2017 Gaborone International Meet | 29 Apr 2017 | [10][11] |
5th | 2018 Gaborone International Meet | 29 Apr 2018 | [12] |
6th | 2019 Gaborone International Meet | 27 Apr 2019 | [13] |
7th | 2022 Gaborone International Meet | 30 Apr 2022 | [14] |
8th | 2023 Botswana Golden Grand Prix | 29 Apr 2023 | [15] |
9th | 2024 Botswana Golden Grand Prix | 14 Apr 2024 | [16] |