Hanžeković memorial

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Brief history of...

Hanžeković memorial

The Hanžeković Memorial is the oldest sporting event in Croatia; it has been taking place in Zagreb every year since 1951. The Meeting and its 110m hurdles memorial race were named after hurdler Boris Hanžeković, one of Croatia’s best athletes before WWII, who was killed in WWII while trying to escape from the Jasenovac concentration camp. It originated as an inter-club duel between Mladost and Dinamo and became an international event in 1958. In the following years, numerous good athletes from the Soviet Union, Hungary, Bulgaria, East Germany and Cuba participated in the Meeting, and soon also others from Austria and West Germany. The Meeting was first broadcast live on TV already in 1959.