Facts & Figures
Welcome to the biggest athletics event in Geneva,
since over 3 decades !
Find out what it represents, not only in terms of performance, but also in volume, whether it is about the presence of people or the audience through, the image of Geneva in the world, and its impact on the local economy, the time of a WE.
What's behind the scene of this meeting,
which exceeds 84,000 pts,
regularly ranks among the top 40 meetings in the world ?
Attracting over 1,500 people around the track and the grandstands (estimate),
discover ATLETICAGENEVE metrics !
(*2023 edition figures)
ATHLETES &
PERFORMANCES
- 84960 points (40th best meeting in the world) See details on WA website
- 83570 Result Scores points (36th best in the World, 5th best in Switzerland)
- 1390 Participation Points (52nd best in the World)
- 478 Starts (for 453 athletes: 242 Men and 211 Women)
- 83 Countries
- 6 Continents
- Europe, Africa, Oceania, South America, North America, Asia
- 101 SB, nearly 1 in 4 athletes
- 76 PB Personal Records
- = 17% of athletes
- Top Best Performance. : 1220 pts
- 8 new meeting records (5 of them also EAP records)
- 1 European lead (M400H)
- 160 Volunteers (including CAG partnership)
ACCOMMODATION & TRANSPORTS
- 450 Athletes and coaches welcomed at the airport including
- 381 at the expense of ATLETICAGENEVE, representating
- 440 Full board stays entirely supported by ATLETICAGENEVE, but generating approx.
- 150 Additional stays at the expense of the athletes and their entourage (coaches, families, etc.)
- 8 Minibuses driven by
- 12 Volunteers drivers for a total of
- 2,800 kilometers for 4 days
EVENT
WEBSITE
- ATLETICAGENEVE.CH
- 77 435 visits for the half-year 2021 (Jan-Jun)
- 33'218 visits in June 2021
- average 1,510 per month (June) with a peak of
- 10,355 visits for the only day of the meeting (11 June 2021)
- All geographic areas (6 continents) covered
SOCIAL
MEDIA
- FACEBOOK
- 1,096 likes
- 1,125 subscribers (selected)
- 2,900 views on a single post on the day of the meeting (with 723 interactions)
- TWITTER
- 102,709 impressions over the year, with a peak of
- 46,100 impressions for June
- 1,100 subscriptions (selected)
- 503 subscribers
- INSTAGRAM
- 503 subscribers (selected),
- 558 subscriptions
- ATHLE.CH network
- 80,000 people affected (mainly French-speaking Switzerland, rest of Switzerland and English-speaking areas)
- > 50,000 views of presentation articles and embedded videos within a week-time
ON SITE
COMMUNICATION
- LARGE SCREEN (on track)
- 30 sqm screen on track
- Live view of the meeting (from 4 cameras), with athletes annoucements, interviews and results
- Advertisments (number of displays, depending on contracts)
- TV Spots (various displays, depending on contracts)
- Logos from sponsors and partners
- SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Regular announcements on the main sponsors and partners
- SPONSOR WALL
- Behind and aside the podium (winner ceremonies
- Behind the interwie zone
- At the hotel: photos of all the invited athletes and delegations (all tagged and in published)
- WINNER CEREMONIES
- Visible gifts and prizes from sponsors + sign of the prize-money
- Announcements of the disciplines sponsors
- POSTERS, FLYERS, BROCHURES
- Visible respectively distributed to all spctators and athletes
- EVENT LANYARDS
- For all athletes and staff (total > 500) with the meeting name and the main sponsor
DIGITAL
MEDIA
- VIDEO STREAMING
- LIVE (in English, French, German):
- 4 cameras including 1 for interviews
- 7 hours of live (via Vinco.com throughout Europe, North America and Canada)
- > 12,000 live views (live-streaming on the day of the meeting)
- + 100 disciplines and interviews from the evening of the meeting, counting
- > 39,000 views over a year
- > 50,000 views of a single video (the Italian 400m record ), in a few days
- LIVE (in English, French, German):
- LOCAL TV
- 1 meeting announcement and live interview of the organisers on the TV set (Léman Bleu TV)
- + Highlights after them meeting (on next day + a longer report, ~ 8' on Monday)
- NATIONAL TV
- Highlights the evening of the meeting (~ 3-4') (on Télévision Suisse Romande)
- INTERNATIONAL TVs
- Highlights depending on results and athletes, including on overseas TVs (TV5 Monde or EuroSport)
PRESS
SERVICES
- PAPER AND/OR DIGITAL
- Local (Tribune de Genève)
- Meeting announcement and then detailed presentation on local media, 4-5 times before the meeting
- Article after the meeting, on next day edition plus middle of the next week
- National
- Various Swiss newspaper (both paper and digital versions)
- Swiss Athletic Federation (presentation, report, results, interviews)
- International
- Various international and overseas newspapers (both paper and digital versions) depending on athletes performances
- Specialistic newspeapers (L'Equipe, La Gazzetta dello Sport, etc.)
- Various National Athletic Federations
- European Athletics
- World Athletics
- European Athletics Promotion
- Local (Tribune de Genève)
VOLUNTEERS &
COMMITTEE
- VOLUNTEERS
- 160 Volunteers (CAG partnership) working all day (and partially the day before and the day after the event) :
- Installing hurdles, preparing sand for the long / triple jumps, preparing the mattress for pole vault and high jump
- Installing 60 banners
- Put up posters and fixing / hanging signage all around the track and the tribune, sponsor wall and roll-ups
- 1 VIP lounge (helping of the professionals)
- Preparing the doping-control and samaritans dedicated room
- Mountings tents (x30), parasols, (x12), banks and tables, inside and outside the track
- Installing electrical and computer wiring
- Installing and connecting computers, copiers and printers
- Connecting loud-speakers (x12)
- Dispatching the water points
- And much, much more .. !
- 160 Volunteers (CAG partnership) working all day (and partially the day before and the day after the event) :
- STEERING COMMITTEE
- 1 year preparation including (since 1987!)
- 15 large committee meetings,
- 30 select committee meetings, organisation, contacts, development, communication, ...
- 1 general assembly
- 1 year preparation including (since 1987!)