The Weltklasse in Köln was an annual one-day outdoor track and field meeting at the Müngersdorfer Stadion in Cologne, Germany.
First held in 1934,[1] it was organised by ASV Köln until 1999, when the meeting folded after its fiftieth edition due to financial reasons.
[2] Earlier in its history, the meeting was known as the ASV-Sportfest or Internationale Leichtathletik-Sportfest.
The meeting returned after World War II with a meeting in 1952 and the first world record was set at the stadium in 1958, courtesy of the German men's 4 × 100 metres relay team.
Former sprinter Manfred Germar was head of the organising committee for its final three decades.