The 2010

Prefontaine Classic The Prefontaine Classic is a track and field meet held at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Organized by the Oregon Track Club, it was previously one of the IAAF Grand Prix events, and ...

was the 36th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in

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, United States. Held on Saturday July 3, 2010 at

Hayward Field Hayward Field is a track and field stadium in the Northwestern United States, located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. It has been the home of the university's track and field teams since 1921, and was the on-campu ...

, it was the sixth leg of the inaugural

IAAF Diamond League The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fifteen invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics one-day meet competitions. The inaugural season was ...

– the highest level international track and field circuit. Previously the Prefontaine Classic had been a part of the now defunct

IAAF World Athletics Tour The IAAF World Athletics Tour was an annual global circuit of one day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Formed in 2006, it comprised two separate levels of athletics meetings: ...

, but not in the

IAAF Golden League The IAAF Golden League was an annual series of outdoor track and field meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Athletes who won specific events at all of the series meetings were awarded a jackpot prize ...

which consisted of the top-tier meets in the tour. The meet's debut in the Diamond League resulted in 12 new meeting records being set out of 19 contested events, with yearly world leading marks being set on top of five of the meeting record performances. In the men's events the

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had been most anticipated, which

Walter Dix Walter Dix (born January 31, 1986) is a retired American sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the seventh-fastest 200-meter runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in t ...

won with a meeting record in 19.72 seconds, defeating second fastest man in history

Tyson Gay Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is a retired American track and field sprint (running), sprinter who competed in the 100 metres, 100 and 200 metres, 200 meters. His 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the United States records in track ...

who had recently returned to competition from groin surgery.Peterson, Anne (2010-07-03)
Dix edges Gay in 200 at Prefontaine Classic

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. Retrieved 2020-01-22. Ethiopian

Tariku Bekele Tariku Bekele Beyecha (Amharic: ታሪኩ በቀለ; born 28 February 1987) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5,000 metres and has moved up to 10.000 metres as well. He is the younger brother of Kenenis ...

ran a

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meeting record in 12:58.93, also the best time ever run on American soil. David Oliver matched the American record in the

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with a world leading time and meeting record in 12.90 s, just 0.03 s slower than the world record. The

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

saw

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win by more than a meter, with a world leading mark and meeting record of 22.41 m. In the non-scoring 1000 m, Sudanese athlete

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set a world leading time, national record, and meeting record in 2:13.62. In the women's competition,

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defeated reigning Olympic and world champion

Shelly-Ann Fraser Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (''née'' Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time. One ...

over

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in 10.78 s, a world leading personal best time and a meeting record.

Mariya Savinova Mariya Sergeyevna Savinova (; born 13 August 1985) is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 800 metres event. In 2017, she was found guilty of doping and was subsequently suspended from competition for four years. In addition to the ba ...

set a world leading time and meeting record in the

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with a personal best time in 1:57.56. Though she did not win the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

, Canadian

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set a national record with a mark of 13.99 m.

Diamond League results

Top three placers in each scoring event earned four points, two points, and one point for first place, second place, and third place respectively.2010 Prefontaine Classic Results
LetsRun.com 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2020-01-22.

Men

Women

Non-Diamond League results

Men

Women

References

;Results
SAMSUNG DIAMOND LEAGUE 2010
Diamond League. Retrieved 2020-01-15.

External links

Official Diamond League Prefontaine Classic website
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