The 2015 IAAF Diamond League was the sixth season of the annual series of outdoor

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meetings, organised by the

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(IAAF). It consisted of fourteen one-day meetings, starting on 15 May in

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, Qatar, and ending on 11 September in

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, Belgium. Other events were held in

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, Rome,

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, New York City, Paris,

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, London,

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, and

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. All previous venues remained on the tour, with the exception that London returned to host the second meeting in the United Kingdom, having been replaced by

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during the

2014 IAAF Diamond League The 2014 IAAF Diamond League was the fifth edition of the annual Diamond League. It consisted of fourteen one-day track and field meetings, starting on May 9, 2014, in Doha, Qatar and ending on September 5, 2014, in Brussels, Belgium. Other events ...

Schedule

The following fourteen meetings were included in the 2015 season:

Events

There are 16 men's and 16 women's disciplines in the Diamond League and seven events per discipline in the season. The total prize money for each competition is US$30,000, with a winner's share of $10,000. The season winner of each discipline wins US$40,000.

Winners

Events not included in the Diamond League are marked in grey background.

Men

Track

Field

Women

Track

Field

Results

Meeting highlights

Doha

Three Diamond League records were set in

during the opening competition of the series.

Allyson Felix Allyson Michelle Felix (born November 18, 1985) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. She specialized in the 200 meters from 2003 to 2013, then gradually shifted to the 400 meter ...

of the United States won the women's

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

with a run of 21.98 seconds to equal

Veronica Campbell Brown Veronica Campbell Brown (born 15 May 1982) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter, who specialized in the 100 and 200 meters. An eight-time Olympic medalist, she is the second of three women in history to win two consecutive Olympic ...

's time which was set during the inaugural

2010 IAAF Diamond League The 2010 Diamond League season was the first season of the Diamond League, an annual series of fourteen one-day track and field meetings. The series began on 14 May in Doha, Qatar and ended on 27 August in Brussels, Belgium. Superseding the Europe ...

season. Jasmin Stowers, making her debut on the circuit, broke the women's

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...

record with a time of 12.35 seconds – this raised her to seventh on the all-time rankings for the discipline. The third record of the evening came in the men's

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 ...

: Cuba's Pedro Pablo Pichardo became the first person to go beyond eighteen metres in series history, setting a national record and Diamond League best of . This placed him third on the all-time lists for the sport behind

Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards may refer to: Musicians *Jonathan and Darlene Edwards, pseudonym of bandleader Paul Weston and his wife, singer Jo Stafford *Jonathan Edwards (musician) (born 1946), American musician **Jonathan Edwards (album), ''Jonathan Edward ...

and

Kenny Harrison Kenny Harrison (born Kerry Harrison, February 13, 1965 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States) is a former track and field athlete competing in triple jump. He won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta. Athletic career High scho ...

. The reigning Olympic champion, Christian Taylor, was runner-up and moved himself up to fourth on the all-time lists with a mark of , making the contest the first in history to feature two men going beyond eighteen metres. Among the other results,

Justin Gatlin Justin Alexander Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is a retired American sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters. He is the 2004 Olympic Champion in the 100 meters, the 2005 and 2017 World Champion in the 100 meters, the ...

of the United States became the fifth fastest man in the history of the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ...

with his winning time of 9.74 seconds (bettering the world record of 9.77 seconds he set in 2006, which was annulled due to a failed doping test).

Shanghai

Almaz Ayana Almaz Ayana Eba (; , born 21 November 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze in the 5,000 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Almaz is a four-time World Athletics Championships medallist ...

of Ethiopia gave the stand-out performance at the Shanghai Diamond League by running the third fastest women's

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of all time, finishing in 14:14.32 minutes for a Diamond League record.

Mutaz Essa Barshim Mutaz Essa Barsham (; born 24 June 1991) is a Qatari track and field athlete who competes in the high jump and is the former Olympic Champion. He is also the former World Champion and second highest jumper of all-time with a personal best of 2.4 ...

defeated

Bohdan Bondarenko Bohdan Viktorovych Bondarenko (; born August 30, 1989) is a Ukrainian high jumper. He is the 2013 World champion, 2014 European champion, and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist. Bondarenko uses the Fosbury Flop technique, jumping off his right leg ...

in the men's

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

with a meeting record and world-leading mark of . In addition to these two performances, there were four other world-leading marks set during the competition: Silas Kiplagat (men's 1500 m),

Jairus Kipchoge Birech Jairus Kipchoge Birech (born 14 December 1992) is a Kenyan steeplechase (athletics), steeplechase runner. He holds a personal best time of 7:58.41 minutes for the 3000 metres steeplechase, which ranks him among the top ten of all time. He was t ...

(men's steeplechase), Gong Lijiao (women's shot put) and Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou (women's pole vault). Kyriakopoulou's vault of was also a Greek record. Aside from Gong, Lü Huihui was China's only other home nation victor, and her winning mark of from the women's

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

was also a meeting record.

Eugene

Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie ( or ; born 18 September 1986) is a French pole vaulter. Lavillenie won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics in London and the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympics in Rio. In addition to ...

continued the streak of Diamond League records by winning the men's

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a #bar, bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ...

with a mark of , raising him to joint second on the all-time outdoor lists. Wind and temperature conditions suited the sprinting events.

won the men's

in a world lead 19.68 seconds, while

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (''née'' Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field Sprint (running), sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 60 metres, 100 metres, 100 m and 200 metres, 200 m. She is widely regarded as ...

won the women's

in another world lead of 10.81 seconds, sharing that time with

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. Six women ran under 10.9 seconds that day, and China's

Su Bingtian Su Bingtian (; born 29 August 1989) is a professional Chinese track and field athlete specializing in the 100 metres event. He was the first-ever Asian-born sprinter to break the 10-second barrier and remains the only Asian sprinter to ever bre ...

became the first man of Asian descent to break the

10-second barrier The 10-second barrier is the physical and psychological barrier of completing the 100 metres sprint in under ten seconds. The achievement is traditionally regarded as the hallmark of a world-class male sprinter. Its significance has become less ...

in the 100 m.

continued his high jump streak with a meet record and world lead of , while

Caterine Ibargüen Caterine Ibargüen Mena ODB (born 12 February 1984) is a retired Colombian athlete competing in high jump, long jump and triple jump. Her notable achievements include a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, silver medal in the 2012 Summer Oly ...

extended her undefeated run to 24

competitions.

Genzebe Dibaba Genzebe Dibaba Keneni ( Oromo: ''Ganzabee Dibaabaa Qananii''; Amharic: ገንዘቤ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 8 February 1991) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. A 1,500 metres 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist, she won a gold ...

attempted to top Almaz Ayana's

run from Shanghai: although she came up short, her winning time of 14:19.76 was the fifth fastest ever run for the distance. A total of thirteen world-leading marks and six meet records were set at the two-day competition.

Rome

A total of five world leading marks were set at the

Golden Gala Golden Gala is an annual Track and field, track and field event normally held at the Stadio Olimpico, Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the Diamond League. Following the 2013 deat ...

. Ethiopian male distance runners provided two of these, with Mohamed Aman winning the 800 m in 1:43.56 minutes and 17-year-old

Yomif Kejelcha Yomif Kejelcha Atomsa (born 1 August 1997) is an Ethiopian distance runner. He formerly held world records in the short track mile (3:47.01 from 2019 to 2025) and the half marathon (57:30 from 2024 to 2025). Yomif won the silver medal in the 1 ...

taking his first Diamond race victory in the 5000 m with the first sub-13-minute run of the season. Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi, also in her first Diamond race win, took the women's steeplechase in 9:15.08 minutes (a personal best by more than six seconds).Minshull, Phil (2015-06-04)
Pichardo still perfect in 2015 after Rome win – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-13. The more experienced

Ruth Beitia Ruth Beitia Vila (; born 1 April 1979) is a retired high jumper who was the 2016 Olympic champion in the women's high jump. She was also a politician in the Partido Popular and a member of the Parliament of Cantabria. Biography Beitia first ...

topped the women's high jump with a clearance of – the 36-year-old Spaniard became the oldest woman to jump over that height.Minshull, Phil (2015-06-04)
Vesely finds form in Rome in time to defend world title – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-13. American

Jennifer Simpson Jennifer Simpson (married and maiden names, née Barringer; born August 23, 1986) is a retired American Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 1500 metres, 1500 meters at t ...

became the first woman under four minutes for the 1500 m that year. Two meeting records were bettered in Rome.

knocked one hundredth off

Usain Bolt Usain St. Leo Bolt (; born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican retired sprinter who is widely regarded as the greatest sprinter of all time. He is an eight-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, ...

's 2012 time with 9.75 seconds in the men's 100 m. Pedro Pablo Pichardo took down two much longer-standing marks in the men's triple jump with his jump of :

1998 meet record and also

Khristo Markov Khristo Ganchev Markov (; born 27 January 1965, in Dimitrovgrad) is a former triple jumper from Bulgaria, best known for becoming Olympic champion in 1988. He also won the European and world championships. Markov was also the coach of compatriot ...

's 1987 stadium record, which was the winning mark of the

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. Other marks of note were

Thiago Braz da Silva Thiago Braz da Silva (born 16 December 1993) is a Brazilian athlete specializing in the pole vault who held the Olympic record of 6.03 metres. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Ca ...

's South American record of in the men's pole vault and men's javelin throw national records from Kenya's

Julius Yego Julius Yego (born 4 January 1989) is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Nicknamed "Mr. YouTube" because he learned how to throw by watching YouTube videos of javelin athletes, Yego is the African record holder f ...

and Olympic champion

Keshorn Walcott Keshorn "Keshie" Walcott, ORTT (born 2 April 1993) is a Trinbagonian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is an Olympic champion, having won gold in 2012. He is the first Caribbean male athlete, as well as the first of ...

of Trinidad and Tobago. A strong women's 100 m hurdles field was notable for high-profile failures: Olympic champion

Sally Pearson Sally Pearson, OAM (née McLellan; born 19 September 1986) is a retired Australian athlete who competed in the 100 metre hurdles. She is the 2011 and 2017 World champion and 2012 Olympic champion in the 100 metres hurdles. She also won a si ...

fell heavily and was injured, world champion Brianna Rollins clashed a hurdle and fell, and world leader Jasmin Stowers also hit a hurdle heavily and walked to the finish.

Birmingham

The best performance at the Birmingham Grand Prix came in the men's javelin with Kenya's

greatly improving to to break the Diamond League record and the African record. This mark was the best recorded in the discipline since 2006. There was some discussion over the validity of the throw: officials initially judged the throw to be outside the allowable sector, despite the throw going beyond the area that officials had marked out, and only was the meeting had finished did they accept Yego's effort.Mulkeen, Jon (2015-06-07)
Yego wins dramatic javelin contest in Birmingham – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-13. Another world lead and African record came in the non-standard 300 m sprint as

Wayde van Niekerk Wayde van Niekerk (South African English: , ; born 15 July 1992) is a South African track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. In the 400 metres, he is the current world and Olympic record holder, having set the rec ...

won in 31.63 seconds.

Sandra Perković Sandra or SANDRA may refer to: People * Sandra (given name) * Sandra (singer) (born 1962), German pop singer * Margaretha Sandra (1629–1674), Dutch soldier * Sandra (orangutan), who won the legal right to be defined as a "non-human person" Pla ...

was the only athlete to set a meeting record, doing so in the women's discus with a mark of , improving on former Olympic champion Ellina Zvereva's 13-year-old record. Perković win made her the only athlete of the meeting to have won all Diamond races in a discipline after just five meetings, as

Marvin Bracy Marvin Bracy-Williams (born December 15, 1993) is an American sprinter, and a former professional football wide receiver. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, and quit just prior to their 2013 national championship season ...

's 100 m win erased Justin Gatlin's streak. Home athlete

Adam Gemili Adam Ahmed Gemili (born 6 October 1993) is a British sprinter. He is the 2014 European champion at 200 metres, three-time European champion in the 4 × 100 metres relay, and part of the Great Britain team that won gold at the 2017 World Cham ...

broke the

for the first time in that race, becoming the sixth Briton to achieve the feat.

Oslo

In poor weather conditions, there were few record performances in Oslo.

fell short in her 5000 m world record attempt, although her winning time of 14:21.29 minutes was still the seventh fastest ever recorded at that point. The sole world-leading performance of the evening was Kaliese Spencer's 400 m hurdles win in 54.15 seconds. This brought the Jamaican to twelve points in the Diamond race.

also reached twelve points, extending her three-year unbeaten run. No men were left unbeaten in their Diamond race due to two unexpected victories. A men's high jump billed as a contest between

and

Ivan Ukhov Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov (; born 29 March 1986) is a Russian high jumper. He won a gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and is a two-time European Athletics Indoor Championships, European Indoor champion (2009 and 2011). He was ...

saw all finish outside the top two, as China's Zhang Guowei had his first Diamond League victory and

Marco Fassinotti Marco Fassinotti (born 29 April 1989 in Turin) is an Italian high jumper. Biography He has a record of 2.29 m, obtained in Paris on 5 March 2011. He was a finalist (7th) at the World Junior Championships in Athletics in Bydgoszcz on 13 July 2008. ...

equalled the Italian record of . Robert Urbanek ousted his fellow Pole Piotr Małachowski to prevent him from taking three straight wins in the men's discus. In the absence of Diamond race leader

Kirani James Sir Kirani Zeno James GCNG COG (born 1 September 1992) is a Grenadian professional sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He won the 400 m at the World Championships in 2011 and won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. In the ...

, Steven Gardiner broke the men's 400 m streak and took his first Diamond League win. The greatest upset of the night came through

Laura Muir Laura Muir (; born 9 May 1993) is a Scottish Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner. She is the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the 1500 metres, having prev ...

in the women's 1500 m. The Briton built up a 40-metre lead to have her first major circuit win ahead of the more favoured

Abeba Aregawi Abeba Aregawi Gebretsadik (Amharic: አበባ አረጋዊ; born 5 July 1990) is an Ethiopian-born Swedish middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres, 1,500 metres. She won the silver medal in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympi ...

. Marharyta Dorozhon was another first time winner, achieving the feat in the women's javelin in an Israeli record of . The only other national record of the meet was a Belgian one of 3:51.84 minutes in the 1500 m by Pieter-Jan Hannes.

Asbel Kiprop Asbel Kipruto Kiprop (born 30 June 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, who specialises in the 1500 metres. He was awarded the 1500 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics after the original winner, Rashid Ramzi, tested positive for ...

had his fourth career win at the Bislett

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, which was in its 50th anniversary.

New York

As in Oslo, poor weather meant only one world-leading mark was recorded in New York:

Francena McCorory Francena Lynette McCorory (born October 20, 1988) is a retired American track and field athlete, known primarily for running the 400 meters. She was the 2011 World bronze medalist in the 400 meters and was a member of the gold medal-winning 20 ...

improved the women's 400 m time to 49.86 seconds – also a meeting record. The women's field events provided two more meeting records: Christabel Nettey's clearance of brought her her first long jump win on the circuit, while

and

Blanka Vlašić Blanka Vlašić (; born 8 November 1983) is a Croatian former track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump. She is a double world champion, an indoor world champion and twice Olympic medallist. Vlašić's personal best of is a Cr ...

were both clear at for a women's high jump record. Ajeé Wilson brought an end to Eunice Jepkoech Sum's run in the women's 800 m and

became the first athlete of the series to gather four straight wins. In a non-Diamond race,

extended his unbeaten record in the 200 m, although his winning margin was narrow and his time over a second off his best.

took the men's 400 m in a South African record time. Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou of Greece also set a national record, but her pole vault clearance of left her second to

Fabiana Murer Fabiana de Almeida Murer (born 16 March 1981) is a retired Brazilian pole vaulter. She holds the South American record in the event with an indoor best of 4.82 m and an outdoor best of 4.87 m, making her the fourth highest vaulter eve ...

on count-back.

Paris

Six world leading marks were established in Paris.

's 100 m in 10.74 was also a meeting record, as was

's steeplechase victory in 7:58.83. Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou's women's pole vault world lead also equalled the Diamond League record of and improved her Greek record.

Eunice Sum Eunice Jepkoech Sum (born 10 April 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was the 2013 World champion and won the bronze medal in 2015. Sum took a silver and a gold at the 2012 and 2014 African Champions ...

(800 m),

Orlando Ortega Orlando Ortega Alejo (born 29 July 1991) is a Cuban-born Spanish track and field athlete who competes in the 110 metres hurdles. His personal best for the event is 12.94 seconds and he was the silver medallist at the 2016 Olympics. Career Orte ...

(110 m hurdles) and Silas Kiplagat (1500 m) were the others to set world leads.Brown, Matthew (2015-07-04)
Adams loses her gamble, and her winning streak in Paris – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-05.Brown, Matthew (2015-07-04)
Near miss for Dibaba in Paris, but Lavillenie loses on home soil – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-05.Brown, Matthew (2015-07-04)
Wayde van Niekerk makes history in Paris – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-05.

and

were both short again in a women's 5000 m world record attempt, although Genzebe's winning time of 14:15.21 was a new meet record. Three continental records were set at the meet:

of South Africa ran an African record of 43.96 for the men's 400 m, France's

Jimmy Vicaut Jimmy Vicaut (born 27 February 1992 in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. His personal best of 9.86 in the 100 m is the joint second fastest time of any European athlete. Biography Vicaut w ...

was runner-up to

Asafa Powell Asafa Powell (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. Powell has consistently ...

in the men's 100 m but equalled the European record at 9.86, while

Evan Jager Evan Reese Jager (born March 8, 1989) is an American Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance Running, runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In his speciality event, he won a silver medal at the ...

of the United States set a men's steeplechase record for the NACAC region.IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Paris (FRA) 4 July 2015
Diamond League. Retrieved on 2015-07-05. Jager did so despite a fall to the track at the last hurdle – a mistake that cost him the win over Birech and a certain sub-8 performance. A number of

national records in athletics National records in athletics are the marks achieved by a nation's best athlete or athletes in a particular athletics event. These records are ratified by the respective national athletics governing body. A national record may also be the respecti ...

were also broken that day:

Sergey Shubenkov Sergey Vladimirovich Shubenkov (; born 4 October 1990) is a Russian Sport of athletics, athlete who competes in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2015 World Champion, two-time European Athletics Championshi ...

improved the Russian record in the 110 m hurdles, Konstadinos Filippidis broke his nation's men's pole vault (a double for Greece in the event),

Konstadinos Douvalidis Konstantinos "Kostas" Douvalidis (; born 10 March 1987) is a Greek hurdler. He was born in Drama to an American father and a Greek mother. As a junior, he won the silver medal at the 2005 European Athletics Championships, the bronze medal at t ...

equalled his Greek record in the 110 m hurdles, Selina Büchel improved the women's 800 m Swiss record to 1:57.95, and in the women's 400 m hurdles Sara Petersen and

Kemi Adekoya Oluwakemi "Kemi" Adekoya (born 16 January 1993 in Lagos) is a Nigerian-born track and field athlete who competes for Bahrain. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles and has a personal best of 53.39 seconds – a Bahraini and Asian record. I ...

broke their respective Danish and Bahraini records. Two long-standing streaks were brought to an end at the competition.

Valerie Adams Dame Valerie Kasanita Adams (formerly Vili; born 6 October 1984) is a retired New Zealand shot putter. She is a four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion and twice IA ...

, returning from surgery, lost to Christina Schwanitz in the women's shot put after having had 56 consecutive wins.

was the favourite for the men's pole vault, but finished in fifth place and recorded his first loss in seven years at the meeting on home soil.

Zuzana Hejnová Zuzana Hejnová (; born 19 December 1986) is a retired Czech athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. She won the silver medal in the event at the 2012 London Olympics. Hejnová is a two-time World Champion, having claimed titles at t ...

won the 400 m hurdles to prevent Kaliese Spencer (who was absent) from taking a fourth straight win. One streak that did continue was that of Colombia's

, who joined

as the only unbeaten athletes on the Diamond League that year.

Lausanne

The

Athletissima Athletissima is an annual athletics meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events, it is now part of the Diamond League. The first edition was held on 8 July 1977 in the Stade Pierre de Coubertin. In ...

meeting saw one world leading performance: by

Anna Chicherova Anna Vladimirovna Chicherova (; born 22 July 1982) is a Russian-Armenian high jumper. She was the gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and was originally awarded a bronze medal in the event ...

in the women's high jump. Four meet records were improved. Christian Taylor defeated Pedro Pablo Pichardo with a triple jump of – the joint fourth best jump ever at that point. David Storl's shot put of was another meet record and the best by a European since 1988.Rowbottom, Mike (2015-07-09)
Taylor topples Pichardo in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-10. The women's steeplechase record was bettered by Virginia Nyambura,Rowbottom, Mike (2015-07-09)
Amos gets one up on Rudisha again in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-10. while

set a Trinidad and Tobago national record and meet record of in the men's javelin.

Yaime Pérez Yaime Pérez Tellez (sometimes "Yaimí", born 29 May 1991) is a Cuban athlete specialising in the discus throw. In 2022, she defected to the United States. Career She was the gold medallist at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, t ...

had her first ever Diamond League win and in doing so brought an end to

's unbeaten streak in the women's discus throw.

Zharnel Hughes Zharnel Hughes (born 13 July 1995) is an Anguilla-born British Sprint (running), sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Born and raised in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla, he has competed internationally for Great ...

(men's 200 m) and

Shaunae Miller Shaunae Miller-Uibo (born 15 April 1994) is a Bahamian Sport of athletics, track and field Sprint (running), sprinter who competes in the 200 metres, 200 and 400 metres. She is a two-time Olympic champion after winning the women's 400 metres at ...

(women's 400 m) also had their first ever wins on the Diamond League circuit.Rowbottom, Mike (2015-07-09)
Chicherova is back on top in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-10.

Monaco

At the

Herculis The Herculis is an annual track and field meet at Stade Louis II in Fontvieille, Monaco. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events. Herculis is now part of the Diamond League. Editions World records Over the course of its histo ...

meet

provided the highlight with her 1500 metres world record of 3:50.07 minutes, breaking

Qu Yunxia Qu Yunxia (; born 25 December 1972) is a Chinese Olympic athlete who specialised in the 1500 metres. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she won a bronze medal in 1500 m. On 11 September 1993, she set the world record in the 1,500 metre ...

's time from the 1993 Chinese Games. The veracity of the previous record had been subject to doubt and Genzebe's time—almost two and a half seconds faster than any time set outside the

Chinese Games Chinese culture () is one of the world's earliest cultures, said to originate five thousand years ago. The culture prevails across a large geographical region in East Asia called the Sinosphere as a whole and is extremely diverse, with custo ...

—attracted questions in addition to plaudits. In response, she said "I want to live my own history. I`m not interested in others or the conditions". Nearly six seconds behind her,

Sifan Hassan Sifan Hassan (; born January 1993 in Ethiopia) is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She is most recognized for her versatility in running championship and world-leading performances in widely disparate distances. She completed an unpr ...

set a Dutch record and

Shannon Rowbury Shannon Solares-Rowbury (born September 19, 1984) is an American middle-distance runner from San Francisco, California. After competing collegiately for Duke University, she turned professional in 2007. Rowbury has represented the United States ...

ran a North American record. One other Diamond League record was improved that evening, by

Joe Kovacs Joseph Mathias Kovacs ( ; born June 28, 1989) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and has a personal record of 23.23 meters outdoors and 22.05 meters indoors. He won gold medals at the 2015 and 2019 Wo ...

in the men's shot put whose throw of moved him to eighth on the all-time lists and was the best throw recorded in over a decade.Mulkeen, Jon (2015-07-17)
Kovacs produces world's best shot put mark since 2003 in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League"
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-19. Though not a Diamond race, the men's 1500 m saw

move up to third on the all-time lists with a run of 3:26.69 minutes. A total of six meeting records were broken –

Habiba Ghribi Habiba Ghribi (, born 9 April 1984) is a Tunisian middle- and long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, giving her country its first Olympic medal by a woman. She is ...

's 9:11.28 in the women's steeplechase, Christian Taylor's men's triple jump, and

's 9.78 in the men's 100 m, were the other three marks addition to the above-mentioned performances. A total of eight world-leading performances were recorded.

Amel Tuka Amel Tuka (born 9 January 1991) is a Bosnian middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. His achievements include a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships as well as a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships. Tuka holds ...

(men's 800 m) and Candyce McGrone (women's 200 m) both won their first Diamond League races in personal bests, with Tuka improving over a second and a half in three races in July, breaking his own Bosnia and Herzegovina record and becoming the 11th fastest performer of all time. Following defeat at the previous leg,

returned for a fifth win in the women's discus.Mulkeen, Jon (2015-07-17)
Lavillenie and Perkovic return to winning ways in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-19.

References

;Results
Lists & Results 2015
Diamond League. Retrieved on 2015-06-13. ;Specific

External links

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