The 2016 IAAF Diamond League was the seventh season of the annual series of outdoor

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meetings, organised by the

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(IAAF). The 2016 series saw three changes to the format. One of the two American meetings, the

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held in New York, was dropped from the calendar in favour of the Rabat Meeting in Morocco. This was the first meeting on the calendar to be held in Africa, which had previously been the only northern hemisphere continent not represented on the Diamond League. The second major change was an amendment to the point scoring system. The former model of four points for the winner, two for runner-up and one for third was overhauled with a broader points system giving ten to the winner, six the runner-up and progressively fewer points down to sixth place. The system of double points for the event finals was retained. A third change was the compression of the field events – throws and horizontal jumps allowed three attempts for all athletes, then the top four athletes at that point of the competition were permitted an additional three attempts (as opposed to the previous format of all athletes receiving six attempts).

Format

Diamond Race events

The programme for Diamond Race events remained unchanged, with a total of 32 events divided evenly between the sexes. On the track, six running events were included for each of the sexes, from

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 ...

up to

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, and all Olympic

hurdles Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today ...

and

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events featured. In the field events, all traditional four jumps were contested and three of the four traditional throwing events were held.

Hammer throw The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools a ...

remained absent due to restrictions of stadium size. The parallel IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge series catered for that event. The attempt format for throws and horizontal jumps was amended so that each athlete received three attempts, then the top four athletes received an additional three attempts. This change followed a similar arrangement that was introduced at the

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. The announcement of the change received a mixed reaction from athletes and fans.

Points

Performances in each of the Diamond Races events received points according to the finishing position of the athletes. The winner of the Diamond Race is the athlete with the greatest number of points by the end of the series. In the event of a tie on points, the victor is the athlete with the most race wins that year. The series winners receive a Diamond Trophy and US$40,000.

Schedule

The following fourteen meetings are scheduled to be included in the 2016 season:

Winners

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

Men

Track

Field

Women

Track

Field

Results

Rankings

Men

Women

Meeting highlights

Doha

There were twelve world leads set at the opening meet of the season in Doha, as well as 4 meeting records at an event which has begun the

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 ...

season each of the past 7 years. The women's triple jump proved to be an enthralling contest, as the lead changed hands 5 times between

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 ...

and

Yulimar Rojas Yulimar Rojas Rodríguez (also known as Yolimar Rojas; born 21 October 1995) is a Venezuelan Sport of athletics, athlete who holds the Triple jump world record progression#Women, world record for women's triple jump, at . She is the Athletics a ...

over the course of the 6 rounds. The women's pole vault also provided a spectacle as

Sandi Morris Sandi Morris (born July 8, 1992) is an American pole vault List of United States records in track and field, record holder. She won the silver medal in the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault, pole vault event at the 201 ...

jumped a height of 4.83 to equal the Diamond League record and set an outdoor world lead. Two Americans,

Ameer Webb Ameer Kenneth Webb (born March 19, 1991) is an American sprinter specializing in the 100 m and 200 m. College career At Texas A&M, Webb was the 200 meter champion at the 2013 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships and the 2013 NCAA ...

and

LaShawn Merritt LaShawn Merritt (born June 27, 1986) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events, specializing in the 400 metres. He is a former Summer Olympics, Olympic champion over the distance and his personal best of 43.65 ...

, won the men's sprint events, with Webb running 19.85 to go 23rd on the all-time list. All the women's track events had new world leads set, with the most impressive being

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 ...

's 3000 metres victory, where she ran less than a second outside her personal best to run the 19th fastest race of all time. In the men's field, Christian Taylor returned to the meet where he came within 25 cm of the world record last year, and won his event with 17.23.

Shanghai

Six world leads were set at this meeting, with five meeting records also falling. Two of the best performances of the night came in the women's

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

and

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

. Sandra Perković threw 70.88 which although placing 98th on the all time lists, is the second farthest mark this century, behind her throw to win the 2014 European Championships. In the 1500 metres, Faith Kipyegon ran a Kenyan national record to win, with a time that places her just outside the top 25 female 1500 metres runners of all time. Home favourite Gao Xinglong won the men's long jump, beating Rushwahl Samaai on countback. On the track,

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 ...

ran his first

race under 10 seconds this season, to win, beating Qatari

Femi Ogunode Femi Seun Ogunode (born 15 May 1991 in Ondo City) is a Nigerian-born sprint athlete who competes internationally for Qatar since 2010. His personal best of 9.91 at the 100 m in 2015 made him the former holder of the Asian 100 m record, which ...

. The men's

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

was won by

Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (born 30 November 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He has a personal best of 1:42.54 minutes for the event. He represented Kenya at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and wa ...

, though there was some controversy, as world record holder and

Olympic champion This article includes lists of all Olympic medalists since 1896, organized by each Olympic sport or discipline, and also by Olympiad. Medalist with most medals by sport Summer Olympic sports Sports that will appear in the 2028 Summer Olympics ar ...

David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha, State Commendations of Kenya, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a retired Kenyan Middle-distance running, middle-distance runner who is the world and Olympic record holder in the 800 metres. Rudisha won gold medals in the 800 ...

and

Bram Som Bram Som (born 20 February 1980, in Terborg) is a Dutch Running, runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Zürich, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 ...

, the pacemaker for the race, were left waiting at the start of the race, having expected a recall due to field athletes being on the track when the gun fired.

Rabat

The first appearance of the Rabat leg resulted in ten new meeting records for the African venue, as well as four world-leading performances. The four performances were

Caster Semenya Caster Semenya Order of Ikhamanga, OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and winner of two Olympic medal, Olympic gold medals and three World Athletics Championships, World Championships in the women's 800 metres ...

's 1:56.64 in the women's 800 m (five hundredths slower than the series record),

's 14:16.31 in the women's 5000 m (the fifth fastest run ever at that point), an 8:02.77-minute run by

Conseslus Kipruto Conseslus Kipruto (born 8 December 1994) is a Kenyan Middle-distance running, middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympic champion in the event. At t ...

in the men's steeplechase (the fastest ever on African soil) and 7:35.85 in the men's 3000 m by home athlete

Abdalaati Iguider Reda Abdalaati Iguider (; born 25 March 1987) is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. Over 1500 metres, he is the bronze medalist from the London Olympic Games and the 2012 World Indoor Champion. His personal best of 3:28:79 ove ...

(also an African all-comers record). On the track, three further meet records came from Elaine Thompson in the women's 100 m, David Oliver in the men's 110 m hurdles, and

in the men's 400 m.Minshull, Phil (2016-05-22)
Semenya just misses out on series record in Rabat – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Minshull, Phil (2016-05-22)
Ayana exceeds all expectations in Rabat – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Minshull, Phil (2016-05-22)
Samaai flies in Rabat – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11. In the field events, South Africa's Rushwahl Samaai cleared in the men's long jump for a meeting record and the best mark ever achieved in Africa. A throw of left Piotr Małachowski a comfortable winner in the men's discus in a meet record. In the women's triple jump

had her 33rd straight win. Latvia's Madara Palameika winning mark of in the women's javelin was a meeting record and Ekaterini Stefanidi added nineteen centimetres to the African all-comers record with her win of in the women's pole vault.

Eugene

The Eugene meet produced nine world leads, five meet records, three area records, and two series records. The best results came from women's obstacle races. In the 100 m hurdles American Keni Harrison ran the second fastest ever time at 12.24 seconds, three hundredths off

Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Lyubchova Donkova (; born 28 September 1961) is a Bulgarian former hurdling athlete, notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as nine medals at European indoor and outdoor championships. Donkova set fou ...

's world record from 1988 and a NACAC area record. Ruth Jebet of Bahrain became the second woman to finish the steeplechase in under nine minutes, recording an Asian record of 8:59.97 with Kenya's

Hyvin Jepkemoi Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi (born 13 January 1992) is a Kenyan steeplechase runner. She won gold at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics and 2011 All-Africa Games, and bronze at the 2017 World Championships and 2012 African Championships in Athlet ...

a close runner-up in an African record of 9:00.01.

Faith Kipyegon Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan Middle-distance running, middle and Long-distance running, long distance runner. Kipyegon is the current List of world records in athletics, world record holder for the 1500 metres, 1 ...

broke her own Kenyan record with a world lead and meet record of 3:56.41 in the 1500 m. Other world leads on the track came from

Muktar Edris Muktar Edris (born 14 January 1994) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country races. He is a two-time World champion over 5000 metres. Career Muktar made his first international appearances in 2 ...

(men's 5000 m),

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 ...

(men's mile), Tori Bowie (women's 200 m) and

Mo Farah Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah (born Hussein Abdi Kahin; 23 March 1983) is a Somali-British former long-distance runner. Considered one of the greatest runners of all time, his ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World tit ...

(men's non-Diamond race 10,000 m).Sully, Kevin (2016-05-28)
Kovacs shifts gears to produce world-leading shot mark in Eugene – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Sully, Kevin (2016-05-28)
Harrison and Jebet scare world records in Eugene – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Sully, Kevin (2016-05-28)
Taylor throws down the gauntlet in Eugene – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Sully, Kevin (2016-05-28)
World-leading times by Kipyegon and Edris in Eugene – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11. The men delivered the best field performances of that year's Prefontaine Classic.

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 ...

threw beyond 22 metres for a shot put world lead and Christian Taylor also did so in the triple jump with a meet record of . In the men's javelin Ihab Abdelrahman of Egypt threw for a meet record and equal world lead. Among the women field athletes, discus thrower

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 repeat winner, with Diamond leaders

Levern Spencer Levern Donaline Spencer, SLC SLMM (born 23 June 1984 in Cacao Babonneau, Castries ) is a Saint Lucian retired athlete and high jumper. Spencer was a four-time Olympian for Saint Lucia and competed in eight World Championships. She was ...

and

Ivana Španović Ivana Španović ( sr-Cyrl, Ивана Шпановић, ; formerly Vuleta, sr-Cyrl, Вулета; born 10 May 1990) is a Serbian long jumper, the 2023 World Athletics Championships, 2023 World champion, a two-time 2018 IAAF World Indoor Champi ...

reduced to runners-up by home athletes

Chaunté Lowe Chaunté Lowe (married and maiden names, née Howard; born January 12, 1984) is an Americans, American Track and field athletics, athlete who competes in the high jump. A four-time Olympian (2004 Summer Olympics, 2004, 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008, ...

and

Brittney Reese Brittney Davon Reese (born September 9, 1986) is a retired American long jumper, Olympic gold medalist, and a seven-time world champion. Reese is the indoor American record holder in the long jump with a distance of 7.23 meters. Personal life Bo ...

in the jumps.

Rome

had the best performance of the night at 14:12.59 minutes for the women's 5000 m – this was (at one and a half seconds short of

Tirunesh Dibaba Tirunesh Dibaba (, Amharic: ጥሩነሽ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 1 October 1985) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner athlete who competes in long-distance track events and international road races. She has won three Olympic track gold meda ...

's world record) the second fastest time ever and a Diamond League record.

equalled her own world lead of 1:56.64 to take her third straight win in the women's 800 m while Janieve Russell ran a world lead of 53.96 seconds in the women's 400 m hurdles. The sole world lead of the men's programme came from

– a final-lap fall by Jairus Birech left Kipruto to his third steeplechase win in 8:01.41 minutes.Rowbottom, Mike (2016-06-02)
Tamberi's supporters raise the roof but Bondarenko hits the heights in Rome – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11. Rowbottom, Mike (2016-06-02)
Ayana clocks second fastest 5000m ever in Rome – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Rowbottom, Mike (2016-06-02)
Ibarguen extends her winning streak to 34 in Rome – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11. In Diamond races,

had her 34th straight win.

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 ...

took the lead in the men's high jump with his second win of the series while men's discus leader Piotr Małachowski slipped to sixth on the night (one of his worst placings of recent years). Among the women, Elaine Thompson (100 m), Ekaterini Stefanidi (pole vault),

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 ...

(shot put) and

Sunette Viljoen Sunette Stella Viljoen-Louw (born 6 October 1983) is a South African sportswoman who has represented her country in both cricket and athletics. In athletics, she competes as a javelin thrower and has won an Olympic silver medal ( in 2016) and t ...

(javelin) had their second wins of the series to top the rankings.

Birmingham

Six world leads and five meet records resulted from the Birmingham leg. In the women's pole vault

Yarisley Silva Yarisley Silva Rodríguez (born 1 June 1987) is a Cuban pole vaulter. She won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics – the first Latin American athlete to win an Olympic medal in that event. Silva became the first Cuban woman to reach ...

of Cuba set a Diamond League record of . She and

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 ...

(2.37 m in the men's high jump) were the only world leads from the field events. On the men's track

had his fourth straight world lead in a steeplechase meet record of 8:00.12.

had a world lead and meet record of 3:29.33 minutes in the men's 1500 m. In the men's 400 m,

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 ...

had a meet record run of 44.23 seconds. In non-Diamond Race events,

had a 3000 m world lead and British record of 7:32.62, while

set an African record for the rarely run 600 m (also a world lead and meet record).Sammett, Michelle (2016-06-05)
World leads for Kipruto and Kiprop in Birmingham – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Sammett, Michelle (2016-06-05)
Barshim bounces back in Birmingham, Ibarguen's winning streak ends – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Sammett, Michelle (2016-06-05)
Harrison and James impress with Birmingham meeting records – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11. In women's track events,

Francine Niyonsaba Francine Niyonsaba (born May 5, 1993) is a Burundian runner who specialized in the 800 metres and shifted to longer distances in 2019. She was the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist in the women's 800 metres. Her silver medal was the first Oly ...

ran a meet record of 1:56.92 in the 800 m, breaking the series run of Caster Semenya (who was absent). Almaz Ayana's win streak was also broken in her absence, with

Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (born 11 September 1983) is a Kenyan Long-distance running, long-distance runner. She represented Kenya at the Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics in 2000, 2008, 2012, and 2016, winning the silver medal i ...

taking the 5000 m. Keni Harrison continued her streak in the 100 m hurdles with a meet record of 12.46 seconds. The upset of the night came in the women's triple jump, with

Olga Rypakova Olga Rypakova Alekseyeva; 30 November 1984) is a former Kazakhstani track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the triple jump after 2007. Her first successes came in the co ...

ending

's long-standing win streak by a winning margin of five centimetres.

Oslo

The best performance of the 2016 Bislett Games was by

Dafne Schippers Dafne Schippers (; born 15 June 1992) is a Dutch retired track and field athlete who competed in sprinting and the combined events. She holds the European record in the 200 metres with a time of 21.63 seconds, making her the sixth-fastest woman ...

, whose run of 21.93 seconds in the women's 200 m was a Diamond League record, meet record and a world lead.

Thomas Röhler Thomas Röhler (born 30 September 1991) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw, 2016 Olympic Champion and 2018 European Athletics Championship ...

had the only world lead in the field events at in the men's javelin. The mile events delivered the two other world leads of the meet with Kenya's

and

topping the fields there, each with their third Diamond League win of the year.

also had her third straight win.Ramsak, Bob (2016-06-09)
Kiprop and Kipyegon take mile victories in Oslo – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Ramsak, Bob (2016-06-09)
Big throws from Rohler and Kovacs in Oslo – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Ramsak, Bob (2016-06-09)
Record-breaking Schippers highlights track action in Oslo – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11. In Diamond races,

Michael Tinsley Michael Tinsley (born April 21, 1984) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the 400 metres hurdles. Early life Tinsley, a native of Little Rock, Arkansas, was born on April 21, 1984. He attended Little Rock's Joe T. Robinson High ...

's streak was stopped by Yasmani Copello in the men's 400 m hurdles, while the absence of Americans

(100 m), Christian Taylor (triple jump) and Keni Harrison (100 m hurdles) saw their unbeaten records of the series end. Without Gatlin in the men's 100 m,

Andre De Grasse Andre De Grasse (born 10 November 1994) is a Canadian Sprint (running), sprinter. A seven-time Olympic medallist, De Grasse is the 2020 Olympic champion in the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres, 200 m, and also won the ...

had the first Diamond League win of his career.

maintained high performance in the men's shot put, going over 22 metres for his second win of the series.

Stockholm

With its overcast conditions, the Stockholm Bauhaus Athletics meet was the first of the year to produce no world leads. Ruth Jebet gave the sole meet record performance at 9:08.37 in the women's steeplechase. Three athletes achieved their first Diamond League wins: Jak Ali Harvey (100 m), Dina Asher-Smith (200 m) and Angelika Cichocka (1500 m). Keni Harrison and Christian Taylor returned to the top of their disciplines to take their third wins of the series, as did

and

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 with her fourth victory to remain the only female athlete to go undefeated in the series. National interest came in the form of

Susanna Kallur Susanna Elisabeth "Sanna" Kallur (; born 16 February 1981) is a Swedish former athlete competing mainly in sprint hurdles. She has won several international medals, including the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles at the 2006 ...

's return in the women's sprint hurdles, following a six-year absence from the sport by the world record holder due to injury.Dennehy, Cathal (2016-06-16)
Harrison defies the rain as Kallur returns in Stockholm – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.

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 ...

meeting,

was the top performer with a new Diamond League record of 1:55.33 minutes in the women's 800 m. This was also a South African record, meet record and a world lead. The runner-up

also broke her national record at 1:56.24.

Gianmarco Tamberi Gianmarco Tamberi (; born 1 June 1992) is an Italian high jumper, previous Olympic champion (2020), European outdoor champion (2024) and World outdoor champion (2023). He won the 2021 Diamond League crown, becoming the first ever Italian to do ...

set an Italian record of in the men's high jump, though he left the stadium on a stretcher after missing the mat.Byrne, Thomas (2016-07-15)
Semenya breaks series record to win 800m in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Byrne, Thomas (2016-07-15)
Adams shows competitive fire to win in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Byrne, Thomas (2016-07-15)
Tamberi follows record high with heart-breaking low in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.

increased his streak to five wins in the men's steeplechase, while Piotr Małachowski (discus) and

(triple jump) managed their fourth wins after one loss. Ekaterini Stefanidi and

took the top of their event rankings in the pole vault and shot put, respectively. Tatsiana Khaladovich of Belarus had her first career win of the series in the women's javelin.

London

The

London Grand Prix The London Athletics Meet, formerly known as the London Grand Prix and subsequently as the Anniversary Games and London Diamond League, is an annual athletics event held in London, England. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix even ...

featured a

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizatio ...

run by Keni Harrison, who ran 12.20 seconds for the 100 m hurdles to beat the old standard from 1988. This proved an emotional moment for world-leader Harrison, who burst into tears on the track; after failing to make the American Olympic team, she had said "only the record will make up for missing out on Rio". Britain's

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 ...

delivered a meet and British record of 3:57.49 minutes to win the women's 1500 m. Two further meet records came through

(her fifth discus win of the series) and Christian Taylor (in his fourth triple jump win and a world lead at ).Brown, Matthew (2016-07-22)
Bolt blasts back to fitness in London – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Brown, Matthew (2016-07-22)
Harrison hurdles to world record in London – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Brown, Matthew (2016-07-23)
Perfect Perkovic takes win number five in London – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.Brown, Matthew (2016-07-23)
London ends with a flourish as Farah runs world lead – IAAF Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11. Two additional world leads came from

(12:59.29 in the 5000 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 ...

(49.55 in the 400 m).

improved his shot put lead with his third win over 22 metres. Ruth Beitia and Ekaterini Stefanidi also improved their leads with their third and fourth wins, respectively. First career wins on the series came for three men: Gao Xinglong (long jump),

Jakub Vadlejch Jakub Vadlejch (; born 10 October 1990) is a Czech track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He is a four-time Olympian for the Czech Republic, having competed in 2012, 2016,2020 and 2024 winning a silver medal in 2020. He also ha ...

(javelin) and

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 ...

(100 m).

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, ...

won a non-Diamond Race 200 m, marking a return to form after injury.

Lausanne

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 ...

was the first meet after the Olympic Games in Rio and the fatigue showed, with no world leads produced.

Sam Kendricks Samuel Hathorn Kendricks (born September 7, 1992) is an American pole vaulter. He is a three-time indoor and six-time outdoor national champion (2014–2019), the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault, 2016 Olympics bronze a ...

set a meet record of to win the men's pole vault, while

Churandy Martina Churandy Thomas Martina (born 3 July 1984) is a retired Dutch sprinter. He originally placed second in the 200 metres at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but was later disqualified due to a lane violation. Martina secured four and two individual top-f ...

set a Dutch record of 19.81 seconds in winning the men's 200 m – his first Diamond League since

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.Ramsak, Bob (2016-08-25)
Kendricks produces pole vault meeting record in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League
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Souleiman sets 1000m series record in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League
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Thompson brings Rio magic to Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League
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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 ...

edged Olympic champion

Omar McLeod Omar McLeod (born 25 April 1994) is a Jamaican professional hurdler and sprinter competing in the 60 m hurdles and 110 m hurdles. In the latter event, he is the 2016 Olympic champion and 2017 World champion. He was NCAA indoor champion ...

to move to the top of the 110 m hurdles Diamond race. Olympic champion Elaine Thompson took the lead in the 100 m Diamond race with her win. In the women's field events

and Madara Palameika all won to affirm near unbeatable leads in their events.

won the 800 m in the absence of Olympic champion Caster Semenya. Abraham Kibiwot had his first Diamond League win in the absence of Olympic steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto.

Paris

The stand-out performance of the Paris Diamond League came from Ruth Jebet. After a dominant win at the Olympic Games, she turned her attention to breaking the steeplechase world record and duly achieved it with a time of 8:52.78 minutes – this was over six seconds faster than the previous mark set by

Gulnara Samitova-Galkina Gulnara Iskanderovna Samitova-Galkina (, ) (born 9 July 1978 in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan) is a Russian distance runner. In July 2004 she ran 3000 metres steeplechase in a new world record of 9:01.59 minutes. Early that year she won a bronze m ...

(the only other woman who had run under nine minutes for the event). Genevieve LaCaze set an Oceanian record in sixth. Another fast race was the men's 3000 m, where

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 ...

won in a world under-20 record of 7:28.19 minutes. A third distance track event was also a highlight:

improved her 1500 m national record with 3:55.22 minutes – a world lead, meet record and putting her 13th on the all-time lists.Byrne, Thomas (2016-08-27)
Walsh prevails in thrilling Paris shot put battle – IAAF Diamond League
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Muir clocks world-leading 1500m in Paris – IAAF Diamond League
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Jebet smashes 3000m steeplechase world record in Paris - IAAF Diamond League
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Tomas Walsh Tomas Walsh (born 1 March 1992) is a New Zealand athlete who competes mainly in the shot put.Tomas W ...

set the second Oceanian record of the day with in the men's shot put (also a meet record). Moving towards the final, several athletes built unpursuable leads in the series, with wins from

(pole vault),

(200 m), Keni Harrison (100 m hurdles),

(long jump), Ruth Beitia (high jump) and

(discus). On the opposite scale, four men achieved their first ever series wins: Chris Carter (triple jump), Nicholas Bett (400 m hurdles), Alfred Kipketer (800 m) and Ben Youssef Meïté (who set an Ivorian record in the 100 m).

References

;Rankings
2016 Diamond League - standings
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-11.

External links

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