The 2019
Memorial Van Damme
The Memorial Van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, that takes place in late August or early September. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it now serves as a final event of the D ...
was the 43rd edition of the annual
track and field
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meeting in
Brussels
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, Belgium. Held on 5–6 September at the
King Baudouin Stadium
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, it was the fourteenth leg of the
2019 IAAF Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit – and the second half of the final for 2019 (the
first half being held during the
Weltklasse Zürich
Weltklasse Zürich () is an annual, invitation-only, world-class track and field meeting at the Letzigrund in Zürich, Switzerland, generally held at the end of August or beginning of September. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it ...
in
Zürich
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, Switzerland on 29 August).
[Gault, Jonathan (5 September 2019)]
2019 Brussels Diamond League Final Preview: Ajee Wilson Goes For It In the 800, Obiri Battles Hassan in the Final DL 5K + Kerley-Norman 400 Rematch
LetsRun.com. Retrieved 19 February 2020. It was the tenth and last edition of the meet to co-host 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 ...
final with the Weltklasse Zürich; The Weltklasse Zürich will exclusively host the final in 2020.
Because of the late
World Athletics Championships
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, the Diamond League final was for the first time held before the World Athletics Championships in the same year. 16 Diamond League champions (8 men and 8 women) were determined and received wild cards to compete at the
2019 World Athletics Championships
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.
[Smythe, Steve (5 September 2019)]
Brussels gets set for Diamond League final
Athletics Weekly
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. Retrieved 19 February 2020. 18 more events were contested outside the Diamond League.
Diamond League champions
Diamond League results
Men
Women
Non-Diamond League results
Men
Women
Boys
Girls
See also
*
2019 Weltklasse Zürich (previous meet and first half of the final in the 2019 IAAF Diamond League)
References
;Results
Results AG Memorial Van Damme IAAF Diamond League (6 September 2019). Retrieved 19 February 2020.
*
External links
Official Diamond League Memorial Van Damme website
{{Memorial Van Damme
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
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Memorial Van Damme
The Memorial Van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, that takes place in late August or early September. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it now serves as a final event of the D ...
Memorial Van Damme
The Memorial Van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, that takes place in late August or early September. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it now serves as a final event of the D ...