The 2024

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 48th edition of the annual outdoor

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meeting in

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. Held on 13–14 September at

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, it served as the finals of

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– the highest-level international track and field circuit.

Highlights

On night one, Olympic champion and World Record holder

Armand Duplantis Armand "Mondo" Gustav Duplantis (born 10 November 1999), is a Swedish and American pole vaulter who competes for Sweden. Regarded as the greatest pole vaulter of all time, Duplantis is the current List of world records in athletics, world recor ...

vaulted 6.11 metres to win the men's pole vault title, which was a meeting record, as was the 69.96m winning throw of Matthew Denny in the men's discus. Night two saw a further three meeting records set by

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 ...

with 3:54.75 in the women's 1500 metres,

Beatrice Chebet Beatrice Chebet (born 5 March 2000) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who is the current world record holder in both the women's only and mixed 5 kilometre run, in addition to the 10,000 metres. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics ...

winning the women's 5000 metres in 14:09.82 and

Leonardo Fabbri Leonardo Fabbri (born 15 April 1997) is an Italian shot putter. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in shot put. Career In winter 2019, at 22 years, his explosion, with 16th world best measure (his personal best 20.69 m) in the world top ...

taking the men's shot put with an effort of 22.98 metres.

Results

Whilst Diamond League points were used to gain entry into the finals, they were not used to determine Diamond League champions. Regardless of points accumulated throughout the season, winners of the 2024 Memorial Van Damme were crowned

champions in their respective events.

Diamond discipline

Men's events

Women's events

Promotional events

Men's

Women's

References

; Results *

External links

Official Diamond League Memorial Van Damme website
{{Memorial Van Damme

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