The 2024

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 49th edition of the annual outdoor

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meeting in

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. Held on 25 May at

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, it was the 5th leg of the

2024 Diamond League The 2024 Diamond League was the fifteenth season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by World Athletics. The competition was a revision to the top level athletics series since Diamond League foundation in 2010. Th ...

– the highest-level international track and field circuit.

Highlights

The meeting was highlighted by the Bowerman Mile. The race featured defending Olympic champion

Jakob Ingebrigtsen Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the short track 1500 metres, short track Mile run, mile, 2000 ...

as well as the last two world champions Josh Kerr and

Jake Wightman Jake Wightman (born 11 July 1994) is a British Middle-distance running, middle-distance runner who primarily competes in the 1500 metres. He won the gold medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, 2022 World Championships, the first global ...

against American mile record holder

Yared Nuguse Yared Nuguse ( ; born June 1, 1999) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 meters and mile. He was the 2019 NCAA Division I champion and bronze medalist from the 2024 Summer Olympics in the former. Nuguse is the Nort ...

and 3000 m steeplechase world record holder

Lamecha Girma Lamecha Girma (born 26 November 2000) is an Ethiopian athlete who specialises in the 3,000 metres steeplechase. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the event and won silver medals at the 2019, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Champion ...

. Kerr won the race in a new British record of 3:45.34. Another highlight included a new world record in the women's

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, set by

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 ...

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in a time of 28:54.14.

Results

Athletes competing in the Diamond League disciplines earned extra compensation and points which went towards qualifying for the

finals. First place earned 8 points, with each step down in place earning one less point than the previous, until no points are awarded in 9th place or lower. In the case of a tie, each tying athlete earns the full amount of points for the place.

Diamond Discipline

Promotional Events

National Events

References

; Results *

External links

Official Diamond League Prefontaine Classic website
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