Diamond League
The Diamond League (2011 to 2013 Samsung Diamond League , from 2020 Wanda Diamond League ) is an annual series of athletics meetings that has been held since 2010. It is organized by the World Athletics Association (until 2019: IAAF). The predecessor was the IAAF Golden League .
Competition format
The Diamond League comprises a total of 32 different disciplines. At each meeting there are competitions in 16 of the disciplines. The selection can change from year to year. The two-day Aviva London Grand Prix with 27 disciplines is an exception .
There is an overall ranking for each discipline, the so-called Diamond Race . The results of seven meetings are evaluated for each discipline. The top three winners in each competition receive points per event: four points for first place, two points for second place and one point for third place. At the last event of a discipline in a season, the achievable points are doubled. At the end of the season, the athlete who has collected the most points wins, but he must have contested the season finale, i.e. the last event in his discipline. In the event of a tie, the number of individual wins decides first, then the individual results.
restructuring
On November 10, 2017, the IAAF announced that the General Assembly of the IAAF Diamond League had agreed on a restructuring of the series. The global athletics calendar is being revised and a world ranking list for all disciplines is being introduced, with the changes taking effect from the 2020 season and being announced in the first quarter of 2018.
Prize money
At each Diamond League meeting, prize money is paid out to the top eight in each individual competition.
Main sponsor
Since the second edition of the Diamond League in 2011, the South Korean conglomerate Samsung has been the main sponsor. In early April 2013 it was announced that a contract extension for the 2013 season had failed. However, the competition was not endangered. In 2010, 2013 and 2014 the event was called the IAAF Diamond League , from 2015 only the Diamond League . The Chinese company Wanda Group has been namesake of the event since 2020 . The contract has a term of ten years.
Events
2010
For the 2010 season, 14 meetings were added to the Diamond League:
2011
In the 2011 season, 14 meetings were again part of the Diamond League series. The British Gateshead was replaced by the British Birmingham:
2012
The composition of the Diamond League remained unchanged in the 2012 season. The 14 meetings and their dates were:
2013
The composition of the Diamond League remained unchanged for the 2013 season. The 14 meetings and their dates were:
2014
For the 2014 season, the composition of the Diamond League remained almost unchanged except for small changes in the venues. Due to major construction work in the London Olympic Stadium, the London Grand Prix was held under the name Glasgow Grand Prix in Glasgow , Scotland . However, another similar meeting was held in London that year, which was not part of the Diamond League, and was held under the name of 2014 Sainsbury's Anniversary Games . The 14 meetings and their dates were:
2015
The composition of the Diamond League remained almost unchanged for the 2015 season. This year the London Grand Prix returned to the capital. The 14 meetings and their dates are:
2016
The 14 meetings and their dates are:
2017
The 14 meetings and their dates are:
| date | event | Stadion | city | country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th May 2017 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | Qatar SC Stadium | Doha |
 Qatar
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| May 13, 2017 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | Shanghai stadium | Shanghai |
 People's Republic of China
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| May 27, 2017 | Prefontaine Classic | Hayward Field | Eugene |
 United States
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| June 8, 2017 | Golden Gala | Olympic Stadium | Rome |
 Italy
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| 15th June 2017 | Bislett Games | Bislett Stadium | Oslo |
 Norway
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| 18th June 2017 | Stockholm Bauhaus Athletics | Olympic Stadium | Stockholm |
 Sweden
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| July 1, 2017 | Meeting de Paris | Stade Charléty | Paris |
 France
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| 6th July 2017 | Athletissima | Olympique de la Pontaise stadium | Lausanne |
 Switzerland
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| July 9, 2017 | London Grand Prix | Olympic Stadium London | London |
 United Kingdom
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| July 16, 2017 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | Stade Moulay Abdallah | Rabat |
 Morocco
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| July 21, 2017 | Herculis | Stade Louis II | Monaco |
 Monaco
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| 20 Aug 2017 | Birmingham Grand Prix | Alexander Stadium | Birmingham |
United Kingdom
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| 24 Aug 2017 | World class Zurich | Letzigrund | Zurich |
Switzerland
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2018
The 14 meetings and their dates are:
2019
The 14 meetings and their dates are:
2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the first three events were postponed in mid-March. As a result, other events were postponed or changed. On May 12th, the Diamond League organizers published a new, shortened schedule, whereby the majority of the originally planned 15 meetings were postponed, others were to take place in a different framework, and others were completely canceled.
Since no structured series of competitions is possible during the corona pandemic and the athletes are impaired in training, there are no fair qualification opportunities, which is why no Diamond League points are awarded and no discipline winners are determined, and there is also no final event. Each organizer has to adapt his meeting taking into account the guidelines for the corona crisis in the respective country and to announce the final design of the meeting two months before the planned event.
As of mid-May 2020, the following preliminary schedule results:
Diamond Race winner
Men (2010 to 2017)
Men (since 2018)
Women (2010 to 2017)
Women (since 2018)
Most successful athletes
| space | Athlete (discipline) | Victories |
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| 1. |
Renaud Lavillenie (pole vault)
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7th |
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Christian Taylor (triple jump)
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| 3. |
 Caterine Ibargüen (triple jump, long jump)
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6th |
 Sandra Perković (discus throw)
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| 5. |
 Valerie Adams (shot put)
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5 |
 Barbora Špotáková (javelin throw)
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| 7th |
 Milcah Chemos Cheywa (3000 m obstacle)
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4th |
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Allyson Felix (200 m, 400 m)
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 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (100 m, 200 m)
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Dawn Harper-Nelson (100 m hurdles)
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 Marija Lassizkene
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Noah Lyles (100 m, 200 m)
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 Piotr Małachowski (discus throw)
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 Shaunae Miller-Uibo (200 m, 400 m)
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Kaliese Spencer (400 m hurdles)
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 Ekaterini Stefanidi (pole vault)
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See also
Web links
- diamondleague.com: Official website of the Diamond League (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF: IAAF Diamond League - All the events, all around the World ( Memento of March 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) , March 2, 2009
- ↑ Martin Neumann: Flash News of the Day - New Diamond League Structure to Come in 2020 ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Notes, November 11, 2017, accessed November 11, 2017
- ^ Prize money structure of the Diamond League. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 6, 2013 ; Retrieved April 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ focus.de: Diamond League athletics missing main sponsor April 6, 2013
- ↑ focus.de: New Diamond League sponsor: IAAF concludes ten-year deal with Wanda from September 25, 2019
- ^ IAAF: IAAF Diamond League agrees a global calendar of 14 cities for 2010 ( Memento from June 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) , June 16, 2009
- ^ IAAF: Birmingham takes over from Gateshead ( memento of November 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) , November 22, 2010
- ^ London Anniversary Games , April 3, 2013
- ^ Hampden to host London Diamond League meeting , accessed June 8, 2015
- ^ Calendar - Diamond League . Retrieved May 13, 2016.
- ↑ Diamond League 2020 postpones the first three meetings , Coronavirus, to: Leichtathletik.de, from March 17, 2020, accessed May 14, 2020
- ↑ Alexandra Dersch: Diamond League postpones further meetings , Coronavirus, to: Leichtathletik.de, from March 27, 2020, accessed May 14, 2020
- ^ "Impossible Games" instead of Diamond League meeting in Oslo , Plan B, on: Leichtathletik.de, from April 23, 2020, accessed May 14, 2020
- ↑ a b c Diamond League announces new provisional meeting schedule , competition planning, on: Leichtathletik.de, from May 12, 2020, accessed May 14, 2020
- ↑ a b Wanda Diamond League announces new provisional 2020 calendar , on: diamondleague.com, May 12, 2020, accessed May 15, 2020
- ↑ Should be carried out as an alternative competition under the rules of Norway and the title "Impossible Games". s. "Impossible Games" held Diamond League meeting in Oslo
- ↑ a b Paris and Eugene: Two more Diamond League meetings canceled , Diamond League, on: Leichtathletik.de, from June 26, 2020, accessed June 26, 2020
- ↑ Due to the Corona restrictions in England, the meeting cannot be held on August 16. World Athletics named September 12th as an alternative date. Paris and Eugene: Two more Diamond League meetings canceled
- ↑ The finals 2021 and 2022 will be held in Letzigrund s. Diamond League Announces New Provisional Meeting Schedule
- ↑ "Weltklasse Zürich Inspiration Games": 30 top stars in eight disciplines and seven stadiums , on: diamondleague.com, from June 9, 2020, accessed June 11, 2020
