2011 Diamond League

The 2011 IAAF Diamond League (also known as the 2011 Samsung Diamond League for sponsorship purposes) was the second edition of the Diamond League, an annual series of fourteen one-day track and field meetings. The series began on 6 May in Doha, Qatar and ended on 16 September in Brussels, Belgium.

Meeting calendar

Date Meet Stadium City Country Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Qatar SC Stadium Doha Qatar Shanghai Golden Grand Prix Shanghai Stadium Shanghai China Golden Gala Stadio Olimpico Rome Italy Prefontaine Classic Hayward Field Eugene United States Bislett Games Bislett Stadion Oslo Norway Adidas Grand Prix Icahn Stadium New York City United States Athletissima Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Lausanne Switzerland Meeting Areva Stade de France Saint-Denis France Aviva British Grand Prix Alexander Stadium Birmingham United Kingdom Herculis Stade Louis II Fontvieille Monaco DN Galan Stockholm Olympic Stadium Stockholm Sweden London Grand Prix Crystal Palace London United Kingdom Weltklasse Zürich Letzigrund Zürich Switzerland Memorial van Damme King Baudouin Stadium Brussels Belgium

Ambassadors A total of fourteen athletes were given Diamond League Ambassador status, with the intention of bringing attention to some of the sport's foremost competitors. There are seven male and seven female athletes, and the division between track and field specialists is also evenly divided.

Athlete Country Event(s)Usain Bolt100 metres/200 metresTyson Gay100 metres/200 metresAsafa Powell100 metresShelly-Ann Fraser100 metresAllyson Felix200 metres/400 metresSanya Richards400 metresKenenisa Bekele5000 metres/10,000 metresSteven HookerPole vaultYelena IsinbayevaPole vaultBlanka VlašićHigh jumpValerie ViliShot putAndreas ThorkildsenJavelin throwTero PitkämäkiJavelin throwBarbora ŠpotákováJavelin throw

Diamond Race winners Winners in blue defended their 2010 Diamond Race title

+Track winnersEventMenWomen100 metres200 metres400 metres800 metres1500 metres/Mile run5000 metres/3000 metres110 m hurdles/100 m hurdles400 m hurdles3000 m s'chase

+Field winnersEventMenWomenLong jumpTriple jumpHigh jumpPole vaultShot putDiscus throwJavelin throw

Winners Diamond Race track eventsMen100 m200 m400 m800 m1500 m / Mile5000 m110 m hurdles400 m hurdles3000 m steeplechaseWomen100 m200 m400 m800 m1500 m5000 m100 m hurdles400 m hurdles3000 m steeplechase

Diamond Race field eventsMenPole vaultHigh jumpLong jumpTriple jumpShot putDiscus throwJavelin throwWomenPole vaultHigh jumpLong jumpTriple jumpShot putDiscus throwJavelin throw

Men Track 1 Doha – 20.06 , = – 1:44.74 – 7:27.26 , – 48.11 – 2 Shanghai 9.95 – 45.47 – 3:31.42 , – 13.07 – 8:02.28 , 3 Rome 9.91 – – 1:45.09 – 12:54.21 – 47.91 – 4 Eugene 9.80 20.19 45.16 – 3:49.09 – 12.94 – 8:08.34 5 Oslo – 19.86 – – 3:50.86 – 13.12 – 8:01.83 , 6 New York 10.26 – 45.13 1:46.57 – 13:05.22 – 48.50 – 7 Lausanne 9.78 – – 1:44.15 – 12:59.13 – 48.41 – 8 Paris – 20.03 44.94 – 3:32.15 – 13.09 – 8:02.09 9 Birmingham 9.91 – – 1:44.54 – 13:06.14 – 48.20 – 10 Monaco 9.88 – – 1:42.61 – 12:53.11 , , – 47.97 7:53.64 , 11 Stockholm – 20.03 44.69 – 3:33.94 – 13.17 – 8:05.92 12 London – 20.16 44.61 – 3:51.24 – 13.04 – – 13 Zürich 9.82 – 44.36 – 3:32.74 – 13.01 – 8:07.72 14 Brussels 9.76 , 19.26 , – 1:43.96 – 12:58.32 – 48.32 –Overall winner

In Eugene, Oslo and London, mile races are counted to the Diamond League standings for the 1500 m. In Doha, 3000 metre race is counted to the Diamond League standings for the 5000 m.

Field 1 Doha – 17.49 , 2.33 = 5.81 , 21.38 67.49 85.32 2 Shanghai 8.44 =, – – – – – 85.33 = 3 Rome – 17.59 – 5.82 21.60 – – 4 Eugene 8.32 – 2.32 = – – 68.40 – 5 Oslo 8.08 – 2.28 – – 65.14 83.94 6 New York – 16.67 – 5.52 – – – 7 Lausanne – 17.91 , – 5.83 = 21.83 – 88.19 8 Paris 8.40 – 2.32 2.32 5.73 – 67.32 – 9 Birmingham – 17.54 – – 21.55 – 88.30 10 Monaco – 17.36 – 5.90 21.25 – – 11 Stockholm 8.54 – 2.34 = – – 65.05 88.43 12 London 8.45 – 2.36 – – 66.71 – 13 Zürich 8.00 – 2.32 = – 21.63 67.02 – 14 Brussels – 17.31 – 5.72 22.09 – 88.36 Overall winner

Women Track 1 Doha – 22.83 50.33 – 4:03.00 – 12.58 – 9:16.44 , 2 Shanghai 10.92 – – 2:00.54 – 14:31.92 – 54.20 – 3 Rome – 22.64 49.81 – 4:01.60 – 12.70 – 9:12.89 4 Eugene 10.70 , – – 1:58.29 – 14:33.96 – 53.31 – 5 Oslo 11.01 – 50.10 1:58.27 – 14:37.32 – 54.38 – 6 New York – 22.92 – – 4:08.06 – 13.04 – 9:27.29 7 Lausanne – 22.85 50.23 – 4:05.52 – 12.47 – 9:19.87 8 Paris 10.91 – – 2:00.18 – 14:29.52 – 53.29 , – 9 Birmingham – 22.59 50.20 – 4:05.64 – 12.48 , , – 9:25.87 10 Monaco – 22.20 49.71 – 4:00.59 – 12.51 – – 11 Stockholm 11.15 – – 1:58.21 – 14:20.87 , – 53.74 – 12 London 10.93 – – 1:58.60 – 15:00.57 – 52.79 , 9:22.80 13 Zürich – 22.27 – 1:58.41 – 14:30.10 – 53.36 – 14 Brussels 10.78 – 50.16 – 4:00.06 – 12.65 – 9:15.43 Overall winner

Field 1 Doha 6.88 – – – – – – 2 Shanghai – 14.68 1.94 = 4.55 19.94 62.73 – 3 Rome 6.94 – 1.95 – – 64.18 63.97 4 Eugene – 14.98 , – 4.68 19.76 (PB) , – 65.48 5 Oslo – 14.81 – 4.60 20.26 – – 6 New York 6.48 – 1.94 – – 62.94 64.43 7 Lausanne 6.85 – 1.95 – – 64.29 – 8 Paris – 14.99 – – 20.78 = – 68.01 , 9 Birmingham 6.78 – 1.99 4.66 – 65.75 – 10 Monaco 6.82 – 1.97 – – 65.90 69.45 , 11 Stockholm – 15.06 – 4.76 20.57 – – 12 London – 14.80 – 4.79 20.07 – 66.74 13 Zürich 6.72 – – 4.72 20.51 – 69.57 14 Brussels – 14.672.05 – – 66.27 –Overall winner

Results Men's 200m(+0.5 m/s) Walter Dix 20.06 Femi Ogunode 20.30 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 20.55 Jordan Boase 20.60 Mario Forsythe 20.86 Ainsley Waugh 20.90 Omar Jouma Bilal al Salfa 21.32 Men's 800m Asbel Kiprop 1:44.74 Michael Rimmer 1:45.12 Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:45.17 Richard Kiplagat 1:45.48 Antonio Manuel Reina 1:45.55 Marcin Lewandowski 1:46.42 Hamza Driouch 1:50.25 Belal Mansoor Ali DNS Men's 3000m Yenew Alamirew 7:27.26 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi 7:27.55 Eliud Kipchoge 7:27.66 Augustine Kiprono Choge 7:28.76 Vincent Kiprop Chepkok 7:30.15 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen 7:31.41 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro 7:31.83 Tariku Bekele 7:33.50 Men's 400mH LJ van Zyl 48.11 Cornel Fredericks 48.43 Bershawn Jackson 48.44 Kurt Leone Couto 50.03 LaRon Bennett 50.28 Richard Yates 50.34 Georg Fleischhauer 50.46 Men's High Jump Jesse Williams 2.33 m Kyriakos Ioannou 2.33 m Mutaz Essa Barshim 2.31 m Donald Thomas 2.29 m Dusty Jonas 2.29 m Aleksey Dmitrik 2.29 m Konstantinos Baniotis 2.26 m Tom Parsons 2.23 m Men's Pole Vault Malte Mohr 5.81 m Maksym Mazuryk 5.70 m Lázaro Borges 5.60 m Renaud Lavillenie 5.50 m Alhaji Jeng 5.40 m Mark Hollis 5.40 m Mateusz Didenkow 5.40 m Fabian Schulze 5.40 m Men's Triple Jump Teddy Tamgho 17.49 m Leevan Sands 17.09 m Alexis Copello 17.05 m Yoann Rapinier 16.21 m Sief El Islem Temacini 16.03 m Mohammed Abbas Darwish 15.90 m Randy Lewis 15.83 m Tosin Oke DNS m Men's Shot Put Dylan Armstrong 21.38 m Reese Hoffa 21.27 m Ryan Whiting 21.23 m Māris Urtāns 20.82 m Christian Cantwell 20.79 m Tomasz Majewski 20.68 m Maksim Sidorov 20.17 m Pavel Lyzhyn 20.11 m Men's Discus Throw Gerd Kanter 67.49 m Virgilijus Alekna 65.92 m Frank Casanas 64.22 m Ehsan Hadadi 64.16 m Piotr Małachowski 63.59 m Bogdan Pishchalnikov 61.08 m Jason Young 60.45 m Zoltán Kővágó 60.24 m Men's Javelin Throw Petr Frydrych 85.32 m Robert Oosthuizen 84.38 m Tero Pitkämäki 83.91 m Sergey Makarov 83.78 m Andreas Thorkildsen 83.63 m Vítězslav Veselý 83.59 m Vadims Vasiļevskis 82.65 m Matthias de Zordo 82.45 m Women's 200m(+0.3 m/s) LaShauntea Moore 22.83 Charonda Williams 22.95 Patricia Hall 23.16 Blessing Okagbare 23.19 Aleksandra Fedoriva-Spayer 23.31 Consuella Moore 23.85 Yelizaveta Demirova 23.98 Alexandria Anderson DNS Women's 400m Allyson Felix 50.33 Amantle Montsho 50.41 Patricia Hall 51.74 Muriel Hurtis 52.30 Davita Prendergast 52.43 Monica Hargrove 52.49 Amy Mbacké Thiam 52.82 Floria Guei 54.00 Women's 1500m Anna Mishchenko 4:03.00 Irene Jelagat 4:04.89 Siham Hilali 4:05.18 Viola Jelagat Kibiwot 4:05.54 Kalkidan Gezahegne 4:06.52 Ibtissam Lakhouad 4:07.60 Renata Pliś 4:09.51 Malika Akkaoui 4:09.88 Women's 100mH(+1.3 m/s) Kellie Wells 12.58 Danielle Carruthers 12.64 Lolo Jones 12.67 Ginnie Crawford 12.73 Nichole Denby 12.98 Yvette Lewis 13.07 Celriece Law 13.19 Sandra Gomis 13.23 Women's 3000mSC Milcah Chemos 9:16.44 Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge 9:16.94 Lydia Chebet Rotich 9:19.20 Sofia Assefa 9:25.08 Birtukan Fente Alemu 9:38.29 Mardrea Hyman 10:04.57 Cristina Casandra 10:06.45 Oxana Juravel DNF Women's Long Jump Funmi Jimoh 6.88 m Maurren Higa Maggi 6.87 m Anna Klyashtornaya 6.77 m Tatyana Kotova 6.74 m Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin 6.66 m Ivana Vuleta 6.63 m Yuliya Pidluzhnaya 6.59 m Ineta Radēviča 6.55 m Men's 100m(+0.3 m/s) Asafa Powell 9.95 Michael Rodgers 10.01 Mario Forsythe 10.12 Churandy Martina 10.19 Rae Monzavous Edwards 10.31 Peimeng Zhang 10.36 Yi Lao 10.37 Shinji Takahira 10.51 Men's 400m Calvin Smith 45.47 Greg Nixon 45.50 David Neville 45.58 Yuzo Kanemaru 45.85 Nery Brenes 45.99 Rabah Yousif 46.03 Sean Wroe 46.88 Chen Jianxin 46.97 Men's 1500m Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba 3:31.42 Asbel Kiprop 3:31.76 Mekonnen Gebremedhin 3:32.36 Silas Kiplagat 3:32.70 Augustine Kiprono Choge 3:33.38 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen 3:33.41 Bethwell Birgen 3:34.59 Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono 3:35.07 Men's 110mH(+0.2 m/s) Xiang Liu 13.07 David Oliver 13.18 Aries Merritt 13.24 Dwight Thomas 13.31 Dongpeng Shi 13.52 Joel Brown 13.59 Ryan Wilson 13.63 Wenjun Xie 13.63 Men's 3000mSC Brimin Kiprop Kipruto 8:02.28 Paul Kipsiele Koech 8:02.42 Hilal Yego 8:07.71 Tarik Langat Akdag 8:08.59 Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong 8:11.07 Benjamin Kiplagat 8:12.87 Elijah Chelimo 8:20.53 Silas Kosgei Kitum 8:20.87 Men's Long Jump Mitchell Watt 8.44 m Xiongfeng Su 8.19 m Ignisious Gaisah 8.12 m Dwight Phillips 8.07 m Xiaoyi Zhang 8.04 m Wilfredo Martínez 7.96 m Tyrone Smith 7.86 m Kafétien Gomis 7.73 m Men's Javelin Throw Tero Pitkämäki 85.33 m Andreas Thorkildsen 85.12 m Robert Oosthuizen 83.73 m Teemu Wirkkala 82.39 m Igor Janik 82.09 m Petr Frydrych 79.40 m Qiang Qin 79.22 m Chen Qi 78.08 m Women's 100m(+1.2 m/s) Veronica Campbell-Brown 10.92 Carmelita Jeter 10.95 Blessing Okagbare 11.23 LaShauntea Moore 11.25 Sherone Simpson 11.28 Ruddy Zang Milama 11.29 Gloria Asumnu 11.39 Jiabei Ye 11.83 Women's 800m Jennifer Meadows 2:00.54 Malika Akkaoui 2:01.45 Angelika Cichocka 2:01.75 Lenka Masná 2:02.21 Renata Pliś 2:02.67 Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk 2:03.00 Eunice Jepkoech Sum 2:03.09 Heather Kampf 2:03.85 Women's 5000m Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot 14:31.92 Sentayehu Ejigu 14:32.87 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai 14:32.95 Viola Jelagat Kibiwot 14:34.86 Mercy Cherono 14:37.17 Priscah Jepleting Cherono 14:40.86 Pauline Chemning Korikwiang 14:41.28 Sule Utura 14:46.32 Women's 400mH Kaliese Carter 54.20 Lashinda Demus 54.58 Melaine Walker 54.96 Ajoke Odumosu 56.39 Lauren Boden 56.57 Satomi Kubokura 56.94 Qi Yang 57.23 Nicole Leach 58.41 Women's High Jump Blanka Vlašić 1.94 m Xingjuan Zheng 1.90 m Vita Styopina 1.90 m Nadiya Dusanova 1.90 m Marina Aitova 1.90 m Anna Ustinova 1.85 m Ruth Beitia 1.85 m Svetlana Radzivil 1.85 m Women's Pole Vault Silke Spiegelburg 4.55 m Carolin Hingst 4.50 m Mary Saxer 4.50 m Aleksandra Kiryashova 4.40 m Jillian Schwartz 4.40 m Anastasiya Savchenko 4.40 m Li Ling 4.40 m Yarisley Silva 4.20 m Women's Triple Jump Yargelis Savigne 14.68 m Yanmei Li 14.35 m Olga Rypakova 14.17 m Natalya Alekseyeva 14.05 m Athanasia Perra DQ Snežana Vukmirovič 13.92 m Mabel Gay 13.91 m Anna Pyatykh 13.86 m Women's Shot Put Lijiao Gong 19.94 m Jillian Camarena-Williams 19.35 m Li Ling 19.30 m Xiangrong Liu 18.54 m Natalya Mikhnevich 17.79 m Michelle Carter 17.71 m Jessica Cérival 16.90 m Alena Abramchuk 16.82 m Women's Discus Throw Yanfeng Li 62.73 m Dani Stevens 61.98 m Aretha D. Thurmond 60.98 m Gia Lewis-Smallwood 60.64 m Tan Jian 60.50 m Taifeng Sun 60.04 m Żaneta Glanc 59.68 m Becky Breisch 57.05 m