2011 Diamond League


The 2011 IAAF [Diamond League] 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

DateMeetStadiumCityCountry
Qatar Athletic Super Grand PrixQatar SC StadiumDohaQatar
Shanghai Golden Grand PrixShanghai StadiumShanghaiChina
Golden GalaStadio OlimpicoRomeItaly
Prefontaine ClassicHayward FieldEugeneUnited States
Bislett GamesBislett StadionOsloNorway
Adidas Grand PrixIcahn StadiumNew York CityUnited States
AthletissimaStade Olympique de la PontaiseLausanneSwitzerland
Meeting ArevaStade de FranceSaint-DenisFrance
Aviva British Grand PrixAlexander StadiumBirminghamUnited Kingdom
HerculisStade Louis IIFontvieilleMonaco
DN GalanStockholm Olympic StadiumStockholmSweden
London Grand PrixCrystal PalaceLondonUnited Kingdom
Weltklasse ZürichLetzigrundZürichSwitzerland
Memorial van DammeKing Baudouin StadiumBrusselsBelgium

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.
AthleteCountryEvent
Usain Bolt100 metres/200 metres
Tyson Gay100 metres/200 metres
Asafa Powell100 metres
Shelly-Ann Fraser100 metres
Allyson Felix200 metres/400 metres
Sanya Richards400 metres
Kenenisa Bekele5000 metres/10,000 metres
Steven HookerPole vault
Yelena IsinbayevaPole vault
Blanka VlašićHigh jump
Valerie ViliShot put
Andreas ThorkildsenJavelin throw
Tero PitkämäkiJavelin throw
Barbora ŠpotákováJavelin throw

Diamond Race winners

EventMenWomen
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Winners

Men

Track