2017 Diamond League


The 2017 IAAF Diamond League was the eighth season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It is the first to feature the new championship-style system in which overall event winners are determined only by the results of the final meet.

Changes

The Diamond League's format was completely overhauled for the 2017 edition. The Diamond Race system used in previous years, in which athletes accumulated points through the season with double points in the finals, was replaced with a championship-style format in which earlier meets act as qualifying meets for the finals; the top eight or twelve athletes, depending on the event, will qualify. The two final meetings are held at the end of the season in Zürich and Brussels, with half of the 32 events contested in each final; the overall Diamond League championship in each event will be determined solely by the results of the finals. While not previously used in the Diamond League, this new system is similar to the old IAAF Grand Prix circuit with its IAAF Grand Prix Final.
Scoring in the non-final meets was extended from the top six to the top eight, with the winner receiving eight points and the runner-up seven, down to one point for an eighth-place finish. Instead of all 32 events appearing in six meets and the final, half of the events now appear in only four qualifying meets in addition to the final; the remaining events are still contested in six qualifying meets and the final. A controversial field event rule change from 2016, under which only the top four athletes after three rounds were allowed the full six attempts, was reverted for 2017.

Disciplines

Points system

A new points system was adopted for the 2017 Diamond League, with the winner of an event at a qualifying meet receiving eight points and the runner-up seven, down to one point for the athlete in eighth place; at the end of the year, the eight or twelve athletes with the most points, depending on the event, will qualify for the finals. In case of a tie on points, the best legal mark during the qualifying phase will determine the athlete who qualifies.
PlacePoints
1st8
2nd7
3rd6
4th5
5th4
6th3
7th2
8th1

Schedule

The following fourteen meetings are scheduled to be included in the 2017 season:
DateMeetStadiumCityCountry
Doha Diamond LeagueQatar SC StadiumDohaQatar
IAAF Diamond League ShanghaiShanghai StadiumShanghaiChina
Prefontaine ClassicHayward FieldEugeneUnited States
Golden GalaPietro MenneaStadio OlimpicoRomeItaly
Bislett GamesBislett StadiumOsloNorway
Bauhaus-GalanStockholm Olympic StadiumStockholmSweden
Meeting de ParisStade Sébastien CharlétyParisFrance
AthletissimaStade Olympique de la PontaiseLausanneSwitzerland
Müller Anniversary GamesLondon StadiumLondonUnited Kingdom
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de RabatPrince Moulay Abdellah StadiumRabatMorocco
HerculisStade Louis IIMonacoMonaco
Müller Grand Prix BirminghamAlexander StadiumBirminghamUnited Kingdom
Weltklasse ZürichLetzigrundZürichSwitzerland
AG Memorial Van DammeKing Baudouin StadiumBrusselsBelgium

Season overview

  • Events held at Diamond League meets, but not included in the Diamond League points race, are marked in grey background.
  • Diamond league final winners are marked with light blue background.

    Men

Track

Field

Women

Track

Field

Results

Diamond League Finals

Men

100 metres

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Andre De GrasseCanadaCIV

200 metres

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Ameer WebbUnited States

400 metres

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Baboloki Thebe135
2Vernon NorwoodUnited States

800 metres

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Nijel Amos432
2Kipyegon Bett129
3Adam KszczotPoland

1500 metres

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Elijah Motonei Manangoi230
2Timothy Cheruiyot125
3Aman Wote115
4Silas Kiplagat15
5Filip Ingebrigtsen15
6Vincent Kibet15
7Ronald Kwemoi114
8Charles Cheboi Simotwo10
9Marcin LewandowskiPoland

5000 metres

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Yomif Kejelcha19
2Muktar Edris219
3Joshua Cheptegei16
4Ronald Kwemoi115
5Paul ChelimoUnited StatesBHR

3000 metres steeplechase

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Soufiane El Bakkali223
2Jairus Kipchoge Birech20
3Amos Kirui15
4Yemane Haileselassie11
5Evan JagerUnited StatesKEN

110 metres hurdles

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Sergey Shubenkov29
2Aries MerrittUnited States

400 metres hurdles

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Yasmani Copello19
2Rasmus Mägi17
3Karsten Warholm216
4Kerron ClementUnited States

High Jump

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Mutaz Essa Barshim540
2Robbie GrabarzUnited KingdomUKRSYRUKRBAHBUL

Pole Vault

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Sam KendricksUnited States

Long Jump

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Rushwal SamaaiSouth Africa

Triple Jump

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Christian TaylorUnited States

Shot Put

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Ryan CrouserUnited States

Discus Throw

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Daniel StåhlSweden

Javelin Throw

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Thomas RöhlerGermany

Women

100 metres

;Qualification
RankNameNationalityWinsPoints
1Elaine Thompson540
2Marie-Josée Ta Lou34
3Blessing Okagbare22
4Michelle-Lee Ahye21
5Dafne SchippersNetherlands