2016 Diamond League
| 2016 IAAF Diamond League | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 7th |
| Dates | 6 May – 9 September |
| Events | 32 |
| Meetings | 14 |
| Individual Prize Money (US$) | US$ 8 million |
← 2015 2017 → | |
The 2016 IAAF Diamond League was the seventh season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).[1]
The 2016 series saw three changes to the format. One of the two American meetings, the Adidas Grand Prix held in New York, was dropped from the calendar in favour of the Rabat Meeting in Morocco. This was the first meeting on the calendar to be held in Africa, which had previously been the only northern hemisphere continent not represented on the Diamond League.[2] The second major change was an amendment to the point scoring system. The former model of four points for the winner, two for runner-up and one for third was overhauled with a broader points system giving ten to the winner, six the runner-up and progressively fewer points down to sixth place. The system of double points for the event finals was retained. A third change was the compression of the field events – throws and horizontal jumps allowed three attempts for all athletes, then the top four athletes at that point of the competition were permitted an additional three attempts (as opposed to the previous format of all athletes receiving six attempts).[3]
Format[edit]
Diamond Race events[edit]
The programme for Diamond Race events remained unchanged, with a total of 32 events divided evenly between the sexes. On the track, six running events were included for each of the sexes, from 100 metres up to 5000 metres, and all Olympic hurdles and steeplechase events featured. In the field events, all traditional four jumps were contested and three of the four traditional throwing events were held. Hammer throw remained absent due to restrictions of stadium size. The parallel IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge series catered for that event.
The attempt format for throws and horizontal jumps was amended so that each athlete received three attempts, then the top four athletes received an additional three attempts. This change followed a similar arrangement that was introduced at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. The announcement of the change received a mixed reaction from athletes and fans.[4]
| Diamond Race track events | |||||||||
| Men | 100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 110 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3000 m steeplechase |
| Women | 100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 100 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3000 m steeplechase |
| Diamond Race field events | |||||||
| Men | Pole vault | High jump | Long jump | Triple jump | Shot put | Discus throw | Javelin throw |
| Women | Pole vault | High jump | Long jump | Triple jump | Shot put | Discus throw | Javelin throw |
Points[edit]
Performances in each of the Diamond Races events received points according to the finishing position of the athletes. The winner of the Diamond Race is the athlete with the greatest number of points by the end of the series. In the event of a tie on points, the victor is the athlete with the most race wins that year. The series winners receive a Diamond Trophy and US$40,000.[5]
| Place | Points (non-final) | Points (final) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 10 | 20 |
| 2nd | 6 | 12 |
| 3rd | 4 | 8 |
| 4th | 3 | 6 |
| 5th | 2 | 4 |
| 6th | 1 | 2 |
Schedule[edit]
The following fourteen meetings are scheduled to be included in the 2016 season:[6]
| Date | Meet | Stadium | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | Qatar SC Stadium | Doha | Qatar |
| 14 May | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | Shanghai Stadium | Shanghai | China |
| 22 May | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium | Rabat | Morocco |
| 27–28 May | Prefontaine Classic | Hayward Field | Eugene | United States |
| 2 June | Golden Gala – Pietro Mennea | Stadio Olimpico | Rome | Italy |
| 5 June | British Athletics Grand Prix | Alexander Stadium | Birmingham | United Kingdom |
| 9 June | Bislett Games | Bislett Stadium | Oslo | Norway |
| 16 June | Stockholm Bauhaus Athletics | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | Stockholm | Sweden |
| 15 July | Herculis | Stade Louis II | Monaco | Monaco |
| 22–23 July | Muller Anniversary Games | London Stadium | London | United Kingdom |
| 25 August | Athletissima | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 27 August | Meeting de Paris | Stade de France | Paris | France |
| 1 September | Weltklasse Zürich | Letzigrund | Zürich | Switzerland |
| 9 September | Memorial Van Damme | King Baudouin Stadium | Brussels | Belgium |
Winners[edit]
Events not included in the Diamond League are marked in grey background.
