2019 Memorial Van Damme

The 2019 Memorial Van Damme was the 43rd edition of the annual track and field meeting in Brussels, Belgium. Held on 5–6 September at the King Baudouin Stadium, it was the fourteenth leg of the 2019 IAAF Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit – and the second half of the final for 2019 (the first half being held during the Weltklasse Zürich in Zürich, Switzerland on 29 August).^[1] It was the tenth and last edition of the meet to co-host the Diamond League final with the Weltklasse Zürich; The Weltklasse Zürich will exclusively host the final in 2020.^[2]

2019 Memorial Van Damme
Dates	5–6 September
Host city	Brussels, Belgium
Venue	King Baudouin Stadium
Level	2019 IAAF Diamond League
Events	34 (16 Diamond League)
← 2018 2020 →

Because of the late World Athletics Championships, the Diamond League final was for the first time held before the World Athletics Championships in the same year. 16 Diamond League champions (8 men and 8 women) were determined and received wild cards to compete at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.^[3] 18 more events were contested outside the Diamond League.

Diamond League champions

Men		Women
Athlete	Event	Athlete	Event
Noah Lyles (USA)	200 m	Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)	100 m
Michael Norman (USA)	400 m	Ajeé Wilson (USA)	800 m
Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN)	1500 m	Sifan Hassan (NED)	5000 m
Orlando Ortega (ESP)	110 m hurdles	Danielle Williams (JAM)	100 m hurdles
Getnet Wale (ETH)	3000 m steeplechase	Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)	High jump
Christian Taylor (USA)	Triple jump	Katerina Stefanidi (GRE)	Pole vault
Tomas Walsh (NZL)	Shot put	Malaika Mihambo (GER)	Long jump
Daniel Ståhl (SWE)	Discus throw	Yaime Pérez (CUB)	Discus throw

Diamond League results

Men

200 m (wind: +0.8 m/s) Place Athlete Time  Noah Lyles (USA) 19.74 2  Ramil Guliyev (TUR) 19.86 3  Andre De Grasse (CAN) 19.87 4  Aaron Brown (CAN) 20.00 5  Álex Quiñónez (ECU) 20.25 6  Robin Vanderbemden (BEL) 20.51 7  Jereem Richards (TTO) 20.53 8  Alonso Edward (PAN) 28.80 DQ  Bernardo Baloyes (COL) Disqualified

400 m Place Athlete Time  Michael Norman (USA) 44.26 2  Fred Kerley (USA) 44.46 3  Akeem Bloomfield (JAM) 44.67 4  Obi Igbokwe (USA) 44.96 5  Kahmari Montgomery (USA) 45.31 6  Michael Cherry (USA) 45.55 7  Jonathan Sacoor (BEL) 45.72 8  Nathon Allen (JAM) 46.17 9  Nathan Strother (USA) 47.04

1500 m Place Athlete Time  Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN) 3:30.22 2  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3:31.62 3  Filip Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3:33.33 4  Ronald Musagala (UGA) 3:33.90 5  Craig Engels (USA) 3:34.04 PB 6  Marcin Lewandowski (POL) 3:34.36 7  Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) 3:35.08 8  John Gregorek (USA) 3:35.32 9  Samuel Tefera (ETH) 3:35.64 10  Bethwell Birgen (KEN) 3:37.48 11  Charles Cheboi Simotwo (KEN) 3:38.06 12  Vincent Kibet (KEN) 3:38.76 13  Ismael Debjani (BEL) 3:40.04 DNF (PM)  Boaz Kiprugot (KEN)  Timothy Sein (KEN) Did not finish (pacemakers)

110 m hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) Place Athlete Time  Orlando Ortega (ESP) 13.22 2  Ronald Levy (JAM) 13.31 3  Sergey Shubenkov (ANA) 13.33 4  Freddie Crittenden (USA) 13.35 5  Xie Wenjun (CHN) 13.49 6  Andrew Pozzi (GBR) 13.50 7  Antonio Alkana (RSA) 13.61 DQ  Michael Obasuyi (BEL) Disqualified DNS  Daniel Roberts (USA) Did not start

3000 m steeplechase Place Athlete Time  Getnet Wale (ETH) 8:06.92 2  Soufiane El Bakkali (MAR) 8:07.08 3  Lamecha Girma (ETH) 8:07.66 PB 4  Benjamin Kigen (KEN) 8:10.76 5  Hillary Bor (USA) 8:13.90 6  Abraham Kibiwot (KEN) 8:14.52 7  Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) 8:14.53 8  Fernando Carro (ESP) 8:15.53 9  Mohamed Tindouft (MAR) 8:16.58 10  Djilali Bedrani (FRA) 8:16.60 11  Chala Beyo (ETH) 8:16.85 12  Nicholas Kiptanui Bett (KEN) 8:26.95 13  Tim van de Velde (BEL) 8:41.22 DNF (PM)  Lawrence Kemboi Kipsang (KEN)  Wilberforce Chemiat Kones (KEN) Did not finish (pacemakers)

Triple jump Place Athlete Mark  Christian Taylor (USA) 17.85 m (wind: +2.1 m/s) 2  Will Claye (USA) 17.22 m (wind: +1.1 m/s) 3  Omar Craddock (USA) 17.17 m (wind: -1.9 m/s) 4  Donald Scott (USA) 17.14 m (wind: +1.7 m/s) 5  Alexis Copello (AZE) 17.02 m (wind: +0.3 m/s) 6  Nelson Évora (POR) 16.54 m (wind: -0.6 m/s) 7  Pedro Pablo Pichardo (POR) 16.32 m (wind: +1.0 m/s) DNS  Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) Did not start

Shot put Place Athlete Mark  Tomas Walsh (NZL) 22.30 m 2  Darlan Romani (BRA) 22.15 m 3  Ryan Crouser (USA) 22.08 m 4  Konrad Bukowiecki (POL) 21.91 m 5  Darrell Hill (USA) 21.13 m 6  Michał Haratyk (POL) 20.91 m 7  Tomáš Staněk (CZE) 20.86 m 8  Joe Kovacs (USA) 20.60 m

Discus throw Place Athlete Mark  Daniel Ståhl (SWE) 68.68 m 2  Lukas Weisshaidinger (AUT) 66.03 m 3  Fedrick Dacres (JAM) 65.27 m 4  Andrius Gudžius (LTU) 65.19 m 5  Piotr Małachowski (POL) 64.78 m 6  Ehsan Hadadi (IRI) 64.75 m 7  Ola Stunes Isene (NOR) 64.07 m 8  Christoph Harting (GER) 64.03 m 9  Philip Milanov (BEL) 60.84 m

Women

100 m (wind: -0.3 m/s) Place Athlete Time  Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) 10.88 2  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) 10.95 3  Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV) 11.09 4  Dafne Schippers (NED) 11.22 5  Blessing Okagbare (NGR) 11.24 6  Aleia Hobbs (USA) 11.29 7  Crystal Emmanuel (CAN) 11.38 8  Gina Lückenkemper (GER) 11.45

800 m Place Athlete Time  Ajeé Wilson (USA) 2:00.24 2  Raevyn Rogers (USA) 2:00.67 3  Winnie Nanyondo (UGA) 2:00.69 4  Olha Lyakhova (UKR) 2:01.16 5  Natoya Goule (JAM) 2:01.40 6  Lynsey Sharp (GBR) 2:01.47 7  Hanna Green (USA) 2:02.47 8  Renée Eykens (BEL) 2:03.20 9  Nelly Jepkosgei (BHR) 2:03.48 DNF (PM)  Noélie Yarigo (BEN) Did not finish (pacemaker)

5000 m Place Athlete Time  Sifan Hassan (NED) 14:26.26 2  Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) 14:29.54 3  Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER) 14:29.89 4  Hellen Obiri (KEN) 14:33.90 5  Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi (KEN) 14:36.48 6  Agnes Jebet Tirop (KEN) 14:37.32 7  Gabriela DeBues-Stafford (CAN) 14:44.12 NR PB 8  Fantu Worku (ETH) 14:45.59 PB 9  Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) 14:46.58 10  Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui (KEN) 14:47.04 11  Eva Cherono (KEN) 14:50.13 DNF (PM)  Camille Buscomb (NZL) Did not finish (pacemaker)

100 m hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) Place Athlete Time  Danielle Williams (JAM) 12.46 2  Kendra Harrison (USA) 12.73 3  Nia Ali (USA) 12.74 4  Sharika Nelvis (USA) 12.83 5  Christina Clemons (USA) 12.84 6  Cindy Roleder (GER) 13.12 (.111) 7  Elvira Herman (BLR) 13.12 (.119) DQ  Tobi Amusan (NGR)  Anne Zagré (BEL) Disqualified

High jump Place Athlete Mark  Mariya Lasitskene (ANA) 1.99 m 2  Yuliya Levchenko (UKR) 1.97 m 3  Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) 1.95 m 4  Kamila Lićwinko (POL) 1.95 m 5  Mirela Demireva (BUL) 1.93 m 6  Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 1.89 m 7  Nicola McDermott (AUS) 1.89 m 8  Erika Kinsey (SWE) 1.85 m 9  Ana Šimić (CRO) 1.85 m 10  Iryna Gerashchenko (UKR) 1.85 m 11  Karyna Demidik (BLR) 1.85 m 12  Elena Vallortigara (ITA) 1.85 m 13  Levern Spencer (LCA) 1.80 m

Pole vault Place Athlete Mark  Katerina Stefanidi (GRE) 4.83 m 2  Anzhelika Sidorova (ANA) 4.83 m 3  Alysha Newman (CAN) 4.77 m 4  Katie Nageotte (USA) 4.70 m 5  Holly Bradshaw (GBR) 4.70 m 6  Robeilys Peinado (VEN) 4.70 m 7  Jenn Suhr (USA) 4.70 m 8  Sandi Morris (USA) 4.63 m 9  Yarisley Silva (CUB) 4.63 m 10  Li Ling (CHN) 4.63 m 11  Angelica Bengtsson (SWE) 4.63 m 12  Michaela Meijer (SWE) 4.41 m NM  Fanny Smets (BEL) No mark

Long jump Place Athlete Mark  Malaika Mihambo (GER) 7.03 m (wind: -0.9 m/s) 2  Brittney Reese (USA) 6.85 m (wind: +0.6 m/s) 3  Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) 6.73 m (wind: -0.2 m/s) 4  Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (UKR) 6.73 m (wind: +0.9 m/s) 5  Lorraine Ugen (GBR) 6.70 m (wind: +1.0 m/s) 6  Yelena Sokolova (ANA) 6.54 m (wind: +1.3 m/s) 7  Brooke Stratton (AUS) 6.53 m (wind: +0.9 m/s) 8  Caterine Ibargüen (COL) 6.26 m (wind: -0.4 m/s) 9  Hanne Maudens (BEL) 5.80 m (wind: +1.1 m/s)

Discus throw Place Athlete Mark  Yaime Pérez (CUB) 68.27 m 2  Sandra Perković (CRO) 66.00 m 3  Kristin Pudenz (GER) 63.73 m 4  Denia Caballero (CUB) 63.53 m 5  Claudine Vita (GER) 62.15 m 6  Valarie Allman (USA) 61.70 m 7  Nadine Müller (GER) 61.39 m DNS  Mélina Robert-Michon (FRA) Did not start

Non-Diamond League results

Men

Women

Boys

Girls

See also

• 2019 Weltklasse Zürich (previous meet and first half of the final in the 2019 IAAF Diamond League)

References

1. Gault, Jonathan (5 September 2019). 2019 Brussels Diamond League Final Preview: Ajee Wilson Goes For It In the 800, Obiri Battles Hassan in the Final DL 5K + Kerley-Norman 400 Rematch. LetsRun.com. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
2. O'Kane, Patrick (26 August 2019). Zurich to host IAAF Diamond League Final in 2020 and 2021. Inside the Games. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
3. Smythe, Steve (5 September 2019). Brussels gets set for Diamond League final. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 19 February 2020.

Results

• Results AG Memorial Van Damme^{[dead link‍]}. IAAF Diamond League (6 September 2019). Retrieved 19 February 2020.

External links

• Official Diamond League Memorial Van Damme website