2026 Memorial Van Damme

The 2026 Memorial Van Damme was the 50th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Brussels, Belgium. Held on 4 and 5 September, it was the fifteenth leg and served as the finals of the 2026 Diamond League – the highest-level international track and field circuit.

Diamond+ events results

Men +100 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Oblique Seville 9.90 Emmanuel Eseme 9.93 Kanyinsola Ajayi 9.97 4 Lachlan Kennedy 9.99 5 Gift Leotlela 10.01 6 Christian Coleman 10.01 7 Akani Simbine 10.03 8 Trayvon Bromell 10.07 9 Simon Verherstraeten 10.28 Wind:

+800 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Emmanuel Wanyonyi 1:41.80 MR Djamel Sedjati 1:42.71 Yanis Meziane 1:42.87 4 Marco Arop 1:43.50 5 Ben Pattison 1:44.29 6 Gabriel Tual 1:44.55 7 Tobias Grønstad 1:44.86 8 Slimane Moula 1:49.62 —

+1500 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Cameron Myers 3:30.14 Phanuel Koech 3:30.18 Ethan Strand 3:30.50 4 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:30.52 5 Yared Nuguse 3:30.56 6 Hobbs Kessler 3:30.71 7 Cole Hocker 3:30.80 = 8 Jake Heyward 3:31.18 9 Robert Farken 3:32.11 10 Ruben Verheyden 3:32.47 11 Vincent Ciattei 3:33.67 12 Timothy Cheruiyot 3:35.20 — Boaz Kiprugut — Christian Jackson

+Javelin throw Place Athlete Nation Distance Notes Rumesh Tharanga 89.04 m Dawid Wegner 87.47 m Keshorn Walcott 83.99 m 4 Anderson Peters 83.70 m 5 Julius Yego 76.79 m 6 Timothy Herman 71.79 m 7 Curtis Thompson 69.52 m

Women +800 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Audrey Werro 1:54.75 MR Femke Broeders-Bol 1:54.81 Saida Tsehaye 1:57.57 4 Veronica Vancardo 1:58.66 5 Oratile Nowe 1:59.75 6 Sarah Billings 1:59.99 7 Addison Wiley 2:01.29 8 Camille Laus 2:01.63 9 Prudence Sekgodiso 2:02.34 — Rachel Klopfenstein

+1500 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Klaudia Kazimierska 3:54.05 MR, , Dorcus Ewoi 3:54.72 Jessica Hull 3:54.73 4 Georgia Hunter Bell 3:56.40 5 Nikki Hiltz 3:56.87 6 Agathe Guillemot 3:57.12 7 Abbey Caldwell 3:57.19 8 Emily Mackay 3:57.98 9 Birke Haylom 4:02.79 — Tsige Duguma — Lorea Ibarzabal — Mariska Parewyck

+100 Metres hurdles Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Masai Russell 12.20 MR Devynne Charlton 12.33 Megan Simmonds 12.43 4 Tobi Amusan 12.54 5 Nadine Visser 12.54 6 Pia Skrzyszowska 12.64 7 Alaysha Johnson 12.66 8 Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck 12.93 Wind:

+Long jump Place Athlete Nation Distance Notes Monae' Nichols 6.91 m Larissa Iapichino 6.86 m Claire Bryant 6.83 m 4 Alyssa Jones 6.80 m 5 Hilary Kpatcha 6.60 m 6 Agate de Sousa 6.33 m 7 Noor Vidts 6.23 m

Diamond events results

Men +200 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Kenny Bednarek 19.62 = Sinesipho Dambile 19.89 Makanakaishe Charamba 19.99 4 Letsile Tebogo 20.01 5 Courtney Lindsey 20.09 = 6 José Figueroa 20.44 7 Timothé Mumenthaler 20.52 8 Reynier Mena 20.90 Wind:

+400 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Collen Kebinatshipi 43.40 DLR, Jereem Richards 43.68 Jacory Patterson 43.78 4 Christopher Bailey 43.97 5 Matthew Hudson-Smith 44.23 6 Zakithi Nene 44.44 7 Daniel Segers 44.82 8 Khaleb McRae 45.53

+5000 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Birhanu Balew 12:45.70 , Egide Ntakarutimana 12:46.73 Cornelius Kemboi 12:47.29 4 Biniam Mehary 12:47.78 5 Graham Blanks 12:47.98 6 Nico Young 12:48.12 7 Jacob Krop 12:51.23 8 Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu 12:56.07 9 Grant Fisher 12:59.10 10 Reynold Cheruiyot 13:22.24 — Tshepo Tshite — Mounir Akbache

+110 Metres hurdles Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Ja'Kobe Tharp 13.03 Jamal Britt 13.09 Trey Cunningham 13.22 4 Kendry Menéndez 13.32 5 Elie Bacari 13.42 6 Orlando Bennett 13.43 7 Rachid Muratake 13.53 8 Cordell Tinch Wind:

+400 Metres hurdles Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Alison dos Santos 46.70 MR Trevor Bassitt 48.03 Matheus Lima 48.18 4 Emil Agyekum 48.18 5 Caleb Dean 48.20 6 Abderrahman Samba 48.24 7 Matic Ian Guček 48.33 8 Ezekiel Nathaniel 48.37

+3000 Metres steeplechase Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Gemechu Godana 8:08.67 Soufiane El Bakkali 8:10.03 Simon Koech 8:11.15 4 Ruben Querinjean 8:11.97 5 Daniel Arce 8:14.03 6 Edmund Serem 8:15.26 7 Samuel Firewu 8:16.51 8 Ryuji Miura 8:17.31 9 Karl Bebendorf 8:18.63 10 Matthew Wilkinson 8:19.04 11 Rémi Schyns 8:21.53 — Salaheddine Ben Yazide —

+High jump Place Athlete Nation Height Notes Mateusz Kołodziejski 2.28 m JuVaughn Harrison 2.28 m Oleh Doroshchuk 2.25 m Gianmarco Tamberi 2.25 m 5 Romaine Beckford 2.21 m 6 Erick Portillo 2.21 m 7 Thomas Carmoy 2.16 m

+Pole vault Place Athlete Nation Height Notes Emmanouil Karalis 6.12 m MR Sondre Guttormsen 5.82 m Kurtis Marschall 5.82 m 4 Sam Kendricks 5.72 m 5 Baptiste Thiery 5.72 m 6 Ben Broeders 5.52 m – Armand Duplantis

+Long jump Place Athlete Nation Distance Notes Tajay Gayle 8.46 m Miltiadis Tentoglou 8.40 m Simon Ehammer 8.23 m 4 Bozhidar Sarâboyukov 8.00 m 5 Wayne Pinnock 7.94 m 6 Yanni Sampson 7.82 m 7 Jorge A. Hodelín 6.81 m

+Triple jump Place Athlete Nation Distance Notes Andy Díaz 17.74 m MR Pedro Pichardo 17.51 m Jordan Scott 17.18 m 4 Yasser Triki 16.96 m 5 Almir dos Santos 16.42 m — Lázaro Martínez

+Shot put Place Athlete Nation Distance Notes Rajindra Campbell 23.08 m MR, , Jordan Geist 22.23 m Joe Kovacs 22.09 m 4 Leonardo Fabbri 22.03 m 5 Roger Steen 21.73 m 6 Tom Walsh 21.67 m

+Discus throw Place Athlete Nation Distance Notes Kristjan Čeh 71.29 m MR Mykolas Alekna 70.14 m Roje Stona 68.86 m 4 Matthew Denny 68.04 m 5 Daniel Ståhl 67.92 m 6 Henrik Janssen 66.30 m

Women +100 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Tina Clayton 10.93 Amy Hunt 11.06 Sha'Carri Richardson 11.07 4 Patrizia van der Weken 11.08 5 Jonielle Smith 11.08 6 Zoe Hobbs 11.14 7 Zaynab Dosso 11.26 8 Boglárka Takács 11.26 9 Delphine Nkansa 11.29 Wind:

+200 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Julien Alfred 21.79 Kayla White 22.00 Amy Hunt 22.16 4 Anavia Battle 22.44 5 Cambrea Sturgis 22.65 6 Audrey Leduc 22.95 7 Success Eduan 23.06 8 Jenna Prandini 23.14 Wind:

+400 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Marileidy Paulino 48.64 MR Henriette Jæger 49.20 Nickisha Pryce 49.36 4 Aaliyah Butler 49.98 5 Lurdes Gloria Manuel 50.18 6 Roxana Gómez 50.88 7 Natalia Bukowiecka 51.33 8 Helena Ponette 51.41

+5000 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Freweyni Hailu 14:35.20 Likina Amebaw 14:36.31 Senayet Getachew 14:37.094 Rose Davies 14:37.475 Hirut Meshesha 14:37.846 Georgia Griffith 14:38.697 Maureen Koster 14:39.388 Medina Eisa 14:39.409 Marta Alemayo 14:40.2710 Linden Hall 14:40.62 — Jana van Lent — Francine Niyomukunzi

+400 Metres hurdles Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Anna Cockrell 53.01 Emma Zapletalová 53.10 Paulien Couckuyt 53.20 4 Gianna Woodruff 53.56 5 Rushell Clayton 53.85 6 Fatoumata Binta Diallo 53.90 7 Dalilah Muhammad 54.13 8 Amalie Iuel 54.90

+3000 Metres steeplechase Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Faith Cherotich 8:51.61 MR Doris Lemngole 8:52.86 Winfred Yavi 8:53.54 4 Marwa Bouzayani 8:57.02 5 Peruth Chemutai 8:59.77 6 Lexy Halladay-Lowry 9:05.36 7 Kena Tufa 9:12.34 8 Gabrielle Jennings 9:14.05 9 Lea Meyer 9:22.91 10 Elise Thorner 9:34.68 — Olivia Gürth

+High jump Place Athlete Nation Height Notes Eleanor Patterson 2.01 m Yaroslava Mahuchikh 1.99 m Nicola Olyslagers 1.95 m 4 Angelina Topić 1.95 m 5 Iryna Herashchenko 1.88 m 6 Lamara Distin 1.88 m 7 Merel Maes 1.84 m 8 Nafissatou Thiam 1.84 m =

+Pole vault Place Athlete Nation Height Notes Hana Moll 4.91 m Angelica Moser 4.80 m Tina Šutej 4.70 m 4 Katie Moon 4.70 m 5 Emily Grove 4.70 m = 6 Imogen Ayris 4.55 m 7 Elien Vekemans 4.55 m

+Triple jump Place Athlete Nation Distance Notes Saly Sarr 14.96 m Leyanis Pérez 14.82 m Davisleydi Velazco 14.73 m 4 Ackelia Smith 14.29 m 5 Thea LaFond 14.13 m 6 Liadagmis Povea 14.08 m 7 Saliyya Guisse 13.33 m

+Shot put Place Athlete Nation Distance Notes Chase Jackson 21.14 m DLR, , Sarah Mitton 20.64 m Jessica Schilder 20.57 m 4 Yemisi Mabry 19.59 m 5 Fanny Roos 19.08 m 6 Danniel Thomas-Dodd 18.44 m

+Discus throw Place Athlete Nation Distance Notes Feng Bin 67.46 m Valarie Sion 66.92 m Jorinde van Klinken 64.66 m 4 Shanice Craft 62.64 m 5 Vanessa Kamga 62.53 m 6 Cierra Jackson 61.93 m

+Javelin throw Place Athlete Nation Distance Notes Yan Ziyi 68.42 m MR Haruka Kitaguchi 65.44 m Flor Ruiz 64.07 m 4 Adriana Vilagoš 62.22 m 5 Anete Sietina 59.26 m 6 Sigrid Borge 58.08 m

Promotional events results

Men +400 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Lee Eppie 44.50 Muhammad Abdallah Kounta 44.55 Attila Molnár 44.66 4 Jonathan Sacoor 44.85 5 Edoardo Scotti 45.01 6 Dylan Borlée 45.20 7 Florent Mabille 46.12 8 Christian Iguacel 47.86

Women +400 Metres Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Lieke Klaver 49.67 Isabelle Black 50.72 Myrte van der Schoot 51.00 4 Paris Peoples 51.53 5 53.08 6 Isalie Vandael 53.23 7 53.42 8 Messalina Pieroni 54.49

See also 2026 Diamond League

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