Diamond League 2026

Diamond League (Wanda Diamond League) is the top-tier track and field competition series organized by World Athletics, which started in 2010. Before the Diamond League, World Athletics (then known as IAAF) ran its top-tier series under the name Golden League.

In the 2026 season, the Diamond League features a total of 15 meetings across four continents. In addition to Europe, events will be held in the United States, Asia, and Africa. The season will culminate at the end of August with a two-day final event in Brussels, Belgium.

The traditional season opener in Doha, Qatar, is still set to go ahead despite major instabilities in the area. However, with a month to go things could still turn around, especially seeing as most other Middle Eastern sporting events have been cancelled.

Following the season opener, athletes will set their sights on Asia and Africa. Two Chinese meets are followed by Morocco's entry to the calendar with Rabat. Afterwards, all but one meet will be held in Europe, with a month-long break for the European Athletics Championships taking place in Birmingham in the United Kingdom from August 10th to 16th.

Eugene, USA, will host a meet in early July, and after the North American leg, six more Diamond League events will take place in Europe.

Diamond League 2026 – Schedule

Diamond League 2026 – Meetings

See detailed information about each Diamond League meeting on our event pages by clicking the links below.

• Doha
• Shanghai/Keqiao
• Xiamen
• Rabat
• Rome
• Stockholm
• Oslo
• Paris
• Eugene
• Monaco
• London
• Lausanne
• Chorzow (Silesia)
• Brussels
• Zurich

Diamond League 2026 – Results

We will update links to Diamond League results here during the season.

Diamond League 2026 – Standings

In each meet, the top eight athletes in each discipline earn qualification points. After the penultimate meeting in Brussels, all points are tallied, and the top eight in track events and top six in field events qualify for the season-ending Zurich final, where they compete for the Diamond League title and prize money.

Here you can find up-to-date Diamond League standings.

Diamond League 2026 – Prize Money

There were no changes to the prize money for the 2026 season. In each final event, the winner of each discipline is awarded $30,000. An additional $30,000 is distributed among the other finalists. In regular meetings, a total of $25,000 is distributed among the top eight finishers in each discipline.

In addition to the final, athletes can win extra prize money in four selected Diamond+ Disciplines (2 male & 2 female), where the winner of a regular meet receives $20,000 and a finals win banks $50,000.

In total, there will be an allocation of a bit over $18 million in prize money given out to athletes across the whole season. Both men and women will receive an equal share of $9,24 million.

Diamond League Scoring System

In the overall competition, 8 points are awarded for a win in a qualifying meet, 7 for second place, 6 for third, and so on. Based on the accumulated points, athletes are selected for the Diamond League final weekend.

Diamond League – History & Stats

Several Diamond League events are considered even tougher than championship finals. This is because major championships have national quotas, which means that many top African distance runners, for example, don’t make it into those races.

The Diamond League is especially known as a place for fast distance times, also thanks to the use of pacemakers – something not seen in major championships.

Best Results in Diamond League

The Diamond League has seen some pretty impressive results over the years, with even many World Records being broken at meetings. Watch all the best Diamond League results and records in this video!