| 2021 Diamond League | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Edition | 12th |
| Dates | 23 May – 9 September |
| Events | 32 |
| Meetings | 12 |
| Individual Prize Money (US$) | 7,000,000 |
←2020 2022 → | |
The2021 Diamond League, also known as the2021 Wanda Diamond League for sponsorship reasons, was the twelfth season of theannual series of outdoortrack and field meetings, organised byWorld Athletics. The 2021 season sees an increase back to 32 Diamond Disciplines from the 24 originally planned for the2020 Diamond League. The final used a new format which took place over two days on 8–9 September in one final meet, theWeltklasse Zürich, as had been planned to be introduced in 2020 but was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[1]
A new award will be introduced for the "Best Performing Athletes" which will recognize ten athletes (five men and five women) for consistent top placements. US$50,000 will be awarded to one man and one woman in each of the sprints, hurdles, distance runnings, jumps, and throws.[1]
Fourteen meetings were scheduled to be included in the 2021 season. Two of them did not take place: theDiamond League Shanghai (14 August) and a would be new Diamond League Shenzhen (22 August), both of which were cancelled due to restrictions related to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[2]
| Leg | Date | Meet | Stadium | City | Country | Events (M+W) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 May | Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | Gateshead International Stadium | Gateshead |  United Kingdom | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 2 | 28 May | Doha Diamond League | Qatar Sports Club Stadium | Doha |  Qatar | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 3 | 10 June | Golden Gala – Pietro Mennea | Stadio Luigi Ridolfi [it] | Florence |  Italy | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 4 | 1 July | Bislett Games | Bislett Stadium | Oslo |  Norway | 7 + 6 = 13 |
| 5 | 4 July | BAUHAUS-galan | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | Stockholm |  Sweden | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 6 | 9 July | Herculis EBS | Stade Louis II | Monaco |  Monaco | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 7 | 13 July | Müller British Grand Prix (Anniversary Games) | Gateshead International Stadium | Gateshead | United Kingdom | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 8 | 21 August | Prefontaine Classic | Hayward Field | Eugene |  United States | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 9 | 26 August | Athletissima | Stade olympique de la Pontaise | Lausanne |  Switzerland | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 10 | 28 August | Meeting de Paris | Stade Sébastien Charléty | Paris |  France | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 11 | 3 September | Allianz Memorial Van Damme | King Baudouin Stadium | Brussels |  Belgium | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 12 | 8–9 September | Weltklasse Zürich | Letzigrund | Zürich | Switzerland | 16 + 16 = 32 |
TheBislett Games in Oslo were originally scheduled to be the fourth meeting on 10 June, but on 10 April was delayed to an undetermined date (later scheduled for 1 July).[3][4] On April 16 the first meeting on the calendar,Meeting de Rabat, was cancelled and theBritish Grand Prix inGateshead was reintroduced to take its place on the same date. Additionally, theGolden Gala was relocated from Rome to Florence and pushed back to 10 June.[5] On 7 May,UK Athletics announced the Anniversary Games will be relocated from theLondon Stadium due to the prohibitive costs of repurposing the stadium for only the meeting.[6] On 27 May the Anniversary Games were confirmed to be moved to Gateshead and renamed the Müller British Grand Prix.[7]
