2012 Doha Diamond League

The 2012 Doha Diamond League was the 14th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Doha, Qatar. Held on 11 May at Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, it was the opening leg of the 2012 Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit.

2012 Doha Diamond League
Dates	11 May 2012
Host city	Doha, Qatar
Venue	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium
Level	2012 Diamond League
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Diamond discipline results

Podium finishers earned points towards a season leaderboard (4-2-1 respectively), points per event were then doubled in the Diamond League Finals. Athletes had to take part in the Diamond race during the finals to be eligible to win the Diamond trophy which is awarded to the athlete with the most points at the end of the season.

Men's

200 Metres

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Points	Notes
	Walter Dix	United States	20.02	4	MR
	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.26	2	SB
	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Norway	20.34	1	SB
4	Marvin Anderson	Jamaica	20.42		SB
5	Mario Forsythe	Jamaica	20.53		SB
6	Rasheed Dwyer	Jamaica	20.60		SB
7	Aziz Ouhadi	Morocco	20.70
—	Mookie Salaam	United States	DNF
[1]			Wind: (−0.5 m/s)

400 Metres

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Points	Notes
	LaShawn Merritt	United States	44.19	4	MR, WL
	Luguelín Santos	Dominican Republic	44.88	2	NR
	Angelo Taylor	United States	44.97	1	SB
4	Martyn Rooney	Great Britain	44.99
5	Tabarie Henry	United States Virgin Islands	45.20		SB
6	Rabah Yousif	Sudan	45.42
7	Calvin Smith Jr.	United States	45.62
8	Thomas Schneider	Germany	47.12
[2]

1500 Metres

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Points	Notes
	Silas Kiplagat	Kenya	3:29.63	4	WL
	Asbel Kiprop	Kenya	3:29.78	2	PB
	Bethwell Birgen	Kenya	3:31.17	1	PB
4	Nixon Chepseba	Kenya	3:31.32
5	Collins Cheboi	Kenya	3:32.64
6	İlham Tanui Özbilen	Turkey	3:33.32
7	Mekonnen Gebremedhin	Ethiopia	3:33.38
8	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	Kenya	3:33.43
9	Hamza Driouch	Qatar	3:33.69
10	Elijah Kipchirchir Kiptoo	Kenya	3:33.81
11	Ryan Gregson	Australia	3:33.92		SB
12	Russell Wolf Brown	United States	3:34.11		PB
13	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	Sudan	3:34.34
14	Tarek Boukensa	Algeria	3:42.88
—	Viktor Kipchirchir Kebenei	Kenya	DNF
—	Vickson Naran Polonet	Kenya	DNF
[3]

3000 Metres

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Augustine Kiprono Choge	Kenya	7:30.42	WL
	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	7:31.40
	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	Uganda	7:31.88
4	Isiah Koech	Kenya	7:32.43	PB
5	Thomas Longosiwa	Kenya	7:33.68
6	Edwin Soi	Kenya	7:38.45
7	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	7:40.00
8	Abera Kuma	Ethiopia	7:40.85	PB
9	Ayanleh Souleiman	Djibouti	7:42.22	NR
10	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	Turkey	7:42.31	NR
11	Lucas Rotich	Kenya	7:49.48
12	James Kwalia	Qatar	7:51.36
13	Antar Zerguelaïne	Algeria	8:21.95
—	Kamal Boulahfane	Algeria	DNF
—	Suleiman Simotwo	Kenya	DNF	PM
—	Remmy Limo Ndiwa (wd)	Kenya	DNF	PM
[4]

3000 Metres steeplechase

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Points	Notes
	Paul Kipsiele Koech	Kenya	7:56.58	4	MR, WL
	Richard Mateelong	Kenya	7:56.81	2	PB
	Roba Gari	Ethiopia	8:06.16	1	NR
4	Jairus Birech	Kenya	8:06.72		PB
5	Conseslus Kipruto	Kenya	8:08.92
6	Bernard Nganga	Kenya	8:11.00
7	Gilbert Kirui	Kenya	8:11.27		PB
8	Elijah Kipterege	Kenya	8:12.84
9	Jonathan Ndiku	Kenya	8:20.96		SB
10	Benjamin Kiplagat	Uganda	8:22.94
11	Ruben Ramolefi	South Africa	8:24.28		SB
12	Brimin Kipruto	Kenya	8:26.59
13	Simon Ayeko	Uganda	8:27.13
14	Nahom Mesfin Tariku	Ethiopia	8:32.97
15	Tareq Mubarak Taher	Bahrain	8:41.42
16	Tarık Langat Akdağ	Turkey	8:42.36
—	Nelson Cherutich	Kenya	DNF		PM
—	Robert Kipkoech	Kenya	DNF		PM
[5]

High jump

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Height	Points	Notes
	Dimitrios Chondrokoukis	Greece	2.32 m	4	=WL
	Jesse Williams	United States	2.30 m	2
	Mickaël Hanany	France	2.30 m	1
4	Samson Oni	Great Britain	2.27 m
5	Donald Thomas	Bahamas	2.27 m		=SB
5	Trevor Barry	Bahamas	2.27 m		SB
7	Zhang Guowei	China	2.27 m
8	Jaroslav Bába	Czech Republic	2.24 m
9	Kabelo Kgosiemang	Botswana	2.24 m		SB
10	Aleksey Dmitrik	Russia	2.20 m
11	Muamer Aissa Barsham	Qatar	2.20 m		SB
12	Rashid Al-Mannai	Qatar	2.20 m
[6]

Long jump

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Distance	Points	Notes
	Aleksandr Menkov	Russia	8.22 m (+1.6 m/s)	4
	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	South Africa	8.10 m (+0.9 m/s)	2
	Ndiss Kaba Badji	Senegal	8.04 m (+0.9 m/s)	1
4	Greg Rutherford	Great Britain	7.98 m (+1.0 m/s)
5	Tommi Evilä	Finland	7.92 m (+0.9 m/s)
6	Salim Sdiri	France	7.79 m (+0.6 m/s)
7	Tyrone Smith	Bermuda	7.69 m (+1.5 m/s)
8	Andrew Howe	Italy	7.16 m (+0.8 m/s)
—	Chris Tomlinson	Great Britain	NM
[7]

Discus throw

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Distance	Points	Notes
	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	67.53 m	4	SB
	Ehsan Haddadi	Iran	66.32 m	2
	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	65.77 m	1	DQ[a]
4	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	65.57 m
5	Benn Harradine	Australia	64.29 m		SB
6	Vikas Gowda	India	64.10 m
7	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	63.99 m
8	Märt Israel	Estonia	62.82 m
9	Ercüment Olgundeniz	Turkey	61.84 m
10	Frank Casañas	Spain	61.55 m
11	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania	60.27 m
[8]

1. Due to doping violations Kővágó's results during this competition were disqualified.

Women's

100 Metres

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Points	Notes
	Allyson Felix	United States	10.92	4	MR
	Veronica Campbell Brown	Jamaica	10.94	2
	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	11.00	1
4	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	11.01
5	LaShauntea Moore	United States	11.13
6	Mikele Barber	United States	11.13
7	Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	11.16
8	Sherone Simpson	Jamaica	11.22		SB
[9]			Wind: (+0.7 m/s)

800 Metres

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Points	Notes
	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	1:56.94	4	MR, WL
	Fantu Magiso	Ethiopia	1:57.90	2	NR
	Janeth Jepkosgei	Kenya	1:58.50	1
4	Yusneysi Santiusti	Cuba	1:59.26
5	Emma Jackson	Great Britain	1:59.37
6	Molly Ludlow	United States	1:59.51		SB
7	Eunice Sum	Kenya	1:59.94
8	Tintu Luka	India	2:01.09
9	Cherono Koech	Kenya	2:01.20
10	Tamsyn Manou	Australia	2:02.75
—	Yekaterina Kupina	Russia	DNF
[10]

3000 Metres

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Points	Notes
	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	8:46.44	4	WL
	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	8:46.49	2
	Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet	Kenya	8:47.49	1
4	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	8:48.92
5	Priscah Jepleting Cherono	Kenya	8:50.04
6	Viola Kibiwot	Kenya	8:50.63
7	Janet Kisa	Kenya	8:51.63
8	Pauline Korikwiang	Kenya	8:52.04
9	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain	8:54.51
10	Nancy Chepkwemoi	Kenya	8:56.52
11	Margaret Muriuki	Kenya	8:57.43
12	Gotytom Gebreslase	Ethiopia	9:00.97
13	Stephanie Twell	Great Britain	9:01.64
14	Ingvill Måkestad Bovim	Norway	9:10.45
15	Nazret Weldu	Eritrea	9:11.32		NR
—	Anna Luchkina	Russia	DNF
[11]

100 Metres hurdles

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Points	Notes
	Brigitte Foster-Hylton	Jamaica	12.60	4
	Kellie Wells	United States	12.72	2
	Phylicia George	Canada	12.79	1	SB
4	Nia Ali	United States	12.93
5	Perdita Felicien	Canada	12.95		SB
6	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep	Canada	12.95
7	Yvette Lewis	United States	13.08
8	Nikkita Holder	Canada	20.81
[12]			Wind: (+0.1 m/s)

400 Metres hurdles

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Points	Notes
	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	54.62	4	WL
	Kaliese Spencer	Jamaica	54.99	2
	Perri Shakes-Drayton	Great Britain	55.25	1
4	Lauren Wells	Australia	55.75
5	Hayat Lambarki	Morocco	56.29
6	Jasmine Chaney	United States	56.55
7	Anna Jesień	Poland	56.89
8	Stephenie Ann McPherson	Jamaica	58.61
[13]

Pole vault

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Height	Points	Notes
	Anastasia Savchenko	Russia	4.57 m	4	PB
	Silke Spiegelburg	Germany	4.57 m	2
	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou	Greece	4.50 m	1
4	Vanessa Boslak	France	4.50 m		SB
4	Kate Rooney	Great Britain	4.50 m		SB
6	Lacy Janson	United States	4.40 m
7	Yuliya Golubchikova	Russia	4.30 m
8	Mary Saxer	United States	4.30 m		=SB
9	Aleksandra Kiryashova	Russia	4.20 m
9	Sally Peake	Great Britain	4.20 m		SB
11	Vicky Parnov	Australia	4.00 m
11	Cathrine Larsåsen	Norway	4.00 m
—	Monika Pyrek	Poland	NM
[14]

Triple jump

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Distance	Points	Notes
	Olga Rypakova	Kazakhstan	14.33 m (+0.5 m/s)	4
	Keila Costa	Brazil	14.31 m (+0.5 m/s)	2	SB
	Françoise Mbango Etone	France	14.09 m (+0.3 m/s)	1	SB
4	Dana Velďáková	Slovakia	14.00 m (±0.0 m/s)
5	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia	13.84 m (+0.3 m/s)
6	Aleksandra Kotlyarova	Uzbekistan	13.78 m (+0.5 m/s)
7	Marija Šestak	Slovenia	13.56 m (+0.6 m/s)
8	Małgorzata Trybańska-Strońska	Poland	13.55 m (+0.9 m/s)
9	Nathalie Marie-Nely	France	13.51 m (+0.4 m/s)		SB
[15]

Shot put

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Distance	Points	Notes
	Nadzeya Astapchuk	Belarus	20.53 m	4	DQ[a]
	Jillian Camarena-Williams	United States	19.81 m	2
	Nadine Kleinert	Germany	19.67 m	1
4	Anita Márton	Hungary	18.33 m
5	Cleopatra Borel	Trinidad and Tobago	18.30 m
6	Josephine Terlecki	Germany	17.71 m
7	Jessica Cérival	France	16.49 m
[16]

1. Due to doping violations Astapchuk's results during this competition were disqualified.

Javelin throw

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Distance	Points	Notes
	Mariya Abakumova	Russia	66.86 m	4	DQ[a]
	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	66.17 m	2
	Christina Obergföll	Germany	64.59 m	1
4	Xiaowei du	China	61.43 m
5	Goldie Sayers	Great Britain	61.03 m
6	Kim Mickle	Australia	60.87 m
7	Martina Ratej	Slovenia	60.80 m
8	Linda Stahl	Germany	59.22 m
9	Madara Sady Ndure	Latvia	58.01 m
10	Sanni Utriainen	Finland	57.80 m		SB
11	Anastasiya Svechnikova	Uzbekistan	54.47 m
12	Elisabeth Eberl	Austria	51.89 m
—	Jarmila Jurkovičová	Czech Republic	NM
[17]

1. Due to doping violations Abakumova's results during this competition were disqualified.

Promotional events results

Men's

100 Metres

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Justin Gatlin	United States	9.87
	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	9.88
	Lerone Clarke	Jamaica	9.99	=PB
4	Mike Rodgers	United States	10.00
5	Nesta Carter	Jamaica	10.05
6	Darvis Patton	United States	10.11
7	Jak Ali Harvey	Jamaica	10.14
8	Jimmy Vicaut	France	10.28
[18]			Wind: (+0.4 m/s)

800 metres

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	1	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:43.10	WL
	1	Job Koech Kinyor	Kenya	1:43.76	PB
	1	Andrew Osagie	Great Britain	1:44.64	PB
4	1	Antonio Reina	Spain	1:44.65
5	1	David Mutinda Mutua	Kenya	1:44.66	SB
6	1	Michael Rimmer	Great Britain	1:44.86
7	1	Andreas Bube	Denmark	1:44.99	PB
8	1	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic	1:45.12	PB
9	1	Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla	Qatar	1:45.19	PB
10	2	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1:45.69	PB
11	2	Amine El Manaoui	Morocco	1:45.70	SB
12	2	Sajjad Moradi	Iran	1:45.98
13	2	Mukhtar Mohammed	Great Britain	1:46.41
14	2	Alfred Kirwa Yego	Kenya	1:46.46
15	2	Nadjim Manseur	Algeria	1:47.98
16	2	Jeff Lastennet	France	1:48.60	SB
17	1	Nabil Madi	Algeria	1:50.46
18	2	Mohamed Amine Layachi	Algeria	1:51.19	PB
—	1	Silas Kosgei	Kenya	DNF	PM
—	2	Obaid al-Quraini (de)	Oman	DNF	PM
[19]

See also

• 2012 Diamond League