2019 Birmingham Grand Prix

The 2019 Birmingham Grand Prix was the 29th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Birmingham. Held on 18 August at Alexander Stadium, it was the eleventh leg of the 2019 IAAF Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit.

2019 Birmingham Grand Prix
Dates	18 August 2019
Host city	Birmingham
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Level	2019 IAAF Diamond League
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The meeting was highlighted by victories from Shaunae Miller-Uibo and future world champion Danielle Williams, as well as Konstanze Klosterhalfen's win and German national record in the women's mile.^[1]

Diamond League results

Athletes competing in the Diamond League disciplines earned extra compensation and points which went towards qualifying for one of two Diamond League finals (either Zürich or Brussels depending on the discipline). First place earned 8 points, with each step down in place earning one less point than the previous, until no points are awarded in 9th place or lower.^[2]

Diamond Discipline

Men's 100m (+2.0 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Points Yohan Blake  Jamaica 10.07 8 Adam Gemili  Great Britain 10.07 7 Mike Rodgers  United States 10.09 6 4 Christopher Belcher  United States 10.13 5 5 Andre De Grasse  Canada 10.13 4 6 Tyquendo Tracey  Jamaica 10.14 3 7 Akani Simbine  South Africa 10.15 2 8 Xie Zhenye  China 10.17 1

Men's 100m Round 1 Place Athlete Country Time Heat 1 Adam Gemili  Great Britain 10.08 1 2 Christopher Belcher  United States 10.09 1 3 Andre De Grasse  Canada 10.14 1 4 Akani Simbine  South Africa 10.15 1 5 Mike Rodgers  United States 10.16 2 6 Yohan Blake  Jamaica 10.18 2 7 Tyquendo Tracey  Jamaica 10.19 1 8 Xie Zhenye  China 10.19 2 9 Arthur Cissé  Ivory Coast 10.29 2 10 Yuki Koike  Japan 10.31 1 11 Cameron Burrell  United States 10.36 1 12 Su Bingtian  China 10.36 2 13 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey  Great Britain 10.37 1 14 Romell Glave  Jamaica 10.42 2 15 Oliver Bromby  Great Britain 10.44 2 16 Demek Kemp [no]  United States 10.44 2

Men's 400m Place Athlete Country Time Points Akeem Bloomfield  Jamaica 45.04 8 Obi Igbokwe  United States 45.53 7 Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain 45.55 6 4 Kahmari Montgomery  United States 45.59 5 5 Michael Cherry  United States 45.61 4 6 Demish Gaye  Jamaica 45.64 3 7 Vernon Norwood  United States 45.79 2 8 Nathon Allen  Jamaica 46.90 1

Men's 400mH Place Athlete Country Time Points Yasmani Copello  Turkey 49.08 8 Alison dos Santos  Brazil 49.20 7 David Kendziera  United States 49.29 6 4 Kemar Mowatt  Jamaica 49.56 5 5 Thomas Barr  Ireland 50.16 4 6 Takatoshi Abe  Japan 50.36 3 7 Jacob Paul  Great Britain 50.71 2 8 Amere Lattin  United States 51.15 1

Men's High Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Points Brandon Starc  Australia 2.30 m 8 Ilya Ivanyuk  Authorised Neutral Athletes 2.23 m 7 Mathew Sawe  Kenya 2.23 m 6 4 Wang Yu  China 2.23 m 5 5 Majd Eddin Ghazal  Syria 2.23 m 4 6 Chris Baker  Great Britain 2.19 m 3 7 Naoto Tobe  Japan 2.19 m 2 8 Jeron Robinson  United States 2.19 m 1 Tom Gale  Great Britain NM

Men's Javelin Throw Place Athlete Country Mark Points Cheng Chao-tsun  Chinese Taipei 87.75 m 8 Jakub Vadlejch  Czech Republic 85.78 m 7 Magnus Kirt  Estonia 85.29 m 6 4 Andreas Hofmann  Germany 82.47 m 5 5 Marcin Krukowski  Poland 81.02 m 4 6 Edis Matusevičius  Lithuania 80.58 m 3 7 Thomas Röhler  Germany 80.30 m 2 8 Bernhard Seifert  Germany 78.00 m 1 9 Keshorn Walcott  Trinidad and Tobago 72.94 m

Women's 200m (+0.4 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Points Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 22.24 8 Dina Asher-Smith  Great Britain 22.36 7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica 22.50 6 4 Dafne Schippers  Netherlands 22.81 5 5 Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria 22.83 4 6 Dezerea Bryant  United States 22.84 3 7 Payton Chadwick  United States 23.71 2 8 Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast 24.18 1

Women's 800m Place Athlete Country Time Points Ajeé Wilson  United States 2:00.76 8 Lynsey Sharp  Great Britain 2:01.09 7 Raevyn Rogers  United States 2:01.40 6 4 Rénelle Lamote  France 2:01.46 5 5 Alexandra Bell  Great Britain 2:02.41 4 6 Natoya Goule  Jamaica 2:02.70 3 7 Kate Grace  United States 2:03.19 2 8 Halimah Nakaayi  Uganda 2:03.40 1 9 Olha Lyakhova  Ukraine 2:03.64 10 Morgan Mitchell  Australia 2:04.14 Aneta Lemiesz  Poland DNF

Women's Mile Place Athlete Country Time Points Konstanze Klosterhalfen  Germany 4:21.11 8 Gabriela DeBues-Stafford  Canada 4:22.47 7 Eilish McColgan  Great Britain 4:24.71 6 4 Linden Hall  Australia 4:24.72 5 5 Jessica Hull  Australia 4:24.93 4 6 Jemma Reekie  Great Britain 4:27.00 3 7 Elle Purrier St. Pierre  United States 4:30.30 2 8 Axumawit Embaye  Ethiopia 4:30.36 1 9 Heather MacLean  United States 4:31.13 10 Helen Schlachtenhaufen  United States 4:35.70 11 Claudia Bobocea  Romania 4:37.67 12 Sarah Healy  Ireland 4:40.72 13 Sofia Ennaoui  Poland 4:45.69 Chanelle Price  United States DNF

Women's 100mH (−0.2 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Points Danielle Williams  Jamaica 12.46 8 Kendra Harrison  United States 12.66 7 Tobi Amusan  Nigeria 12.71 6 4 Nia Ali  United States 12.73 5 5 Janeek Brown  Jamaica 12.79 4 6 Brianna Rollins-McNeal  United States 12.90 3 7 Payton Chadwick  United States 12.92 2 8 Tiffani McReynolds  United States 13.16 1

Women's 100mH Round 1 Place Athlete Country Time Heat 1 Danielle Williams  Jamaica 12.53 2 2 Tobi Amusan  Nigeria 12.71 2 3 Brianna Rollins-McNeal  United States 12.72 2 4 Nia Ali  United States 12.81 1 5 Payton Chadwick  United States 12.86 1 6 Janeek Brown  Jamaica 12.88 1 7 Kendra Harrison  United States 12.93 1 8 Tiffani McReynolds  United States 12.96 2 9 Nadine Visser  Netherlands 12.97 2 10 Megan Tapper  Jamaica 13.07 1 11 Christina Clemons  United States 13.09 1 12 Cindy Sember  Great Britain 13.15 2 13 Yanique Thompson  Jamaica 13.19 1 14 Heather Paton  Great Britain 13.25 2 15 Queen Claye  United States 13.27 2 16 Alicia Barrett  Great Britain 13.64 1

Women's 3000mSC Place Athlete Country Time Points Beatrice Chepkoech  Kenya 9:05.55 8 Celliphine Chespol  Kenya 9:06.76 7 Winfred Yavi  Bahrain 9:07.23 6 4 Hyvin Jepkemoi  Kenya 9:07.25 5 5 Norah Jeruto  Kenya 9:10.72 4 6 Gesa Felicitas Krause  Germany 9:20.55 3 7 Daisy Jepkemei  Kenya 9:20.68 2 8 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  Norway 9:22.69 1 9 Anna Emilie Møller  Denmark 9:26.96 10 Irene Sánchez-Escribano  Spain 9:27.53 11 Geneviève Lalonde  Canada 9:31.07 12 Camilla Richardsson  Finland 9:39.85 13 Elizabeth Bird  Great Britain 9:50.97 14 Mel Lawrence [de]  United States 9:53.61 15 Rosie Clarke  Great Britain 9:54.25 16 Aimee Pratt  Great Britain 9:58.68 Caroline Chepkurui  Kenya DNF

Women's Pole Vault Place Athlete Country Mark Points Katerina Stefanidi  Greece 4.75 m 8 Alysha Newman  Canada 4.65 m 7 Yarisley Silva  Cuba 4.65 m 6 4 Jenn Suhr  United States 4.65 m 5 5 Michaela Meijer  Sweden 4.55 m 4 6 Holly Bradshaw  Great Britain 4.55 m 3 7 Katie Moon  United States 4.55 m 2 8 Angelica Bengtsson  Sweden 4.55 m 1 Robeilys Peinado  Venezuela NM

Women's Long Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Points Nafissatou Thiam  Belgium 6.86 m (+0.9 m/s) 8 Ivana Vuleta  Serbia 6.85 m (+0.4 m/s) 7 Katarina Johnson-Thompson  Great Britain 6.85 m (+0.4 m/s) 6 4 Abigail Irozuru  Great Britain 6.75 m (−0.5 m/s) 5 5 Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk  Ukraine 6.67 m (+0.6 m/s) 4 6 Yelena Sokolova  Authorised Neutral Athletes 6.67 m (−0.8 m/s) 3 7 Lorraine Ugen  Great Britain 6.61 m (±0.0 m/s) 2 8 Sha'Keela Saunders  United States 6.26 m (+1.1 m/s) 1

Women's Discus Throw Place Athlete Country Mark Points Yaime Pérez  Cuba 64.87 m 8 Denia Caballero  Cuba 64.59 m 7 Sandra Perković  Croatia 63.80 m 6 4 Kristin Pudenz  Germany 63.67 m 5 5 Claudine Vita  Germany 62.74 m 4 6 Valarie Allman  United States 61.42 m 3 7 Nadine Müller  Germany 60.00 m 2 8 Mélina Robert-Michon  France 57.67 m 1 9 Whitney Ashley  United States 56.98 m Andressa de Morais  Brazil DQ

Promotional Events

Men's 800m Place Athlete Country Time Mark English  Ireland 1:45.94 Alfred Kipketer  Kenya 1:46.10 Elliot Giles  Great Britain 1:46.27 4 Jamie Webb  Great Britain 1:46.38 5 Guy Learmonth  Great Britain 1:46.50 6 Erik Sowinski  United States 1:46.80 7 Spencer Thomas [de; es; no]  Great Britain 1:46.88 8 Thomas Staines  Great Britain 1:47.28 9 Andreas Kramer  Sweden 1:47.60 10 Max Burgin  Great Britain 1:47.99 11 Joseph Deng  Australia 1:48.20 Harun Abda  United States DNF

Men's 1500m Place Athlete Country Time Ronald Musagala  Uganda 3:35.12 Stewart McSweyn  Australia 3:35.21 Craig Engels  United States 3:35.51 4 Samuel Tefera  Ethiopia 3:35.77 5 Cornelius Tuwei  Kenya 3:36.26 6 Jesús Gómez  Spain 3:36.40 7 Ryan Gregson  Australia 3:38.15 8 Matthew Ramsden  Australia 3:39.53 9 Jakub Holuša  Czech Republic 3:40.52 10 Chris O'Hare  Great Britain 3:41.98 11 Piers Copeland  Great Britain 3:43.55 12 Jake Heyward  Great Britain 3:43.72 13 Zak Seddon  Great Britain 3:44.44 14 Kalle Berglund  Sweden 3:45.35 15 Jordan Williamsz  Australia 3:46.68 16 Djilali Bedrani  France 3:46.90 17 Amos Bartelsmeyer  Germany 3:47.32 Julian Oakley  New Zealand DNF Cornelius Kiplangat  Kenya DNF

Men's 110mH (−0.2 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Omar McLeod  Jamaica 13.21 Freddie Crittenden  United States 13.31 Xie Wenjun  China 13.43 4 Daniel Roberts  United States 13.48 5 Cameron Fillery [es]  Great Britain 13.54 6 Nicholas Hough  Australia 13.66 7 David King  Great Britain 13.69 8 Isaiah Moore [pl]  United States 13.81

Women's 100m (−0.9 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Tatjana Pinto  Germany 11.15 Dezerea Bryant  United States 11.21 Teahna Daniels  United States 11.24 4 Maja Mihalinec Zidar  Slovenia 11.36 5 Jonielle Smith  Jamaica 11.37 6 Rachel Miller [es]  Great Britain 11.42 7 Kimbely Baptiste  Great Britain 11.71 8 Bianca Williams  Great Britain 11.77

See also

• 2019 Weltklasse Zürich (first half of the Diamond League final)
• 2019 Memorial Van Damme (second half of the Diamond League final)