2023 Memorial Van Damme

The 2023 Memorial Van Damme was the 47th edition of the annual track and field meeting in Brussels, Belgium. Held on 8 September at the King Baudouin Stadium, it was the 13th and penultimate leg of the 2023 Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. The shot put event was held on 8 September, the day before the rest of the meeting.^[1]

2023 Memorial Van Damme
Dates	8 September (shot put held on 7 September)
Host city	Brussels, Belgium
Venue	King Baudouin Stadium
Level	2023 Diamond League
← 2022 2024 →

At the meeting, Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke Hicham El Guerrouj's 2000 metres world record, with a time of 4:43.13. He passed through the 1600 metres in 3:48 before running his last lap in 54.9 seconds.^[2] In the women's 1500 metres, Laura Muir won while Addison Wiley became the only non-NCAA runner to break an American collegiate record, running 3:59.17.^[3]

Results

Athletes competing in the Diamond League disciplines earned extra compensation and points which went towards qualifying for the 2023 Diamond League finals. 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.^[4]

Diamond Discipline

Women's Shot Put Place Athlete Country Mark Points Chase Jackson  United States 20.05 m 8 Sarah Mitton  Canada 19.76 m 7 Maggie Ewen  United States 19.64 m 6 4 Auriol Dongmo  Portugal 19.31 m 5 5 Adelaide Aquilla  United States 19.20 m 4 6 Jessica Schilder  Netherlands 18.93 m 3 7 Danniel Thomas-Dodd  Jamaica 18.88 m 2 8 Fanny Roos  Sweden 18.88 m 1 9 Jessica Woodard  United States 18.82 m 10 Yemisi Ogunleye  Germany 17.57 m

Men's 200m (−0.1 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Points Kenny Bednarek  United States 19.79 8 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain 19.82 7 Andre De Grasse  Canada 19.89 6 4 Aaron Brown  Canada 19.98 5 5 Joseph Fahnbulleh  Liberia 20.24 4 6 Filippo Tortu  Italy 20.30 3 7 Kyree King  United States 20.52 2 8 Reynier Mena  Cuba 20.93 1

Men's 400m Place Athlete Country Time Points Rusheen McDonald  Jamaica 44.84 8 Alexander Ogando  Dominican Republic 44.93 7 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen  Norway 45.07 6 4 Leungo Scotch  Botswana 45.14 5 5 Gilles Biron  France 45.26 4 6 Dylan Borlée  Belgium 45.39 3 7 Alexander Doom  Belgium 45.77 2

Men's 800m Place Athlete Country Time Points Djamel Sedjati  Algeria 1:43.60 8 Yanis Meziane  France 1:43.94 7 Tshepiso Masalela  Botswana 1:44.03 6 4 Daniel Rowden  Great Britain 1:44.12 5 5 Ben Pattison  Great Britain 1:44.32 4 6 Bryce Hoppel  United States 1:44.37 3 7 Wyclife Kinyamal  Kenya 1:44.38 2 8 Saúl Ordóñez  Spain 1:44.84 1 9 Slimane Moula  Algeria 1:45.80 Khalid Benmahdi  Algeria DNF Collins Kipruto  Kenya DNF

Men's 2000m Place Athlete Country Time Points Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 4:43.13 8 Reynold Cheruiyot  Kenya 4:48.14 7 Stewart McSweyn  Australia 4:48.77 6 4 Niels Laros  Netherlands 4:49.68 5 5 Mario García  Spain 4:49.85 4 6 Narve Gilje Nordås  Norway 4:50.64 3 7 Abel Kipsang  Kenya 4:50.68 2 8 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot  Canada 4:51.54 1 9 Ruben Verheyden  Belgium 4:52.37 10 Sam Tanner  New Zealand 4:53.09 11 Jochem Vermeulen  Belgium 5:03.24 Mounir Akbache  France DNF Ismael Debjani  Belgium DNF Boaz Kiprugut  Kenya DNF Cornelius Tuwei  Kenya DNF

Men's Pole Vault Place Athlete Country Mark Points Armand Duplantis  Sweden 6.10 m 8 Sam Kendricks  United States 5.92 m 7 EJ Obiena  Philippines 5.92 m 6 4 Chris Nilsen  United States 5.82 m 5 5 KC Lightfoot  United States 5.82 m 4 6 Zach McWhorter  United States 5.82 m 3 7 Thibaut Collet  France 5.82 m 2 8 Sondre Guttormsen  Norway 5.72 m 1 9 Ben Broeders  Belgium 5.72 m 10 Kurtis Marschall  Australia 5.62 m

Women's 100m (±0.0 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Points Elaine Thompson-Herah  Jamaica 10.84 8 Natasha Morrison  Jamaica 10.95 7 Dina Asher-Smith  Great Britain 10.97 6 4 Zoe Hobbs  New Zealand 11.14 5 5 Shashalee Forbes  Jamaica 11.17 4 6 Gina Bass  Gambia 11.18 3 7 Rani Rosius  Belgium 11.31 2

Women's 200m (+0.2 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Points Shericka Jackson  Jamaica 21.48 8 Anthonique Strachan  Bahamas 22.31 7 Jenna Prandini  United States 22.47 6 4 Daryll Neita  Great Britain 22.59 5 5 Maboundou Koné  Ivory Coast 22.79 4 6 Tasa Jiya  Netherlands 22.96 3 7 Delphine Nkansa  Belgium 23.43 2

Women's 400m Place Athlete Country Time Points Cynthia Bolingo  Belgium 50.09 8 Lieke Klaver  Netherlands 50.16 7 Shamier Little  United States 50.58 6 4 Victoria Ohuruogu  Great Britain 50.81 5 5 Candice McLeod  Jamaica 50.82 4 6 Laviai Nielsen  Great Britain 50.84 3 7 Helena Ponette  Belgium 51.87 2

Women's 1500m Place Athlete Country Time Points Laura Muir  Great Britain 3:55.34 8 Ciara Mageean  Ireland 3:55.87 7 Nelly Chepchirchir  Kenya 3:56.93 6 4 Jessica Hull  Australia 3:57.75 5 5 Katie Snowden  Great Britain 3:58.03 4 6 Hirut Meshesha  Ethiopia 3:58.06 3 7 Melissa Courtney-Bryant  Great Britain 3:58.09 2 8 Addison Wiley  United States 3:59.17 1 9 Sinclaire Johnson  United States 3:59.19 10 Linden Hall  Australia 4:00.41 11 Saron Berhe  Ethiopia 4:00.46 12 Marta Pérez  Spain 4:00.53 13 Esther Guerrero  Spain 4:02.27 14 Cory McGee  United States 4:02.32 15 Elise Vanderelst  Belgium 4:10.65 Noélie Yarigo  Benin DNF Purity Chepkirui  Kenya DNF Claudia Bobocea  Romania DNF

Women's 5000m Place Athlete Country Time Points Lilian Kasait Rengeruk  Kenya 14:26.46 8 Medina Eisa  Ethiopia 14:28.94 7 Nozomi Tanaka  Japan 14:29.18 6 4 Winnie Jemutai  Kenya 14:39.05 5 5 Ayal Dagnachew  Ethiopia 14:39.11 4 6 Mekedes Alemeshete  Ethiopia 14:45.13 3 7 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  Norway 14:47.84 2 8 Jessica Warner-Judd  Great Britain 14:51.53 1 9 Edinah Jebitok  Kenya 14:52.28 10 Maureen Koster  Netherlands 14:52.90 11 Elise Cranny  United States 14:57.52 12 Camilla Richardsson  Finland 15:13.69 13 Tigist Ketema  Ethiopia 15:17.27 Lorena Martín  Spain DNF Caroline Nyaga  Kenya DNF

Women's 400mH Place Athlete Country Time Points Femke Bol  Netherlands 52.11 8 Janieve Russell  Jamaica 53.80 7 Rushell Clayton  Jamaica 54.10 6 4 Anna Cockrell  United States 54.29 5 5 Ayomide Folorunso  Italy 54.42 4 6 Andrenette Knight  Jamaica 54.75 3 7 Hanne Claes  Belgium 54.95 2 8 Viktoriya Tkachuk  Ukraine 54.98 1

Women's High Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Points Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine 2.00 m 8 Angelina Topić  Serbia 1.97 m 7 Eleanor Patterson  Australia 1.94 m 6 4 Iryna Herashchenko  Ukraine 1.91 m 5 5 Morgan Lake  Great Britain 1.91 m 4 6 Lia Apostolovski  Slovenia 1.91 m 3 7 Nawal Meniker  France 1.84 m 2 8 Merel Maes  Belgium 1.84 m 1 9 Elisabeth Pihela  Estonia 1.80 m 10 Heta Tuuri  Finland 1.80 m

Women's Triple Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Points Shanieka Ricketts  Jamaica 15.01 m (+0.3 m/s) 8 Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk  Ukraine 14.57 m (−0.1 m/s) 7 Thea LaFond  Dominica 14.49 m (+0.4 m/s) 6 4 Dariya Derkach  Italy 14.17 m (+0.7 m/s) 5 5 Kimberly Williams  Jamaica 13.96 m (+0.4 m/s) 4 6 Ottavia Cestonaro  Italy 13.76 m (+0.2 m/s) 3 7 Dovilė Kilty  Lithuania 13.44 m (+0.2 m/s) 2 8 Diana Zagainova  Lithuania 13.26 m (+0.5 m/s) 1

Women's Javelin Throw Place Athlete Country Mark Points Haruka Kitaguchi  Japan 67.38 m 8 Victoria Hudson  Austria 64.65 m 7 Līna Mūze  Latvia 63.00 m 6 4 Flor Ruiz  Colombia 62.51 m 5 5 Nikola Ogrodníková  Czech Republic 60.18 m 4 6 Tori Peeters  New Zealand 59.93 m 3 7 Annu Rani  India 57.74 m 2 8 Liveta Jasiūnaitė  Lithuania 56.70 m 1

National Events

Men's Shot Put Place Athlete Country Mark Kwinten Cools  Belgium 17.24 m Andreas De Lathauwer [nl]  Belgium 16.97 m Max Vlassak [nl]  Belgium 16.17 m 4 Cédric Broeckaert  Belgium 15.20 m 5 Jonathan Guillaume  Belgium 15.08 m 6 Leander Casteels  Belgium 14.59 m

Women's Shot Put Place Athlete Country Mark Jolien Boumkwo  Belgium 16.84 m Melissa Boekelman  Netherlands 16.42 m Elena Defrère [nl]  Belgium 15.01 m 4 Cassandre Evans [fr; nl]  Belgium 13.18 m 5 Florence Boeynaems  Belgium 13.17 m 6 Elise Helsen  Belgium 12.87 m 7 Jo-Anne Liefooghe  Belgium 12.48 m

Men's 4 × 100 m Place Athlete Country Time Xavi Mo-Ajok Taymir Burnet Hensley Paulina Raphael Bouju  Netherlands 38.49 Kobe Vleminckx Ward Merckx [nl] Antoine Snyders [de; es; nl] Valentijn Hoornaert  Belgium 38.77

Promotional Events

Men's 10,000m Place Athlete Country Time Daniel Ebenyo  Kenya 26:57.80 Jimmy Gressier  France 27:25.48 Stanley Mburu  Kenya 27:30.36 4 Amanal Petros  Germany 27:47.62 5 Nicholas Kimeli  Kenya 28:05.12 6 Andrew Butchart  Great Britain 28:11.60 7 Yann Schrub  France 28:13.96 8 Aron Kifle  Eritrea 30:23.33 Bashir Abdi  Belgium DNF Santiago Catrofe  Uruguay DNF Youssouf Hiss Bachir  Djibouti DNF Benard Kibet  Kenya DNF Magnus Tuv Myhre  Norway DNF Ayele Tadesse  Ethiopia DNF

Men's 400m Place Athlete Country Time Isayah Boers  Netherlands 45.47 Robin Vanderbemden  Belgium 45.51 Julien Watrin  Belgium 45.60 4 Isaya Klein Ikkink  Netherlands 45.71 5 Patrik Šorm  Czech Republic 45.80 6 Lewis Davey  Great Britain 45.82 7 Florent Mabille  Belgium 46.11 8 Jonathan Sacoor  Belgium 46.18

Women's 400m Place Athlete Country Time Amandine Brossier  France 51.40 Imke Vervaet  Belgium 52.00 Kaylin Whitney  United States 52.11 4 Eveline Saalberg  Netherlands 52.31 5 Cathelijn Peeters  Netherlands 52.72 6 Camille Laus  Belgium 53.31 7 Fatou Gaye  Senegal 54.19 8 Kylie Lambert  Belgium 54.84

Women's Long Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Ivana Španović  Serbia 6.74 m (+0.3 m/s) Noor Vidts  Belgium 6.38 m (−0.3 m/s) Tissanna Hickling  Jamaica 6.19 m (−0.1 m/s) 4 Rougui Sow [de; fr; it]  France 6.14 m (+0.2 m/s)

U18 Events

Men's 100m (−0.4 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Rune Vandezande  Belgium 10.99 Niels van de Cloodt  Belgium 11.07 Xavier Rousseau  Belgium 11.08 4 Jilcien Planchon  Belgium 11.12 5 Kobe van Raemdonck  Belgium 11.22 6 Robbe Carchon  Belgium 11.29 7 Tiago Lecomte  Belgium 11.30 8 Mateo Bogaert  Belgium 11.37

Men's 1000m Place Athlete Country Time Reda Aouragh  Belgium 2:28.10 Gauthier Walcarius  Belgium 2:29.07 Mats Vervoort  Belgium 2:29.45 4 Amadeo Cortes  Belgium 2:30.07 5 Tijl Wachtelaer  Belgium 2:30.72 6 Diego Rocks  Belgium 2:31.08 7 Pierre Marchandise  Belgium 2:31.12 8 Gust van Canneyt  Belgium 2:31.65 9 Miro Verledens  Belgium 2:31.68 10 Willem Renders  Belgium 2:32.07 11 Enzo Legendre  Belgium 2:32.60 12 Sterre Dieltjens  Belgium 2:33.96 13 Daan Lievens  Belgium 2:34.88

Men's Javelin Throw (700gr) Place Athlete Country Mark Tuur Lambrechts  Belgium 60.47 m Lukas Sarrazyn  Belgium 55.14 m Finn Coene  Belgium 54.09 m

Men's 4 × 100 m Place Athlete Country Time  Belgium 42.25  Belgium DNF

Women's 100m (+0.4 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Djemine Kudura  Belgium 11.92 Camille Sonneville  Belgium 11.99 Lore Foesters  Belgium 12.10 4 Jana de Raedt  Belgium 12.11 5 Ine Impens  Belgium 12.23 6 Lauren Petroci-Coninx  Belgium 12.27 7 Chloe Philippe  Belgium 12.36 8 Anyssa Laurent  Belgium 12.52

Women's 1000m Place Athlete Country Time Astrid van Breedam  Belgium 3:01.81 Ninte Kegeleers  Belgium 3:01.90 Julie Charlier  Belgium 3:02.60 4 Sophie Dethier  Belgium 3:02.61 5 Eline Debaere  Belgium 3:02.82 6 Pauline Inghelbrecht  Belgium 3:03.94 7 Flore Vergote  Belgium 3:04.95 Myrthe Baeten  Belgium DNF Cyrielle Henriques  Belgium DNF

Women's High Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Maryna Kovtunova  Ukraine 1.80 m Svea van Laere  Belgium 1.65 m Olivia Daumerie  Belgium 1.60 m 4 Emeline Lippens  Belgium 1.60 m 5 Camille Dedoyart  Belgium 1.55 m

Women's 4 × 100 m Place Athlete Country Time  Belgium 46.78  Belgium 47.90  Belgium 48.01

See also

• 2023 Diamond League