Shanghai Diamond League

The Shanghai Diamond League is an annual athletics event at the Shanghai Stadium in Shanghai, China, as part of the Diamond League. The meeting was founded as the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in 2005.^[2] The meet assumed its current name in 2010.

Shanghai Diamond League
The host stadium – Shanghai Stadium
Date	April – May
Location	Shanghai, PR China
Event type	Track and field
World Athletics Cat.	GW[1]
Established	17 September 2005; 19 years ago (2005-09-17)
Official site	Diamond League Shanghai
2025 Shanghai Diamond League

From 2005 to 2009 the IAAF classified the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix among IAAF Grand Prix and IAAF Super Grand Prix meetings. It is the only meeting of the Diamond League that features and guarantees the men's 110 m hurdles in every edition of the League.^[3][4]

Editions

Diamond League Shanghai editions

Ed.	Meeting	Series	Date	Ref.
1st	2005 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix		17 Sep 2005	[5]
2nd	2006 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix		23 Sep 2006	[6]
3rd	2007 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix	2008 IAAF Grand Prix	28 Sep 2007	[7]
4th	2008 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix	2009 IAAF Grand Prix	20 Sep 2008	[8]
5th	2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix		20 Sep 2009	[9]
6th	2010 Shanghai Diamond League	2010 Diamond League	23 May 2010	[10]
7th	2011 Shanghai Diamond League	2011 Diamond League	15 May 2011	[11]
8th	2012 Shanghai Diamond League	2012 Diamond League	19 May 2012	[12]
9th	2013 Shanghai Diamond League	2013 Diamond League	18 May 2013	[13]
10th	2014 Shanghai Diamond League	2014 Diamond League	18 May 2014	[14]
11th	2015 Shanghai Diamond League	2015 Diamond League	17 May 2015	[15]
12th	2016 Shanghai Diamond League	2016 Diamond League	14 May 2016	[16]
13th	2017 Shanghai Diamond League	2017 Diamond League	13 May 2017	[17]
14th	2018 Shanghai Diamond League	2018 Diamond League	12 May 2018	[18]
15th	2019 Shanghai Diamond League	2019 Diamond League	18 May 2019	[19]
16th	2024 Shanghai Diamond League	2024 Diamond League	27 Apr 2024	[20]
17th	2025 Shanghai Diamond League	2025 Diamond League	3 May 2025	[21]

Meeting records

Men

Men's meeting records of the Diamond League Shanghai

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Ref.
100 m	9.69 (+2.0 m/s)	Tyson Gay	United States	20 September 2009	2009
200 m	19.76 (−0.8 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	23 May 2010	2010
400 m	43.99	Steven Gardiner	Bahamas	12 May 2018	2018	[22]
800 m	1:43.91	Wycliffe Kinyamal	Kenya	12 May 2018	2018	[23]
1000 m	2:29.2	Zou Sheng	China	23 September 2006	2006
1500 m	3:31.42	Nixon Chepseba	Kenya	15 May 2011	2011	[24]
3000 m	7:36.36	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	17 September 2005	2005
5000 m	12:50.45	Berihu Aregawi	Ethiopia	3 May 2025	2025	[25]
110 m hurdles	12.87 (+0.6 m/s)	Cordell Tinch	United States	3 May 2025	2025	[26]
400 m hurdles	47.27	Abderrahman Samba	Qatar	18 May 2019	2019	[27]
3000 m steeplechase	8:01.16	Conseslus Kipruto	Kenya	18 May 2013	2013	[28]
High jump	2.38 m	Mutaz Essa Barshim	Qatar	17 May 2015	2015	[29]
Pole vault	6.11 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	3 May 2025	2025	[30]
Long jump	8.61 m (+0.7 m/s)	Luvo Manyonga	South Africa	13 May 2017	2017	[31]
Triple jump	17.24 m (+0.7 m/s)	Phillips Idowu	Great Britain	19 May 2012	2012	[32]
Shot put	21.73 m	Christian Cantwell	United States	18 May 2014	2014	[33]
Discus throw	69.69 m	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	23 May 2010	2010
Javelin throw	89.21 m	Ihab Abdelrahman El-Sayed	Egypt	18 May 2014	2014
4 × 100 m relay	38.71	Team China 1 Chen Shiwei Xie Zhenye Su Bingtian Zhang Peimeng	China	14 May 2016	2016	[34]

Women

Women's meeting records of the Diamond League Shanghai

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Ref.
100 m	10.64 (+1.2 m/s)	Carmelita Jeter	United States	20 September 2009	2009
200 m	22.06 (−0.4 m/s)	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	12 May 2018	2018	[35]
400 m	49.63	Novlene Williams	Jamaica	23 September 2006	2006
800 m	1:56.64	Tsige Duguma	Ethiopia	3 May 2025	2025	[36]
1000 m	2:53.3	Jiang Haixia	China	23 September 2006	2006
1500 m	3:56.82	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	14 May 2016	2016	[37]
5000 m	14:14.32	Almaz Ayana	Ethiopia	17 May 2015	2015	[38]
100 m hurdles	12.42 (+0.3 m/s)	Grace Stark	United States	3 May 2025	2025	[39]
400 m hurdles	53.34	Lashinda Demus	United States	23 May 2010	2010	[40]
3000 m steeplechase	9:04.53	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	18 May 2019	2019	[41]
High jump	2.02 m	Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	28 September 2007	2007
Pole vault	4.85 m	Yelena Isinbaeva	Russia	20 September 2009	2009
Long jump	6.95 m (+0.9 m/s)	Ivana Španović	Serbia	14 May 2016	2016	[42]
Triple jump	14.89 m (+1.0 m/s)	Olga Rypakova	Kazakhstan	23 May 2010	2010	[43]
Shot put	20.54 m	Chase Jackson	United States	3 May 2025	2025	[44]
Discus throw	70.88 m	Sandra Perković	Croatia	14 May 2016	2016	[45]
Javelin throw	66.89 m	Lü Huihui	China	18 May 2019	2019	[46]
4 × 100 m relay	43.04	Team China 1 Yuan Qiqi Wei Yongli Ge Manqi Liang Xiaojing	China	14 May 2016	2016	[47]