THROUGH NO FAULT OF ITS OWN, not since the ’19 edition has the Wanda Diamond League been able to carry off its full schedule of meets.
Which brings us to ’22, with 13 preliminary meets (including Shenzen, China, for the first time) creating the fields for the big 2-day finale in Zürich. The Swiss city will have 32 events, 7 of them staged as street events on the first day.
The other 13 meets will have 14 DL events (additional non-DL events are also allowed) each; 9 of those meets will have 7 events for each sex, with Doha & Oslo having an 8 men/6 women split and Birmingham & Shanghai being set up as 6/8.
The staging of events will vary in number: 6 events will be held 8 times each for men and women (100, 400, 800, 1500, 3000, 400H), 4 events 7 times (200, 110/100H, HJ, PV), 1 event 6 times (steeple), 5 events 5 times (LJ, TJ, SP, DT, JT).
The hammer, walks and multis will continue to have their own Challenge series set apart from the DL.
Overall, there will be $7M on offer in DL prize money. At every series meet a total of $25,000 will be available for each discipline, paid out to the first 8 places as $10K, $6K, $3.5K, $2K, $1.25K, $1K, $750, $500.
In the Final, the winner will receive $30,000, with another $30,000 spread among the other placers as $12K, $7K, $4K, $2.5K, $2K, $1.5K, $1K. (In all meets there will also be rewards for 9th–12th finishers in distance races and 9th-place finishers in lane races.)
Winners of DL Final competitions will also receive a Diamond Trophy and be eligible for a Wild Card entry to the ’23 World Championships.
2022 Wanda Diamond League Sorted By Meet
The event distribution for ’22, noting that some meets may have “street events” on days before the official calendar date. Some 1500s will be run as Miles and some 3000s as 5000s. For simplicity’s sake, at this point we have listed them all as 1500s or 3000s.
Doha (May 13)
Men’s 200, 800, 1500, Steeple, 400H, HJ, PV, JT; Women’s 200, 400, 3000, 100H, TJ, SP
Birmingham or London (May 21)
Men’s 100, 400, 800, 1500, HJ, DT; Women’s 100, 800, 1500, 3000, 400H, PV, LJ, DT
Eugene (May 28)
Men’s 100, 400, 1500, 3000, 400H, PV, SP; Women’s 100, 800, 1500, Steeple, HJ, LJ, DT
Rabat (June 05)
Men’s 200, 800, 1500, Steeple, 400H, LJ, DT; Women’s 100, 400, 1500, 3000, HJ, PV, TJ
Rome (June 09)
Men’s 100, 400, 3000, Steeple, HJ, SP, DT; Women’s 200, 800, 1500, 100H, 400H, PV, LJ
Oslo (June 16)
Men’s 100, 400, 1500, 3000, 110H, 400H, PV, LJ; Women’s 200, 800, 3000, 400H, SP, DT
Paris (June 18)
Men’s 200, 400, 800, 3000, 110H, PV, TJ; Women’s 100, 400, Steeple, 100H, HJ, DT, JT
Stockholm (June 30)
Men’s 100, 800, 3000, 400H, PV, DT, JT; Women’s 200, 800, Steeple, 100H, 400H, HJ, LJ
[World Championships break]
Shanghai (July 30)
Men’s 100, 400, 110H, HJ, LJ, TJ; Women’s 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000, 400H, SP, JT
Shenzen (August 06)
Men’s 100, 400, 1500, Steeple, 110H, 400H, TJ; Women’s 200, 800, 3000, HJ, PV, SP, JT
Monaco (August 10)
Men’s 200, 800, 3000, 110H, HJ, LJ, JT; Women’s 100, 400, 1500, Steeple, 400H, PV, TJ
Lausanne (August 26)
Men’s 200, 1500, Steeple, 110H, HJ, SP, JT; Women’s 100, 400, 3000, 100H, 400H, PV, TJ
Brussels (September 02)
Men’s 200, 800, 3000, 400H, PV, TJ, SP; Women’s 100, 400, 1500, Steeple, 100H, HJ, JT
Zürich Final (September 07–08)
Men’s 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000, Steeple, 110H, 400H, HJ, PV, LJ, TJ, SP, DT, JT;
Women’s 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 3000, Steeple, 100H, 400H, HJ, PV, LJ, TJ, SP, DT, JT
2022 Wanda Diamond League Sorted By Event
The meets in each event are listed in the chronological order in which they will be contested. The number in parentheses represents how many meets will stage the event. WC = World Championships break.
MEN’S EVENTS
100 (8)
Birmingham, Eugene, Rome, Oslo, Stockholm |WC| Shanghai, Shenzen, Zürich
200 (7)
Doha, Rabat, Paris |WC| Monaco, Lausanne, Brussels, Zürich
400 (8)
Birmingham, Eugene, Rome, Oslo, Paris |WC| Shanghai, Shenzen, Zürich
800 (8)
Doha, Birmingham, Rabat, Paris, Stockholm |WC| Monaco, Brussels, Zürich
1500 (8)
Doha, Birmingham, Eugene, Rabat, Oslo |WC| Shenzen, Lausanne, Zürich
3000 (8)
Eugene, Rome, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm |WC| Monaco, Brussels, Zürich
Steeple (6)
Doha, Rabat, Rome |WC| Shenzen, Lausanne, Zürich
110 Hurdles (7)
Oslo, Paris |WC| Shanghai, Shenzen, Monaco, Lausanne, Zürich
400 Hurdles (8)
Doha, Eugene, Rabat, Oslo, Stockholm |WC| Shenzen, Brussels, Zürich
High Jump (7)
Doha, Birmingham, Rome |WC| Shanghai, Lausanne, Zürich
Pole Vault (7)
Doha, Eugene, Rome, Paris, Stockholm |WC|, Brussels Zürich
Long Jump (5)
Rabat, Oslo, |WC| Shanghai, Monaco, Zürich
Triple Jump (5)
Paris |WC| Shanghai, Shenzen, Brussels Zürich
Shot (5)
Eugene |WC| Shenzen, Lausanne, Brussels, Zürich
Discus (5)
Birmingham, Rabat, Rome, Stockholm |WC|, Zürich
Javelin (5)
Doha, Stockholm |WC| Monaco, Lausanne, Zürich
WOMEN’S EVENTS
100 (8)
Birmingham, Eugene, Rabat, Paris |WC| Monaco, Lausanne, Brussels, Zürich
200 (7)
Doha, Rome, Oslo, Stockholm |WC| Shanghai, Shenzen, Zürich
400 (8)
Doha, Rabat, Paris |WC| Shanghai, Monaco, Lausanne, Brussels, Zürich
800 (8)
Birmingham, Eugene, Rome, Oslo, Stockholm |WC| Shanghai, Shenzen, Zürich
1500 (8)
Birmingham, Eugene, Rabat, Rome |WC| Shanghai, Monaco, Brussels, Zürich
3000 (7)
Doha, Birmingham, Rabat, Oslo, Stockholm |WC|, Monaco, Brussels, Zürich
Steeple (6)
Eugene, Paris, Stockholm |WC| Monaco, Brussels, Zürich
100 Hurdles (7)
Doha, Rome, Paris, Stockholm |WC| Lausanne, Brussels, Zürich
400 Hurdles (8)
Birmingham, Rome, Oslo, Stockholm |WC| Shanghai, Monaco, Lausanne, Zürich
High Jump (7)
Eugene, Rabat, Paris, Stockholm |WC| Shenzen, Brussels, Zürich
Pole Vault (7)
Birmingham, Rabat, Rome |WC| Shenzen, Monaco, Lausanne, Zürich
Long Jump (6)
Birmingham, Eugene, Rome, Stockholm |WC| Lausanne, Zürich
Triple Jump (5)
Doha, Rabat |WC| Monaco, Lausanne, Zürich
Shot (5)
Doha, Oslo |WC| Shanghai, Shenzen, Zürich
Discus (5)
Birmingham, Eugene, Oslo, Paris |WC| Zürich
Javelin (5)
Paris |WC| Shanghai, Shenzen, Brussels, Zürich
Here’s the composite list of all-time DL champions, 2010–21.