2021 Prefontaine Classic

2021 Prefontaine Classic
2021 Prefontaine Classic
Dates	20-21 August 2021
Host city	Eugene, Oregon, United States
Venue	Hayward Field
Level	2021 Diamond League
Events	13
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The 2021 Prefontaine Classic was the 46th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Held on 20-21 August at Hayward Field, it was the eighth leg of the 2021 Diamond League – the highest-level international track and field circuit.

The meeting was highlighted by American records from Athing Mu (in the women's 800 m) and Courtney Frerichs (in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, becoming the first American to run under 9 minutes).^[1] Sifan Hassan attempted the 5000 metres world record, but did not achieve it.^[2]^[3]

Results

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

The top-3 athletes in throwing and horizontal jumping events are ranked by the "Final 3" format, with their best mark overall in italics if it differs from their final trial.

Diamond Discipline

Men's 100m (+2.9 m/s)
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Andre De Grasse	Canada	9.74	8
	Fred Kerley	United States	9.78	7
	Ronnie Baker	United States	9.82	6
4	Trayvon Bromell	United States	9.86	5
5	Michael Norman	United States	9.90	4
6	Justin Gatlin	United States	9.93	3
7	Akani Simbine	South Africa	9.95	2
8	Isiah Young	United States	9.98	1
9	Cravon Gillespie	United States	10.09

Men's 200m (+1.5 m/s)
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Noah Lyles	United States	19.52	8
	Kenny Bednarek	United States	19.80	7
	Josephus Lyles	United States	20.03	6
4	Aaron Brown	Canada	20.12	5
5	Rai Benjamin	United States	20.16	4
6	Jerome Blake	Canada	20.20	3
7	Vernon Norwood	United States	20.36	2
	Kyree King	United States	DQ

Men's Mile
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3:47.24	8
	Stewart McSweyn	Australia	3:48.40	7
	Timothy Cheruiyot	Kenya	3:51.17	6
4	Ronald Kwemoi	Kenya	3:51.31	5
5	Ollie Hoare	Australia	3:51.63	4
6	Jake Heyward	Great Britain	3:52.15	3
7	Abel Kipsang	Kenya	3:52.20	2
8	Filip Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3:52.97	1
9	Matthew Centrowitz Jr.	United States	3:53.32
10	Mohammed Ahmed	Canada	3:53.87
11	Matthew Ramsden	Australia	3:53.97
	Craig Nowak	United States	DNF

Men's 2 Miles
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	8:09.55	8
	Selemon Barega	Ethiopia	8:09.82	7
	Paul Chelimo	United States	8:09.83	6
4	Jacob Kiplimo	Uganda	8:10.16	5
5	Berihu Aregawi	Ethiopia	8:11.04	4
6	Grant Fisher	United States	8:11.09	3
7	Joe Klecker	United States	8:11.55	2
8	Mark Owon Lomuket	Kenya	8:15.54	1
9	Nibret Melak	Ethiopia	8:16.75
10	Michael Kibet	Kenya	8:18.01
11	Daniel Ebenyo	Kenya	8:19.67
12	Luis Grijalva	Guatemala	8:21.98
13	Marc Scott	Great Britain	8:31.90
	Josh Thompson	United States	DNF
	Woody Kincaid	United States	DNF
	Bethwell Birgen	Kenya	DNF

Men's Triple Jump
Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Points
	Pedro Pichardo	Portugal	17.63 m (+0.2 m/s)	8
	Hugues Fabrice Zango	Burkina Faso	17.08 m (+0.5 m/s) / 17.12 m (+0.9 m/s)	7
	Donald Scott	United States	16.96 m (+0.2 m/s) / 17.03 m (+0.4 m/s)	6
4	Will Claye	United States	16.83 m (−0.7 m/s)	5
5	Andrea Dallavalle	Italy	16.80 m (+2.5 m/s)	4
6	Chris Benard	United States	16.79 m (+2.0 m/s)	3
7	Max Heß	Germany	16.72 m (−0.4 m/s)	2
Best wind-legal performances
—	Andrea Dallavalle	Italy	16.79 m (+0.9 m/s)

Men's Shot Put
Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Points
	Ryan Crouser	United States	22.41 m / 23.15 m	8
	Darlan Romani	Brazil	21.44 m / 21.69 m	7
	Joe Kovacs	United States	NM / 21.94 m	6
4	Tom Walsh	New Zealand	21.39 m	5
5	Josh Awotunde	United States	21.25 m	4
6	Darrell Hill	United States	21.03 m	3
7	Payton Otterdahl	United States	20.28 m	2

Women's 100m (+0.9 m/s)
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Jamaica	10.54	8
	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	10.73	7
	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	10.76	6
4	Teahna Daniels	United States	10.83	5
5	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	10.90	4
6	Javianne Oliver	United States	10.96	3
7	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	10.96	2
8	Briana Williams	Jamaica	11.09	1
9	Sha'Carri Richardson	United States	11.14

Women's 200m (+2.4 m/s)
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	22.06	8
	Gabrielle Thomas	United States	22.11	7
	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain	22.19	6
4	Jenna Prandini	United States	22.36	5
5	Dezerea Bryant	United States	22.39	4
6	Lynna Irby	United States	22.50	3
7	Brittany Brown	United States	22.51	2
8	Allyson Felix	United States	22.60	1

Women's 800m
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Athing Mu	United States	1:55.04	8
	Kate Grace	United States	1:57.60	7
	Natoya Goule	Jamaica	1:57.71	6
4	Raevyn Rogers	United States	1:58.01	5
5	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	1:58.30	4
6	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda	1:58.78	3
7	Ajeé Wilson	United States	2:00.21	2
8	Jemma Reekie	Great Britain	2:00.27	1
9	Sabrina Southerland	United States	2:01.87

Women's 1500m
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	3:53.23	8
	Linden Hall	Australia	3:59.73	7
	Josette Andrews	United States	4:00.07	6
4	Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda	4:00.72	5
5	Shannon Osika	United States	4:01.16	4
6	Gabriela DeBues-Stafford	Canada	4:01.74	3
7	Tigist Ketema	Ethiopia	4:02.44	2
8	Helen Schlachtenhaufen	United States	4:02.78	1
9	Edinah Jebitok	Kenya	4:04.32
10	Gaia Sabbatini	Italy	4:04.55
11	Jessica Hull	Australia	4:05.33
12	Laura Muir	Great Britain	4:05.92
13	Winny Chebet	Kenya	4:29.00
	Chanelle Price	United States	DNF

Women's 400mH
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Dalilah Muhammad	United States	52.77	8
	Shamier Little	United States	53.79	7
	Gianna Woodruff	Panama	54.20	6
4	Anna Ryzhykova	Ukraine	54.40	5
5	Janieve Russell	Jamaica	54.50	4
6	Nnenya Hailey	United States	55.16	3
7	Ronda Whyte	Jamaica	55.57	2
8	Leah Nugent	Jamaica	55.86	1
9	Sage Watson	Canada	56.52

Women's 3000mSC
Place	Athlete	Country	Time	Points
	Norah Jeruto	Kenya	8:53.65	8
	Courtney Frerichs	United States	8:57.77	7
	Hyvin Jepkemoi	Kenya	9:00.05	6
4	Winfred Yavi	Bahrain	9:04.27	5
5	Celliphine Chespol	Kenya	9:07.07	4
6	Gesa Felicitas Krause	Germany	9:07.61	3
7	Peruth Chemutai	Uganda	9:10.87	2
8	Mekides Abebe	Ethiopia	9:18.71	1
9	Marisa Howard	United States	9:22.69
10	Alycia Butterworth	Canada	9:28.68
11	Regan Yee	Canada	9:44.63
	Elizabeth Bird	Great Britain	DNF

Women's High Jump
Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Points
	Iryna Herashchenko	Ukraine	1.98 m	8
	Vashti Cunningham	United States	1.98 m	7
	Kamila Lićwinko	Poland	1.90 m	6
4	Yuliya Levchenko	Ukraine	1.90 m	5
5	Rachel McCoy	United States	1.90 m	4
6	Alessia Trost	Italy	1.83 m	3
7	Erika Kinsey	Sweden	1.83 m	2
8	Jelena Rowe	United States	1.79 m	1

Women's Pole Vault
Place	Athlete	Country	Mark	Points
	Katie Moon	United States	4.82 m	8
	Holly Bradshaw	Great Britain	4.72 m	7
	Olivia Gruver	United States	4.52 m	6
4	Morgann LeLeux	United States	4.37 m	5
5	Anicka Newell	Canada	4.37 m	4
	Katerina Stefanidi	Greece	NM
	Iryna Zhuk	Belarus	NM

Promotional Events

Men's 800m
Place	Athlete	Country	Time
	Marco Arop	Canada	1:44.51
	Ferguson Rotich	Kenya	1:45.02
	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	1:45.05
4	Elliot Giles	Great Britain	1:45.46
5	Clayton Murphy	United States	1:45.97
6	Isaiah Harris	United States	1:46.00
7	Oliver Dustin	Great Britain	1:46.61
8	Bryce Hoppel	United States	1:47.22
	Erik Sowinski	United States	DNF

Men's Mile
Place	Athlete	Country	Time
	Geordie Beamish	New Zealand	3:54.86
	Craig Engels	United States	3:55.41
	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot	Canada	3:55.48
4	Sam Prakel	United States	3:55.99
5	Archie Davis	Great Britain	3:57.00
6	Henry Wynne	United States	3:57.43
7	Peter Callahan	Belgium	3:57.49
8	Tripp Hurt	United States	3:58.15
9	Vincent Ciattei	United States	4:00.45
	Erik Sowinski	United States	DNF
	Timothy Sein	Kenya	DNF

Women's 2 Miles
Place	Athlete	Country	Time
	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	9:00.75
	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia	9:06.74
	Hellen Obiri	Kenya	9:14.55
4	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany	9:18.16
5	Amy-Eloise Markovc	Great Britain	9:21.98
6	Elise Cranny	United States	9:22.44
7	Katie Wasserman	United States	9:40.82
8	Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui	Kenya	9:40.86
9	Katie Rainsberger	United States	9:41.79
10	Taryn Rawlings	United States	9:55.94
	Addy Townsend	Canada	DNF
	Allison Cash	United States	DNF

Women's 5000m
Place	Athlete	Country	Time
	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	14:27.89
	Senbere Teferi	Ethiopia	14:42.25
	Fantu Worku	Ethiopia	14:42.85
4	Loice Chemnung	Kenya	14:43.65
5	Alicia Monson	United States	14:48.49
6	Abbey Cooper	United States	14:52.37
7	Sheila Chelangat	Kenya	14:52.66
8	Meskerem Mamo	Ethiopia	15:01.29
9	Laura Galván	Mexico	15:10.38
10	Rachel Schneider	United States	15:13.15
11	Emily Infeld	United States	15:24.78
12	Andrea Seccafien	Canada	15:32.01
	Kate Van Buskirk	Canada	DNF
	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	DNF

National Events

Women's 1500m
Place	Athlete	Country	Time
	Rebecca Mehra	United States	4:06.35
	Sage Hurta	United States	4:07.50
	Dani Jones	United States	4:08.45
4	Nikki Hiltz	United States	4:09.27
5	Sara Vaughn	United States	4:09.68
6	Eleanor Fulton	United States	4:09.85
7	Danielle Aragon	United States	4:10.02
8	Marta Pen	Portugal	4:10.90
9	Julianne Labach	Canada	4:11.74
10	Federica Del Buono	Italy	4:12.30
11	Allie Wilson	United States	4:14.82
	Alexa Efraimson	United States	DNF
	Nia Akins	United States	DNF

References

^ "Athing Mu and Courtney Frerichs Set American Records at the 2021 Prefontaine Classic". Runner's World. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ Winter, Karl. "Pre Classic Distance Night: Hassan Falls Well Short in Women's 5000 WR Attempt, Francine Niyonsaba Wins Women's 2 Mile in 9:00, Craig Engels Celebrates Early and Loses Men's International Mile". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ Hansen, Chris. "Records fall as Prefontaine Classic returns to Hayward Field". USA TODAY. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ High-powered head-to-heads on tap in Shanghai - IAAF Diamond League. IAAF (2019-05-16). Retrieved 2020-03-30.

Results

"Prefontaine Classic Programme 2021". eugene.diamondleague.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
"2021 Prefontaine Classic Results". World Athletics.

External links

Official Diamond League Prefontaine Classic website

[1] "Athing Mu and Courtney Frerichs Set American Records at the 2021 Prefontaine Classic". Runner's World. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[2] Winter, Karl. "Pre Classic Distance Night: Hassan Falls Well Short in Women's 5000 WR Attempt, Francine Niyonsaba Wins Women's 2 Mile in 9:00, Craig Engels Celebrates Early and Loses Men's International Mile". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[3] Hansen, Chris. "Records fall as Prefontaine Classic returns to Hayward Field". USA TODAY. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

[4] High-powered head-to-heads on tap in Shanghai - IAAF Diamond League. IAAF (2019-05-16). Retrieved 2020-03-30.

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