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The men’s 800-metre race during the Monaco Diamond League meet was faster and more competitive than the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

The winner was 20-year-old Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi, the Paris Olympic Games gold medallist. In Monaco, Wanyonyi finished in a time of 1:41.44.

“I came to run a season’s best and a meeting record. I came prepared. I gave my best today, so I am happy with the result. 800m is now very competitive, so I need to push even harder than usual in my trainings. Sometimes I am thinking about the world record. I think I can break it in the future. Focus is now on the preparations for the next races before the World Championships,” said Wanyonyi.

Rewriting the history books

This is the 10th fastest time in history. He is the third-fastest athlete over the distance all time. Only David Rudisha, with the world record 1:40.91, as well as 1:41.01 and 1:41.09, has run faster than Wanyonyi. Wilson Kipketer ran the same time of 1:41.11 that Wanyonyi had in Lausanne in 2024.

Marco Arop of Canada has run the seventh-fastest time in history at 1:41.20. Otherwise, it is the three Kenyans in the top 10, Rudisha, Kipketer and Wanyonyi. In the top 20 fastest performances, it is Wanyonyi with the second most at five, Rudisha with six and Djamel Sedjati from Algeria with three. Arop has twice run a top 20 all-time performance, with two, Gabriel Tual from France, with one and American Bryce Hoppel with one.

Arop was in the race in Monaco, but he trailed early, knowing the pace was hot. American Josh Hoey finished second, improving his PB to 1:42.01. Sedjati placed third in 1:42.20. Australia’s Peter Bol set the Oceania record at 1:42.55, finishing fourth.

The athletes want to compete well during the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Racing one’s best right now is not likely the optimum way to go about it; however, the racing landscape has changed. Supershoes and Maurten bicarb dominate the conversation, not so much of the conversation is about training details or altitude camps.

Twelve of the top 20 performances all-time have taken place in the past 12 months. Only 29 performances in history are sub-1:42.00, by 11 athletes. Hoey’s Monaco performance was the 30th fastest of all time.

Results

800m Men

RankNatNameTime
1KENWANYONYI Emmanuel1:41.44 MR WL
2USAHOEY Josh1:42.01 PB
3ALGSEDJATI Djamel1:42.20 SB
4AUSBOL Peter1:42.55 AR
5CANAROP Marco1:42.73 SB
6ALGMOULA Slimane1:42.86
7USAHOPPEL Bryce1:43.51
8BOTMASALELA Tshepiso1:43.82
9ESPATTAOUI Mohamed1:43.99
10FRATUAL Gabriel1:44.17
11GBRBURGIN Max1:47.71
DNFPOLSIERADZKI Patryk 

Other Monaco races…

In other Monaco Diamond League races, American Noah Lyles won the 200m in 19.88, a season’s best performance. Letsile Tebogo clocked in at 19.97 while Zimbabwe’s Makanakaishe Charamba took third in 19.99.

In the men’s 5000m, it was Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha clocking in at 12:49.46 for the win. Frenchman Jimmy Gressier took second in 12:53.36 in a near tie with Birhanu Balew of Bahrain in 12:53.51 and Mohamed Abdilaahi in fourth at 12:53.63 for a German national record.

Eight men finished under 13 minutes.

Kejelcha set the Ethiopian record in the 10-kilometre road race in February this year at 26:31 in Castellón, Spain. He set the world record in the half marathon at 57:30 in Valencia in October 2024.

While the 27-year-old has won many Diamond League races, he finished seventh and then sixth at the Tokyo and Paris Olympic Games 10,000m, respectively.

5000m Men

RankNatNameTime
1ETHKEJELCHA Yomif12:49.46
2FRAGRESSIER Jimmy12:53.36
3BRNBALEW Birhanu12:53.51
4GERABDILAAHI Mohamed12:53.63 NR
5FRADAGUINOS Etienne12:55.76 PB
6SUILOBALU Dominic Lokinyomo12:56.42
7ETHGEBRHIWET Hagos12:58.21
8ETHBEKELE Telahun Haile12:59.59 SB
9KENKROP Jacob13:04.81
10URUCATROFE Santiago13:05.52
11NEDFOPPEN Mike13:06.95
12ESPOUKHELFEN Abdessamad13:30.94 SB
13FRAPALCAU Fabien13:36.36
DNFFRAAKBACHE Mounir 
DNFSWEALMGREN Andreas 
DNFFRAAUGUSTO Bastien 
DNFFRASCHRUB Yann 
DNFBELVERHEYDEN Ruben 

Armand Duplantis of Sweden won the pole vault again at 6.05m. His personal best is the world record at 6.28m. No athlete in history has vaulted anywhere near as well as Duplantis. If the heights are not enough to set him apart from all others, his consistency is off the charts.

He has set 48 of the highest 80 vaults in history, including eight of the top eight from 6.15m to 6.28m. Sergey Bubka is the only other athlete with several performances in the top 80, with 28, several all tied at 6.00m.

Femke Bol

The Netherlands’ Femke Bol is the best European and second-best in the world behind only Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (SML). Bol set a new meet record and this year’s world lead time at 51.95. It was a fast race with Americans following in 52.58 and 52.91 to set seasonal best performances by Dalilah Muhammad and Anna Cockrell, respectively.

Bol set the European record at 50.95 last July in Stade de La Charrière, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

The only athlete to run faster in history is SML. She has done it three times in 50.37, 5.65, and 50.68. In the top 10 performances in history, it is SML, Bol and one performance by Muhammad at 51.58 during the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021.

400m Hurdles Women

RankNatNameTime
1NEDBOL Femke51.95 MR WL
2USAMUHAMMAD Dalilah52.58 SB
3USACOCKRELL Anna52.91 SB
4SVKZAPLETALOVÁ Emma54.51
5JAMKNIGHT Andrenette54.54
6ITAFOLORUNSO Ayomide55.08
7RSAvan der WALT Zenéy55.16
8PANWOODRUFF Gianna59.21

Full meet results

Women’s results

100m Women | Wind:-1.4

RankNatNameTime
1LCAALFRED Julien10.79
2USASEARS Jacious11.02
3NZLHOBBS Zoe11.12
4USAHOBBS Aleia11.14
5LBRDAVIES Thelma11.16
6GBRHUNT Amy11.17
7USAMcCOY Maia11.19
8HUNTAKÁCS Boglárka11.26

400m Women

RankNatNameTime
1DOMPAULINO Marileidy49.06
2USABUTLER Aaliyah49.09 PB
3JAMPRYCE Nickisha49.63 SB
4POLBUKOWIECKA Natalia49.72 SB
5NEDKLAVER Lieke50.23 SB
6CHIWEIL Martina50.30
7GBRJOHN Yemi Mary51.10
8FRABROSSIER Amandine52.73

1000m Women

RankNatNameTime
1KENCHEPCHIRCHIR Nelly2:29.77 PB
2USAWILEY Addison2:30.71 AR
3AUSHULL Jessica2:30.96 AR
4USAJOHNSON Sinclaire2:31.30 PB
5GBRREEKIE Jemma2:31.44 SB
6UGANAKAAYI Halimah2:31.67 NR
7AUSBILLINGS Sarah2:33.17 PB
8FRABOURGOIN Anaïs2:33.36 PB
9FRAGUILLEMOT Agathe2:34.75 PB
10SUIWERRO Audrey2:34.88 PB
11FRALIBERMAN Clara2:35.21 PB
12KENMORAA Mary2:48.67 SB
DNFAUSKIRSOPP-COLE Tess 

100m Hurdles Women Wind:-1.1

RankNatNameTime
1JAMTAPPER Megan12.34 =PB
2SUIKAMBUNDJI Ditaji12.43 SB
3NEDVISSER Nadine12.56
4USARUSSELL Masai12.57
5USASTARK Grace12.64
6USAARMSTRONG Alia12.68
7BAHCHARLTON Devynne12.69
8ITACARMASSI Giada12.82

400m Hurdles Women

RankNatNameTime
1NEDBOL Femke51.95 MR WL
2USAMUHAMMAD Dalilah52.58 SB
3USACOCKRELL Anna52.91 SB
4SVKZAPLETALOVÁ Emma54.51
5JAMKNIGHT Andrenette54.54
6ITAFOLORUNSO Ayomide55.08
7RSAvan der WALT Zenéy55.16
8PANWOODRUFF Gianna59.21

Shot Put Women

RankNatNameBest123456
1NEDSCHILDER Jessica20.3919.3619.58xx19.1220.39
2USAJACKSON Chase20.0619.86xx19.6720.0619.51
3CANMITTON Sarah20.0019.1720.00x18.99x19.55
4GEROGUNLEYE Yemisi19.4819.4819.03xx19.25 
5SWEROOS Fanny19.1618.4418.92x19.1618.99 
6USAEWEN Maggie18.9818.6918.98x18.06x 
7USAROSS Jaida18.8318.6018.69x18.4518.83 

Men’s results

200m Men | Wind:-0.8

RankNatNameTime
1USALYLES Noah19.88 SB
2BOTTEBOGO Letsile19.97
3ZIMCHARAMBA Makanakaishe19.99
4DOMOGANDO Alexander20.01
5NEDMO-AJOK Xavi20.34
6TTORICHARDS Jereem20.34
7SUIMUMENTHALER Timothé20.40
8FRAANDANT Téo20.69 PB

800m Men

RankNatNameTime
1KENWANYONYI Emmanuel1:41.44 MR WL
2USAHOEY Josh1:42.01 PB
3ALGSEDJATI Djamel1:42.20 SB
4AUSBOL Peter1:42.55 AR
5CANAROP Marco1:42.73 SB
6ALGMOULA Slimane1:42.86
7USAHOPPEL Bryce1:43.51
8BOTMASALELA Tshepiso1:43.82
9ESPATTAOUI Mohamed1:43.99
10FRATUAL Gabriel1:44.17
11GBRBURGIN Max1:47.71
DNFPOLSIERADZKI Patryk 

5000m Men

RankNatNameTime
1ETHKEJELCHA Yomif12:49.46
2FRAGRESSIER Jimmy12:53.36
3BRNBALEW Birhanu12:53.51
4GERABDILAAHI Mohamed12:53.63 NR
5FRADAGUINOS Etienne12:55.76 PB
6SUILOBALU Dominic Lokinyomo12:56.42
7ETHGEBRHIWET Hagos12:58.21
8ETHBEKELE Telahun Haile12:59.59 SB
9KENKROP Jacob13:04.81
10URUCATROFE Santiago13:05.52
11NEDFOPPEN Mike13:06.95
12ESPOUKHELFEN Abdessamad13:30.94 SB
13FRAPALCAU Fabien13:36.36
DNFFRAAKBACHE Mounir 
DNFSWEALMGREN Andreas 
DNFFRAAUGUSTO Bastien 
DNFFRASCHRUB Yann 
DNFBELVERHEYDEN Ruben 

110m Hurdles Men | Wind:-0.9

RankNatNameTime
1USACUNNINGHAM Trey13.09
2USATINCH Cordell13.14
3USATHARP Ja’Kobe13.17
4JPNMURATAKE Rachid13.17
5USABEARD Dylan13.17
6FRAKWAOU-MATHEY Just13.32
7SUIJOSEPH Jason17.32
DQFRABELOCIAN WilhemFalse Start TR16.8

3000m Steeplechase Men

RankNatNameTime
1MAREL BAKKALI Soufiane8:03.18
2JPNMIURA Ryuji8:03.43 NR
3KENSEREM Edmund8:04.00 PB
4MARBEN YAZIDE Salaheddine8:06.44 PB
5ETHWALE Getnet8:07.57 SB
6ETHFIREWU Samuel8:08.03
7GERBEBENDORF Karl8:08.21 PB
8TUNJHINAOUI Mohamed Amin8:08.27 SB
9USAWILKINSON Matthew8:10.23 PB
10ESPARCE Daniel8:12.08
11USACORRIGAN James8:14.76 SB
12KENKIBIWOT Abraham8:14.81
13FRABEDRANI Djilali8:16.34
14GERRUPPERT Frederik8:24.68
15USAROOKS Kenneth8:28.23
16FRADARU Nicolas-Marie8:40.53
DNFMAREL MOSTAFA Faid 
DNFINDSABLE Avinash Mukund 
DNFMARTINDOUFT Mohamed 
DNSFRAMIELLET Alexis 

High Jump Men

RankNatNameBest2.152.192.232.272.302.322.342.362.37
1KORSanghyeok WOO2.34 =WLoooxoo–ox-xx
2CZESTEFELA Jan2.32ooooxoox-xx 
3USAHARRISON JuVaughn2.27 SBooxooxxx    
4ISRKAPITOLNIK Jonathan2.27oooxoxxx    
5JAMRICHARDS Raymond2.23oxxooxxx     
6NZLKERR Hamish2.23ooxoxxx     
7JAMBECKFORD Romaine2.23xoxxoxxoxxx     
8USAMcEWEN Shelby2.19ooxxx      

Pole Vault Men

RankNatNameBest5.475.625.725.825.926.006.056.106.29
1SWEDUPLANTIS Armand6.05 MR–o––o–o–xxx
2GREKARALIS Emmanouil5.92–o–oo–x-xx 
3AUSMARSCHALL Kurtis5.92ooooxoxxx   
4USAKENDRICKS Sam5.82 SBoxoxooxx-x   
4FRALAVILLENIE Renaud5.82 =SBoxxo–oxxx    
6NEDVLOON Menno5.72oxoxoxxx     
7PHIOBIENA Ernest John5.72–oxxoxxx     
8BELBROEDERS Ben5.62xoxoxxx      
9FRACOLLET Thibaut5.62oxxoxxx      
10USALIGHTFOOT KC5.47oxxx       
 GERLITA BAEHRE Bo KandaNMxxx        

Triple Jump Men

RankNatNameBest1 Wind (m/s)2 Wind (m/s)3 Wind (m/s)4 Wind (m/s)5 Wind (m/s)6 Wind (m/s)
1JAMSCOTT Jordan17.52 PB16.79 +0.817.10 +0.816.81 +1.0x +0.817.44 +0.417.52 +1.9
2ALGTRIKI Yasser Mohammed17.23 SB16.49 +0.217.21 +1.917.21 +0.8––17.23 +1.4
3ITADÍAZ HERNÁNDEZ Andy17.19 SBx +0.917.15 +1.017.05 +2.317.10 +0.5–17.19 +1.6
4BURZANGO Hugues Fabrice17.0915.66 +1.716.71 +0.716.87 +1.516.87 +0.417.09 +0.8 
5FRAGOGOIS Thomas16.7516.56 +1.116.75 +1.3x +1.0–16.66 +0.1 
6AUTKINGLEY Endiorass16.61x +1.716.03 +2.416.61 +1.615.68 +1.116.20 -0.5 
7BRAdos SANTOS Almir16.4316.28 +1.0x +0.8x +1.0x +0.616.43 +1.3 
8GERHEß Max16.3715.58 +0.816.37 +1.4x +0.8–x +1.3 
9FRACRETINOIR Jean-Noel15.2115.21 +0.4x +0.7x +0.8  

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