The Doha Diamond League is an annual one-day

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meeting held at the

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. It is part of the

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– the top level international circuit for the sport. It is typically held in May as the first leg of the Diamond League series. It was first organized in 1997 as the Doha Grand Prix as a men's only programme before adding women's events the following year. The competition gained

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II status for its second edition in 1998, then Grand Prix I status in 1999, and became one of the five

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events in 2004. The name of the meeting has frequently changed to match the athletics series of which it is a part. The meeting was not held in 2000 (with the stadium holding the

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instead) and no meeting was held in Doha in 2003. The 2019 edition moved to

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.Weir, Stuart (2018-05-02)
2018 Doha Diary: Doha DL shows Qatar's commitment to athletics
RunBlogRun. Retrieved 2019-08-27. The 2020 edition will be spread across two days. The high jump will take place at the Katara Amphitheatre on 16 April 2020 while the main programme will return to the Qatar Sports Club on 17 April 2020.

Editions

Events

Since the establishment of the Doha Meeting, there have been changes in the event programme every year compared to the previous year. The two diagrams below indicate which events took place each year.

Meeting records

Men

Women

References

External links

Diamond League - Doha Official Web Site

Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix Records
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