The 2021 Memorial Van Damme was the 45th edition of the annual track and field meeting in Brussels, Belgium. Held on 3 September at the King Baudouin Stadium, it was the thirteenth and penultimate leg of the 2021 Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. The discus throw events were held on 1 September, two days before the rest of the meeting.^[1] Although Memorial Van Damme and Weltklasse Zürich co-hosted the finals during the last full season in 2019, in 2021 the series moved to a single final in Zürich.^[2]

The meeting was highlighted by Sifan Hassan nearly breaking the mile run world record with a 4:14.74 winning time. Additionally, the meeting attracted attention as two women's events (5000 metres and 200 metres) were won by women with XY disorders of sex development, affected by World Athletics' regulations on testosterone levels.^[3]

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]

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Men's Discus Throw Place Athlete Country Mark Points Daniel Ståhl  Sweden 69.31 m 8 Kristjan Čeh  Slovenia 65.68 m 7 Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica 65.17 m 6 4 Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania 64.14 m 5 5 Daniel Jasinski  Germany 63.84 m 4 6 Simon Pettersson  Sweden 63.57 m 3 7 Philip Milanov  Belgium 63.01 m 2 8 Mauricio Ortega  Colombia 62.76 m 1 9 Chad Wright  Jamaica 59.64 m

Women's Discus Throw Place Athlete Country Mark Points Yaime Pérez  Cuba 66.47 m 8 Sandra Perković  Croatia 65.14 m 7 Valarie Allman  United States 64.25 m 6 4 Denia Caballero  Cuba 62.28 m 5 5 Marija Tolj  Croatia 61.80 m 4 6 Liliana Cá  Portugal 61.66 m 3 7 Kristin Pudenz  Germany 61.37 m 2 8 Mélina Robert-Michon  France 58.62 m 1 9 Claudine Vita  Germany 57.09 m Shadae Lawrence  Jamaica NM

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Men's 100m (+0.1 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Points Fred Kerley  United States 9.94 8 Trayvon Bromell  United States 9.97 7 Michael Norman  United States 9.98 6 4 Ferdinand Omanyala  Kenya 10.02 5 5 Rohan Browning  Australia 10.14 4 6 Akani Simbine  South Africa 10.18 3 7 Mouhamadou Fall  France 10.19 2 8 Arthur Cissé  Ivory Coast 10.34 1

Men's 400m Place Athlete Country Time Points Michael Cherry  United States 44.03 8 Kirani James  Grenada 44.51 7 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 44.83 6 4 Liemarvin Bonevacia  Netherlands 45.00 5 5 Deon Lendore  Trinidad and Tobago 45.06 4 6 Alexander Doom  Belgium 45.84 3 7 Christopher Taylor  Jamaica 45.88 2 8 Jonathan Sacoor  Belgium 46.66 1

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Men's 1500m Place Athlete Country Time Points Stewart McSweyn  Australia 3:33.20 8 Ollie Hoare  Australia 3:33.79 7 Michał Rozmys  Poland 3:33.96 6 4 Abel Kipsang  Kenya 3:34.08 5 5 Charles Simotwo  Kenya 3:34.37 4 6 Simon Denissel  France 3:34.43 3 7 Mohamed Katir  Spain 3:34.50 2 8 Charles Grethen  Luxembourg 3:34.59 1 9 Adel Mechaal  Spain 3:35.37 10 Samuel Tefera  Ethiopia 3:36.20 11 Ismael Debjani  Belgium 3:43.08 12 Jochem Vermeulen  Belgium 3:53.36 Boaz Kiprugut [de]  Kenya DNF Erik Sowinski  United States DNF

Men's 400mH Place Athlete Country Time Points Alison dos Santos  Brazil 48.23 8 Kyron McMaster  British Virgin Islands 48.31 7 Yasmani Copello  Turkey 48.45 6 4 Jaheel Hyde  Jamaica 48.91 5 5 Rasmus Mägi  Estonia 49.13 4 6 Ramsey Angela  Netherlands 49.53 3 7 Chris McAlister  Great Britain 50.09 2 8 Constantin Preis  Germany 50.12 1

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Men's Pole Vault Place Athlete Country Mark Points Armand Duplantis  Sweden 6.05 m 8 Chris Nilsen  United States 5.85 m 7 KC Lightfoot  United States 5.85 m 6 4 Ben Broeders  Belgium 5.75 m 5 5 Timur Morgunov  Authorised Neutral Athletes 5.75 m 4 6 Rutger Koppelaar  Netherlands 5.65 m 3 7 Piotr Lisek  Poland 5.65 m 2 8 Menno Vloon  Netherlands 5.65 m 1 9 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre  Germany 5.65 m 10 EJ Obiena  Philippines 5.65 m 11 Valentin Lavillenie  France 5.50 m 12 Harry Coppell  Great Britain 5.50 m

Men's Long Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Points Steffin McCarter  United States 7.99 m 8 Ruswahl Samaai  South Africa 7.95 m 7 Filippo Randazzo  Italy 7.89 m 6 4 Benjamin Gföhler  Switzerland 7.77 m 5 5 Artem Primak  Authorised Neutral Athletes 7.71 m 4 6 Erwan Konaté  France 7.68 m 3 7 Eusebio Cáceres  Spain 7.55 m 2 8 Fabian Heinle  Germany 7.42 m 1 9 Jente Hauttekeete  Belgium 7.18 m

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Women's 200m (+0.4 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Points Christine Mboma  Namibia 21.84 8 Shericka Jackson  Jamaica 21.95 7 Dina Asher-Smith  Great Britain 22.04 6 4 Sha'Carri Richardson  United States 22.45 5 5 Beatrice Masilingi  Namibia 22.50 4 6 Imke Vervaet  Belgium 23.28 3 7 Lilly Kaden  Germany 23.40 2 8 Rani Rosius  Belgium 23.79 1

Women's 800m Place Athlete Country Time Points Natoya Goule  Jamaica 1:58.09 8 Keely Hodgkinson  Great Britain 1:58.16 7 Jemma Reekie  Great Britain 1:58.77 6 4 Habitam Alemu  Ethiopia 1:59.01 5 5 Kate Grace  United States 1:59.22 4 6 Lovisa Lindh  Sweden 1:59.49 3 7 Halimah Nakaayi  Uganda 1:59.55 2 8 Mary Moraa  Kenya 1:59.79 1 Noélie Yarigo  Benin DNF

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Women's Mile Place Athlete Country Time Points Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 4:14.74 8 Axumawit Embaye  Ethiopia 4:21.08 7 Linden Hall  Australia 4:21.38 6 4 Marta Pérez  Spain 4:21.58 5 5 Elise Cranny  United States 4:21.90 4 6 Josette Andrews  United States 4:22.71 3 7 Esther Guerrero  Spain 4:22.81 2 8 Winnie Nanyondo  Uganda 4:23.09 1 9 Kristiina Mäki  Czech Republic 4:23.38 10 Edinah Jebitok  Kenya 4:25.11 11 Mebriht Mekonen  Ethiopia 4:28.39 12 Elise Vanderelst  Belgium 4:32.44 Aneta Lemiesz  Poland DNF Eglay Nafuna Nalyanya [de]  Kenya DNF

Women's 5000m Place Athlete Country Time Points Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi 14:25.34 8 Ejgayehu Taye  Ethiopia 14:25.63 7 Hellen Obiri  Kenya 14:26.23 6 4 Margaret Kipkemboi  Kenya 14:27.12 5 5 Lilian Kasait Rengeruk  Kenya 14:30.32 4 6 Eva Cherono  Kenya 14:30.77 3 7 Eilish McColgan  Great Britain 14:31.26 2 8 Konstanze Klosterhalfen  Germany 14:35.88 1 9 Alicia Monson  United States 14:42.56 10 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  Norway 14:43.26 11 Beatrice Chebet  Kenya 14:47.31 12 Abersh Minsewo  Ethiopia 14:50.88 13 Bosena Mulatie [de]  Ethiopia 14:55.18 14 Daisy Cherotich  Kenya 14:56.46 15 Dominique Scott-Efurd  South Africa 15:01.66 Kate Van Buskirk  Canada DNF Michelle Finn  Ireland DNF

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Women's 100mH (+0.7 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Points Nadine Visser  Netherlands 12.69 8 Tobi Amusan  Nigeria 12.69 7 Megan Tapper  Jamaica 12.77 6 4 Cindy Sember  Great Britain 12.79 5 5 Gabbi Cunningham  United States 12.89 4 6 Anne Zagré  Belgium 12.96 3 7 Noor Vidts  Belgium 13.55 2 Danielle Williams  Jamaica DQ

Women's High Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Points Yaroslava Mahuchikh  Ukraine 2.02 m 8 Mariya Lasitskene  Authorised Neutral Athletes 2.00 m 7 Nicola Olyslagers  Australia 2.00 m 6 4 Iryna Herashchenko  Ukraine 1.92 m 5 5 Karyna Demidik  Belarus 1.92 m 4 6 Nafissatou Thiam  Belgium 1.92 m 3 7 Eleanor Patterson  Australia 1.92 m 2 8 Yuliya Levchenko  Ukraine 1.88 m 1 9 Alessia Trost  Italy 1.80 m

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Men's 800m Place Athlete Country Time Ferguson Rotich  Kenya 1:43.81 Eliott Crestan  Belgium 1:45.24 Cornelius Tuwei  Kenya 1:45.29 4 Aurèle Vandeputte [de; nl]  Belgium 1:45.49 5 Mouad Zahafi  Morocco 1:45.70 6 Collins Kipruto  Kenya 1:46.56 7 Tibo De Smet  Belgium 1:47.68 8 Ruben Verheyden  Belgium 1:47.81 9 Pieter Sisk [nl]  Belgium 1:48.39 Patryk Sieradzki  Poland DNF

Women's 400m Place Athlete Country Time Camille Laus  Belgium 52.34 Eveline Saalberg  Netherlands 52.38 Andrea Bouma  Netherlands 53.39 4 Paulien Couckuyt  Belgium 53.68 5 Laura de Witte  Netherlands 54.84 6 Manon Depuydt  Belgium 55.37 7 Ilana Hanssens  Belgium 56.27 Maureen Ellsworth  Netherlands DQ

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Men's 100m (+0.6 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Luca Laurent  Belgium 10.73 Marnix de Pauw  Belgium 10.80 Dieter Bergs  Belgium 10.83 4 Cédric Verschueren  Belgium 10.84 5 Cédric Motieh  Belgium 10.94 6 Ibrahim Camara  Belgium 11.07 7 Stijn van der Vreken  Belgium 11.12 8 Senne de Vos  Belgium 11.14

Men's 1000m Place Athlete Country Time Régis Thibert  Belgium 2:28.35 Mathis Lievens  Belgium 2:31.03 Simon Jeukenne  Belgium 2:32.90 4 Balder van Eenoo  Belgium 2:33.29 5 Ugo Desclin  Belgium 2:33.77 6 Viktor Leenaert  Belgium 2:33.87 7 Kobe Wachtelaer  Belgium 2:34.17 8 Matteo Scieur  Belgium 2:35.50 9 Arthur Engelen  Belgium 2:35.97 10 Yeabsera van den Bulck  Belgium 2:36.54 11 Nicolas Mearegu  Belgium 2:36.56 12 Piotr Zagorski  Poland 2:36.67 13 Wout Logier  Belgium 2:36.89 14 Niels Oosterlinck  Belgium 2:36.92 15 Noah Coetsier  Belgium 2:37.27 16 Tristan Gevaert  Belgium 2:37.48

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Men's Long Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Yanni Sampson  Belgium 6.97 m Sasha Sijbers  Belgium 6.78 m Clément Bouchard  Belgium 6.70 m 4 Bert Hermens  Belgium 6.64 m 5 Gatien Vandooren  Belgium 6.56 m 6 Dai Keïta  Belgium 6.52 m 7 Noe Mohring  Belgium 6.13 m 8 Maxim Verniers  Belgium 6.11 m

Women's 100m (-0.5 m/s) Place Athlete Country Time Tinne Vertongen  Belgium 12.03 Zoë Laureys  Belgium 12.18 Noor Vermeiren  Belgium 12.54 4 Hanne Bastiaansen  Belgium 12.62 5 Calista Museur  Belgium 12.72 6 Alexandra Mortant  Belgium 12.72 7 Noor Koekelkoren  Belgium 13.03 8 Sennah Vanhoeijen  Belgium 13.54

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Women's 1000m Place Athlete Country Time Fien Peusens  Belgium 2:50.56 Elena Kluskens  Belgium 2:51.38 Jana Kluskens  Belgium 2:51.91 4 Nina van Pelt  Belgium 2:52.11 5 Hannah Enkels  Belgium 2:52.48 6 Femke D'Hauwers  Belgium 2:53.10 7 Maaike Vander Cruyssen  Belgium 2:54.13 8 Charlotte Penneman  Belgium 2:55.14 9 Nel Vanopstal  Belgium 2:55.27 10 Léa Scutnaire  Belgium 2:55.42 11 Adeline Temmerman  Belgium 2:55.43 12 Emma Vanhoeck  Belgium 2:58.24 13 Elke de Dobbelaere  Belgium 3:02.10 14 Noor Quintelier  Belgium 3:02.14 15 Marthe Nagels  Belgium 3:02.79

Women's High Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Anne-Laure Hervers  Belgium 1.75 m Svenia de Coninck  Belgium 1.60 m Lola de Rijck  Belgium 1.60 m 4 Charlot Swanckaert  Belgium 1.60 m 5 Flora Collette  Belgium 1.55 m

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• 2021 Weltklasse Zürich (2021 Diamond League final)