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]

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 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

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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

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Men's Triple Jump Place Athlete Country Mark Points Pedro Pichardo  Portugal 17.63 m 8 Hugues Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso 17.12 m 7 Donald Scott  United States 17.03 m 6 4 Will Claye  United States 16.83 m 5 5 Andrea Dallavalle  Italy 16.80 m 4 6 Chris Benard  United States 16.79 m 3 7 Andrea Dallavalle  Italy 16.79 m 2 8 Max Heß  Germany 16.72 m 1

Men's Shot Put Place Athlete Country Mark Points Ryan Crouser  United States 23.15 m 8 Joe Kovacs  United States 21.94 m 7 Darlan Romani  Brazil 21.69 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

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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

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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 [d]  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

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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

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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

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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 [d]  United States 3:57.43 7 Peter Callahan  Belgium 3:57.49 8 Tripp Hurt  United States 3:58.15 9 Vincent Ciattei [d]  United States 4:00.45 Erik Sowinski  United States DNF Timothy Sein  Kenya DNF

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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 [d]  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 [de]  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 [de]  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

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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 [d]  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

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