The Diamond League final comes to Brussels on Friday and Saturday, closing the 2026 season with 32 titles decided across two nights at King Baudouin Stadium. Nine of the 16 finals on each evening are on the track. Brussels also hosted the final in 2024, at the same stadium and over the same two-day format, and this year’s meeting is the Memorial Van Damme’s 50th edition.
The rule is the same in every final: whoever wins in Brussels takes the Diamond Trophy, whatever they did over the rest of the season. Athletes qualified through the Road to the Final standings, built up across 15 cities on four continents since the series opened in Keqiao in May, with a handful of wildcards filling out the fields. Stops along the way included London, Silesia and Zurich.
Winning a Diamond Discipline in Brussels is worth $30,000, and the eight Diamond+ disciplines pay $60,000, out of a total pot of $2.24 million across the two days. That is roughly four times what a regular series meeting distributes, and it sits alongside the larger prize pots that newer circuits have brought into track over the past two seasons.
Times below are local Brussels time (CEST) with Eastern Time alongside. British time is one hour behind Brussels. Field events are not listed.
Track Finals, Friday, Sept. 4
| Brussels (CEST) | Eastern (ET) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 8:04 p.m. | 2:04 p.m. | Women’s 400m hurdles |
| 8:14 p.m. | 2:14 p.m. | Men’s 100m |
| 8:23 p.m. | 2:23 p.m. | Women’s 3,000m steeplechase |
| 8:42 p.m. | 2:42 p.m. | Men’s 800m |
| 8:55 p.m. | 2:55 p.m. | Men’s 110m hurdles |
| 9:03 p.m. | 3:03 p.m. | Women’s 5,000m |
| 9:26 p.m. | 3:26 p.m. | Men’s 1,500m |
| 9:41 p.m. | 3:41 p.m. | Women’s 200m |
| 9:52 p.m. | 3:52 p.m. | Men’s 400m |
Track Finals, Saturday, Sept. 5
| Brussels (CEST) | Eastern (ET) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 8:06 p.m. | 2:06 p.m. | Women’s 400m |
| 8:24 p.m. | 2:24 p.m. | Women’s 100m |
| 8:32 p.m. | 2:32 p.m. | Men’s 5,000m |
| 8:49 p.m. | 2:49 p.m. | Men’s 200m |
| 9:05 p.m. | 3:05 p.m. | Women’s 1,500m |
| 9:10 p.m. | 3:10 p.m. | Women’s 100m hurdles |
| 9:20 p.m. | 3:20 p.m. | Men’s 3,000m steeplechase |
| 9:30 p.m. | 3:30 p.m. | Women’s 800m |
| 9:52 p.m. | 3:52 p.m. | Men’s 400m hurdles |
Support Program, Saturday, Sept. 5
| Brussels (CEST) | Eastern (ET) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 5:10 p.m. | 11:10 a.m. | Mixed Club Challenge 4x400m, group G |
| 5:40 p.m. | 11:40 a.m. | Mixed Club Challenge 4x400m, group F |
| 5:50 p.m. | 11:50 a.m. | Mixed Club Challenge 4x400m, group E |
| 5:58 p.m. | 11:58 a.m. | Mixed Allianz Eagles 1,500m |
| 6:10 p.m. | 12:10 p.m. | Mixed Club Challenge 4x400m, group D |
| 6:20 p.m. | 12:20 p.m. | Mixed Club Challenge 4x400m, group C |
| 6:30 p.m. | 12:30 p.m. | Mixed Club Challenge 4x400m, group B |
| 6:40 p.m. | 12:40 p.m. | Mixed Club Challenge 4x400m, group A |
| 6:54 p.m. | 12:54 p.m. | Mixed Equal Rights Run 100m |
| 7:02 p.m. | 1:02 p.m. | Mixed frame running 100m |
| 7:31 p.m. | 1:31 p.m. | Mixed turbo relay 4x100m |
| 7:39 p.m. | 1:39 p.m. | Women’s T54 wheelchair 400m |
| 7:44 p.m. | 1:44 p.m. | Women’s invitational 100m |
| 7:54 p.m. | 1:54 p.m. | Men’s invitational 100m |
Brussels is not quite the end of the outdoor season. Six days after the final, the World Athletics Ultimate Championship opens in Budapest on Sept. 11, running through Sept. 13.
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