The Diamond League Has Confirmed Its Distance Races for 2027

The season runs from Doha on May 7 to the Zurich final on Aug. 25 and 26. Here is every meeting and the distance races on each program.

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The Wanda Diamond League has published its 2027 discipline allocation, confirming which events will be held at each of its 14 scoring meetings before the final in Zurich. The 800m and 1,500m are on the program eight times each for both men and women, and the 5,000m and 3,000m steeplechase five times each. The season finishes 15 days before the World Championships in Beijing, which run Sept. 10 to 19.

The full calendar and the distance events at every stop are below. This year’s final was held in Brussels, and every result from it is here.

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2027 Diamond League Calendar and Distance Events

DateMeetingMenWomen
May 7Doha800m, 5,000m1,500m, steeplechase
May 15Shanghai/Keqiao1,500m, steeplechase3,000m/5,000m
May 22Xiamen1,500m, steeplechase5,000m
May 27Rome800m, 1,500m1,500m, 5,000m, steeplechase
May 30Rabat800m, 1,500m, steeplechase800m, steeplechase
June 3OsloMile, 5,000m800m
June 6Stockholm800m, steeplechase1,500m
June 25Paris800m, 5,000m800m, 1,500m
July 3EugeneMile800m, 1,500m, steeplechase
July 9Monaco1,500m, steeplechase3,000m/5,000m
July 13Lausanne800m, 3,000m800m, steeplechase
July 17London800m800m, 1,500m, 5,000m
Aug. 15Silesia1,500m800m, 1,500m
Aug. 20Brussels800m, 5,000m800m, 1,500m
Aug. 25 to 26Zurich (final)800m, 1,500m, 3,000m, steeplechase800m, 1,500m, 3,000m, steeplechase

The steeplechase is the 3,000m steeplechase throughout. The mile counts toward the 1,500m standings, and the 3,000m races count toward the 5,000m standings, including at the final, where the title will be decided over 3,000m.

Distance Events by Meeting Count

EventMenWomen
800m8: Doha, Rome, Rabat, Stockholm, Paris, Lausanne, London, Brussels8: Rabat, Oslo, Paris, Eugene, Lausanne, London, Silesia, Brussels
1,500m/mile8: Shanghai/Keqiao, Xiamen, Rome, Rabat, Oslo (mile), Eugene (mile), Monaco, Silesia8: Doha, Rome, Stockholm, Paris, Eugene, London, Silesia, Brussels
5,000m/3,000m5: Doha, Oslo, Paris, Lausanne (3,000m), Brussels5: Shanghai/Keqiao, Xiamen, Rome, Monaco, London
3,000m steeplechase5: Shanghai/Keqiao, Xiamen, Rabat, Stockholm, Monaco5: Doha, Rome, Rabat, Eugene, Lausanne

Doha returns to its usual May slot as the season opener after the 2026 meeting was postponed to June 19 on safety grounds.

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Jessy Carveth

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Jessy is our Senior News Editor and a former track and field athlete with a Bachelors degree in Kinesiology. Jessy is often on-the-road acting as Marathon Handbook's roving correspondent at races, and is responsible for surfacing all the latest news stories from the running world across our website, newsletter, socials, and podcast.. She is currently based in Europe where she trains and competes as a professional cyclist (and trail runs for fun!).

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