Summary
– Diamond League moves to Grand Stade de Marrakech.
– Rabat’s stadium under construction for 2030 World Cup bid.
– 2024 season started in China, then Qatar.
– 7 men’s and 7 women’s events in Rabat/Marrakech.
– Points earned for year-end championship.
– Elite athletes showcase skills, earn prizes.
The fourth event of the 2024 Wanda Diamond League season will see elite track and field athletes from all over the world head back to Morocco, and while the culture will be familiar, the athletes will get to experience a new venue.
This year, the event will be held at the Grand Stade de Marrakech, which was designed to reflect the architecture of the city and opened in 2011. It can seat more than 45,000 fans.
Traditionally, the Meeting International Mohammed VI d’Athletisme de Rabat is held at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco, but the venue is under construction/renovation as part of the area’s preparation for its bid for the 2030 World Cup (soccer).
The first two stops of the 2024 season were held in China — Xiamen (April 20) and Shanghai/Suzhou (April 27) – and the circuit made a stop in Qatar on May 10.
The Diamond League Rabat/Marrakech 2024 will include seven men’s disciplines and seven women’s disciplines, as athletes continue collecting points toward the year’s final event in Belgium.
The invitation-only Diamond League brings together the most elite track & field athletes to showcase their skills, earn prize money, collect points toward the season-ending championship event and ultimately elevate the status of athletics across the globe.
Traditionally, Diamond League competition includes a slate of 16 disciplines, though not every meet features all of them.
Points accumulated during the first 14 events of the season determine the athletes who advance to the final event, where they compete for more prize money and Diamond League titles.
What Events Will Be Contested At The Diamond League Rabat/Marrakech 2024?
Men (7): Triple jump, discus, 100 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters, 1,500 meters and 3,000-meter steeplechase
Women (7): High jump, shot put, pole vault, 200 meters, 800 meters, 5,000 meters and 400-meter hurdles.
Schedule For The Diamond League Rabat/Marrakech 2024
All times Eastern
- 1:00 p.m. – Women’s High Jump
- 1:26 p.m. – Women’s Shot Put
- 1:50 p.m. – Women’s Pole Vault
- 2:04 p.m. – Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles
- 2:12 p.m. – Men’s Triple Jump
- 2:14 p.m. – Men’s 800 Meters
- 2:24 p.m. – Women’s 5,000 Meters
- 2:41 p.m. – Men’s Discus
- 2:48 p.m. – Men’s 400 Meters
- 2:57 p.m. – Men’s 1,500 Meters
- 3:10 p.m. – Women’s 200 Meters
- 3:22 p.m. – Men’s 100 Meters
- 3:33 p.m. – Women’s 800 Meters
- 3:46 p.m. – Men’s 3,000-Meter Steeplechase
About 2024 Diamond League
The 2024 Diamond League is the fifteenth season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by World Athletics. The competition is a revision to the top level athletics series since Diamond League foundation in 2010.
The number of Diamond Discipline events is 32. Each meeting will host a number of Diamond Discipline events and some of these events will not be broadcast. Events losing Diamond Discipline status will feature on the World Athletics Continental Tour, the second tier of track and field meetings
The following fifteen meetings are scheduled to be included in the 2024 season.
| Leg | Date | Meet | Stadium | City | Country | Events (M+W) |
| 1 | 20 April 2024 | Xiamen Diamond League | Xiamen Egret Stadium | Xiamen |  China | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 2 | 27 April 2024 | Yangtze Delta Athletics Diamond Gala(temporary location of Diamond League Shanghai) | Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre | Suzhou | 7 + 7 = 14 | |
| 3 | 10 May 2024 | Doha Diamond League | Suheim bin Hamad Stadium | Doha |  Qatar | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 4 | 19 May 2024 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d’Athlétisme de Rabat | Grand Stade de Marrakech | Marrakesh |  Morocco | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 5 | 25 May 2024 | Prefontaine Classic | Hayward Field | Eugene |  United States | 6 + 8 = 14 |
| 6 | 30 May 2024 | Bislett Games | Bislett Stadium | Oslo |  Norway | 8 + 6 = 14 |
| 7 | 2 June 2024 | BAUHAUS-galan | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | Stockholm |  Sweden | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 8 | 7 July 2024 | Meeting de Paris | Stade Sébastien Charléty | Paris |  France | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 9 | 12 July 2024 | Herculis EBS | Stade Louis II | Fontvieille |  Monaco | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 10 | 20 July 2024 | Anniversary Games | London Stadium | London |  United Kingdom | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 11 | 22 August 2024 | Athletissima | Stade olympique de la Pontaise | Lausanne |  Switzerland | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 12 | 25 August 2024 | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | Stadion Śląski | Chorzów |  Poland | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 13 | 29 August 2024 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | Stadio Olimpico | Rome |  Italy | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 14 | 5 September 2024 | Weltklasse Zürich | Letzigrund | Zürich |  Switzerland | 7 + 7 = 14 |
| 15 | 13-14 September 2024 | AG Memorial Van Damme | King Baudouin Stadium | Brussels |  Belgium | 16 + 16 = 32 |
