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Prefontaine Classic
Start of the 200m during the 2006 edition
Date	May – September
Location	Hayward Field Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
Event type	Track and field
World Athletics Cat.	GW/DF
Established	20 June 1973; 51 years ago (1973-06-20) 1975 as Prefontaine Classic
Official site	Diamond League Eugene

The Prefontaine Classic is a track and field meet held at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Organized by the Oregon Track Club, it was previously one of the IAAF Grand Prix events, and is now part of the Diamond League. The meet is one of the few international competitions to host the imperial distances of the Mile run (Bowerman Mile) and 2 Mile run.

History

The first Prefontaine Classic was held in 1975. The meet had its genesis with the Hayward Restoration Meets of 1973–74. The Hayward Restoration meets were launched to help replace the deteriorated wooden West Grandstands at Hayward Field. It was to become the "Bowerman Classic" in 1975 to honor longtime University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman, and was scheduled for June 7. With the unexpected death of University of Oregon distance runner and Olympian Steve Prefontaine in an automobile accident on May 30, the Oregon Track Club changed the name, with Bowerman's approval, on June 1; the first "Pre Classic" was held six days later. Nike has been the primary sponsor since 1978. The 2019 edition moved to Stanford's Cobb Track and Angell Field, Palo Alto, California because of restoration of Hayward Field in anticipation of the IAAF World Athletics Championships in 2021. The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2023, the Prefontaine Classic was held as the Diamond League Final for the first time.

Editions

World records

Over the course of its history, seven world records have been set at the Prefontaine Classic.

World records set at the Prefontaine Classic

Year	Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Ref
1975	220 yard dash	19.92	Don Quarrie	Jamaica
1982	5000 m	15:08.26	Mary Decker Slaney	United States
2011	30 km (track)	1:26:47.4	Moses Mosop	Kenya
	25 km (track)	1:12:25.4+	Moses Mosop	Kenya
2023	Pole vault	6.23 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden
	5000 m	14:00.21	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia
2024	10,000 m	28:54.14	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya

Other notable performances and records

2001: Alan Webb's high school mile record

At the 2001 Prefontaine Classic, Alan Webb competed against elite international runners, in a field that included world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj, and the 2000 Sydney Olympics 1500m bronze medalist Bernard Lagat.

Webb ran 3:53.43 in the Bowerman Mile and broke Jim Ryun's national high school record that had stood for 36 years. This was also the fastest mile by an American in three years.

1993–2008: Maria Mutola in the 800 m

Maria de Lurdes Mutola won 16 consecutive (1993–2008) women's 800 m races at the Pre Classic.

2023: Jakob Ingebrigtsen's mile & 3000m double

In the 2023 Prefontaine Classic & Diamond League Final, on September 16, Norwegian athlete Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the Bowerman Mile, in a time of 3:43.73, with the aid of pacing lights and pacemakers Erik Sowinski & Cameron Myers.

Ingebrigtsen missed Hicham El Guerrouj's mile world record by .60 seconds, still having run the fastest mile in 24 years and the third fastest mile in history at the time.

Ingebrigtsen was closely followed by Yared Nuguse, who finished in an American record time of 3:43.97, breaking Alan Webb's former American mile record of 3:46.91 by almost three full seconds and running the fourth fastest mile in history at the time.

The race was reminiscent of El Guerrouj's 1999 world record run in Rome, where El Guerrouj won in 3:43.13, but was being closely tracked by Kenyan athlete Noah Ngeny, who came in second place at 3:43.40. El Guerrouj and Ngeny still hold the first and second fastest mile times respectively as of 2023.

These four men (El Guerrouj, Ngeny, Ingebrigtsen, Nuguse) remain the only ones in history to have run a mile under 3:44.00 as of 2024, with the #5 fastest miler of all time being Noureddine Morceli, with his 1993 time of 3:44.39.

The next day, Ingebrigtsen would go on to win the 3000 m, in a time of 7:23.63, beating Yomif Kejelcha by only one hundredth of a second. At the time, this ranked Kejelcha at #4 all time and Ingebrigtsen at #3 all time, behind Hicham El Guerrouj's 7:23.09 and Daniel Komen's world record of 7:20.67.

Meeting records

Men

Men's meeting records of the Prefontaine Classic

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Ref.	Video
100 m	9.80 (+1.3 m/s)	Steve Mullings	Jamaica	4 June 2011	2011
200 m	19.52 (+1.5 m/s)	Noah Lyles	United States	21 August 2021	2021
400 m	43.60 DLR	Michael Norman	United States	28 May 2022	2022
800 m	1:42.80	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya	17 September 2023	2023
1000 m	2:13.62	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	Sudan	3 July 2010	2010
1500 m	3:28.76+	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	16 September 2023	2023
Mile	3:43.73 DLR	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	16 September 2023	2023
3000 m	7:23.63	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	17 September 2023	2023
Two miles	8:03.50	Craig Mottram	Australia	10 June 2007	2007
5000 m	12:50.05	Berihu Aregawi	Ethiopia	28 May 2022	2022
10,000 m	26:25.97	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	8 June 2008	2008
25,000 m (track)	1:12:25.4+	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	2011
30,000 m (track)	1:26:47.4	Moses Mosop	Kenya	3 June 2011	2011
110 m hurdles	12.90 (+1.6 m/s)	David Oliver	United States	3 July 2010	2010
400 m hurdles	46.39 DLR	Rai Benjamin	United States	16 September 2023	2023
3000 m steeplechase	8:01.71	Ezekiel Kemboi	Kenya	30 May 2015	2015
High jump	2.41 m	Mutaz Essa Barshim	Qatar	30 May 2015	2015
Pole vault	6.23 m	Armand Duplantis	Sweden	17 September 2023	2023
Long jump	8.74 m (−1.2 m/s)	Dwight Phillips	United States	7 June 2009	2009
Triple jump	18.11 m (+0.8 m/s) DLR	Christian Taylor	United States	27 May 2017	2017
Shot put	23.15 m	Ryan Crouser	United States	21 August 2021	2021
Discus throw	71.32 m	Ben Plucknett	United States	1983	1983
Hammer throw	82.65 m	Koji Murofushi	Japan	19 June 2004	2004
Javelin throw	89.88 m	Thomas Röhler	Germany	25 May 2018	2018

Women

Women's meeting records of the Prefontaine Classic

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Ref.	Video
100 m	10.54 (+0.9 m/s) DLR	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Jamaica	21 August 2021	2021
200 m	21.57 (+0.3 m/s)	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	17 September 2023	2023
400 m	49.34	Ana Guevara	Mexico	24 May 2003	2003
800 m	1:54.97	Athing Mu	United States	17 September 2023	2023
1000 m	2:32.33	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1995	1995
1500 m	3:50.72	Faith Kipyegon	Kenya	16 September 2023	2023
Mile	4:21.25	Mary Slaney	United States	1988	1988
2000 m	5:31.52	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	7 June 2009	2009
3000 m	8:18.49 DLR	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	30 June 2019	2019
Two miles	8:59.08 DLR	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	27 May 2022	2022
5000 m	14:00.21 WR DLR	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia	17 September 2023	2023
10,000 m	28:54.14 WR DLR	Beatrice Chebet	Kenya	25 May 2024	2024
100 m hurdles	12.24 (+0.7 m/s)	Kendra Harrison	United States	28 May 2016	2016
400 m hurdles	51.98	Femke Bol	Netherlands	17 September 2023	2023
3000 m steeplechase	8:50.66	Winfred Yavi	Bahrain	16 September 2023	2023
High jump	2.04 m	Mariya Lasitskene	Russia	30 June 2019	2019
Pole vault	4.86 m	Katie Moon	United States	16 September 2023	2023
Long jump	7.31 m	Marion Jones	United States	31 May 1998	1998
Triple jump	15.35 m (+1.7 m/s)	Yulimar Rojas	Venezuela	16 September 2023	2023
Shot put	20.76 m	Chase Ealey	United States	16 September 2023	2023
Discus throw	69.32 m	Sandra Perković	Croatia	30 May 2014	2014
Hammer throw	77.76 m DLR	Camryn Rogers	Canada	25 May 2024	2024
Javelin throw	67.70 m	Christina Obergföll	Germany	31 May 2013	2013

Notes

1. by Athletics Weekly source; 3:28.9 by official 1 Mile Run Race Analysis

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External links

• Diamond League – Eugene Official Web Site
• Official Prefontaine Classic website
• Official Steve Prefontaine website
• Pre Classic Results / Records Home at RunnerSpace.com

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