American Noah Lyles won the 100-metre race at the Rome meeting with a time of 9.88 seconds. This is his fastest time since the final of the 2024 Olympic Games.
Noah Lyles has won the Diamond League final six times. This season, he is determined to add a seventh Diamond to his collection.
Second place went to 32-year-old Emmanuel Eseme. He set a Cameroonian national record of 9.94.
Letsile Tebogo, the Olympic 200m champion, took third place, also clocking his best time of the season – 9.95.
Diamond League 2026. 100m (men)
- Noah Lyles (USA) — 9.88 SB
- Emmanuel Eseme (Cameroon) — 9.94 NR
- Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) — 9.95 SB
- Jordan Anthony (USA) — 9.96
- Marcel Lamont Jacobs (Italy) — 9.99 SB
- Akani Simbine (RSA) — 10.03
- Akim Blake (Jamaica) — 10.06
- Ferdinand Omaniala (Kenya) — 10.11
- Jeremiah Azu (Great Britain) — 10.12 SB
Diamond League 2026 – what we know about the competition
In 2026, the Diamond League will run from May to September. The 17th season will feature 15 meetings, including a two-day final in Brussels on 4–5 September.
In total, the tournament features 32 disciplines, with a total prize fund of $9.24 million.
Stage calendar (May – July)
16 May: Shanghai, China
23 May: Xiamen, China
31 May: Rabat, Morocco
4 June: Rome, Italy
7 June: Stockholm, Sweden
10 June: Oslo, Norway
19 June: Doha, Qatar
28 June: Paris, France
4 July: Eugene, USA
10 July: Monaco
18 July: London, United Kingdom
After the summer break, the series returns with events in Lausanne, Silesia and Zurich ahead of the final.
As a reminder, the results of the second stage of the Diamond League were published earlier.
