# 2020 Herculis

2020 Herculis was the 34th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting held on 14 August 2020 at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. It was the first leg of the 2020 Diamond League, which had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei set a new 5000 metres world record of 12:35.36 minutes, knocking two seconds off the previous record set by Kenenisa Bekele in 2004.

## Results
### Men

200 m (wind: + 0.7 m/s) :
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Noah Lyles (USA) | 19.76 WL |
| 2 | Josephus Lyles (USA) | 20.30 |
| 3 | Deniz Almas (GER) | 20.64 PB |
| 4 | Adam Gemili (GBR) | 20.68 |
| 5 | Ramil Guliyev (TUR) | 20.80 |
| 6 | Mario Burke (BAR) | 20.91 |
| 7 | Marvin René (FRA) | 20.97 |
| 8 | Mouhamadou Fall (FRA) | 21.20 |
800 m :
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Donavan Brazier (USA) | 1:43.15 WL |
| 2 | Bryce Hoppel (USA) | 1:43.23 PB |
| 3 | Marco Arop (CAN) | 1:44.14 PB |
| 4 | Benjamin Robert (FRA) | 1:44.56 PB |
| 5 | Kyle Langford (GBR) | 1:44.83 PB |
| 6 | Marc Reuther (GER) | 1:44.93 PB |
| 7 | Peter Bol (AUS) | 1:44.96 |
| 8 | Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (KEN) | 1:45.48 |
| 9 | Amel Tuka (BIH) | 1:45.97 |
| 10 | Joseph Deng (NZL) | 1:46.20 |
| — | Mame-Ibra Anne (FRA) | DNF (PM) |
1500 m :
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN) | 3:28.45 WL |
| 2 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | 3:28.68 AR |
| 3 | Jake Wightman (GBR) | 3:29.47 PB |
| 4 | Filip Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | 3:30.35 |
| 5 | Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) | 3:32.69 |
| 6 | Jesús Gómez (ESP) | 3:33.07 PB |
| 7 | Marcin Lewandowski (POL) | 3:33.99 |
| 8 | Charlie Grice (GBR) | 3:34.63 |
| 9 | Pierrik Jocteur-Monrozier (FRA) | 3:35.00 PB |
| 10 | Kalle Berglund (SWE) | 3:35.34 |
| 11 | Craig Engels (USA) | 3:35.42 |
| 12 | Ryan Gregson (AUS) | 3:35.57 |
| — | Vincent Kibet Keter (KEN) | DNF (PM) |
| — | Timothy Sein (KEN) | DNF (PM) |
5000 m :
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) | 12:35.36 WR |
| 2 | Nicholas Kimeli (KEN) | 12:51.78 PB |
| 3 | Jacob Krop (KEN) | 13:11.32 |
| 4 | Mike Foppen (NED) | 13:13.06 NR |
| 5 | Ouassim Oumaiz (ESP) | 13:13.14 PB |
| 6 | Stewart McSweyn (AUS) | 13:13.22 |
| 7 | Jimmy Gressier (FRA) | 13:15.77 PB |
| 8 | Per Svela [no] (NOR) | 13:23.97 PB |
| 9 | Suldan Hassan (SWE) | 13:31.62 |
| 10 | Julien Wanders (SUI) | 13:49.85 |
| — | Yemaneberhan Crippa (ITA) | DNF |
| — | Roy Hoornweg (NED) | DNF (PM) |
| — | Henrik Ingebrigtsen (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Stephen Kissa (UGA) | DNF (PM) |
| — | Matthew Ramsden (AUS) | DNF (PM) |
110 m hurdles (wind: +0.8 m/s) :
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Orlando Ortega (ESP) | 13.11 WL |
| 2 | Andrew Pozzi (GBR) | 13.14 =PB |
| 3 | Wilhem Belocian (FRA) | 13.18 PB |
| 4 | Grant Holloway (USA) | 13.19 |
| 5 | Paolo Dal Molin (ITA) | 13.61 |
| 6 | Vladimir Vukicevic (NOR) | 13.75 |
| 7 | Jason Joseph (SUI) | 13.84 |
| 8 | Antonio Alkana (RSA) | 13.87 |
400 m hurdles :
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Karsten Warholm (NOR) | 47.10 WL MR |
| 2 | Yasmani Copello (TUR) | 49.04 |
| 3 | Rasmus Mägi (EST) | 49.23 |
| 4 | Ludvy Vaillant (FRA) | 49.35 |
| 5 | Constantin Preis (GER) | 49.49 |
3000 m steeplechase :
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Soufiane El Bakkali (MAR) | 8:08.04 WL |
| 2 | Leonard Kipkemoi Bett (KEN) | 8:08.78 |
| 3 | Djilali Bedrani (FRA) | 8:13.43 |
| 4 | Fernando Carro (ESP) | 8:13.45 |
| 5 | Matthew Hughes (CAN) | 8:16.25 |
| 6 | Topi Raitanen (FIN) | 8:16.57 PB |
| 7 | Daniel Arce (ESP) | 8:19.40 PB |
| 8 | Lamecha Girma (ETH) | 8:22.57 |
| 9 | Ole Hesselbjerg (DEN) | 8:24.87 PB |
| 10 | Getnet Wale (ETH) | 8:35.85 |
| 11 | Zak Seddon (GBR) | 8:38.86 |
| — | Alexis Phelut (FRA) | DNF (PM) |
Pole vault :
| Place | Athlete | Mark |
| 1 | Mondo Duplantis (SWE) | 6.00 m WL |
| 2 | Ben Broeders (BEL) | 5.70 m |
| 3 | Ernest Obiena (PHI) | 5.70 m |
| 4 | Claudio Stecchi (ITA) | 5.50 m |
| 5 | Thiago Braz (BRA) | 5.50 m |
| — | Sam Kendricks (USA) | DNS |

### Women

100 m (wind: + 0.4 m/s) :
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Ajla Del Ponte (SUI) | 11.16 |
| 2 | Aleia Hobbs (USA) | 11.28 |
| 3 | Gina Lückenkemper (GER) | 11.31 |
| 4 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV) | 11.39 |
| 5 | Maja Mihalinec (SLO) | 11.44 |
| 6 | Anna Bongiorni (ITA) | 11.44 |
| 7 | Rebekka Haase (GER) | 11.47 |
| 8 | Daryll Neita (GBR) | 11.50 |
400 m :
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Lynna Irby (USA) | 50.50 WL |
| 2 | Wadeline Jonathas (USA) | 51.40 |
| 3 | Femke Bol (NED) | 51.57 |
| 4 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic (POL) | 52.11 |
| 5 | Lada Vondrová (CZE) | 52.13 |
| 6 | Corinna Schwab (GER) | 52.21 |
| 7 | Anita Horvat (SLO) | 52.45 |
| 8 | Amandine Brossier (FRA) | 52.98 |
1000 m :
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Faith Kipyegon (KEN) | 2:29.15 AR WL DLR |
| 2 | Laura Muir (GBR) | 2:30.82 NR |
| 3 | Ciara Mageean (IRL) | 2:31.06 NR |
| 4 | Jemma Reekie (GBR) | 2:31.11 PB |
| 5 | Halimah Nakaayi (UGA) | 2:32.12 NR |
| 6 | Sofia Ennaoui (POL) | 2:32.30 NR |
| 7 | Selina Büchel (SUI) | 2:35.58 PB |
| 8 | Winnie Nanyondo (UGA) | 2:36.54 |
| 9 | Raevyn Rogers (USA) | 2:37.10 |
| — | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke (GBR) | DNF (PM) |
5000 m :
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Hellen Obiri (KEN) | 14:22.12 WL MR |
| 2 | Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) | 14:26.57 |
| 3 | Laura Weightman (GBR) | 14:35.44 PB |
| 4 | Jessica Hull (AUS) | 14:43.80 NR |
| 5 | Shannon Rowbury (USA) | 14:54.11 |
| 6 | Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) | 14:55.01 |
| 7 | Eilish McColgan (GBR) | 14:57.37 |
| 8 | Genevieve Gregson (AUS) | 15:38.22 |
| 9 | Liv Westphal (FRA) | 15:39.66 |
| 10 | Alessia Zarbo (FRA) | 16:09.70 |
| — | Winny Chebet (KEN) | DNF (PM) |
| — | Esther Guerrero (ESP) | DNF (PM) |
| — | Sifan Hassan (NED) | DNF |
High jump :
| Place | Athlete | Mark |
| 1 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) | 1.98 m |
| 2 | Yuliya Levchenko (UKR) | 1.98 m |
| 3 | Jeanelle Scheper (LCA) | 1.88 m |
| 4 | Mirela Demireva (BUL) | 1.84 m |
| 5 | Salome Lang (SUI) | 1.84 m |
| 6 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) | 1.84 m |
| 7 | Erika Furlani (ITA) | 1.84 m |
Triple jump :
| Place | Athlete | Mark |
| 1 | Yulimar Rojas (VEN) | 14.27 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
| 2 | Gabriela Petrova (BUL) | 14.18 m (wind: +0.5 m/s) |
| 3 | Patrícia Mamona (POR) | 14.08 m (wind: -0.3 m/s) |
| 4 | Dovilė Kilty (LTU) | 13.98 m (wind: -0.3 m/s) |
| 5 | Neja Filipič (SLO) | 13.80 m (wind: -0.1 m/s) |
| 6 | Naomi Ogbeta (GBR) | 13.56 m (wind: +0.1 m/s) |
| 7 | Diana Zagainova (LTU) | 13.52 m (wind: -0.1 m/s) |