British Grand Prix (athletics)

British Grand Prix
The host stadium – Alexander Stadium
DateMay–August
LocationBirmingham, England
Event typeTrack and field
World Athletics Cat.GW[1]

The British Grand Prix, formerly known as the Birmingham Grand Prix or the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix, is an annual athletics meeting. Since 2010 it has been a part of the Diamond League series of track and field meets.

In 2020 the event was due to be held at the Gateshead International Stadium but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[2] The event returned to Gateshead in 2021.[3] There was a 2022 Diamond League meeting (2022 Birmingham Diamond League) held at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, though it was officially a continuation of the Anniversary Games (usually held in London) rather than a British Grand Prix event.[4]

  1. ^ "IAAF World Ranking Calendar". IAAF. 2019.
  2. ^ "Gateshead Grand Prix, set for September, cancelled". BBC Sport. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Strong Wanda Diamond League 2021 season takes shape in Olympic year". IDL Diamond League. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Calendar – Diamond League". Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2021.