The women were thrown in the spotlight as injuries forced Jamaican triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt and world 100 metres silver medallist Tyson Gay out of the event. Campbell-Brown brought a large contingent of New York's yellow-and-green clad Jamaican community to their feet with a year's best time of 21.98 seconds, holding off the fast-closing American by three-hundredths of a second. Among the Jamaicans packed into Icahn Stadium on a steamy day at Randall's Island was Bolt, whose absence due to a sore Achilles tendon had robbed the meeting of some of its buzz.
Results: Men: 100M: Richard Thompson (Trinidad and Tobago) 1; Yohan Blake (Jam) 2; Daniel Bailey (Antigua and Barbuda) 3. T: 9.89 seconds. 800M: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (SA) 1; Nick Symmonds (US) 2; Alfred Kirwa Yego (Ken). T: 1:44.38. 400M hurdles: Kerron Clement (US) 1; Bershawn Jackson (US) 2; Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) 3. T: 47.86. 3000M steeplechase: Paul Kipsiele Koech (Ken) 1; Patrick Kipkirui Langat (Ken) 2; Brimin Kipruto (Ken) 3. T: 8:10.43. High jump: Linus Thoernblad (Swe) 1; Jesse Williams (US) 2; Samson Oni (Bri) 3. D: 2.30 metres. Triple jump: Teddy Tamgho (Fra) 1; Christian Olsson (Swe) 2; Phillips Idowu (Bri) 3. D: 17.98. Pole vault: Renaud Lavillenie (Fra) 1; Steven Hooker (Aus) 2; Przemyslaw Czerwinski (Pol) 3. D: 5.85. Javelin throw: Andreas Thorkildsen (Nor) 1; Petr Frydrych (Czech) 2; Tero Pitkaemaeki (Fin) 3. D: 87.02.
Women: 200M: Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jam) 1; Allyson Felix (US) 2; Bianca Knight (US). T: 21.98 seconds. 1500M: Nancy Jebet Langat (Ken) 1; Meseret Defar (Eth) 2; Gelete Burka (Eth) 3. T: 4:01.60. 5000M: Tirunesh Dibaba (Eth) 1; Sentayehu Ejigu (Eth) 2; Sule Utura Gedo (Eth) 3. T: 15:11.34. 100M hurdles: Lolo Jones (US) 1; Perdita Felicien (Can) 2; Virginia Powell-Crawford (US) 3. T: 12.55. Long jump: Brianna Glenn (US) 1; Ruky Abdulai (Can) 2; Funmi Jimoh (US) 3. D: 6.78 metres. Shot put: Valerie Vili (NZ) 1; Natallia Mikhnev-ich (Bel) 2; Jillian Camarena (US) 3. D: 19.93. Discus throw: Sandra Perkovic (Cro) 1; Aretha Thurmond (US) 2; V Cechlova (Czech) 3. D: 61.96.