James had a time of 45.96 seconds to edge out America’s Josh Scott with 46.54 and Renny Quow of Trinidad with 46.70.
Maggie Vessey of the United States outstretched countrywoman Erica Moore at the tape to win the women’s 800 meters by four one-thousandths of a second.
Vessey squeezed through on the inside edge of lane one and leaned over the finish line. She finished in 2 minutes, 2.361 seconds. Moore came in at 2:02.365, while Fantu Magiso of Ethiopia was third with 2:02.57.
Mo Farah of the United States, the reigning world champion at 5,000 meters and silver medalist in the 10,000, tripped on the first lap of the men’s mile.
He got back up and into second place with three laps to go but he finished fourth, about 2 seconds behind Ireland’s Ciaran O’Lionaird.
“I thought I was going to make it all the way,” said Farah, a distance runner who rarely competes in the mile and still managed a personal best of 3:57.92. “But my legs just gave out.”
In other events:
— Jenn Suhr won the women’s pole vault with a height of 16 feet. She was not available for comment; meet organizers said she had a sore Achilles tendon but was still planning to compete in the Millrose Games in New York next week.
— World champion Kirani James of Grenada won the men’s 400 meters in 45.96 seconds — the fastest in the world so far this year. American Josh Scott was second.
— Meseret Defar won the women’s 3,000 meters, and fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba won the women’s 2 mile run.
— Caleb Ndiku of Kenya won the men’s 3,000 meters by about one-half second over Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebremeskel. Gebremeskel won the race last year despite losing his shoe near the start and running the rest of the race without it. America’s Matthew Centrowitz was seventh and Andy Baddeley of Britain was eighth.
— America’s David Oliver won the 60 meter hurdles in 7.60 seconds.
