Bethwell Birgen prize money
Bethwell Birgen has been paid $18,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 625th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the men's 1500 m, men's mile and men's 3000 m, the best of them 3rd.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
Every payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis 2022 | 3000 m | 15th | — |
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | 1500 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | 1500 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2021 | 3000 m | 11th | — |
| Athletissima 2021 | 3000 m | 12th | — |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2019 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 5000 m | 12th | — |
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | Mile | 10th | — |
| Athletissima 2019 | 1500 m | 11th | — |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 1500 m | 10th | — |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 1500 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | Mile | 8th | $1,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 3000 m | 9th | — |
| All 17 | four disciplines | — | $18,250 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $18,250 is eight separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Nine of the 17 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Bethwell Birgen
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 m | 10 | — | 2017 to 2021 | $17,250 |
| Men's mile | 2 | — | 2018 to 2019 | $1,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 4 | — | 2017 to 2022 | $0 |
| Men's 5000 m | 1 | — | 2019 | $0 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Bethwell Birgen $17,250 of the $18,250, which is 95% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2017 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | — | Doha Diamond League | $4,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | — | Meeting de Paris | $2,500 |
| 2019 | 7 | — | Doha Diamond League | $9,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 5 | — | Doha Diamond League | $2,250 |
| 2022 | 1 | — | Herculis | — |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $9,500 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Bethwell Birgen in 2020 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $18,250.
Around Bethwell Birgen on the money list
Ranks 605 to 645
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 605 | Jacious Sears | Women's 100 m | — | $19,500 |
| 606 | Maddi Wesche | Women's shot put | — | $19,500 |
| 607 | Shanice Craft | Women's discus throw | — | $19,500 |
| 608 | Dylan Beard | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $19,250 |
| 609 | Fantu Worku | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 610 | Heather MacLean | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 611 | Lisanne de Witte | Women's 400 m | — | $19,250 |
| 612 | Oliver Helander | Men's javelin throw | — | $19,250 |
| 613 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | — | $19,000 |
| 614 | Cole Walsh | Men's pole vault | — | $19,000 |
| 615 | Jasmine Jones | two disciplines | — | $19,000 |
| 616 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | — | $19,000 |
| 617 | Parker Wolfe | two disciplines | 1 | $19,000 |
| 618 | Robert Gregory | Men's 200 m | — | $19,000 |
| 619 | Lamara Distin | Women's high jump | — | $18,750 |
| 620 | Léa Sprunger | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $18,750 |
| 621 | Mekides Abebe | two disciplines | — | $18,750 |
| 622 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | two disciplines | — | $18,750 |
| 623 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $18,500 |
| 624 | Tomáš Staněk | Men's shot put | — | $18,500 |
| 625 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 626 | Laviai Nielsen | Women's 400 m | — | $18,250 |
| 627 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | — | $18,250 |
| 628 | Susan Ejore | Women's 1500 m | — | $18,250 |
| 629 | Timothé Mumenthaler | two disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 630 | Worknesh Mesele | three disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 631 | Ashley Spencer | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $18,000 |
| 632 | Crystal Emmanuel | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 633 | Cyréna Samba-Mayela | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $18,000 |
| 634 | Egide Ntakarutimana | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 635 | Hobbs Kessler | four disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 636 | Jaida Ross | Women's shot put | — | $18,000 |
| 637 | McKenzie Long | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 638 | Roxana Gómez | Women's 400 m | — | $18,000 |
| 639 | Tsigie Gebreselama | two disciplines | 1 | $18,000 |
| 640 | Margaret Akidor | two disciplines | 1 | $17,750 |
| 641 | Shafiqua Maloney | two disciplines | — | $17,750 |
| 642 | Wilhem Belocian | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $17,750 |
| 643 | Winny Chebet | Women's 1500 m | — | $17,750 |
| 644 | Geordie Beamish | four disciplines | — | $17,500 |
| 645 | Kahmari Montgomery | Men's 400 m | — | $17,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Bethwell Birgen is 625th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $18,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Bethwell Birgen most
Doha Diamond League 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vincent Kibet, Charles Simotwo, Ronald Kwemoi, George Meitamei Manangoi, Brahim Kaazouzi and Ryan Gregson.
Doha Diamond League 2017 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vincent Kibet, Timothy Cheruiyot, Robert Biwott, Ryan Gregson, Aman Wote and Jakub Holuša.
Bauhausgalan 2019 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 1500 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Samuel Tefera, Charles Simotwo, Aman Wote, George Meitamei Manangoi, Henrik Ingebrigtsen and Elijah Manangoi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Bethwell Birgen won?
$18,250, which ranks 625th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2017 and 2022.
What is Bethwell Birgen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 1500 m at the 2019 Doha Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Bethwell Birgen gets paid?
Entirely by where he finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a place is worth the same in the men's 1500 m as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
Has Bethwell Birgen ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Nine times. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. He are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Bethwell Birgen earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. It holds no championship prize money, no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid him, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Bethwell Birgen is Tomáš Staněk on $18,500, and one below Laviai Nielsen on $18,250. Bethwell Birgen is one of 100 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $4,636,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money, men's mile prize money, men's 3000 m prize money and men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Bethwell Birgen has been paid in four of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Herculis has its own page across every edition of it.