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DIAMOND LEAGUE · KEN · WOMEN'S 3000 M · 2014

Betsy Saina prize money

Betsy Saina has been paid $11,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1525th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 3000 m, women's 2 miles and women's 5000 m, the best of them 2nd.

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.

DIAMOND LEAGUE $11,000
BIGGEST PAYDAY $6,000
WINS 0
MEETINGS PAID 3
MONEY LIST #1525

Every payment

Where she finished, and what the card paid for it

3 starts
Every Diamond League meeting on this site that Betsy Saina finished, the discipline, the place and what it paid.
MEETING DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Adidas Grand Prix 2014 New York City 3000 m Diamond League 2nd $6,000
Herculis 2014 Fontvieille 5000 m Diamond League 5th $2,500
British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 Birmingham 2 miles Diamond League 5th $2,500
All three three disciplines - $11,000

The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.

Discipline by discipline

What each event has paid Betsy Saina

3 of 20
DISCIPLINE STARTS WINS YEARS PAID
Women's 3000 m 1 - 2014 $6,000
Women's 2 miles 1 - 2014 $2,500
Women's 5000 m 1 - 2014 $2,500

The women's 3000 m has paid Betsy Saina $6,000 of the $11,000, which is 55% of everything the series has given her.

Around Betsy Saina on the money list

Ranks 1505 to 1545

41 of 3,683
# ATHLETE DISCIPLINE WINS PAID
1505 Natalia Ducó CHI Women's shot put - $11,500
1506 Nathon Allen JAM Men's 400 m - $11,500
1507 Nickiesha Wilson JAM Women's 400 m hurdles - $11,500
1508 Paul Kipngetich Tanui KEN two disciplines - $11,500
1509 Pauline Chemning Korikwiang KEN two disciplines - $11,500
1510 Priscah Jepleting Cherono KEN two disciplines - $11,500
1511 Ralf Bartels GER Men's shot put - $11,500
1512 Salima el Ouali Alami MAR Women's 3000 m steeplechase - $11,500
1513 Serhiy Smelyk UKR Men's 200 m 1 $11,500
1514 Tatyana Kotova RUS Women's long jump - $11,500
1515 Wesley Vázquez PUR Men's 800 m - $11,500
1516 Adel Mechaal ESP four disciplines - $11,250
1517 Carolin Hingst GER Women's pole vault - $11,250
1518 Gatis Čakšs LAT Men's javelin throw - $11,250
1519 JaCorian Duffield USA Men's high jump 1 $11,250
1520 Melissa Courtney-Bryant GBR four disciplines - $11,250
1521 Pål Haugen Lillefosse NOR Men's pole vault - $11,250
1522 Andrew Wheating USA three disciplines - $11,000
1523 Anna Kiełbasińska POL two disciplines - $11,000
1524 Antonietta di Martino ITA Women's high jump - $11,000
1525 Betsy Saina KEN three disciplines - $11,000
1526 Carrie Russell JAM Women's 100 m - $11,000
1527 DeeDee Trotter USA two disciplines - $11,000
1528 Djilali Bedrani FRA Men's 3000 m steeplechase - $11,000
1529 Edinah Jebitok KEN four disciplines - $11,000
1530 Fatoumata Binta Diallo POR Women's 400 m hurdles - $11,000
1531 Georgi Ivanov BUL Men's shot put - $11,000
1532 Ingvill Måkestad Bovim NOR two disciplines - $11,000
1533 Karyna Demidik BLR Women's high jump - $11,000
1534 Leford Green JAM Men's 400 m hurdles - $11,000
1535 Madeline Heiner AUS Women's 3000 m steeplechase - $11,000
1536 Marione Fourie RSA Women's 100 m hurdles - $11,000
1537 Nicole Leach USA Women's 400 m hurdles - $11,000
1538 Nigel Levine GBR Men's 400 m - $11,000
1539 Ola Stunes Isene NOR Men's discus throw - $11,000
1540 Richard Kiplagat KEN Men's 800 m - $11,000
1541 Robby Andrews USA two disciplines - $11,000
1542 Robert Sobera POL Men's pole vault - $11,000
1543 Rondel Sorrillo TTO Men's 200 m - $11,000
1544 Rondell Bartholomew GRN Men's 400 m - $11,000
1545 Tigest Getent BRN Women's 3000 m steeplechase - $11,000

Who else was in the money

The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Betsy Saina most

three races

Adidas Grand Prix 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kalkidan Gezahegne, Sally Kipyego, Kim Conley, Julia Bleasdale, Buze Diriba and Nikki Hamblin.

Herculis 2014 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Molly Huddle, Mercy Cherono, Shannon Rowbury, Genzebe Dibaba, Almaz Ayana and Viola Jelagat Kibiwot.

British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 2 miles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alemitu Haroye, Susan Krumins, Renata Pliś, Mercy Cherono, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot and Irene Jelagat.

Frequently asked questions

How much Diamond League prize money has Betsy Saina won?

$11,000, which ranks 1525th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes in 2014.

What is Betsy Saina's biggest Diamond League payday?

$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m at the 2014 Adidas Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.

How does the Diamond League decide what Betsy Saina gets paid?

Entirely by where she 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 women's 3000 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.

Is this everything Betsy Saina earns from athletics?

No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 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 her, priced off the card it published.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

Diamond League prize money ranks all 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Betsy Saina is Antonietta di Martino on $11,000, and one below Carrie Russell on $11,000. Betsy Saina is one of 221 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $10,867,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m prize money, women's 2 miles prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Betsy Saina has been paid in three of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Adidas Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.