Charlene Lipsey prize money
Charlene Lipsey has been paid $18,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1193rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the women's 800 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.
Every payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2018 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2018 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2017 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2017 | 800 m | 6th | $4,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2017 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All seven | Women's 800 m | - | $18,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $18,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2017 to 2018, in the order it was won
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $13,000 from four starts. Every season from 2017 to 2018 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $18,500.
Around Charlene Lipsey on the money list
Ranks 1173 to 1213
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1173 | Heather MacLean | two disciplines | - | $19,250 |
| 1174 | Lisanne de Witte | Women's 400 m | - | $19,250 |
| 1175 | Oliver Helander | Men's javelin throw | - | $19,250 |
| 1176 | Asmir Kolašinac | Men's shot put | - | $19,000 |
| 1177 | Boris Berian | Men's 800 m | 1 | $19,000 |
| 1178 | Cole Walsh | Men's pole vault | - | $19,000 |
| 1179 | Elvira Herman | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $19,000 |
| 1180 | Gabriela Petrova | Women's triple jump | - | $19,000 |
| 1181 | Jasmine Jones | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1182 | Joanna Atkins | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1183 | Kalkidan Gezahegne | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1184 | Parker Wolfe | two disciplines | 1 | $19,000 |
| 1185 | Robert Gregory | Men's 200 m | - | $19,000 |
| 1186 | Brahim Kaazouzi | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $18,750 |
| 1187 | Lamara Distin | Women's high jump | - | $18,750 |
| 1188 | Lynna Irby | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1189 | Mekides Abebe | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1190 | Michaela Meijer | Women's pole vault | - | $18,750 |
| 1191 | Shane Brathwaite | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $18,750 |
| 1192 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1193 | Charlene Lipsey | Women's 800 m | - | $18,500 |
| 1194 | Christin Wurth-Thomas | two disciplines | 1 | $18,500 |
| 1195 | Khadevis Robinson | Men's 800 m | 1 | $18,500 |
| 1196 | Lyukman Adams | Men's triple jump | 2 | $18,500 |
| 1197 | Michael Bingham | Men's 400 m | - | $18,500 |
| 1198 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | two disciplines | - | $18,500 |
| 1199 | Dariya Derkach | Women's triple jump | - | $18,250 |
| 1200 | Susan Ejore | Women's 1500 m | - | $18,250 |
| 1201 | Timothé Mumenthaler | two disciplines | - | $18,250 |
| 1202 | Worknesh Mesele | three disciplines | - | $18,250 |
| 1203 | Vita Styopina | Women's high jump | - | $18,083 |
| 1204 | Oksana Okuneva | Women's high jump | - | $18,050 |
| 1205 | Brahim Taleb | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $18,000 |
| 1206 | Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1207 | Cyréna Samba-Mayela | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $18,000 |
| 1208 | Egide Ntakarutimana | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1209 | Ewa Swoboda | Women's 100 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1210 | Germán Luján Lauro | Men's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1211 | Hobbs Kessler | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1212 | Ibrahim Jeilan | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1213 | Irina Gumenyuk | Women's triple jump | - | $18,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Charlene Lipsey is 1193rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $18,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Charlene Lipsey most
Athletissima 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Eunice Sum, Sifan Hassan, Laura Muir, Lovisa Lindh, Lynsey Sharp and Nataliia Krol.
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $4,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Melissa Bishop-Nriagu, Selina Büchel, Caster Semenya, Francine Niyonsaba, Margaret Wambui and Habitam Alemu.
Prefontaine Classic 2018 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Margaret Wambui, Raevyn Rogers, Eunice Sum, Caster Semenya, Ajeé Wilson and Francine Niyonsaba.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Charlene Lipsey won?
$18,500, which ranks 1193rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2017 and 2018.
What is Charlene Lipsey's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 800 m at the 2017 Athletissima. 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 Charlene Lipsey 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 800 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 Charlene Lipsey 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 Charlene Lipsey is Zerfe Wondemagegn on $18,750, and one below Christin Wurth-Thomas on $18,500. Charlene Lipsey is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Charlene Lipsey has been paid in one 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.